e liquid contents,,,May be toxic! Need Advice!
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Yes, next to food allergies (nuts, gluten) it can be one of the more annoying "It's in everything" allergies.
You can be scared as much as you like, but what hairball said is true. The vast, vast majority of the nicotine solutions that are used in U.S. mixed juice comes from China. You don't have to email them and ask. U.S. or European extracted nicotine is so expensive that the juice prices reflect it and any company that uses nicotine base made in the U.S. will stick it up in big red letters on their website as an inducement to the more nationalistic or paranoid vapers among us.
Furthermore, most all of the smaller U.S. juice companies get their nicotine from wholesalers who, in turn, source it in much higher concentrations (like 99.9%) from China, cut it down to something you don't need a fume hood to deal with, and sell it in smaller lots. So, even though your favorite juice may be made in the U.S. and the nicotine might be bought from a U.S. wholesaler, it ultimately comes from China anyway.
And that rule also holds true for most flavors. Even the new Italian flavors on the market are actually made from Italian recipes, developed by Italian flavorists(?), but made in China.
BTW, Dekang is the biggest manufacturer of e-juice in the world by far. There are literally hundreds of e-juice brands, sold by American companies under American names that are simply re-bottled, relabeled and/or modified Dekang. And they'll all say "Made in U.S.A." on the label. If that bothers you, I'd suggest going to Youtube and watching the video of the Dekang factory. Now, compare that to say....the plant your last pork chop came from or the kitchen of your favorite restaurant. I'd sooner have an appendectomy in a Dekang factory as in the operating room of most American hospitals. I'd certainly trust them more than some part time juice cook working out of their kitchen or garage in Podunk Iowa.
You can get Fluxomizers from Gotvapes.com. They are pretty much on top of the evolution of that kind of cartomizer (called a "clearomizer"). They have just gotten the newest, greatest versions called the Fluxomizer Supremes, or somesuch. These kind of clear cartomizers have been around a couple years now. They have been real hit or miss and plagued with problems, mostly related to wicking juice from the tank to the coil, which is mounted in a cup near the top of the clearomizer. This kind of arrangement, known as the CE2, works best with thinner juices. Thicker juice sometimes has a problem wicking and can result in dry hits. There have also been problems with the plastic cracking when used with certain types of (mostly) acidic juices. The Fluxomizer uses a different plastic and has solved that particular problem. Be prepared though, you still may have to do a little tweaking to them to get them working just right. Gotvapes usually has a video of any little tweaks that might be helpful. When they're working well, they're fantastic and the cleanest flavor you're going to get outside of dripping. I haven't tried the newest Fluxos yet, but I soon will. I understand that they are much improved. You might want to take a look at the Gotvapes vendor forum for the latest information and feedback about them and any issues they might still have.
In most cases "made in USA" should be replaced with "made in the US from components/materials originating in one or more of the following countries."
Yeah.. Or with "Made in USA - the country that allows pink slime and antibiotic, prozac and hormone - fed poultry in it's food stores; also considers Pizza a vegetable, and e-cigarettes as dangerous as tobacco cigarettes. Use at own risk"
I don't really mean it, just pointing out that the argument about the "dangers" of Chinese products can be easily turned around.
I don't really mean it, just pointing out that the argument about the "dangers" of Chinese products can be easily turned around.
I have no food allergies that I can think of. In fact, I am allergic to very little. Just thinking I might try the straight pg formula instead of the vg. I know most people have the difficulties with the pg, but, I am weird like that. hahahahha
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Honestly, if you were allergic to glycerin, you'd have noticed before. It's so ubiquitous in food and cosmetics that is almost impossible to avoid. Moreover, the molecule being present in every part of your body, and so simple chemically speaking, well... let's say it's quite unlikely.
It's very likely that you are sensitive to something else in the juice. From your post I got the idea that there was something wrong with the juice (cloudy, different tasting?). Am I missing the point?
It's very likely that you are sensitive to something else in the juice. From your post I got the idea that there was something wrong with the juice (cloudy, different tasting?). Am I missing the point?
I could rant for a while about Monsanto, Dow and how they relate to our food supply, but I'll save that for later.
Yep, my guess is the flavorings, especially with menthol. That stuff can be pretty harsh and you can develop a sensitivity to it over time, so you might have developed a problem with it since you first used it. Anyone allergic to VG would probably know it by the time they were old enough to vape. That stuff is literally everywhere.
Yeah. It's funny how the Chinese take all this flak but, in China, when a company poisons people, the executives go to prison or get executed. In the U.S., the worst that happens is they bankrupt their companies, lay off the workers and take an 8 figure golden parachute on the way down.
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