Word: paraquat
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...Cambridge police will test for paraquat content in the marijuana it has confiscated from people in this area when it is granted permission by the District Attorney, Robert Healy, assistant city manager, said yesterday...
Although it is proven the effects of heavy paraquat ingestion are severe, the effects of low concentrations of the chemical are unknown, Dr. David Kinlock, deputy commissioner of public health, said yesterday. "As it looks now," Kinlock added, "most marijuana users will not be exposed to heavy doses of paraquat...
...FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S revelation last March that significant quantities of Mexican-grown marijuana entering the United States have been contaminated with the potentially lethal herbicide paraquat has sparked a nationwide controversy over the steps that should be taken to respond to the possible danger. Cambridge health officials and administrators took the initiative in responding to the problem and have thereby involved the city in a dispute with the state of Massachusetts over governmental jurisdiction. The city and its officials have already received a pledge from Harvard to supply technical staff to the city's proposed paraquat testing program--the bone...
...City of Cambridge has decided to appeal directly to the governor, and Dukakis should follow the lead of California by permitting the program to begin immediately. The findings of the Palo Alto, Cal. laboratory PharmChem--that 32 per cent of over 4000 pot samples tested showed signs of paraquat poisoning--should eliminate all doubts as to the legitimacy of and the need for the operation of such a program in Massachusetts...
Because state officials estimated that only 20 per cent of the marijuana in the Commonwealth is from Mexico, where the paraquat spraying occurs, the state will test for the presence of the herbicide in marijuana confiscated throughout the Commonwealth, in order to decide whether a larger paraquat testing program is necessary. Cambridge should be commended for having foresight and common sense in trying to initiate the testing program, which will occur in city police labs if and when the state approves the project...