E-Cigarette users, read this! During the testing, the liquid that is heated and turns into a vapor is put inside a centrifuge and spun. The end product: a small metal pellet. There is quite a bit of tin, most of this material is composed of tin, Dr. Talbot said. There is also some oxygen, some copper and some nickel. The electronic microscope revealed the solder used to cover the wires inside of the e-cigarette could be the reason for the tin. “A lot of the solder seems to have come off, some of it has spread and come off and melted on the side,” Dr. Talbot said. I think the fact there is significant amount of tin in these pellets is important. This means the people using this product are going to be inhaling the tin, she said. While there are no studies on the long term health effects of inhaling tin, the UC Riverside scientist still is concerned about the very small nanoparticles of tin in the sample. Nanoparticles in general can be toxic, she said. “In the case of e-cigarettes, the nanoparticles would tend to go deeper into the respiratory system. Stanton Glantz explained these particles are so small they go from lungs straight into the bloodstream. They then carry the toxic chemicals into various organs. Reporters tried to contact Smoking Everywhere in China where it is manufactured, and its distributor in the U.S., based in Plantation, Fla. Phone calls were not returned. Most e-cigarettes are made in China by different manufacturers with no U.S. government oversight.
Posted on: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 17:22:42 +0000
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