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"The New South Wales chief health officer has warned “there is no such thing as
a safe vape” after government-funded research identified toxic chemicals in
scores of vapes seized from schools and retailers, including the same substance
found in antifreeze.
The dire warning came as the state government announced a $6.8m crackdown on
the sale of illegal vapes, plus support for young addicts.
The research, conducted by the University of Wollongong on behalf of NSW
Health, studied 428 vapes seized from retailers and 322 surrendered by children
at Sydney schools.
Most of them did not have nicotine listed as an active ingredient – but about
98% of the devices contained it.
Of the devices, 30 contained at least one chemical known to harm health,
including illegal chemicals banned by the Therapeutic Goods Administration from
legal vapes which contain nicotine such as ethylene glycol, which is also in
air conditioning units, in the natural gas industry and is used to de-ice
airstrips.
The chief health officer, Dr Kerry Chant, said the research showed vapes
couldn’t be trusted to be safe “as you just don’t know what is in them”.
“This is especially true for children who are increasingly being exposed to
high concentrations of nicotine and in some cases known toxic substances,” she
said."
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*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
