As with almost everything related to the majority of media....another story to sway opinions, all to aid the agenda of people who care very little about the pubic/ anyone other than there own pockets.
However......is it possible that with the rise of shitty vendors with a similar mentality (on a smaller scale) to those government cnuts, manufacturing inferior products that 'could' cause something like this. Albeit only in isolated incidents, more than likely exasperating existing conditions.
There is alot of people purely in this game for money, in the same sense you get knockoff vodka full of methanol, its believable there are eliquids full of oils about.
Which is why I strongly believe educating the public should be a priority...more so than regulation.
I wouldn't trust market-stall e liquid any more than a starving man with my favorite sandwich. Even though I'm sure there standards are brilliant in comparison to some that are around.