Shilo, I wasn't attempting to judge anyone's specific 'comfort level' (but I certainly understand why you might have thought I was). Anyone that has 'done their homework' knows that
vaping all these 'food safe chemicals' carries a risk, and we each make the choices with which we can each be comfortable. Nor was I complaining about 'wasted money' or wanting to get rid of the flavors (I might find I like them enough to decide to use them occasionally). However, I think I have the right as a consumer to know that flavors contain diacetyl
before I spend my money.
What I was referring to is the
vaping community's apparent lack of ability to regulate itself (i.e., lack of full disclosure from many vendors; buyers not insisting that vendors disclose sources/ingredients, etc) - along with the seeming lack of understanding that once the authorities see/find vendors selling products containing diacetyl (or other known harmful substances, that they already regulate elsewhere)...they'll be all over it like a drooling, ravenous coyote.
If the vaping community does not want government regulation everywhere they turn, then the vaping community needs to ensure there's no need for government regulations. Vendors in said community (that make their living selling chemicals for people to inhale and equipment to create the vapor to inhale), should know & disclose the ingredients - especially when those chemicals are known to cause harm (at any level). Consumers in the vaping community also have a responsibility to identify irresponsible sellers, prevent innocent/unknowledgeable people from being harmed, and to appropriately fund (or not fund) the sellers that are helping/hurting the vaping community.
What happens inside the lungs of someone that's inhaling a humectant vapor, laced with .5%-35% chemicals that are 'food safe', fairly steadily for ?-16 hours a day for weeks/months/years? How much worse might it be if one/more of those chemicals was diacetyl? I don't know (nobody knows). But we can rest assured people are going to find out (hopefully not the hard way).
What I do know is that it's my opinion that ECF should be THE place where people enourage others in the vaping community to gain as much knowledge as possible; be informed; share information...and do their best to join together to ensure the least amount of government intervention & control as possible. And that means (to me) that we need to point out these oversights & lacks of disclosure by vendors profiting from the sale of chemicals known to be harmful.
Hopefully my opinion isn't coming across offensively (if it is, I apologize to anyone I've offended). I just believe we all should be able to eat, drink, or vape anything we want...and that the authorities have no business regulating our decisions. And when it comes to vaping, I'd like to keep it that way