SPSFAM Meeting eBook March 2017

3/9/2017

Background:   Pesticides • U.S. EPA Definition:

“Any substance applied to a crop with the intended purpose  of preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating a pest.”  

• Classifications:

Insecticides

Herbicides

Fungicides

Rodenticides

Antimicrobials      Plant Growth Regulators

Background:  EPA • The impact of pesticides on cannabis crops – not fully  understood.  • Cannot and does not approve any chemicals used on any  outlawed plant.  • Products used in the cannabis industry are not necessarily  illegal, however safety profiles do not include inhalation. • Because it is an illegal product, no “USDA Organic” certification  is possible.

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