CBS News report focuses on pesticide residues found in marijuana plants in the state of Colorado

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CBS News recently reported that the state of Colorado is stepping up enforcement of testing and quarantining marijuana plants contaminated with banned pesticide materials.  You can click on the link to read the full article here: www.cbsnews.com/news/colorado-cracking-down-on-pot-pesticides/

Until now enforcement has been haphazard and relegated primarily to local officials.  However there has been a recent funding appropriation to the Department of Agriculture as well as pending legislation to address the oversight and enforcement of pesticides in marijuana.

UCT is a leader in sample preparation technologies for the food safety, clinical, and forensic industries.  We have developed an application that focus on the extraction and analysis of pesticides from marijuana.  Click here to download our application.  The application uses the QuECheERS technique and LC-MS/MS analysis for the determination of pesticides in marijuana plants.

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