Vaping deaths and illnesses linked to contaminant

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The leafly article states:

In legal state-regulated markets, vape carts undergo mandatory lab testing to insure potency and purity. But in the illegal markets, anything goes. As a result, some consumers of illicit carts have learned how to spot watery oil cut with traditional propylene glycol, vegetable glycerin, or MCT oil. Without the assurance of lab testing, vapers often judge the THC potency of a cart by looking at the thickness of the oil in the chamber. Thick oil has become a proxy for purity. Thin oil is a red flag.

so these assurances are not intended for the end user. They’re intended for the distributor, who can now get away with more cutting. This would cut into my earlier speculative argument about antioxidants, but hey.

(since I don’t vape, or indeed consume THC or nicotine, I’m judging these sorts of articles by how much they appeal to my sense of cynicism, and not against actual experience)

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the issues were with THC/weed vape carts sold on the street, not eliquid.

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Never buy cartridges from street dealers. You don’t know what’s in there or how it was made. Also a reminder: this is not affecting eliquid.

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My concern is that health risks associated to vaping are unknown, some studies have a tentative link that vaping may weaken immune response in the lungs. There may be other factors to worry about though i’m not trying to scare up concern other than i’m just not interested in smoking or vaping, i don’t think its entirely risk free and if it was to intake THC or CBD i’d rather do edibles if given the choice.

That said the recent update that the big issues presented lately has to do with cheap or black market products is good to know for those that do vape :slight_smile:

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