Scientific American Has An Article for E-Cigarettes in it. And it's not that great...

[ClasslessKing]

I of course don't have a link, and I can't find one, so if someone could throw it up if they have it. Yeah, It's basically saying that even though propylene glycol is GRAS (generally recognized as safe) by the FDA, there isn't enough evidence to support that it's safe to inhale. There's also a blurb about how the regulations of the e-cig industry is like the 'Wild West' (actual wording). UGH... Really SA?

 

[rothenbj]

I don't know, without the Wild West there would not be Disneyland or Hollywood. We also wouldn't have had the Gold Rush and ultimately San Francisco (of course then no UCSF which might be good). There are hazards in the Wild West, but there was also promise and people were willing to take the risk for the potential reward.

If the FDA controlled travel, I'm sure moving West would have been banned until the long term risks were established.

 

[swampergene]

Would this be it?

http://www.scientificamerican .com/article/smokescreen-are-e-cigarettes-safe/

 

[salleh]

....Rats, link won't load for me ....where are our writers ??? we need some good writers laying down our side of the story...!!!

 

[swampergene]

And yes, it is a disgrace for this article to appear in SA. An obvious attempt to jump on the media bandwagon.

 

[swampergene]

salleh I broke the link...added a space before the dotcom.

 

[swampergene]

The safe to inhale thing is a joke. They all carry on about this idea of "oh it's safe for consumption, but this is putting it into your lungs!" It goes to show how little people study what they write about.

 

[reeftivo]

The safe to inhale thing is a joke. They all carry on about this idea of "oh it's safe for consumption, but this is putting it into your lungs!" It goes to show how little people study what they write about.

Totally agree.
After the bans here in the L.A. Area, vaping seems to be the hot thing now for these news outlets to continuously report unsubstantiated and misleading information. About 10 minutes ago, while watching one of the network news morning programs, the anchor reported that e cig vapor has nickel, lead and chromium in it. I mean COME ON!!!! A major news outlet like ABC??
Pretty discouraging for the future.

 

[Jman8]

I don't know, without the Wild West there would not be Disneyland or Hollywood. We also wouldn't have had the Gold Rush and ultimately San Francisco (of course then no UCSF which might be good). There are hazards in the Wild West, but there was also promise and people were willing to take the risk for the potential reward.

If the FDA controlled travel, I'm sure moving West would have been banned until the long term risks were established.

The whole "stop SOPA" campaign guaranteed the wild west continues for the internet. There'd be a prime example where population (overwhelmingly) prefers wild west. With obvious drawbacks such as piracy and scammers galore.