PG, a million and ONE uses...

[leaford]

Another use for Propylene Glycol… Gulf Oil Spill Chemical Dispersant.

E-smoker Forever – by Leaford

Propylene Glycol is a much misunderstood and maligned chemical. One of the most annoying charges critics level at e-cigs is that propylene glycol is an ingredient in anti-freeze, but they ignore the fact that it is used in non-toxic anti-freeze. And of course, they also ignore that it is used in foods, cosmetics, and asthma inhalers.

Well, we can add a new item to the list of PG’s many many uses, but I don’t know if it will help or hurt PG’s reputation.



Oil spill dispersant ingredients revealed

BP has been using chemical dispersant agents composed largely of propylene glycol. Corexit 9527 was the first to be used, and contains propylene glycol and 2-butoxyethanol. It works by helping the oil break up into smaller oil droplets which can then be vacuumed up. The second ingredient is the one to worry about. Long-term inhalation of high concentrations of 2-butoxyethanol causes tumors in animals.

So, they later switched to Corexit 9500, which also contains propylene glycol, along with light petroleum distillates refined from crude oil and dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate; a common ingredient in laxatives.

Nevertheless, some people have estimated that chemical dispersants are 11 times more lethal than crude oil! (A Lethal Concentration : Speakeasy Science)

So, how long do you think it will be before we start hearing politicians claiming that e-cigs contain oil-spill clean up chemicals?

 

[the_antisheep]

It's not as exciting as saying "antifreeze," so it won't catch on as easily.

Whenever you want to make a stupid claim of artificial potential harm while maintaining pseudo-credibility with the masses, use something known to be poisonous and say every derivative that uses those ingredients are just as poisonous.

Ice cream's secret ingredient? Antifreeze - Innovation- msnbc.com

^^Look! Antifreeze in our ice cream!

Although rarely spoken of (because not exciting to point out), isn't H2O one of the primary inactive ingredients in antifreeze?

 

[keyzygirl]

True Leaford,very true,isnt it disturbing?

 

[tranced]

It's also used mixed with boric acid as a treatment of wood to prevent termites. It penetrates the wood bringing the boric acid in with it.