Is it?
I've been pretty supportive of da/ap not being present in juices and for transparency in ingredients present in juices, however a few weeks ago I thought about it and realized that the numbers people were exposed to in the manufacturing settings are enormous.
From my understanding ppm is a measurement of volume, so there are 1 million parts to each ml.
The lowest detectable levels found in the manufacturing settings from what I have read were .02ppm.
Now the average human at rest breathes in approximately 7 to 8 liters of air per minute. If we multiply this number by 60(minutes) and then by 8(hours), the average human would be inhaling between 3360 - 3840 Liters of air within an 8 hour work day (This estimate is low as it is applicable to only resting rate of breathing). We then multiply 3360 (L) * 1000 (ml) and that gives us between 3,360,000 ml - 3,840,000 ml of air inhaled per day.
If the lowest concentration per ml that was detectable in these manufacturing areas was .02ppm that would mean that the lowest amount these workers were inhaling across a 8 hour work day was approximately 67,200 ppm - 76,800 ppm
What are your thoughts on this?
I don't have any facts.
The above is an important statement to me. Cause I don't have any.
I do have beliefs and opinions.
I believe nothing truely bad can be proven even part way about vaping right this minute because the gubmint would make its move on even the tiniest sliver of proof.
I believe vaping is deal we make with the devil to squeeze afew more years of addiction out. I believe most of us could agree that doing nothing would be best.
Just a guess, not a fact/belief/opinion, but most of us feel better vaping then when we smoked?? I guess afew may feel worse but I can't explain that.
I believe if a problem is found its gonna be the flavors. And its gonna be like nailing snot to the wall proving which ones cause people jump around so much. And most of us started with at least some level of damage. I do have COPD and I had it long before I started vaping. And while its much less a problem now its still there and blaming or not blaming vaping is tough to prove.
Nicotine saves lives, just most likely not mine. This can be proven. Cut me off in traffic and my nic level determines if you go home in a bag or not. To me personally I just don't know. My best guess is its harmless in low levels but most likely bad at any level most of us use it. I'd bet 100 innerweb dollars that any level that's safe is a level I would be uninterested in.
PG and VG are the great unknowns. Vaping as we know it kinda depends on those two thing. If either of them is found harmful I think we are screwed.
As the wheel spins we all have to lay our money so to speak but actually our lives down or walk away. The square I'm putting my money down on is high VG, low amounts of nic, low amounts of flavorings with no known bad side and higher wattage to fully vaporize the juice. I believe high nic leads to high flavor use to mask the taste. PG I don't need any studies to prove is bad for me, that stuff is just nasty. To get a decent nic hit with low flavor VG juice I need more power. TC is an option but I'm not completely sold yet.
I believe we are on the right path. I think we got this smoking thing beat. Which of coarse leads to problems with pharma and BT and so on but thats separate. I mean as far as quitting smoking RIGHT NOW is the high water mark.