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Phantom Diablo
Thanks for engaging
Would you link me to the 'extensive research' that shows particle composition and size caused by thermal decomposition of wicks/coils etc in vaping equipment, please? Also that such particles are 'not relevant' in terms of lung inhalation, or health generally? I ask because I haven't seen it.
Just to be clear... there are three spheres involved here... the hardware (wick, coil, tank and tank deck, posts, screws (for example) - all of which can be made of different materials and different combinations of materials)... the liquids... and the hardware and liquids combined.
All of the above are capable of generating substances and particles within a violent and reactive environment that can then be inhaled... and about which little, if anything, is known in relation to inhalation to the lung.
Perhaps you are confusing particle size in relation to nicotine molecule absorbtion through different physical membranes (skin/mouth/throat/lung, for example) and thus into the blood plasma and thence to the noncepad.
If so, then to be specific... I am referring to particulate matter stemming from the thermal decomposition of coil/tank materials... not nicotine molecules, or molecules from any other liquids (except where they may have reacted with other substances).
In the case of these materials, there are no particles too small or too large to not cause a problem with either lung tissue directly or absorbtion into the blood stream via the lung.
Put simply... all materials deposited into the lung, whatever their particulate size, have the potential to cause a health problem. Otherwise we'd not need to cough or avoid breathing asbestos.
The particles released from your coil do not disappear just because you don't happen to be inhaling the device at the time they are released... by which I mean, when you are pulsing your newly-built coil, or dry-burning it for whatever reason (for example), the coil is degenerating and particles are being released.
These particles don't all get magically-transported to Oz just because you don't happen to be inhaling at the time. In some instances, for example, particles from the coil may be deposited on your wick, or tank head.
Couple this with the fact that under real-life conditions, most vapers ARE actually inhaling from the device as the coils are being heated and in contact with a variety (not many) of liquids... and that sometimes the liquids or wick materials are burned, say... also creating particles which are not on the e-liquid ingredient list and about which little is known in terms of long-term inhalation exposure.
"it cold well be in fact the case that by heating heatings you burn off certain elements and ae actually inhaling a vaper thats cleaner and freer of toxins than the air we breathe naturally"
What?? Seriously? Burn off? As in destroy and make pure? Materials change through reaction, but they don't disappear from existence in a puff of unsmoke unless you live in Narnia. Atoms in the real universe are not destroyed except in extremis, otherwise there would be a lot more - and noticeably large - explosions about. My coils pop and splutter... they don't go kaboom.
Besides, you seem to be misunderstanding me. I am not arguing for panic or fear here, nor am I personally concerned or wish anyone else to become concerned. I have consistently said e-cigs are 'safe enough.'
I was merely illustrating that the word 'safe' alone was too definite and strong a claim... and sought to do so by drawing attention to the unknown factors related to vaping, is all.
When you say "you wont find a copper atty or tank due to the high risks" which risks do you refer to?
