Vaping Illness In Washington Under Investigation: State DOH
SEATTLE, WA — State and local health officials in Washington are investigating a possible vaping-related illness. This comes as six people have died in the U.S. amid rising concern about the safety of vape products.
Health officials from King County and the state Department of Health are set to release details about the investigation on Wednesday afternoon. A state DOH spokeswoman declined to release details ahead of that press conference.
Aside from six deaths, about 450 people in the U.S. have been sickened by vaping products in 33 states. Doctors who treated an Oregon man who died in July believe oils in a THC vape product damaged his lungs irreparably.
King County Public Health put out an alert about vaping products on Aug. 30. The alert described possible symptoms of vaping-related illness, and asked vape product users with those symptoms users to contact the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
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