#LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada marijuana regulators have issued a health and safety advisory about widely available legal cannabis products produced in the Las Vegas area during the last 16 months using plants treated with an unapproved pesticide.
#The Nevada Cannabis Compliance Board bulletin posted Thursday said Henderson-based Clark Natural Medicinal Solutions treated some plants with Ethephon.
#According to the Environmental Protection Agency, Ethephon is a plant growth regulator used to promote ripening. The EPA found Ethephon ``moderately acutely toxic’’ on exposed skin, when inhaled or ingested.
#The board said people should ``avoid or take caution’’ when consuming products harvested by Clark Natural Medicinal Solutions since July 2021, including ``cannabis flowers, shake/trim and uninfused pre-rolls.’’
#``There is no reason to believe the cannabis sales facilities or cannabis testing facilities had any knowledge of the use of this unapproved pesticide,’’ the board said in the bulletin. ``Ethephon is not on the list of pesticides the testing facilities must look for, and their test methods are not set up for detection of Ethephon.’’
#The board said products should have labels on packaging showing where cannabis was harvested. It offered a downloadable list of more than 100 legal dispensary licensees that it said offered the product.