Great news - propylene glycol might keep us healthy

[piddy]

"Propylene glycol, the primary ingredient in the electronic cigarette cartridge, may be a powerful deterrent against pneumonia, influenza, and other respiratory diseases when vaporized and inhaled according to a study by Dr. Oswald Hope Robertson."

"Dr. Robertson placed groups of mice in a chamber and sprayed its air first with propylene glycol, then with influenza virus. All the mice lived. Then he sprayed the chamber with virus alone. All the mice died."

"The researchers also found that "the propylene glycol itself was a potent germicide. One part of glycol in 2,000,000 parts of air would--within a few seconds--kill concentrations of air-suspended pneumococci, streptococci and other bacteria numbering millions to the cubic foot."

"Far from posing a threat to our health, the propylene glycol in e cigarettes might just keep us healthy"


www.news-medical.net/news/20091104/Propylene-glycol-in-e-cigarettes-might-keep-us-healthy-says-researchers.aspx?page=2

[davetherayon]

[vigowomble]

Great film/album davetherayon I loved that big suit. You should have put it on the AAE-C Jukebox

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Its got to be one of my top 10 Albums of all time

[vigowomble]

Ditto

Oh, and sorry piddy for hijacking your excellent thread for a chat about Talking Heads.  rigdriver started it! 

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Mar 30, 2014 21:22:15 GMT vigowomble said:

Ditto

Oh, and sorry piddy for hijacking your excellent thread for a chat about Talking Heads.  rigdriver started it! 

Not me it was davetherave  Tease-smiley

[mikeb]

Talking Heads aside, what's interesting about that study is that it was done in 1942

[piddy]

No worries Vigo et al. lol

Mikeb - Yes, I think they are making the point that this is an interesting thing that was discovered and long forgotten, but should be looked into again considering the growth of ecigs.

Certainly should be looked at as another tick in the pros of ecigs column. Perhaps Dr Farsalinos might be a person worth asking if a fresh study could be conducted?

[remnant]

Anecdotal, but interesting to me: in the 14 months since I started vaping, for the first time ever in my adult life, I haven't had a cold.

Until I see some compelling evidence to the contrary, I'm attributing this to a steady diet of PG inhalation. So there.

[giles]

Not sure how I feel about vaping a germicide..