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Different. joining us now, "morning joe" medical contributor dr. dave campbell as vaping-related illnesses continue to rise, we're finally getting answers on the cause. so give us the answer, i guess, first of all. >> the short answer is it's 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 cleansing. we have the antibiotic resistant drug, antibiotic organisms that are spreading. the cdc c...

>> 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 patient's 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 became ill said they had vapor liquids that contained thc who said they picked it up from friends ...

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 it's 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's heated or inhaled it may interfere with normal lung function. despite the new findings health of...

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 found out that the cartridge, it was a fake thc cartridge which was cut with vitamin e acetate. so ...

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. vitamin e acetate is not known to cause harm when swol lowed or apl asupplied to the skin -- applied...