EVALI before the 2019 outbreak, and new cases may be currently obscured by the pandemic. Chatter around E-cigarette or Vaping-Related Lung Illness (EVALI) has been consumed by the more lethal COVID-19 pandemic, but new research indicates that hospitalizations due to EVALI likely happened before it received the national spotlight. This April the Centers for Disease […]
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Colorado Flags Old THC Vapes That Could Contain Banned Substance
Seven brands of marijuana vaping products in Colorado could contain MCT oil, a recently banned additive to THC vaping liquid, according to a health advisory from the state Marijuana Enforcement Division. Officially banned by the MED along with the more-notorious vitamin E acetate and polyethylene glycol (PEG) at the start of 2020, medium chain triglycerides (MCT oil) […]
Michigan recalls 9,380 marijuana vaping products over vitamin E acetate concerns
Vaping cartridges containing vitamin E acetate, a cutting agent suspected in a nationwide outbreak of deadly lung illnesses, has been discovered in samples of products sold from a Detroit dispensary. The Marijuana Regulatory Agency after 5 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 22, recalled various flavors of Savage brand vaping concentrate sold by Plan B Wellness, a licensed […]
Five myths and misconceptions about the nation’s 2019 vaping illness crisis
After months of surging numbers of people sickened and dying from vaping-related lung illnesses, the outbreak appears to be ebbing. Public health officials say that the leading culprit is vitamin E acetate, an additive found in some cannabis-based products, but that other substances may be playing a role. A lack of certainty from the outset […]
Marijuana Lab Founder: Vitamin E Occurs Naturally in THC Vapes
Hospitalizations from vaping have slowed significantly since the fall, when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officially linked vitamin E acetate, a vaping additive used to dilute nicotine and marijuana oils, to the vast majority of the illnesses reported. Although most of those cases stemmed from black market products, vaping liquid sold at regulated marijuana […]
Michigan pauses sale of marijuana vaping products, bans vitamin E acetate
Michigan regulators have temporarily paused the sale of marijuana vaping products as they implement new safety standards spurred by an outbreak of lung injuries. Also, regulators banned on Friday the use of vitamin E acetate, an additive that’s been linked to the injuries, in the vaping products. The changes were part of emergency rules announced […]
People are vaping a deadly substance along with THC. So why isn’t vitamin E acetate illegal?
State officials are reconsidering their marijuana regulations and quality control in the wake of investigators’ discovery that all of 29 patients with vaping-related lung illness tested recently had greasy vitamin E acetate from THC in their lungs. Dr. Anne Schuchat, principal deputy director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told reporters last week states […]
Compound found in U.S. vaping patients not allowed in Canadian cannabis products: officials
OTTAWA – Canadian health officials say a chemical compound discovered in lung fluid taken from 29 patients with a mysterious vaping related illness is not allowed in Canadian cannabis vaping products. Still a spokesperson for Health Canada says the agency, along with the Public Health Agency of Canada, is actively monitoring the apparent U.S. breakthrough. […]
Potential culprit found in vaping-related lung injuries and deaths
CDC describes “breakthrough” in finding vitamin E acetate in lung fluids of patients Federal health officials have identified vitamin E acetate in the lung fluids of 29 people sickened in the outbreak of dangerous vaping-related lung injuries. The discovery is a “breakthrough” that points to the oil as a likely culprit in the outbreak that […]
Colorado marijuana regulators finalizing ban on certain additives in cannabis vape products, Why Wait Until January 1, 2020?
The proposed ban comes as the nation grapples with a mysterious lung disease linked to e-cigarettes and marijuana vape pens Colorado’s marijuana regulators are finalizing a ban on certain additives in cannabis vape products, a significant step given new urgency by a national crisis over a mysterious lung disease linked to e-cigarettes and marijuana vape […]
