As a known phytoremediator, the cannabis plant may absorb potentially dangerous amounts of heavy metals from contaminated soil, water, or fertilizer, while manufactured goods may be exposed to metal contamination from trimming and sorting equipment or stainless-steel extraction and storage containers.
Heavy metals have many documented adverse health effects, both acute and chronic, including damage to almost every major organ, including but not limited to the central nervous system, cardiovascular system, endocrine system, and skeletal system. To best safeguard patients and consumers who use cannabis from these harmful effects, many states require heavy metal concentrations to be below specific harmful levels based on a daily consumption level.
US Cannalytics uses industry-leading and ISO / IEC 1025:2017 accredited inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) instrumentation and methodology to measure the concentration of heavy metals down to the parts per billion (ppb) level.
