Diethylene glycol was found
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FDA says electronic cigarettes contain same cancer-causing ingredients as tobacco cigarettes - WGN
The report said nitrosamine as the cancer causing chemical found in most of the e juice tests....
I have a good friend that works for WGN in Chicago..but don't know how to go about approaching this or what to say to her..any suggestions?
Not sure if this was posted or not yet but I know for sure DEG is a big ingredient in antifreeze for your car. Which is deadly if ingested. Also used in some explosives from some experience.
I cannot post links yet so do a simple msds search on prestone antifreeze and many others.
I cannot post links yet so do a simple msds search on prestone antifreeze and many others.
I believe nitrosamine is also found in the patch and nic gum.
I am sure I read that just last night. I just don't remember where.
Someone posted a link to an article written by a doctor. I will try to find it.
I am sure I read that just last night. I just don't remember where.
Someone posted a link to an article written by a doctor. I will try to find it.
Nitrosamines are the main way of preserving processed meats. I think I heard something about the FDA wanting a warning label for hot-dogs recently due to these known carcinogens. It beats trichinosis or other diseases you get without such preservation.
Nitrosamine is a carcinogen. Not sure how that is possible though. 2 ingredients. Seems that the FDA is saying that EG and VG are carcinogens. Which are a main ingredient. Right?
Someone in the FDA overlook this or keep it hush hush until something pops up that they don't like.
Someone in the FDA overlook this or keep it hush hush until something pops up that they don't like.
OK - FOUND IT - check it out
The Rest of the Story: Tobacco News Analysis and Commentary: Tobacco-Specific Carcinogens Found in Nicotine Replacement Products; Will Anti-Smoking Groups Call for Removal of these Products from the Market?
edit - be sure to read the whole story
The Rest of the Story: Tobacco News Analysis and Commentary: Tobacco-Specific Carcinogens Found in Nicotine Replacement Products; Will Anti-Smoking Groups Call for Removal of these Products from the Market?
edit - be sure to read the whole story
um - I could be wrong - but I think what you are referring to is 'nitrates', not nitrosamines.
I dunno....maybe someone could read a package of bacon or hot dogs to find out, but I always thought sodium nitrosamines were used. I mutated fruit flies with them with various amino acid combinations back in high school. I don't keep any such products in my house, but I do love to eat bacon at restaurants
. I think ascorbic acid (orange juice) neutralizes these chemicals if also present in the stomach.
Thank you very much for saving me a lot of time googling to try to find this. Also, I love the references to previously done research studies at the end. They are well worth reading too.
Well with quoting my post out of context of the one I was responding to, it makes less sense. I was only commenting on the previous poster who said that US manufacturers would be the ones to add contaminates to cut costs. I agree with what you're saying.
I couldn't agree with this statement more. I used to work at a warehouse that dealt with organics foods and they distribute their products through places like Kroger HEB Walmart and they were working on a contract with Albertsons. The problem with this place was that there was a lot of food that was contaminated and infested and we were told to only take out the contaminated or infested products and to keep the good product. This literally disgusted me and I soon after left the place. The funny part is that the company was to have inspections done by the FDA and other companies to maintain their organic status. To my knowledge they haven't been told to clean up the place once. Also just a side note. A lot of people don't realize this but products like beans and rice that are bought organically usually contain a lot of eggs from meal moths and other insects. If you buy organic clean your beans and rice very well before cooking as you could be eating a bowl of bugs.
Here you go. Independent lab tests for nitrosamines on various tobacco and nicotine products (from
Nicotine & Tobacco Research Volume 8, Number 2 (April 2006) 309313) http://www.starscientific.com/404/stepanov tsna in.pdf
Pg 4 of the pdf has a table with the results. Results are expressed in micrograms per gram (μg/g). A microgram is 1/1,000,000 of a gram (or 1/1000 of a milligram).
I dunno....maybe someone could read a package of bacon or hot dogs to find out, but I always thought sodium nitrosamines were used. I mutated fruit flies with them with various amino acid combinations back in high school. I don't keep any such products in my house, but I do love to eat bacon at restaurants
It is nitrates, but when added to meats for curing/preserving and they combine with the amino acids in the meat then heat is applied (as in frying), you get nitrosamines. The FDA has a rule that ascorbic acid needs to be added to such products to reduce the amount of nitrosamines formed. I'm no chemist, but I just read this somewhere.
Nitrosamine
Occurrences
Food
Nitrosamines are produced from nitrites and secondary amines, which often occur in the form of proteins. Their formation can occur only under certain conditions, including strongly acidic conditions such as that of the human stomach. High temperatures, as in frying, can also enhance the formation of nitrosamines. These cooking styles may be responsible for thousands of cases of colon cancer per year across the world. The presence of nitrosamines may be identified by the Liebermann's reaction. [1]
Under acidic conditions the nitrite forms nitrous acid (HNO2), which is protonated and splits into the nitrosonium cation N≡O+ and water: H2NO2+ = H2O + NO+. The nitrosonium cation then reacts with an amine to produce nitrosamine.[citation needed]
Nitrosamines are found in many foodstuffs, especially beer, fish, and fish byproducts, and also in meat and cheese products preserved with nitrite pickling salt. The U.S. government established limits on the amount of nitrites used in meat products in order to decrease cancer risk in the population. There are also rules about adding ascorbic acid or related compounds to meat, because they inhibit nitrosamine formation.[citation needed]
Consumer products
Nitrosamines can be found in tobacco smoke and latex products. A test of party balloons and condoms indicated that many of them release small amounts of nitrosamines.[1]
However, nitrosamines from condoms are not expected to be of toxicological significance.[2]
Cancer
Nitrosamines can cause cancers in a wide variety of animal species, a feature that suggests that they may also be carcinogenic in humans. Epidemiological data supports a positive association between nitrite and nitrosamine intake and gastric cancer, between meat and processed meat intake and gastric cancer and oesophageal cancer, but the studies are inconclusive.[3]
here is a link to the FDA report: http://www.fda.gov/downloads/Drugs/ScienceResearch/UCM173250.pdf
According to the report, Diethylene Glycol was detected in one sample (Smoking Everywhere 555 High cartridge) at approximately 1%.
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