Since he founded the Greenfield Partners, LLC in 1997, real estate business executive Eugene Gorab has successfully guided the company into becoming a recognized leader in the private equity real estate industry. As the firm's President and CEO, Eugene Gorab also serves as a trustee of Bucknell University where he earned his degree in chemical engineering.
Recent undergraduate research carried out by four students from Bucknell University and Carnegie Mellon University has discovered carbon monoxide (CO) in e-cigarettes in higher power settings. Under the supervision of chemical engineering and chemistry professor Dabrina Dutcher and chemistry professor Karen Castle, students Rileigh Casebolt, Jewel Cook, and Ana Islas of Bucknell and Alyssa Brown of Carnegie Mellon submitted their findings to the Tobacco Control Journal for publication in November. Using a high-powered laser device, the researchers measured CO levels in different power settings of e-cigarettes. Different flavors of e-fluids were also included in the tests. According to the study, at a maximum power of 200 watts, CO concentration was found to be more than 180 parts per million (PPM). Based on the US National Ambient Air Quality Standards, outdoor CO levels are 9 PPM for 8 hours while the current Occupational and Health Administration standards set CO exposure limit to 50 PPM for 8 hours. Based on the foregoing findings, the researchers, in their conclusion said that “vulnerable populations should be advised to abstain from or limit vaping to lower powers in order to minimize exposure to harmful CO.”
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