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Sticking The Knife In

Vaper, musician and all-round bloke with a beard no one over 30’s heard of blames eliquid for deafness.

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Robert Swire-Thompson, AKA Anscenic, is best known for his work with the band Pendulum and electronic act Knife Party. This week he released the news that he has been suffering from partial deafness and, despite nights clubbing with fog machines and loud music, blames it entirely on vaping.

His Twitter feed announced his feelings towards a pastime he had recently be enjoying.

Mr Anscenic places the blame for his ear issues squarely at the feet of propylene glycol’s ototoxicity. There is no disputing that even though it’s used in eardrops there are documented studies proving it is ototoxic. Swire cited a couple: here and here.

Although some on the ECF forum complained of tinnitus occurring while vaping high-PG liquids there ahs been no research carried out to support the allegations. This didn’t stop Rob from going on to say:

His tweets encouraged many replies from fans and vapers all curious to know more and offer their ideas of what might have been to blame.

Some ventured that the only way for eliquid to have achieved this would be if Swire had poured the bottle into his ear.

We will never know what caused his temporary deafness, although Doctor Farsalinos strongly doubts it was vaping eliquid.

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Dave is a freelance writer; with articles on music, motorbikes, football, pop-science, vaping and tobacco harm reduction in Sounds, Melody Maker, UBG, AWoL, Bike, When Saturday Comes, Vape News Magazine, and syndicated across the Johnston Press group. He was published in an anthology of “Greatest Football Writing”, but still believes this was a mistake. Dave contributes sketches to comedy shows and used to co-host a radio sketch show. He’s worked with numerous vape companies to develop content for their websites.

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