Is vaping to blame for “popcorn lung”?

Miss YOOZ will answer this question for everyone today.

Why are they called popcorn lungs?

It's not that lungs turn into popcorn!

Because, the first casepopcorn lungcases are

One producerpopcornworkers

#p#Pagination Title #e#Produce popcorn, eat popcorn

or cause popcorn lungs

In 2004, Eric Pepps, a former Missouri microwave-heated popcorn factory employee, was diagnosed with "diacetyl (diacetyl) inhalation bronchiolitis obliterans." [1]

In 2012, Wayne Watson, a citizen in the United States who has long consumed microwave-heated popcorn, also suffered from the above-mentioned lung disease. [2]

Media and the U.S. government reported at the time that this type of lung disease was named "Popcorn Worker Lung Disease/Popcorn Lung" in this case.

Report on Popcorn Lung from World Wide Web/CBSNEWS

such casesthere are still many, you can search for yourself. You can also click to view the link below to learn about the in-depth reports the media has done on "Popcorn and Popcorn Lung".

Click to view "Do you know Popcorn Lung? Danger is hidden in the seductive sweet fragrance "#p#paginated title #e#

What is "diacetyl"?

Answer: Legal flavors and fragrances

one is found in many foods,Widely found in cream, cheese, ice cream, and many fermented foods, it is prescribed in many countries asLegal flavors and spices.

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my country's "Sanitary Standards for the Use of Food Additives" stipulates that butanedione is a legally used food flavor;[3]

The American Fragrance and Fragrance Manufacturers Association stipulates that butanedione is "numbered 2370" and also stipulates its legality;[4]#p#pagination title #e#

The European Union has declared that butanedione is a legal spice in all EU countries. [5]

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control limit

It won't get sick!

The two American cases listed in the article are: one is working and living in a milk-flavored popcorn production workshop for a long time, and the other is consuming at least two packs of milk-flavored popcorn every day for ten years.

Although the "milk aroma" emitted by diacetyl smells good and makes you love a certain food more, long-term large inhalation can cause "inhalation bronchiolitis obliterans", which is what we refer to as "popcorn lungs."

The reason is still excessive!# p#pagination title #e#

So standards are important.

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Currently, there are corresponding international standards that stipulate their inhalation limits. SCOEL(Scientific Committee on Occupational Exposure Limit[6]) stipulates their intake limits.Below safety limits, no disease will occur.

Public Health England

Published on the government official website #p#paginated title #e#

dispel rumors about regular e-cigarettes

As early as 2018, the British Department of Public Health issued an article on the British government website "Eliminating Some Misunderstandings about E-Cigarettes"[7].

Top of the list is the "popcorn lung" that everyone cares about. The British Department of Public Health said,Regular e-cigarettes will not cause illness to users at all.

RELX and YOOZ electronic cigarette oil standards are strict

Never add it indiscriminately

The corporate standards of Yuexie and Youzi refer to the highest relevant international/domestic standards. Every product that comes to the market must undergo various tempering.# p#pagination title #e#

There are 77 test standards for atomizing liquid and 55 test standards for atomizing gas.Not only that,Corporate standards also coverIn five aspects, including mechanical and physical properties, chemical properties, and stability of released substances, the lid electronic atomizer has strictly regulated all key links in the entire chain such as incoming material management, production research and development, and logistics and distribution.

This standard is based on relevant EU national standards and the HPHCs requirements of PMTA in the United States, and is more strict and comprehensive. Among them, the safety limit of the total amount of benzene derivatives in the atomized liquid is based on the strictest drinking water standards.

References/institutional data

[1]International Flavors and Fragrances SEC Annual Report Form 10K: Item 1: Legal Proceedings. 2005.8.5

[2]A man in the United States who suffers from "popcorn lungs" received US$7.2 million (compensation), World Wide Web. 2012.9.21#p #pagination title #e#

[3]Sanitary Standard for the Use of Food Additives GB2760 -1996 of the People's Republic of China

[4]American Flavor Extract Manufacturers 'Association (FEMA)

[5]Official Journal of the European Communities.1999.3.27

[6]The Scientific Committee on Occupational Exposure Limit (SCOEL) is a committee established by the European Union in 1995 to assess the potential health effects of occupational exposure to chemicals. The committee is composed of 21 highly qualified, professional and independent experts selected based on objective criteria to ensure scientific evidence of the committee's recommendations, decisions and policies to protect workers 'health and safety from chemical agents at work.

[7]Clearing up some myths around e-cigarette,Martin Dockrell, 2018,2,20

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