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I’ve read worse. Pretty good until that end point about whether a ban is appropriate or not. Still pretty much in line with most posters here.
ohh you didnt know?? your lungs can change chromium into uranium as you exhale
if you inhale lead you can exhale gold too
I'm not too high on inhaling any heavy metals whatsoever from the wire, but they don't tell you that a ton of heavy metals are in cigarettes:
"In fact, toxic metals such as aluminium, cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, mercury, nickel, and zinc are found in tobacco, cigarette paper, filters, and cigarette smoke. The role of these metals in the pathophysiology of diseases caused by cigarette smoking is poorly understood."
"In fact, toxic metals such as aluminium, cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, mercury, nickel, and zinc are found in tobacco, cigarette paper, filters, and cigarette smoke. The role of these metals in the pathophysiology of diseases caused by cigarette smoking is poorly understood."
What bothers me about all the coverage on this issue is the omission of critical facts that substantially change the tenor and possible conclusions of the issue. For example this quote from the article:
"Seventy-eight percent of the more than 500 patients sampled reported using THC products, Schuchat said during Thursday's news briefing."
It looks straight forward... but is it? It has been well documented that many of the patients that have been afflicted and have had medical attention for this problem have refused to allow testing for THC/cbd, even though they stated they have not had any THC/CBD products. So what percentage was that and how would that affect the total being reported as THC related if they were actually tested? Seems relevant to me. Could that number raise to 92 or 95%? Don't know really because it isn't being reported on or tested for. What we do know is that the 500 patients mentioned are the total number of patients afflicted by CDC's numbers, so we know that not all have been "sampled" for THC/CBD.
The outbreak, according to the CDC, has been seen in 48 states and the CDC does have the authority during a national outbreak to require testing of all patients if they wanted to really find the answer to this question. They certainly do that with other national health problems.
Just the fact that the CDC has given very stringent warnings about using THC/CBD products leads me to believe they have compelling evidence to make this warning. And I know they include ecigs in that warning, but honestly that seems like just an inclusion and not the main focus of their warning. But the CDC overall has not been a knee jerk type of organisation with regards to health issues in the past and I don't think their warning are a result of opportunistic politics.
So the water is muddy as usual and a clear picture is not available. But of course, to the politically aligned never vapers it seems the water is clear as a mountain spring.
"Seventy-eight percent of the more than 500 patients sampled reported using THC products, Schuchat said during Thursday's news briefing."
It looks straight forward... but is it? It has been well documented that many of the patients that have been afflicted and have had medical attention for this problem have refused to allow testing for THC/cbd, even though they stated they have not had any THC/CBD products. So what percentage was that and how would that affect the total being reported as THC related if they were actually tested? Seems relevant to me. Could that number raise to 92 or 95%? Don't know really because it isn't being reported on or tested for. What we do know is that the 500 patients mentioned are the total number of patients afflicted by CDC's numbers, so we know that not all have been "sampled" for THC/CBD.
The outbreak, according to the CDC, has been seen in 48 states and the CDC does have the authority during a national outbreak to require testing of all patients if they wanted to really find the answer to this question. They certainly do that with other national health problems.
Just the fact that the CDC has given very stringent warnings about using THC/CBD products leads me to believe they have compelling evidence to make this warning. And I know they include ecigs in that warning, but honestly that seems like just an inclusion and not the main focus of their warning. But the CDC overall has not been a knee jerk type of organisation with regards to health issues in the past and I don't think their warning are a result of opportunistic politics.
So the water is muddy as usual and a clear picture is not available. But of course, to the politically aligned never vapers it seems the water is clear as a mountain spring.
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