Parents Against Vaping E-cigarettes (PAVE) on Earth Day (Monday
Parents Against Vaping E-cigarettes (PAVE) on Earth Day (Monday, April 22) presented ”Vapes Pollute our Earth: Youth as Advocates, not Customers” featuring Dr. Jeremiah Mock, UCSF. See his presentation at: https://default.salsalabs.org/Tebd4ad4e-79aa-4716-8c5d-d0c2eec71aa6/c33e931a-f4ef-4989-9b22-9856e4402745
Comment: The hazards of e-cigarettes are multiple because e-cigarettes have not been designed to be safe, especially with respect to their active nicotine ingredients and the materials used in their production. For example, the lithium batteries in e-cigarettes are a resource that could better be used in other applications (electric vehicles, for example) and can produce fires when improperly discarded in e-cigarette domestic waste. Presently, there is no environmentally safe way to discard e-cigarette waste because of the multiple components and ingredients in e-cigarettes (plastics, metals, hazardous chemicals, and flavors). Dr. Mock explains this dilemma and e-cigarette dangers throughout the environment.
Stephen Hamann
