FDA’s Forensic Chemistry Center Playing Critical Role in Vaping Illness Investigation

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FDA’s Forensic Chemistry Center Playing Critical Role in Vaping Illness Investigation

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s mission to protect the public health often depends on the agency’s laboratories being able to quickly and accurately analyze samples and to report those results for regulatory action.

FDA’s Forensic Chemistry Center serves as the agency’s premier national forensic laboratory for research and analyses related to criminal and regulatory investigations involving FDA-regulated products. Based in Cincinnati, Ohio, the Forensic Chemistry Center is one of thirteen laboratories in FDA’s Office of Regulatory Affairs and is leading FDA’s efforts in the investigation of nationwide vaping illnesses, working closely with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and federal and state partners to try to identify the products or substances that may be causing the illnesses and deaths associated with the use of vaping products.

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