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Into acidics acid. when it heats up youre inhaling an acid. >> its why the cdc has identified vitamin e acetate as a chemical concern. if its not vitamin e acetate as a cutting agent today, before long it will be something new. dr. san yjay gupta, cnn, long beach, california. >> our thanks to sanjay for that. we have a brand new interview with rudy giuliani, and it is raising a lot of eyebrows. "new day" continues right now. >> chuck schumer sending another letter to his colleagues arguing tha...

Enough to be mostly pure thc oil. >> when you look at propylene, glycol, acetate, you super heat it and breathe it into the lungs. do we know what those molecules do to the body? >> vitamin e acetate can convert into vinegar. when it heats up youre inhaling an acid. >> theyve identified vitamin e acetate as a chemical of concern. but heres the challenge. the illicit market is a moving target. if its not vitamin e acetate as a cutting agent today, before long, it will be something new. dr. sanjay...

Acetate. and all the times that they test, they are finding that vitamin e link. this is not the vitamin e that you would use and cream or even in a supplement that you take. vitamin e added to cause the oil. it is toxic to the lungs. they are finding this in all cases studied. this looks like the holy grail. this looks like the ingredient we were looking for. it is also an illicit bootleg product. it must >> jon: there are a lot of people who took up vaping because i think it is safer than ciga...

All vaping products contain vitamin e acetate, they are banned in washington state. they are under consideration in west virginia. >> i have no idea what my family will do if this goes through. >> reporter: arizona and indiana are states looking at raising the age to 21. missouri is turning to education was a campaign called clear the air focuses on dispelling myths and providing facts about how e-cigarette can impact health and development. >> what we can do from the governors office. >> report...

So police. they are looking for a way out. theyre talking about potentially escaping somehow. escaping. theres others who will try to storm out collectively. but really, alisyn, the university campus is completely cut off. we had to come in with a media liaison officer. a crew went out before we swapped in. i want to show you. this campus has been absolutely trashed. this was the bombmaking factory, if you like. you can see the flammable liquids and corrosives that have been left, as propane gas...

Different. joining us now, "morning joe" medical contributor dr. dave campbell as vaping-related illnesses continue to rise, were finally getting answers on the cause. so give us the answer, i guess, first of all. >> the short answer is its a vitamin e acetate. the big answer, mika, is that we have two developing public health crises that we might talk about right now in the midst of what your panel is talking about with the impeachment and what the syrian kurds are dealing with with ethnic cl...

>> the patient who has requested his identity not be revealed has requested they share a photograph about this historic procedure to warn others about vaping. one doctor on the team said of what he saw in this patients lungs he had never seen before in 20 years of practice. they announced a breakthrough in saying they can identify the chemical compound vitamin e acetate is a very strong culprit of vaping related illnesses after finding in fluid taken from the lungs of 29 sick patients. a man who...

Closer so i think we can rejoice that this good work is taking place. jon: garrett tenney has that story from washington. >> after eight months of searching for answers health officials are calling this a breakthrough. vitamin e acetate is an oily substances found in a lot of food and skin care products but its also used to dilute the liquid and vaping products that contain thc the psychoactive component of marijuana. vitamin e acetate quite to the skin or swallow the researchers believe when it...

Officials have identified vitamin e acetate in the lung fluid of dozens of people. so what do we know about the substance, and what does that mean for people who are still vaping? joining us now to discuss, dr. melody. welcome to the show. when i heard this, you know, vitamin e is a up element that a lot of people -- is a supplement that a lot of people take. >> it all that started four months ago, and we had our first case where when we did analysis at the department of health in new york, they...

Dozens of people across the country. health officials say they may have isolated a chemical compound they believe could be behind the outbreak. garrett tenney has more on the story from washington. >> after eight months of searching for answers, health officials are calling this a breakthrough. vitamin e acetate is an oily substance that you find in foods and skin care products but also being used to dilute the liquid in vaping products that contain thc, the psychoactive component of marijuana. ...