“…Some patients diagnosed with EVALI exhibited respiratory symptoms resembling those previously reported by patients who had aspirated mineral oil ( Aberegg et al, 2020 ; Gay et al, 2020 ; Shah et al, 2020 ). In an urgent attempt to identify the cause of the outbreak-associated lung injury, bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) fluid samples from case patients were analyzed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for multiple EVP-associated chemicals ( DeJesús et al, 2020a ; DeJesús et al, 2020b ; Holder et al, 2021 ; Morel-Espinosa et al, 2021 ; Xia et al, 2021 ; Brosius et al, 2022 ). Limited clinical observations indicate that SQE can cause lipoid pneumonia following accidental inhalation, and thus SQE and SQA were considered potential substances of interest ( Lee et al, 1999 ; Kanaji et al, 2008 ; Cha et al, 2018 ).…”