Revised rules needed due to 'toxic' chemical found in marijuana products

Re:Revised rules needed due to 'toxic' chemical found in mar... by legacynl on Thursday July 25, 2024 @08:00AM (#41067582)

It has to do with marijuana.

According to the Missouri health department, marijuana products without added Vitamin E were failing the safety test because they contained naturally occurring Vitamin E.

So specifically for marijuana products they increased the allowable amount.

I don't really understand why they decided this though. Their reasoning suggests that they think natural occurring poison is less harmful than added poison ?

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Re:Revised rules needed due to 'toxic' chemical found in mar... by im3w1l on Thursday July 25, 2024 @09:01AM (#41068174)

I initially posted a wrong comment, but after a more careful re-reading, I think their argument is Vitamin E Acetate is bad. But Vitamin E (non-acetate) is fine. Now, I don't know whether that's true or not.

> It was determined that raising the VEA [Vitamin E Acetate] action limit to 5ppm (0.0005% by weight) accounts for any naturally occurring vitamin E, which has not been identified as a health and safety concern upon inhalation and prevents false failures for VEA screening

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