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Vitamin E acetate found in marijuana vaping products linked to deadly lung illnesses, tests show

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Tags: vaping, ecigarettes, vitamin e, lungs, cannabis, vitamins, author.lena h sun, source.the washington post, paywall.hard
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2019/09/05/contaminant-found-vaping-products-linked-deadly-lung-illnesses-state-federal-labs-show/

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    Deimos
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    The CDC had a press release today saying that no single substance (including Vitamin E acetate) had been found in all the samples: Initial State Findings Point to Clinical Similarities in...

    The CDC had a press release today saying that no single substance (including Vitamin E acetate) had been found in all the samples: Initial State Findings Point to Clinical Similarities in Illnesses Among People Who Use E-cigarettes

    There's also a transcript of a telephone briefing they did today, including responses to questions from press: Transcript of September 6, 2019, Telebriefing: Investigation of Pulmonary Disease Among People Who Use E-cigarettes

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    1. FoxPopuli
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      The single substance that seems to be at the crux of this issue is oil. You cannot vape ANY kind of oil. The disease this causes is called lipoid pneumonia.

      The single substance that seems to be at the crux of this issue is oil.
      You cannot vape ANY kind of oil.
      The disease this causes is called lipoid pneumonia.

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  3. Icarus
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    From what I have read, it seems to be spread across different products (nicotine/thc & street/store) and a wide variety of states. It makes me believe that these different products might share a...

    From what I have read, it seems to be spread across different products (nicotine/thc & street/store) and a wide variety of states. It makes me believe that these different products might share a contaminated ingredient of the liquid. Maybe this will be traced back to a single vendor?

    I wonder if there will eventually be recalls

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