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Two Colorado marijuana users have sued a cannabis
grower claiming a "patently dangerous" agricultural
fungicide that becomes poisonous when ignited was
applied without their knowledge to pot plants they
later smoked, court documents showed on Monday.
Brandan Flores and Brandie Larrabee allege that
distributor and retailer LivWell has for years
applied Eagle 20, a fungicide that contains the
chemical myclobutanil, to its marijuana crop.
The fungicide is approved for certain edible
agricultural crops, but not for smokable products
such as tobacco, according to the complaint filed in
Denver District Court because if you smoke cannabis
that has been sprayed with Eagle 20 you inhale
poisonous hydrogen cyanide.
Earlier this year, Denver health regulators withheld
some 60,000 of LivWell's plants from sale until the
levels of the chemical were tested. The plants were
later released for sale after low levels of the
chemical were detected, according to the lawsuit,
but that did not remove the harm the chemical can
cause, the complaint alleged.
From the CDC - US Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health (NIOSH)
HYDROGEN CYANIDE (AC) : Systemic Agent
Hydrogen cyanide (AC) is a systemic chemical
asphyxiant. It interferes with the normal use of
oxygen by nearly every organ of the body. Exposure
to hydrogen cyanide (AC) can be rapidly fatal. It
has whole-body (systemic) effects, particularly
affecting those organ systems most sensitive to low
oxygen levels: the central nervous system (brain),
the cardiovascular system (heart and blood vessels),
and the pulmonary system (lungs). Hydrogen cyanide
(AC) is a chemical warfare agent (military
designation, AC). It is used commercially for
fumigation, electroplating, mining, chemical
synthesis, and the production of synthetic fibers,
plastics, dyes, and pesticides. Hydrogen cyanide
(AC) gas has a distinctive bitter almond odor
(others describe a musty "old sneakers smell"), but
a large proportion of people cannot detect it; the
odor does not provide adequate warning of hazardous
concentrations. It also has a bitter burning taste
and is often used as a solution in water.
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