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Indoor Air Quality, Bioaerosols, and Worker Safety
Dr. Eidem speaks with IAQ Radio about airborne contaminants in indoor cannabis cultivation and manufacturing settings and how they may be workplace inhalation hazards, as the incidents of occupational asthma morbidity and mortality are on the rise.
Inhalation Risks to Cannabis Smokers and Dry Herb Vaporizers
Microbial contaminants in cannabis can be exacerbated when growers do not follow good practices and allow infected cannabis plants to be harvested or spoiled product to go to consumers.
In this seminar with the Institute of Cannabis Research, Dr. Eidem discusses the risks to consumers and prevention methods to protect recreational users and medical patients.
Microbial Risks to Cannabis Users
Smoking flower that has pathogens or heavy bioburdens can lead to acute and chronic disease.
In this seminar, Dr. Eidem discusses these risks, as well as good practices in the parallel food manufacturing industry to preventively address microbial risks at the root cause. She will also discuss the abuse of microbial reduction technologies like ozone and irradiation to recover contaminated product through a process called remediation.
Dog food is manufactured with more quality, safety, and oversight than weed.
We call it medicine but we don't hold it to the same manufacturing standards that we do for dog food.
Remediation Questions to Ask your Budtender
Learn more about kill steps, decontamination, and remediation in this tutorial video. Make sure you only purchase high-quality, safe product.
The Dirty Secrets of your Legal Weed: Secret Shopper Part 1
We went to several dispensaries in the Denver area and bought different flower products to test for total yeast and mold (TYM) contamination. Will any of these flower samples fail for TYM?
The Dirty Secrets of your Legal Weed: Secret Shopper Part 2
Dr. Tess covers how to count total yeast and mold (TYM) from cannabis flower and what different microbial morphologies look like. We also find out what Denver flower products pass and what fails!
Bong Water can Grow Bad Microbes
Bad microbes on your flower can grow quickly in your bong water, creating another avenue for inhalation risks. Buy clean flower and keep your piece clean to protect your lungs from bad microbes.