Shared Services is based on four interrelated tiers: online self-service tools, the HRSC in Charleston, the nine HR Service Providers (based in bureaus throughout the Department) and the HR Bureau in Washington (corporate HR).
Diacetyl has been found in numerous different e-cigarette liquids. Popcorn lung is an irreversible condition and although the electronic cigarette industry is largely aware of this challenge, it cannot be verified whether or not every different manufacturer of e-cigarette liquid has taken the appropriate precautions to remove it from their products.
What does this have to do with vapor pens, you ask? Diacetyl, the chemical often found in foods that give it a buttery flavor, was deemed the culprit to the illness. Diacetyl was suspected to be used in ejuice, therefore, put a scare into many users that enjoyed butterscotch or vanilla custard type of flavors.