Cannabis Consumers Concerned Over Use of Pesticides
Just like in vegetable cultivation, the use of pesticides in growing cannabis is a growing concern for consumers, especially medical cannabis patients.
The first known lawsuit highlighting this issue is underway in Colorado, and attracting a great deal of media attention as safety and compliance become focal points for the cannabis industry looking ahead. The Denver Department of Environmental Health was already forced to issue recalls for multiple crops of cannabis in September after learning of unauthorized pesticide contamination through laboratory testing.
Guidelines on pesticide use are about as unclear as most other regulatory nuances of the cannabis industry, prompting “Wild West” comparisons for cultivators. Federal narcotics scheduling does not allow for research on the cannabis plant, including approvals of new pesticides by the Environmental Protection Agency. As a result, many growers resort to mismatched, impotent, or homemade chemicals to treat their cannabis plants.
Though the Colorado Department of Agriculture released a 21-page report over...
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