Disposable E-Cigarettes More Toxic Than Traditional Cigarettes
www.ucdavis.edu
They may look like travel shampoo bottles and smell like bubblegum, but after a few hundred puffs, some disposable, electronic cigarettes and vape pods release higher amounts of toxic metals than older e-cigarettes and traditional cigarettes, according to a study from the University of California, Davis. For example, one of the disposable e-cigarettes studied released more lead during a day’s use than nearly 20 packs of traditional cigarettes.

They may look like travel shampoo bottles and smell like bubblegum, but after a few hundred puffs, some disposable, electronic cigarettes and vape pods release higher amounts of toxic metals than older e-cigarettes and traditional cigarettes, according to a study from the University of California, Davis. For example, one of the disposable e-cigarettes studied released more lead during a day’s use than nearly 20 packs of traditional cigarettes.

    • Ann Archy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      15 hours ago

      Lead comes from the device hardware, not the juice. Heating coils, solder, and metal parts shed particles when hot.

      • Revan343@lemmy.caEnglish
        6·
        2 days ago

        It’s not from the coil, at least in the cases that this article is about, but other parts of the tank. Shitty manufacturing, anyways

        • CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          51·
          2 days ago

          Or just another shitty study like the one they did in Oregon where they fired the coils for 60 seconds at a time and literally melted the rigs down before measuring what chemicals off gassed from the smoldering pile of plastic and metal.

          • Ann Archy@lemmy.worldEnglish
            11·
            15 hours ago

            Yeah no Chinese ever shoved cancer in the face of consumers for money! Let’s trust capitalism on this one.

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