On this episode, we talk with Cindy Orser, PhD, the Chief Scientific Officer at CLIP LABS. Dr. Orser has more than 25 years of experience innovating technologies related to cannabis, human diagnostics, and even detecting biothreat agents.



We spent most of the conversation talking about the panel Cindy will moderate at CannMed 2021, titled "The Hidden Cost of Cannabis: Environmental Impact”. In that panel, she and her fellow panelists will explore how current cannabis cultivation practices contribute to air pollution, water pollution, and increased energy consumption and how the federal ban on cannabis is actually worsening those problems.



We also talked about terpenes because Dr. Orser co-authored a really interesting article titled “Making Sense of Cannabis Strains Through Chemometrics in Review”, which demonstrates how terpene profiling can be used to better understand the differences between cannabis cultivars. Dr. Orser also cautions that without terpene testing, consumers are blind to manufacturers that add large, unnatural amounts of terpenes to vape products. To date, there hasn’t been any research into what, if any health risks come with inhaling those compounds in such large concentrations. Perhaps that will be a presentation topic at a future CannMed event!



Click the player below to listen, and thanks to our sponsor, Terpenes and Testing Magazine.



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CLIP LABSMaking Sense of Cannabis Strains Through Chemometrics in Review