Health Concern : Aramid in Atomizer....Possible danger?

[MattSharky]

Aramid the fibers used in the atomizers seem very dangerous according to this report.
It could be as dangerous as asbestos.

Effects of Aramid, a high strength synthetic fiber... [Drug Chem Toxicol. 1994] - PubMed result

I'm new, I just got my first mod. Somebody please tell me there's nothing to worry about. I've been smoking a mod with a Cisco LR306. I was a pack a day smoker down to 3 cigarettes thanks to vaping the past 4 days.

In the past 4 days, vaping has been my escape from regular cigarettes and feel that I'm on to a better life but I started to think about the safety and started reading some of the posts that got me really concerned. Some guy was talking about Asbestos and then was corrected that it WAS NOT asbestos that are in the atomizers it was in fact ARAMID, an asbestos substitute. Well I googled it and found the article above, and freaked out!!!

I was like Fuuuu....dude I can't have this. Somebody tell me this is not a big deal. The last 4 days i've be vaping my first mod, and I can see SO MANY BENEFITS, no tar, l can breath better, etc. I can see myself quitting for good. I have high hopes for vaping.

Comments appreciated.

 

[Infernal2]

I'm honestly not sure what material Cisco uses in his atomizers specifically but in general, the abstract of the article is not really enough to make an immediate determination. A specific article on para-aramid, which shares similar properties shows that even exposed as an aerosol in lab rats, retention of the fiber was insignificant.

In summary, 2-week high-dose exposures to p-aramid RFP in rats produces only transient increases in BrdU celllabeling indices of terminal bronchiolar and subpleural regions. Similar results were observed in p-aramid-exposed hamsters. In contrast, 2-week, high-dose exposures to chrysotile asbestos fibers in rats produced sustained increases in celllabeling indices of lung parenchymal, airway, and subpleural cells, which suggests that chrysotile produces a potent cell proliferative response. In addition, fiber clearance and biopersistence studies demonstrated that short chrysotile fibers were cleared rapidly, but longer chrysotile fibers were retained in the lung or cleared at an insignificant rate. In contrast, p-aramid RFP have low biopersistence in the lungs of exposed rats and hamsters. Based on these comparisons, we conclude that the proliferative effects and enhanced biodurability of chrysotile associated with the induction of chronic disease do not occur with inhaled p-aramid fibrils. Moreover, the finding that inhaled p-aramid fibrils are biodegradable in the lungs of two rodent species lends support to the theory that inhaled p-aramid RFP are probably biodegradable in the lungs of exposed humans.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1470125/pdf/envhper00330-0218.pdf

And to note, the heat resistance property of aramid and para aramids should not be at issue.

I'll keep searching though.