The use of pesticides in Belgian illicit indoor cannabis plantations

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2017.05.016" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2017.05.016</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.forsciint.2017.05.016" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.forsciint.2017.05.016</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The use of pesticides in Belgian illicit indoor cannabis plantations

Original language description

Cannabis (Cannabis spp.) use and cultivation continue to increase in many (European) countries. The illicit indoor cannabis plantations that supply Belgian and European cannabis markets create problems and concerns about health and safety of intervention staff, dismantling companies, the direct environment of cannabis plantations and, eventually, of cannabis users. Main risks may come from pesticide residues on plants, cultivation infrastructure and materials, left-over plant growth-promoting substances, mycotoxins from fungal pathogens on harvested plants, and/or high levels of cannabinoids in cannabis plant parts for consumption. In the present research, we report on pesticides found in illicit indoor cannabis plantations in Belgium. In only a few cases, pesticides found in bottles with a commercial label, were also identified in plant or stagnant water samples collected from the growth rooms where the bottles had been collected. We further revealed that, even though most pesticides have a low vola

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

40106 - Agronomy, plant breeding and plant protection; (Agricultural biotechnology to be 4.4)

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

FORENSIC SCIENCE INTERNATIONAL

ISSN

0379-0738

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

277

Issue of the periodical within the volume

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Country of publishing house

CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC

Number of pages

7

Pages from-to

59-65

UT code for WoS article

000405558100015

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85020385010