A new American study has found that vanillin, the chemical that gives vanilla-flavored vapes their distinctive taste, may interfere with the earliest stages of human embryonic development — potentially disrupting the formation of the nervous system and muscle tissue. Conducted at the University of California using cultured stem cells, the research is preliminary but carries a weight that science often reserves for firsts: it is the beginning of an answer to a question many have not yet thought to ask. In an era when vaping has outpaced our understanding of its consequences, this finding invite
Vanilla flavoring chemical in vapes may disrupt embryo development, study suggests
Potential adverse impacts on fetal development including miscarriage, difficulty conceiving, and failure of nervous system and muscle tissue formation in exposed embryos.