burnin1
Well-Known Member
From thecannibist.co
False alarm: No THC in Colorado towns water supply
Hugo water: The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office says the initial test kit results are now believed to have been false positives
Published: Jul 23, 2016
By Yesenia Robles, The Denver Post
Water in the town of Hugo is not contaminated with THC after all, state tests concluded Saturday morning.
The suspicion was first announced Thursday after county officials, using field test kits, got some positive tests results.
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation provided the more conclusive results indicating the water does not have THC, the psychoactive compound in marijuana.
A water advisory for the town that had officials warning residents to avoid drinking or using the water was canceled Saturday morning with the news.
We are happy to report that the water advisory is canceled immediately, the sheriffs office wrote Saturday. Please resume any and all water activities.
There were no reports of illness or symptoms from people drinking the water, Captain Michael Yowell, a spokesman for the sheriffs office confirmed Saturday.
The initial field tests that were positive had been isolated to a single well well No. 1, about a mile south of Hugos small downtown. The Lincoln County Sheriffs Office said there was evidence to suggest the well had been tampered with.
Saturday, the sheriffs office said that investigation will continue.
Saturday mornings update from the Lincoln County Sheriffs Office said the initial test kit results are now believed to have been false positives.
Some experts had been skeptical on the dangers of THC-contaminated water or whether it would even be possible to spike tap water with marijuana.
It would take more product than any of us could afford to contaminate a city water supply to the extent that people would suffer any effects, Dr. John Fox, Lincoln Countys health officer, said in a statement Thursday.
Peter Perrone, who owns Wheat Ridge cannabis testing facility Gobi Analytical, said cannabinoids such as THC or CBD are in no way soluble in water.
There is zero possibility that theres anything like THC in the Hugo water, Perrone told The Denver Post Thursday.
You know how oil and water separate? Its the same with cannabinoids. Theyre lipophilic, which means theyre fat-loving. They would never be soluble in water. In order for people to solubilize these cannabinoids in their drinks, for marijuana products like the Dixie Elixirs sold in dispensaries, it takes a lot of work. It takes so many steps to get a fat-soluble thing like a cannabinoid into something like a drink.
Joseph Evans, a former EPA scientist who now serves as lab director at Denver-based marijuana testing lab Nordic Analytical, agreed.
The one thing that bothers me about this story from a scientific perspective is that THC is so insoluble in water, Evans said. I cant imagine, I cant even fathom the idea that THC would be in water at any type of solubility to create any kind of health hazard.
http://www.thecannabist.co/2016/07/23/conclusive-tests-no-thc-hugo-water/59158/
Staff reporters John Ingold and Ricardo Baca contributed to this report.
False alarm: No THC in Colorado towns water supply
Hugo water: The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office says the initial test kit results are now believed to have been false positives
Published: Jul 23, 2016
By Yesenia Robles, The Denver Post
Water in the town of Hugo is not contaminated with THC after all, state tests concluded Saturday morning.
The suspicion was first announced Thursday after county officials, using field test kits, got some positive tests results.
The Colorado Bureau of Investigation provided the more conclusive results indicating the water does not have THC, the psychoactive compound in marijuana.
A water advisory for the town that had officials warning residents to avoid drinking or using the water was canceled Saturday morning with the news.
We are happy to report that the water advisory is canceled immediately, the sheriffs office wrote Saturday. Please resume any and all water activities.
There were no reports of illness or symptoms from people drinking the water, Captain Michael Yowell, a spokesman for the sheriffs office confirmed Saturday.
The initial field tests that were positive had been isolated to a single well well No. 1, about a mile south of Hugos small downtown. The Lincoln County Sheriffs Office said there was evidence to suggest the well had been tampered with.
Saturday, the sheriffs office said that investigation will continue.
Saturday mornings update from the Lincoln County Sheriffs Office said the initial test kit results are now believed to have been false positives.
Some experts had been skeptical on the dangers of THC-contaminated water or whether it would even be possible to spike tap water with marijuana.
It would take more product than any of us could afford to contaminate a city water supply to the extent that people would suffer any effects, Dr. John Fox, Lincoln Countys health officer, said in a statement Thursday.
Peter Perrone, who owns Wheat Ridge cannabis testing facility Gobi Analytical, said cannabinoids such as THC or CBD are in no way soluble in water.
There is zero possibility that theres anything like THC in the Hugo water, Perrone told The Denver Post Thursday.
You know how oil and water separate? Its the same with cannabinoids. Theyre lipophilic, which means theyre fat-loving. They would never be soluble in water. In order for people to solubilize these cannabinoids in their drinks, for marijuana products like the Dixie Elixirs sold in dispensaries, it takes a lot of work. It takes so many steps to get a fat-soluble thing like a cannabinoid into something like a drink.
Joseph Evans, a former EPA scientist who now serves as lab director at Denver-based marijuana testing lab Nordic Analytical, agreed.
The one thing that bothers me about this story from a scientific perspective is that THC is so insoluble in water, Evans said. I cant imagine, I cant even fathom the idea that THC would be in water at any type of solubility to create any kind of health hazard.
http://www.thecannabist.co/2016/07/23/conclusive-tests-no-thc-hugo-water/59158/
Staff reporters John Ingold and Ricardo Baca contributed to this report.
