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Respiratory

‘Breakthrough’ in vaping lung injury probe

US Centers for Disease Control may have found the culprit
Reuters Health
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20 November 2019
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Tests of lung samples taken from 29 US patients with vaping-related lung injuries suggest all contained Vitamin E acetate, a discovery US officials described as a breakthrough.

The discovery of Vitamin E acetate in lung samples offers the first direct evidence of a link between the substance and vaping-related lung injuries.

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