Diacetyl News

A new Center for Disease Control study uncovers the danger of exposure to diacetyl by various workers at coffee processing plants.  Studies reveal that diacetyl occurs naturally in coffee roasting even without flavoring and dangerous fumes from diacetyl coffee are released in greater quantities during […]

In a joint statement, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the American College of Physicians, the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and the AMA applauded the report on electronic cigarettes issued recently by the U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy […]

This summer, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) FDA issued e-cig rules banning the sale of e-cigarettes to those under age 18 and began to require agency approval of any vaping product made before February 15, 2007. Anti-tobacco groups have been fighting for these […]

There is growing evidence that the use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) as a stop smoking aid to traditional cigarettes is not the solution that it was once thought to be, according to data presented recently at the 17th World Conference on Lung Cancer (WCLC) in Vienna. […]

Bronchiolitis obliterans is a serious and potentially life-threatening lung disease commonly caused by inhaling diacetyl, a chemical used as an artificial food additive. The chemical’s vapor is considered “hazardous” by OSHA. Inhalation of diacetyl vapor is known to cause lung damage resulting in an illness […]