I appreciate all the comments for and against. I am not here to get in a pissing contest with anyone about who is right and who is wrong. I have learned allot about diacetyl, AP & DP from this thread. I personally just want more information about what I am putting in my body. Sadly it looks like there isn't any solid evidence for or against because no one has done any studies on how diacetyl affect vapers. The only credible information we have comes from a handful of people who got sick from exposure during microwave popcorn production (& one microwave popcorn junky)
I am surprised more people are not participating in this thread, when the numbers for Five Pawns came out the entire vaping community was outraged and every vaping forum went into hyper drive. @Gratefulvapes & @Time have brought up some very valid points about why we might be over reacting but no one cares to debate them.
I am still in the camp that believes Diacetyl, AP & DP are bad for me on some level. How bad has not been determined by science at this point in time so I will avoid vaping it.
One of the biggest reasons IMO that their isn't more discussions like this in the forms is that I kept getting blocked by the form up until I split my thread into a reply, hence the weird format in the beginning post. Im not going to lie I'm on a mission to counter all the diacetyl propaganda that riddles our industry, but I want people to make educated decisions not just follow my model, do your research and determine for yourself the risks involved. Makes me sad our industry is trying to keep both sides out of the conversation. You see endless threads on how diacetyl is harmful, but almost none as to why that isn't exact right. Like I said before, my only goal is educated decisions and allow two sides to an argument.
I would love to know why people think it is harmful, but most of what I have seen is either opinion to make a heather decision, or down right over exaggerations of unproven theories. "They once theorized the world was flat," as my mom would say.