I know the opinion here is generally that SE became greedy and started making medical claims to make more $. But I want to through out another thought...and people can accuse me of paranoia...remember, just because you are paranoid doesn't mean people AREN'T out to get you!
Given now that SE is in court over their medical statements, which are clearly going to push the FDA to kill not just their business but the whole cottage industry, and they are continuing to make the same statements, which could be controlled easily from the top down, suppose the unthinkable. Suppose that SE is being paid off big to be the agent provocateur and are
purposely making these statements because they have been bought off to destroy the whole industry. BP/BT certainly has the $ to do this, and the motive. Someone please give me compelling evidence that this is a case of stupidity and making stupid claims to make money, and not a charade by the top dogs at SE to get out now paid off big, and pull the rest of the industry down with them. These things can and do happen all the time.
The next thought is scarier still, which is why I am stocking up now, regardless of the end result of this law suit. I give a real example of what I am thinking of: the case of tryptophan.
Tryptophan is a natural amino acid, and was commercially available back in the 80s. It is the precursor of seretonin, that so called "happy chemical" in the brain. Taking tryptophan was like taking a mild, natural sleep tonic that made you feel more relaxed and happier. Prozac works by blocking the reuptake of seretonin, thus keeping brain levels unnaturally high.
In 1988, a lot of tryptophan from Japan was tainted with something that made people very sick or dead. The tryptophan in of itself was fine, but there were other things present. It was stated it was from pure QC at the plant.
The FDA immediately banned the sale of all tryptophan in the US, regardless of the source. It is just now possible to buy tryptophan again, more than 20 years later. Imagine, a simple natural amino acid!!
A just weeks after the ban in '88, Eli Lilly released the first US-based seretonergic anti-depressant, Prozac. And the rest is history.
Turns out information came out later that the tryptophan had been purposefully tainted with pharma toxic waste material, in what is likely to have been a BP sabotage to make way for the mega-blockbuster prozac.
How hard would it be for someone paid off by BP or BT to infiltrate one of these liquid companies and poison a batch, kill a few people, and give the excuse to the FDA to make these things criminal to get, sell, have, use?
How is your security, e-juice companies? How many people do you have in contact with the liquid? perhaps these are the musings of a paranoiac, but again, these things can and do happen all the time. Higher demand requires hiring more employees. You are providing a valuable service that is in direct threat to huge death-dealing money. Ruthless is an understatement with respect to these reptiles in BP, BT and gov't. Please be careful and smart. We are counting on you!!
Kurt
