Well many people are with opinion that e-cigarettes are not harmful as the actual cigarettes are. But the recent research has shocked the world, as world major e-cigarette brands with dangerous toxins. A new study has revealed news that is not good for the for electronic cigarette users. According to study, many major popular products available in the United States were found to be contaminated with harmful fungal and bacterial toxins.
The studies say that, among other things, researchers found trace amounts of glucan in 81-percent of popular e-cigarette liquid products. The contaminant may cause inflammation, lung issues, and more.
E-cigarette brands with dangerous toxins
The team at the Harvard School of Public Health in its research said that, the impurities found in the e-cigarettes, are associated with asthma and chronic obstructive lung disease. Well, they found in nearly a quarter of single-use e-cigarette cartridges and in over three quarters of e-liquids.
The study or reached examined as many as 75 popular e-cigarette products. It includes 37 single-use cartridges and 38 e-liquids from 10 top selling U.S. brands.
On the other hand, the products were classified into four different flavor categories: tobacco, menthol, fruit, and other; and screened for the presence of endotoxin and glucan, toxic inflammatory substances that damage the lungs.
The study also found that endotoxin concentrations were higher in fruit-flavored products. This indicates that raw materials used in the production of flavors might be a source of the contamination.
They found that 17 of 75 products, 23%, contained traces of endotoxin, a potent inflammatory molecule found in bacteria, and 61 of 75 products, 81%, contained traces of glucan, a toxic substance found in the cell walls of most fungi. Exposure to these microbial toxins has been associated with a myriad of health problems, including asthma, reduced lung function, and inflammation.
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