The hunt for a killer stalking vapers
By 
Patrick Walter2020-01-30T14:30:00
Vaping deaths in the US became a whodunnit as chemistry was called upon to track down the culprit
The news that some e-cigarette liquids can cause deadly lung damage has taken authorities around the world by surprise. What followed was something similar to an episode of CSI. Scientists raced to find the agent that has killed 60 people in the US and sickened thousands more. It isn’t just pathologists that have been hard at work. Some clever chemical detective work has been required to track down the killer too.