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Vaping the sweetener sucralose may produce toxic chemicals

The synthetic sweetener’s breakdown produces harmful organochlorines and increases amounts of toxic aldehydes

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NOT SO SWEET When added to e-liquids, sucralose can increase the amount of toxic aldehydes and create harmful chlorinated chemicals.

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By Carolyn Wilke

- More than 2 years ago

Lacing e-cigarette liquid with sucralose is probably not a sweet idea. Vaping the synthetic sweetener may generate harmful chemicals, researchers report May 13 in Chemical Research in Toxicology.