Worried About The Metals In Your E-liquid? Don’t Be.

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Sep 4, 2018 · 2 min read

One of the sensational articles out there which went by the names like ‘Vaping kills with toxic metals’, shows us exactly how a study with mediocre results gets turned into a massive anti-vaping propaganda.

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The research, published by Environmental Health Perspectives, checked the concentration of heavy metals in e-liquid and vapour while heating the coil. The scientists concluded that inhaling these elements can cause numerous diseases as well as cancer.

Well, the experts in e-cig science didn’t stay quiet and acted fast to bust this new myth. Doctor Konstantinos Farsalinos said the following in one of his FB posts: ‘The ‘significant amount’ of metals the authors reported they found were measured in g/kg. In fact, they are so low that for some cases (chromium and lead) I calculated that you need to vape more than 100 ml per day in order to exceed the FDA limits for daily intake from inhalational medications. The authors once again confuse themselves and everyone else by using environmental safety limits related to exposure with every single breath and apply them to vaping. However, humans take more than 17,000 (thousand) breaths per day but only 400–600 puffs per day from an e-cigarette.’

This analysis was also critiqued by a representative of Eos Scientific, Dr David Dawit. He pointed out that the reported results cannot be either replicated or validated, adding that ‘the study used environmental safety limits for metals in the air that cannot be applied to real vaping conditions at all.’

It is important to remember that not all articles should be believed, most of them are inflated without a strong base behind interpreting the facts for someone’s needs. And this ‘someone’ rarely thinks about the health of a nation.

What are your thoughts on this study and the conclusions drawn by the press?

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