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Vaping what specifically? I have a hard time believing that anyone is getting chemical burns from vaping propylene glycol.
by BubRoss 7y ago
Vaping what specifically? I have a hard time believing that anyone is getting chemical burns from vaping propylene glycol.
- Uhuhreally 7y agoIt says damage resembling chemical burns. And why not ? did lungs evolve in an environment with propylene glycol ? no.
- BubRoss 7y agoI don't even know where to start with this. Propylene glycol is used extensively in food, cosmetics and even eye drops. It is the solution in a fog machine. It takes an extraordinary amount to cause harm to someone when administered intravenously. Why would 'evolving with something' weigh into your judgement of whether something could cause 'chemical burn like damage'?
- jonnismash 7y agoGotta love that the article has 0 mentions of the main cause: Vitamin E being added to the solution alongside THC oil. This is the sole reason, not nicotine, nor PG/VG.
- foxyv 7y agoAccording to the article most of its participants were using nicotine and marijuana products in oil forms but nothing was controlled for. Also they don't know what is causing the problem. Just that a few people who vape have lung damage from something resembling chemical burns. "The findings were published on Wednesday in The New England Journal of Medicine and involved samples from 13 men and four women whose ages ranged from 19 to 67. About 70 percent had a history of vaping marijuana or cannabis oils." "Medical investigators have been unable to identify exactly what is causing the lung damage, or even how many harmful substances are involved. They do not know whether the source is the liquids being vaped, or a toxin released from the materials used to make vaping devices. It is also unclear whether some devices used in vaping may be defective."