Health Risk of BPA in Ecig Products

[violinist]

Hi Fellow Vapers,
I am concerned about Bisphenal A, a chemical used in, among other things, the production of hard plastics.
Evidently this chemical has been found to pose numerous health risks and has been removed from many plastic products.
What is particularly worrisom with regard to this and ecig use, is that the toxicity potential is raised when plastic products containing BPS are heated. I am not an expert on this but it can be googled easily enough. I think we should consider requesting that vaping products be made BPA free. So far the only company I have found that makes BPA free cartos, etc...is a company in China called DESIRE Electronic Cigarettes.
I cant say for sure that other ecig companies are using plastic containing BPA, but DESIRE says on their site, that they are the only ecig company that doesnt. Could be worth looking into.

 

[Hulamoon]

Please read this link

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...hould-we-vape-juices-eat-through-plastic.html

 

[Baditude]

I don't know if BPA is in polycarbonate plastic or not, but some flavors are known to cause destructive processes with this plastic. I've been a proponent of manufacturers to eliminate polycarbonate in tanks for months, and switch to safer alternatives like pyrex glass or polypropylene plastic. All of my tanks use pyrex.

 

[Hulamoon]

Baditude has some good info in the link above. I did rather like the comparison to cola also - we (OK most of us) drink that without thinking, but think of all the stuff it can do for corroded metal, dirty toilet bowls and the like!

 

[xEtherized]

On the bright side, there are Mech Mods and Stainless Steel atomizers.

 

[Faylool]

I've been dkinda thinking from my experience that it's the juice flavors that tend towards being hard on plastic also tend towards giving non harsh throat hit. I use Pyrex only too unless you count eroll tanks.

 

[StarDose]

I use mainly SS and Pyrex aswell, the cheaper plastic tanks IF they do contain BPA can't be worse for a person than smoking. I wouldn't worry too much about it since most vapers upgrade from the cheaper tank rather quickly. Still a good point to make about BPA since I never really thought about it before.