This week's e-cig horror story on the local news.

[ElConquistador]

Heard a couple of "teasers" on the radio coming home, so I had to tune in to find out about how deadly e-liquid is. Turns out some idiot lady left her e-juice where her toddler could get to it. She found he had gotten into her juice and opened all the bottles, dumped it all over himself, and had ingested some. He got sick and she had to take him to the emergency room.

I wonder if she leaves her Drano bottles laying around where the kid can get to them, too. My gosh, lady, why in the world would you leave the bottles where your toddler can get to them? I'm sorry the child got sick, but there's some serious blame to be placed on his mother here, right?

The report said part of the problems with children ingesting juice is "withdrawal".

 

[zanthious]

i heard some lady bought some e-liquid got in her car and died in a car crash. teach you not to order online!

 

[crxess]

And...........it went national

www. jrn .com/ktnv/news/contact-13/E-liquids-could-be-lethal-to-small-children-252241411.html#comments-anchor

E-liquids could be lethal to small children, harmful to others - www. ktnv .com

 

[Subdivisions]

I guess we need to make some little mr. yuck stickers for e-liquid.

 

[Subdivisions]

double post

 

[Purplepeeps]

Mandatory sterilization for all idiot parents like this.

 

[KODIAK (TM)]

And...........it went national

www. jrn .com/ktnv/news/contact-13/E-liquids-could-be-lethal-to-small-children-252241411.html#comments-anchor

E-liquids could be lethal to small children, harmful to others - www. ktnv .com

And read the ensuing comments. People are ripping the article apart.

Funny thing is... the site probably wants page hits and we're giving it to them.



Edit: LOL. I comment about the link then post it myself. Thanks Sonic!

 

[ScottP]

What do you expect from the pro-Nanny State media? If the parents would have left a gun in the toddlers play pen and he shot himself, it would obviously be the gun manufacturers fault.

 

[jensy]

Well I have always said "you just can't fix stupid ".

 

[sonicdsl]

Moved to Media & General News

 

[rothenbj]

Heard a couple of "teasers" on the radio coming home, so I had to tune in to find out about how deadly e-liquid is. Turns out some idiot lady left her e-juice where her toddler could get to it. She found he had gotten into her juice and opened all the bottles, dumped it all over himself, and had ingested some. He got sick and she had to take him to the emergency room.

I wonder if she leaves her Drano bottles laying around where the kid can get to them, too. My gosh, lady, why in the world would you leave the bottles where your toddler can get to them? I'm sorry the child got sick, but there's some serious blame to be placed on his mother here, right?

The report said part of the problems with children ingesting juice is "withdrawal".

Based on all the reporting of what "could" kill a child, that one should be dead. I think the "could" is like you "can" drown in one inch of water. Both are possible with all the wrong circumstances but each are highly unlikely.

This shouldn't be a story about the liquid, it could be any of dozens of dangerous products. It's about the parent/parents.

 

[NorthOfAtlanta]

Had to quote this from the comments section, going to remember it for future use.

Contains tobacco extract (yep that's where the nicotine comes from but it's not a tobacco product because it contains no actual tobacco. That would be like saying maple syrup is a wood product),

 

[AgentAnia]

Had to quote this from the comments section, going to remember it for future use.

Contains tobacco extract (yep that's where the nicotine comes from but it's not a tobacco product because it contains no actual tobacco. That would be like saying maple syrup is a wood product),

Thanks for posting, NoA. That's the best analogy I've seen so far... Love it!

 

[AgentAnia]

Had to quote this from the comments section, going to remember it for future use.

Contains tobacco extract (yep that's where the nicotine comes from but it's not a tobacco product because it contains no actual tobacco. That would be like saying maple syrup is a wood product),

Thanks for posting, NoA. That's the best analogy I've seen so far... Love it!

 

[Fulgurant]

Had to quote this from the comments section, going to remember it for future use.

Contains tobacco extract (yep that's where the nicotine comes from but it's not a tobacco product because it contains no actual tobacco. That would be like saying maple syrup is a wood product),

Or that Glantz studies are excrement products because they come from a raging bleephole.

Oh wait. That reasoning actually works pretty well. Nevermind!

 

[Vocalek]

What's even worse is when the next media outlet decides to inflate the misinformation above and beyond the original.

"It says e-liquid often contains nicotine in its most potent form."

It's most potent form would be 100% nicotine. The insecticide is diluted to 40% nicotine. And the highest concentration in e-cig liquid mentioned by the NYT was 10%. So how is this the "most potent" form?

 

[MorpheusPA]

What's even worse is when the next media outlet decides to inflate the misinformation above and beyond the original.

"It says e-liquid often contains nicotine in its most potent form."

It's most potent form would be 100% nicotine. The insecticide is diluted to 40% nicotine. And the highest concentration in e-cig liquid mentioned by the NYT was 10%. So how is this the "most potent" form?

Hence the reason they're called slant pieces. It's not so much the data, which is technically true if you twist it right, but the method of presentation and the word choices made when writing the article.

Technically? Any e-liquid does contain nicotine in its most potent form. At some point in its happy life, said nicotine was a powdery substance that was pure. It was then diluted down and eventually ended up in your e-liquid.

So it does contain nicotine in its purest and most potent form...it just doesn't contain very much of it. Quite tiny amounts, actually.

Here's a fun one: "Pretzels are treated and pH balanced so that they will bake to be crispy."

Also true: "Pretzels undergo a dip in dangerous, caustic lye to force them to chemically change form and make them crispy."

 

[MorpheusPA]

What's even worse is when the next media outlet decides to inflate the misinformation above and beyond the original.

"It says e-liquid often contains nicotine in its most potent form."

It's most potent form would be 100% nicotine. The insecticide is diluted to 40% nicotine. And the highest concentration in e-cig liquid mentioned by the NYT was 10%. So how is this the "most potent" form?

Hence the reason they're called slant pieces. It's not so much the data, which is technically true if you twist it right, but the method of presentation and the word choices made when writing the article.

Technically? Any e-liquid does contain nicotine in its most potent form. At some point in its happy life, said nicotine was a powdery substance that was pure. It was then diluted down and eventually ended up in your e-liquid.

So it does contain nicotine in its purest and most potent form...it just doesn't contain very much of it. Quite tiny amounts, actually.

Here's a fun one: "Pretzels are treated and pH balanced so that they will bake to be crispy."

Also true: "Pretzels undergo a dip in dangerous, caustic lye to force them to chemically change form and make them crispy."