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Cannabis Testing

Techniques & Tools Liquid Chromatography

Over the Limit Latte?

| Georgia Hulme

Cows fed with industrial hemp produce milk containing cannabinoids, LC-MS/MS analysis reveals

Techniques & Tools Mass Spectrometry

Heavy Metal Fan?

| Georgia Hulme

ICP-MS confirms presence of metal particles in legal and illegal cannabis liquid vapes – raising alarm bells for more rigorous testing protocols

Techniques & Tools Gas Chromatography

Speedy Dilute-and-Shoot

| Margot Lespade

Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry assay rapidly quantifies cannabis metabolites in human urine

Fields & Applications Forensics

Frontline Analysis in the War Against Spice

| Oliver Sutcliffe | 9 min read

How MANDRAKE gathers intelligence, shares information with the police and develops new technologies to combat the UK’s synthetic cannabinoid epidemic

Fields & Applications Food, Beverage & Agriculture

Not So Volatile

| Margot Lespade | 3 min read

Low VOC emissions from indoor cannabis cultivation facilities – good news for people and the planet?

Fields & Applications Food, Beverage & Agriculture

Cookie or Gelato?

| Margot Lespade | 2 min read

How a two-dimensional liquid chromatography (2D-LC) method promises to differentiate industrial hemp strains

Techniques & Tools Mass Spectrometry

Cannabinoids and COVID-19

| Lauren Robertson

Richard van Breemen tells us about his latest research showing that CBD-A and CBG-A are effective cell entry inhibitors of SARS-CoV-2

Fields & Applications Food, Beverage & Agriculture

Fake It Till You Vape It?

| Lauren Robertson

Inaccurate labeling is rife among delta-8 THC vaporizers, with many containing unlabeled adulterants and unintended byproducts

Fields & Applications Gas Chromatography

Sussing That “Skunky” Smell

| Lauren Robertson

Ever wondered what gives cannabis its unique aroma? GC-MS may have finally found the culprit…

Fields & Applications Food, Beverage & Agriculture

Ethics or Profits?

| Joshua Swider

Lab shopping not only destroys trust in the industry – it also puts consumers in harm’s way

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