How One Company Found Success In Cannabis By Trading Pesticides For Bugs
Three years ago, Hans Brand had his “eyes opened” to an issue that would change his family and his company.
Browsing: pesticides
Health Canada Orders Medical Marijuana Growers to Test for Banned Pesticides
Canada’s medical marijuana growers will have to start testing all their products for unauthorized pesticides, says Health Canada, stepping up the government’s response to concerns about tainted marijuana.
New Washington Marijuana Rules Pave Way for Pesticide Testing, Outside Cash
The Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board is taking steps to address high levels of pesticides found in some legal marijuana samples.
Marijuana industry could be uprooted by pesticide lawsuit
The marijuana industry may be booming in Colorado, but pot entrepreneurs face a very big problem: pesticides.
Marijuana Grower Sued for Using Pesticides
It didn’t take long before marijuana companies would be treated like any other company, and that means getting sued.
Utah Hears of Danger of Dope-Crazed Rabbits If Marijuana Legalized
DEA agent tells state senate of ‘rabbits that had cultivated a taste for marijuana’ and warns of problems of pesticides, deforestation and erosion
California’s Pot Farmers Blamed for Killing All the Salmon
Excessive water use could be draining the region's rivers.
Are Contaminants In Cannabis A Serious Concern Or A Manageable Side Effect Of Prohibition?
Toxins and pesticides in legal marijuana have been in the news lately. “Alarmingly high” pesticide residuals were found in cannabis tested at the Werc Shop, a cannabis analytical lab in Pasadena, California.
What’s in the Weed You’re Smoking?
While filming the upcoming documentary Toxic Profits over the last six months, I have been speaking with people about extremely hazardous pesticides that are used in agriculture across the world. These discussions about pesticide use on food for animal and human consumption prompted my discovery of a very under-reported and interesting phenomenon: the use of large amounts of unregulated pesticides to grow cannabis.
