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Patients, out of four patients total of three were able to bring us the cartridges, and we send them for analysis to department of health, and they all came back vitamin e acetate. so it is this vitamin e that is in oil, and it is not supposed to be inhaled. yes, you can digest it and yes, you can put it on your skin, but it should not be inhaled because the boiling point of vitamin e is around 360 degrees fahrenheit, and once it vaporizes, it quickly comes back to its original oil form 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...

Causing inflammation because it doesnt belong there. its a lipid, so it can give you -- [inaudible] if. jedediah: wow. >> yes. i mean, we still have a lot to learn and investigate and do research on -- jedediah: let me ask you this, there, because it said that 82% of the samples also contained thc. so my mind immediately goes to, okay, 40 do we know its the vitamin e? could it be the combination of both? is there certainty that vitamin e is the culprit here? enter it seems like it is the culprit...

Is legal. so if they are using those, we dont see any -- at least to my knowledge, all the patients i had used fake cartridge in new york. so therefore, we are leaning towards vitamin e at this point. its not just the thc. jedediah: well, thanks so much for being here. were going to continue to follow it. a coffee business booming under the trump economy. the cofounders share their success story and the difference they have made for vets everywhere. coming up next.

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. ...

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...

Illnesses. reporter: after 8 months of searching for answers, health officials are calling this a breakthrough. vitamin eacetate is being used to dilute the thc. swallowed or applied to the skin, but when inhaled it may interfere with normal lung function. but despite these findings they are not ruling out that other chemicals may be responsible for the outbreak. >> now that we found vitamin e aeacetate in thing wrongs.

Jedediah: mother and four children laid to rest. traveling with family when they came under fire. in all nine family members were killed. mexican authorities believe they were caught in a shootout between rival cartels. some family mens believe they wer -- membersbelieve they. hundreds attended funeral services for the family. a form of vitamin e as a culprit behind the majority of vaping related illnesses. over 2,000 people gotten sick and 39 people have died from vaping related illnesses in th...

Become so dangerous? >> reporter: what seems to be happening is the vitamin e vitamin e acetate causes a chemical burn in the paper thin section of the blood. kind of like mustard gas did in ww-i. now that burn causes the oxygen level in these patients to drop to dangerous levels. >> odonnell: all right, jon lapook, thank you. coming up, a victory for the u.s. womens national soccer team in court. month after month im doing it all. the supplements... the veggies... the water. but i still have re...

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