Center for Environmental Health – A smoking gun: Cancer-causing chemicals in e-cigarettes
The report involved tests of 47 cigalike e-cigarettes and 50 refillable models. Researchers were looking for acetaldehyde and formaldehyde.
What it Found
They found that 50 products exceeded California’s Prop 65 limits for these chemicals. They also reported the most extreme values they found: 473 times over the limit for formaldehyde and 254 times over it for acetaldehyde.
This led to headlines such as “Lawsuit charges e-cigarettes contain cancer-causing chemicals
What’s Wrong With it?
There is no information about what they actually did. The report only says it was tested under “realistic” conditions. It doesn’t even give hard numbers for how much formaldehyde and acetaldehyde they found.
The authors even mention the danger in these tests (like in the first study in this article). Yet they still don’t think we need more information to work out if they made the same crucial mistake.
“We tested some e-cigarettes in a way we’re not telling you and they’re bad for you” is the short version. That’s why citing this ‘study’ is a complete waste of time.
Analysis of the Study
