Did Carpet Cleaning Chemicals Cause the Death of John Travoltas Son?
As celebrity actors John Travolta and Kelly Preston mourn the death of their 16-year-old son Jett, they raise questions about the potentially lethal effects of past exposure to toxic chemicals in carpet cleaners, as well as about the mysterious Kawasaki Disease — which their son reportedly suffered from. According to CNN, Jett died while on vacation in the Bahamas with his parents and other family members. He reportedly had a seizure and hit his head, though an autopsy has been scheduled for Monday to better determine exact cause of death. For years, Travolta and Preston have blamed their son’s ill health on a poorly understood condition known as Kawasaki Disease, a noncontagious problem that is thought to be associated with a failure in the immune system, and which affects many organs, including the skin and mucous membranes, lymph nodes, blood vessel walls and heart. Kawaski diease was first described in 1967 by Dr. Tomisaku Kawasaki in Japan. The disease is most prevalent in young
