A young mother who feared she was having a heart attack actually had lungs that were filling with fluid from her vape. Cloey Eyes, 25, from Ocala, Florida, had been vaping nonstop for two years. She became addicted to the devices when she used them to quit smoking cigarettes. The mother-of-five knew the vapes weren’t the best for her lungs, but she …
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This article was produced with support from WIRED. A couple of years ago, a curious, then-16-year-old hacker named Reynaldo Vasquez-Garcia was on his laptop at his Portland-area high school, seeing what computer systems he could connect to via the Wifi—“using the school network as a lab,” as he puts it—when he spotted a handful of mysterious devices with the identifier “IPVideo Corporation.” …
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Pregnant mice exposed to the base ingredient of most vape ‘juices’ develop babies with smaller, narrower skulls, a new study has found. It’s a concerning find, especially given the ‘vapor’ in this experiment contained none of the other chemicals usually found in vapes, not even nicotine. It suggests that even nicotine-free vapes may not be safe, especially if you’re pregnant. …
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Image by Getty / Futurism In the wake of a terrifying study about heavy metals in vape clouds, experts who have long warned about the potential dangers of vaping are again ringing alarm bells. Researchers from University of California, Davis recently found such high levels of heavy metals like lead and nickel when analyzing vape mist for a recent study …
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