New Warning about E- Cigarettes.
WATT: Eight years after Japan's worst nuclear disaster, the government is not sure what to do with a million tons of radio active water. The only option may be dumping it into the ocean, according to the country's environment minister. Three nuclear reactors at Fukushima melted down after the 2011 earthquake. Water was poured onto the reactors to cool them and it was captured and stored but now they've run out of storage space. And now, a new warning from health officials in the U.S. about vaping -- don't do it. Six deaths have been linked to e-cigarettes, as are hundreds of possible cases of lung disease. CNN's Tom Foreman has this report on what's being done to get to the bottom of it.</s>DR. DAVID PERSEE, HOUSTON HEALTH DEPARTMENT: It needs to be thought of as an injury to the lungs, caused by something in the vaping and it is very severe.</s>TOM FOREMAN, CNN CORRESPONDENT: In Houston, doctors are sounding the alarm as three people are hospitalized after using e-cigarettes. In New York, the Bloomberg Charity is giving $160 million to fight what's being called an epidemic of vaping.</s>MICHAEL BLOOMBERG, BLOOMBERG CHARITY: Kids are dying. People are dying now and getting addicted. The timeline is yesterday not tomorrow.</s>FOREMAN: And in Washington, the first lady herself has tweeted, "I'm deeply concerned." Why is the worry exploding now? In just the past few days the Centers for Disease Control reported a huge jump in the number of people developing mysterious lung illnesses after vaping to over 450, at least a half dozen are believed to have died. The American Medical Association has now come out urging people to avoid the use of all e-cigarette products, and the food and Drug Administration has warned Juul Labs, the leading manufacturer about misleading advertising and statements, especially to schoolkids, where vaping is growing exponentially.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Did the presenter called Juul quote-unquote, "totally safe" more than once?</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Yes.</s>FOREMAN: Juul says that school outreach program was ended in 2018 and the company will fully cooperate with probes into their marketing and products.</s>JAMES MORISEES, CO-FOUNDER, JUUL: We never wanted any non nicotine user, and certainly nobody underage to ever use Juul products.</s>FOREMAN: But that's not enough for the governor of New York, who is launching a state investigation, complete with subpoenas.</s>GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO (D), NEW YORK: This is a frightening, public health phenomenon.</s>FOREMAN: Even as reports of more serious problems keep rolling in.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: He passed out, and he will not wake up.</s>ARIEL SCOTT, STUDENT: 15, 16 years old, you don't want to start doing that.</s>FOREMAN: It is not clear yet how or even if vaping is definitively causing these illnesses or deaths or if perhaps some additive is involved. Many health care officials are extremely worried and want to slam the brakes on this exploding industry while they sort it all out. Tom Foreman, CNN -- Washington.</s>WATT: You're watching CNN NEWSROOM. I'm Nick Watt. The news continues on CNN right after this.