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Additive or unique combination of that in certain users? we dont know. >> right. >> what we do know is there appears to be some kind of problem, yeah, youd be hard pressed to find a medical professional who would say its a good idea to go forward with this. i know people like it, some people think its fine. the evidence is cuttinging it is certainly not a good thing for you and until some of these questions are cleared up, it could be a very bad thing for yo you. >> well stay on this, thank you ...

Health phenomenon. >> reporter: even as reports of more serious problems keep rolling in. >> passed out and would not wake up. 15, 16 years old, you dont want to start doing that. >> reporter: it is not yet clear how or even if vaping is definitively causing these illnesses or deaths or if maybe some additive is to blame. but the anecdotal evidence is mounting so rapidly right now, many health officials clearly want to slam the brakes on this runaway industry until investigators have time to fig...

>> did the presenter call juul, quote unquote, totally safe more than once? >> yes. >> reporter: juul says that school outreach program was ended in 2018 and the company will fully cooperate with probes into their marketing and products. >> we never wanted any non-nicotine user and certainly nobody underage to ever use juul products. >> reporter: but thats not enough for the governor of new york who is launching a state investigation complete with subpoenas. >> this is a frightening public pheno...

Tobacco industry had to go through. its not obvious to people that inhaling smoke is going to cause a physical ailment to ones body. the idea whether this is an additive, if its tampered with. that could be a criminal prosecution for whoever is doing it. if theyre cutting it with a chemical to make it more potent, thats a criminal prosecution. if theres something about it, however, that as an industry behind vaping they are aware of what the tobacco industry had to perform to show what they knew...

Nonnicotine user and certainly nobody under age to ever use ju, l products. >> but thats not enough for the governor of new york who is launching a state investigation complete with subpoenas. >> this is a frightening public health phenomenon. >> even as reports of more serious problems keep rolling in. >> passeded out, would not wake up. 15, 16 years old, you dont want to tart doing that. >> it is not clear how or if vaping is causing these illnesses or deaths or if perhaps some additive is to ...

This and found that 89% of the people who got sick were using illegal marijuana laden products. in new york theyre studying that and found it is laced with vitamin e in the marijuana products. vitamin e, though it is good for the lungs is toxic to the lungs if you inhale it. thc or marijuana laden products being vaped, home brews or illegally is part of the problem. >> julie: why the additive of the vitamin e? whats the purpose? >> the answer is in order to get this stuff so that you can vape it...

>> harris: with me now on sets, medical contributor, dr. nicole saphier. you know, doctor, its interesting, because youve seen a ramp-up in recent days and weeks of vaping information. are we going in a certain direction, do you think? or are these things more dangerous than we first thought? >> of course they are. weve been trying to say that for several years. finally we are starting to have cases being reported. people have been getting sick, but we didnt have a mechanism in place or to even ...

What genxers who may have a different expectation. in the grand scheme of things, it may be more substrategiced than additive. im not suggesting thats the case here, but i do think i wouldnt take any of this go granted at this point. youve got to keep working it at all levels and not just supervoters. >> listen, astead, the governor there -- mayor, excuse me. mayor, im promoting you. >> ill take. >> the mayor there mentioned it as well. he took a veiled swipe at some of the more liberal competit...

And what i mean by that is maybe you bring older black voters along with you in the general election, but were those voters going to be there anyway. what about millennials? what about younger voters? what gen xers who may have a different expectation. in the grand scheme of things, it may be more subtracted than additive. im not suggesting thats the case here, but i do think i wouldnt take any of this go granted at this point. youve got to keep working it at all levels and not just supervoters....

Hose size that connect to homes. they were flaking off coming off in the faucets. it took a year for the city to acknowledge this is happening across one of our water treatment areas. >> nick, without running a chemistry class here, like flint when they change the formulation of the drinking water at the source it depends how much goes down the pipes. there is an additive that is safe to consume and bathe keeping the lead more at bay. is that what happened here? >> there is an anti-corrosive inh...