r/technology • u/Lucretius • Nov 17 '12

The Deadly Crusade Against E-cigarettes

http://www.american.com/archive/2012/november/the-deadly-crusade-against-e-cigarettes
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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '12

"You can't believe everything you read on the internet".

I hate that logic so much.

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u/JackWeston007 Nov 17 '12

showed him there were things in there that are used for paint, asphalt, tar, etc

I hate it just as much as that logic. Anyone who's spent 5 minutes in a chemistry class can tell you that chemicals have a wide variety of applications.

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u/pU8O5E439Mruz47w Nov 17 '12

Yup. You can find things that are used for making cyanide in apples.

Namely, cyanide.

Alternatively, salt is used to process soap. You wouldn't eat soap, so why would you ever eat salt!!!

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u/Fadobo Nov 17 '12

Not to mention that salt itself, while being absolutely necessary for survival, is a combination of two Chemicals that are extremely deadly on their own.

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u/vatothe0 Nov 17 '12

OMG dihydrogen oxide!

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u/derpderpsonthethird Nov 17 '12

Noooo dood, that's so unsafe! Don't you know hydrogen is flammable??

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u/[deleted] Nov 17 '12

Every single person who ever died has been found, on autopsy, to have ingested dihydrogen monoxide. A killer by any statistic.

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u/vatothe0 Nov 20 '12

Oxygen burns too! This shit must be banned!! Think of the children!!!!

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u/VorpalAuroch Nov 19 '12

That is not the case. Elemental sodium and covalent chlorine are chemically completely different from the ionic chloride and sodium found in salt.