Federal health officials have been trying to control an outbreak of a mysterious lung disease since the summer.
They're calling the illness EVALI, short for e-cigarette, or vaping, product use associated lung injury.
Dr. Anne Schuchat, the CDC's principal deputy director, brought a vial of vitamin E to Capitol Hill this week to show the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. She and Mitch Zeller, director of the FDA's Center for Tobacco Products, testified on their agencies' response to the outbreak.
"Lab testing is providing important new information, but no single product, brand, substance or additive has been identified in all of the cases at this point," Schuchat told lawmakers"It may be that there is one cause or that there are many problematic substances causing lung injury. And there may be complex root causes for this outbreak."
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