A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is the first to identify a 'potential toxicant of concern' in the vaping crisis. Here's what you need to know about vitamin E oil.
As cases of vaping-related illnesses reach 2,051, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has announced a “breakthrough” in the search for a cause — the first identified toxicant: vitamin E acetate.
“These new findings are significant because for the first time we have detected a potential toxin of concern,” Anne Schuchat, MD, principal deputy director of the CDC said on a call with reporters Friday morning. “These findings provide direct evidence of vitamin E acetate at the primary site of injury within the lungs and the samples reflect patients from states across the country to date.
“Vitamin E acetate is enormously sticky,” James L. Pirkle, MD, director of the division of laboratory sciences at the CDC, said on the call Friday. “You can think of it to be just like honey and so when it went goes into the lung, it does hang around.” Schuchat added that while it’s clear that vitamin E acetate can “interfere with lung function,” the next step is to figure out exactly how.
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