Article from Wyoming: professor make inaccurate claims about PG

[Bill Godshall]

E-cigs light up debate
The Casper Journal :: Casper's Community Newspaper

Mike Siegel is quoted in the article, and he posted a blog on it at
The Rest of the Story: Tobacco News Analysis and Commentary: Groups Warning Against E-Cigarettes Due to Propylene Glycol Should Also Warn the Public Not to Use Cough Medicine, Nasal Sprays, and Many More Meds

 

[Bustastew]

PG is great, use it instead of VG if you drip!! Lesson I learned the hard way of frying atty after atty..
PG dripping - drippers
VG for carts =)

 

[t9c]

E-cigs light up debate
The Casper Journal :: Casper's Community Newspaper

Mike Siegel is quoted in the article, and he posted a blog on it at
The Rest of the Story: Tobacco News Analysis and Commentary: Groups Warning Against E-Cigarettes Due to Propylene Glycol Should Also Warn the Public Not to Use Cough Medicine, Nasal Sprays, and Many More Meds

Thanks Bill. Lots of great comments to Dr. Siegel's blog too.

 

[Vocalek]

My comment might not get published, because it could be misconstrued as a personal attack:

Michael S. Sommer uses "propylene glycol" and "ethylene glycol" in the same sentence as though they are equivalent chemicals. They have very different toxicological profiles. Propylene Glycol (PG) has been pronounced "Generally Recognized as Safe" (GRAS) by the FDA and is an additive in many foods and medicines. Ethylene Glycol is so toxic that spilled antifreeze used to kill any animal that lapped it up, which is why manufacturers were asked to switch to PG instead. If Sommer really is a chemist, he must know these things. So the question comes to mind, "Why is he trying to mislead us?"

 

[foggy1]

Thanks for posting, hope it gets picked up by the national press
I didn't know Robitusin and others used PG in their cough meds.

 

[mtammyw]

Why does no one mention that PG is used in tobacco cigarettes that millions are already ingesting? E cig's are not the first to use PG. It is in tobacco and anyone who smokes is ingesting it as well.

 

[kristin]

They don't care that it's found in tobacco cigarettes. Unless what you are inhaling is no worse for you than pure mountain air, they want it banned. Unless it's tobacco smoke, of course.