Is ecigexpress coloring safe?

[Sv3nne]

I recently bought some coloring from ecigexpress but I just wanted to ask some veterans if it's safe to use this in eliquid


http://www.ecigexpress.com/diy-flavoring-food-coloring-c-16_54/blue-liquid-food-color-1oz-p-754

 

[glassmanoak]

Just one man's opinion.. Why, after adding 4000 chemicals to my body every time I smoked, would I want to add any unnecessary chemicals in my ejuice? To me, food coloring applies. It might look cool, but it certainly isn't necessary!

 

[Sv3nne]

Doesnt ectoplasm & pluid contain coloring?

 

[glassmanoak]

Doesnt ectoplasm & pluid contain coloring?

Maybe they do , but that doesn't make them safe. There probably isn't a thing wrong with food coloring, but it is unnecessary, in my opinion. No one should give you a hard time if you use it either.. it's a matter of personal preference

 

[BakuPeg]

Artificial Food Coloring Health Effects - Food Dyes and Additives - The Daily Green

I quote from the above article..
Still, the high-profile review by the FDA is focusing attention on the issue. So let's look at the Center for Science in the Public Interest's main arguments, set out in a 2010 report, Food Dyes: A Rainbow of Risks:

Cancer: Citrus Red 2, Red 3, Red 40, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Blue 1, Blue 2 and Green 3, — which include some of the most commonly used synthetic food dyes — have been identified as being, or being contaminated with, potential cancer-causing chemicals. The potential carcinogenity is largely based on small-scale animal testing in laboratories.

Allergies: Blue 1, Red 40, Yellow 5, and Yellow 6 are known to trigger reactions in those with allergies.

Hyperactivity: In 2009, Britain asked food companies to phase out the use of most food dyes in children's food over concerns some studies had raised about their link to hyperactivity, attention deficit disorder and related health issues. (Other experts in the field have questioned the results of those studies.)

Of course that is eating food dyes. We don't know the effect of inhaling them.

Still, food dyes are GRAS - Generally Regarded as Safe.

 

[glassmanoak]

Cancer: Citrus Red 2, Red 3, Red 40, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Blue 1, Blue 2 and Green 3, — which include some of the most commonly used synthetic food dyes — have been identified as being, or being contaminated with, potential cancer-causing chemicals. The potential carcinogenity is largely based on small-scale animal testing in laboratories.

Allergies: Blue 1, Red 40, Yellow 5, and Yellow 6 are known to trigger reactions in those with allergies.

Hyperactivity: In 2009, Britain asked food companies to phase out the use of most food dyes in children's food over concerns some studies had raised about their link to hyperactivity, attention deficit disorder and related health issues. (Other experts in the field have questioned the results of those studies.)

Of course that is eating food dyes. We don't know the effect of inhaling them.

Still, food dyes are GRAS - Generally Regarded as Safe.

I'm really not trying to debate the use of food colorings. You asked if it was safe to use in eliquids. As you have seen the answer to that question is still (and I suspect always will be) up for debate.. Ask the new AEMSTA (or whatever it is) about their opinions.
I'm just stating my un-scientific opinion that I don't want to put anything in MY ejuice that isn't needed.
I've always hoped that, with age, comes Wisdom. In MY case, I'm not so sure! No GRAS for this guy!

 

[Sv3nne]

Hmmm, after reading this I agree that it's not the best idea to use them. Too bad I didnt do some research before buying the stuff ...

 

[cricque]

hey sv3nne, I certainly wouldn't use it, it might look cool, but that's the only benefit you might get

I do know smoking was bad, but still I did it. I do know vaping still has "bad" sides to it, but alot less then smoking. I still do it. But adding unneeded stuff, I do not see the point myself

 

[Sv3nne]

Hi, crique! Nice to see you here

That cinnamon danish swirl from capella is amazing ^^

love DIY

 

[oxygen thief]

I don't go out of my way to vape food coloring but I'm not real worried about vaping 90 ml of Pluid. After smoking close to 400 K cigarettes, tens of thousands of pharmaceuticals(they have food coloring) for bipolar, truckloads of food colorings and additives over 59 years, chasing DDT spewing mosquito trucks on my bicycle, unprotected sex, dangerous street *****, and hundreds of Three's Company reruns, it's really hard for me to get sanctimonious over the health effects of coloring when we don't even know the health effects of flavors. I don't use it to mix with because it's just cosmetic. You can pick up a colored translucent vivi nova tank which, I hope, won't kill me either.

 

[bentandshallow]

I like the color of my juice after steeping.