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 Dangerous, Harmful and Unsafe Be Careful with Cannabis
Unfortunately, PGR’s are in a high percentage of the PGR’s are toxic. It is important to educate yourself
Marijuana grown today. Identifying PGR-cannabis on the dangers surrounding the use of PGR’s. and
has become easier, but not everyone is aware of the if you are a consumer, it is important to know
dangers. You can identify PGR from organic where your bud is coming from, and whether or
marijuana by the physical attributes, such as lack of not it’s organic. Decline offers of cannabis that
aroma or smell, dense and sticky buds that seem look uncertain and questionable. PGR marijuana is
spongey and malleable, thick stems, and thick commonly seen in buds are the prettier, denser,
orange-brown hairs. Its been found that one of the and nicer looking buds, but only before
more common PGR’s, Paclobutrazol, produces consumption. Most fertilizers have been
PGR’s: What We Know carcinogenic nitrosamines when combusted, this discovered and certain states in the US such as
chemical is a known product that causes cancer, in California have banned the use of these harmful
both animals and humans, and is also found in chemicals and pesticides.
Plant Growth Regulators, otherwise known as
tobacco products. Certain health consequences can
PGR’s are the dangerous hormone-like chemicals
occur stemming from this issue. Those such as liver
that have cannabis consumers world wide
damage, infertility and known cancer risks. These
questioning the potential health hazards that
PGR’s have been known about since the mid 80’s.
come with the use of marijuana products. There
interestingly, and dangerously enough, the
are two types of PGR’s, naturally derived and
Environmental Protection Agency prohibited the
chemically derived. When occurring naturally,
use of PGR’s in food, because there was an
PGR’s help root growth, germination, leaf
estimated risk of the correlation between this and
expansion and timely ripening. But in terms of
cancer. However, there is a serious lack of regulation
chemical production, PGR’s imitate the growth of
in the cannabis industry, so its hard to monitor who
the plants natural process. When used in
is, and how much PGR is being used in marijuana
cannabis, PGR’s make the marijuana plants grow
today.
more densely and ideally. Not all PGR’s are
designed for plant growth, some are designed to
slow the growth of plants to convenience
moving them while they’re small. When used
correctly on other plant species. The most
common PGR’s are Paclobutrazol (PBC),
Daminozide (Alar) and Chlomequat Chloride