Vape WARNING: Researchers discover worrying e-cigarette side effect – ‘Serious concerns'

According to a study conducted by US scientists, bacterial and fungal toxins linked to lung disease have been found in the cartridges and refill liquids of vaporizers. Scientists who tested 75 cartridges and refill fluids found that 27 per cent of those tested contained the toxins. The toxins found to carry a whole series of health problems including asthma, impaired lung function and inflammation.

Professor Martin McKee, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine said: “When we look at the evidence we do have, there are enough grounds for serious concern.

“The nicotine in e-cigarettes is not a harmless drug and then there all these other things such as flavourings that are inhaled.”

Mr McKee also added that the UK was “out of step” with other countries when it came to messages concerning vaping after.

He also insisted that e-cigarettes should not be promoted in a way to stop smoking as they do not know the full effects of inhaling the flavouring chemicals.

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Professor David Christiani, from the Harvard Chan School of Public Health, who led the team said: “Airborne gram negative bacterial endotoxin and fungal-derived glucans have been shown to cause acute and chronic respiratory effects in occupational and environmental settings.

“Finding these toxins in e-cigarette products adds to the growing concerns about the potential for adverse respiratory effects in users.”

Public Health England (PHE) has recently been accused of ignoring evidence about the harms of e-cigarettes amid the recent findings.

PHE has campaigned for smokers to use e-cigarettes due to the fact that they are estimated to be 95 per cent less harmful than tobacco products.

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Professor John Newton, director of health improvement at PHE insisted that there was widespread agreement among experts that vaping is far less harmful than smoking”.

The findings from the new study are reported in the Journal Environmental Health Perspectives.

Co-author of the study Dr Mi-Su Lee, said: “In addition to inhaling harmful chemicals, e-cig users could also be exposed to biological contaminants like endotoxin and glucan.

“These new findings should be considered when developing regulatory policies for e-cigarettes.”

source: express.co.uk