Dr. Farsalinos on dry-burning coils etc

General Health and advocacy
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So, metals have been found in vapor. Although this was found without dry-burning, Farsalinos says in a radio show that dry-burning increases the risk of inhaling metals. Clean with alcohol or change your coil, if you want to inhale less metals. He is of the opinion that the amount of metals inhaled doesn’t compare to the health risks of cigarettes. E-cigs are still safer.

This is something to think about, if you worry about stuff like that. Bad news for coil builders etc :stuck_out_tongue:

POTV has a write-up here:

http://www.planetofthevapes.co.uk/news/health-studies/2015-06-02_farsalinos-on-coils-and-cell-culture-experiments.html?utm_source=nl&utm_medium=news&utm_campaign=dryburn

The radio program can be listened to here:

Personally I don’t worry too much about this, I still thought that some might want to “know the whole story”.

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Very interesting article. I love a good glow shot… but not at that expense. Thank you for the post. I’m guessing torching the coil to shape it has the same effect. :grimacing:

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I believe so! That does sound a bit dull, doesn’t it? Just making old-fashioned spaced coils :frowning: Even though I like a good titanium spaced standard coil :stuck_out_tongue:

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When I build Tio2 coils I lower the wattage so they heat but not glow… just to soften them some and work them into place. I may just do that method.

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Old fashioned spaced coils with thin wire work fine with me. I replace them every 20ml. It only takes 10’. No need to torch them before or dry burn them every couple of days and keep them for a month. Always a new wire is the best.