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Hong Kong completely banned Vape

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On the morning of October 10, the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Mrs Carrie Lam, said in the second policy address of the Legislative Council: I have proposed in the Policy Address to protect the health of the public, especially children and adolescents. Vape, a significant increase in research and development resources to effectively reverse the current treatment-based medical system and promote grassroots medical health and further enhance the scientific research strength to cope with Hong Kong's development as an international innovation and technology center is a big step toward clear goals.

It seems that Hong Kong’s total ban on Vape is true. Hong Kong’s announcement of a total ban on Vape is based on the Vape Analysis Test Report issued by Hong Kong Baptist University. After seeing the original "Vape Analysis Test Report", it was very irritating and it was irritating!

This test report was released in July 2016. Samples of Vape (mainly tested for e-liquid) were not randomly selected and were provided by the Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health. However, the 13 Vape samples were selected by the Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health. There is no indication in the report.

As we all know, there are many kinds of Vape, and there are large differences in quality between brands. If the client chooses samples with low quality and low price, it will lead to inaccurate results.

Based on this test sample, this test not only tested Vape, but also purchased cigarettes for testing, and cigarettes also detected polybrominated diphenyl ethers. However, the contents of the major official media reports were inquired and none of them were mentioned.

Original from Hong Kong "Vape Analysis Test Report":

The Vape Analysis Test Report published the test values. We can see that only the sample (e-liquid 6) polybrominated diphenyl ethers are very high, up to 1490 ppb (ng/ml), which is said to be black ice; the others are at 200 ppb ( Ng/ml) below.

In particular, there are 5 e-liquid samples, all below 4 ppb (ng/ml). The total number of samples in this e-liquid test is 38%, accounting for more than one-third! The PBDEs tested for the two cigarettes purchased, sample A was 6.3 ppb (ng/ml) and sample B was 5.6 ppb (ng/ml).

For the lowest cigarette sample B, the polybrominated diphenyl ether of cigarette sample B was 2.24 times higher than the sample (e-liquid 1), 2.26 times higher than the sample (e-liquid 2), and 1.6 times higher than the sample (e-liquid 10). The ratio is 2.4 times higher than the sample (e-liquid 12) and 3.29 times higher than the sample (e-liquid 13). These, Hong Kong Baptist University, are not stated in the report.

The US Environmental Protection Agency (2014) issued safety reference doses for several homologues in PBDEs. As long as the safety reference dose is not exceeded, it is safe! Putting aside the dose to talk about toxicity, they are all hooligans!

However, in the report, the Hong Kong Baptist University did not select the lowest value of 13 samples, nor the average of 13 samples, but the sample with the highest concentration of PBDE (e-liquid 6) was used as the basis. For adults weighing 60 kg, the maximum safety limit is 282 inhalation per day. Assuming the most harmful homologue in the PBDE homologue is the total amount measured for the PBDE, the safety limit is reduced to no more than 4 times per day. Vape."

Be aware that the sample (e-liquid6) is 876 times worse than the lowest value sample (Vape13)! There is a world of difference!

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers were found in tap water in the United States at 110 ppb (based on decaBDE 209) and 61 ppb (based on octaBDE). Hong Kong's Vape Analytical Test Report uses a total amount of PBDEs, and 11 Vape PBDEs are below 160 ppb (ng/ml), which are safe. Only one Vape PBDE content of up to 1490 ppb (ng/ml) is estimated to be artificially added.

In addition, regarding the reported polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, the limit in the EU is slightly different depending on the type of food. As shown in the table below, the limit in food supplements is 50 μg/kg, which is equivalent to 50 ng/ml. In the Hong Kong Vape report, there are 12 electrons under this limit, and only one sample e-liquid (6) exceeded the standard, reaching 504.5 ng/ml. Among them, up to 10 Vape polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are less than 20 ng/ml (μg/kg), and traditional cigarette polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons are 134.5 ng/ml and 182.0 ng/ml.

Regarding the formaldehyde content in the report, the National Food Standard for Food Safety Standards (GB2760-2011) prohibits the use of formaldehyde as a food additive, but a large number of studies at home and abroad have shown that aquatic products, especially dried aquatic products, are produced by their own metabolism. A certain amount of background formaldehyde. The agricultural industry standard "Green Food Dry Water Products" (NY/T1712-2009) stipulates that the limit of formaldehyde is ≤10mg/kg, and the National Food Safety Standard for Animal Aquatic Products (GB10144-2005) and product quality Supervised spot check implementation norms "Dry water products" (CCGF124.1-2010) do not specify formaldehyde residue limits. 10 mg/Kg is equivalent to 10 ug/ml. The Vape formaldehyde content in Hong Kong's Vape Analysis Test Report is far beyond this standard for unknown reasons. We ourselves tested that the e-liquid formaldehyde content was less than 2 ug/ml. Below the limit.