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4. Hmmm ... Chinese-made inhalers, by any chance ?

Wed Oct 16, 2019, 08:57 PM

Oct 2019

https://www.vox.com/the-goods/2018/10/12/17963844/cadmium-jewelry-health-problems

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/8944028/One-third-of-Chinese-toys-contain-heavy-metals.html

China ranks as the leading cadmium producer in the world, accounting for almost 34% share of the global supply. South Korea is in second place with 17.8%. Japan occupies third place among world cadmium producers, contributing 8.7% to the total.

So Cadmium is cheap in China -- motivation to use it in everything.

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Heavy Metal Poisoning May Be Causing the Vaping Illness Epidemic, Lab Suggests [View all] Cattledog Oct 2019 OP

Thanks for this. I've been looking for a dry-herb pen but yonder Oct 2019 #1

Hmmm ... Chinese-made inhalers, by any chance ? eppur_se_muova Oct 2019 #4