Richmond city council will vote whether to push Metro Vancouver to create industry-specific air quality standards for cannabis production.
Since the legalization of cannabis in October 2018, Metro Vancouver has been working to create air emissions regulations for production and harvesting.
The concern is emissions can irritate the respiratory system and the heart as well as causing wheezing, teary eyes and coughing, according to Esther Berube, Metro Vancouver’s manager of air quality.
The regional body found the cannabis plants release volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which react with sunlight. “So (the VOCs) can react with other contaminants in the air and the presence of sunlight, and produce ground-level ozone, which is actually quite irritating,” said Berube. It can also be “quite damaging” to other plants.
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