Friday, 6 December 2019

PRO/EDR> Vaping-related illness - North America (06): USA, toxic metals

Respiratory Illness -- United States
Doctors have discovered yet another way vaping -- and vaping THC [the psychoactive compound in marijuana], in particular -- can damage the lungs: when the metal coils of electronic cigarettes heat up to turn e-liquids into aerosols, toxic metals can leach into the liquid, leading to a rare condition usually only seen in industrial metal workers.
A case report published [Wed 4 Dec 2019] in the European Respiratory Journal describes a 49-year-old California woman who had symptoms now known to

Read more about it at HealthMap Global Disease Alerts via http://healthmap.org/ln.php?6825898&promed&0

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