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I don't know the last time I saw a cartridge that had vitamin e oil in it. Most cannabis products have moved away from using fillers. Usually the only additive, which is mainly used in distillate carts, are botanically derived terpenes. And BHO does not strip cannabis extracts of their aromatic compounds, that's blatantly false and doesn't even make sense scientifically. It's hard to take advice from a study like this that can't even get established facts correct.
Edit: Nice edit above. Still not very convincing when looking at today's cannabis market though
Not only did I edit it, I adressed the mistake with you in my response.. Did you think that was some sort of gotcha? Hahaha.
You can believe whatever you want, but the evidence is there. Choosing not to believe it is definitely your free choice, but it doesn't make you right or your beliefs true.
Facts remain true regardless if you believe them. And the fact is that combusting bud and dabbing, and vaping most concentrates will result in benzene production.
Live in denial if you want. I remember when most people denied the harmful effects of second-hand cigarette smoke. They were wrong.
All I was getting at is that you should probably annotate your edits after someone responds to it, instead of changing it and not bringing any attention to it. When I made my edit, your comment did not show up. And I never said I didn't believe the study, it's just not a very accurate study of how the cannabis market has shifted in the past few years since the vitamin E acetate scare. Also, dabbing shouldn't create benzene, as there is no combustion, only vaporization
That part about BHO was a error on my account, not the study. It was meant in reference of pure THC or CBD extracts.
Also important to note that the Vitamin E acetate was mostly a problem in black market products.
But the terpenes they use as a diluent currently in legal/medical produced products result in harmful byproducts when vaped, as cited above.
BHO products also produce benzene and methacrolein. [1] There have been concerns raised about lipids being deposited in the lungs from the cuticle wax present in BHO products, but that area of study is in its infancy.