Here they come...
http://www.thecannabist.co/2016/11/04/scotts-marijuana-pesticides-epa-talks/66773/
By Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist Staff
Scotts Miracle-Gro’s $500 million push into the marijuana industry has a new twist: The lawn-and-garden giant wants to corner the market on cannabis pesticides.
Scotts CEO Jim Hagedorn told investors and analysts during his company’s fourth-quarter earnings call that his firm is talking with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency about pesticide products that could be used on cannabis, according to reports out of the Columbus Dispatch and the Columbus Business Journal.
When reached for comment on Friday, a spokeswoman for the EPA told The Cannabist that she did not have information available to immediately comment and would check into the matter.
The EPA regulates the use of pesticides throughout the nation; however, as marijuana remains federally illegal, currently no products registered with the agency are labeled for use on cannabis and little guidance has been offered to legalized states. Colorado officials have wrangled with how to regulate pesticides in marijuana and cracked down on companies that use pesticides that are banned by the Colorado Department of Agriculture for cannabis...
http://www.thecannabist.co/2016/11/04/scotts-marijuana-pesticides-epa-talks/66773/
By Alicia Wallace, The Cannabist Staff
Scotts Miracle-Gro’s $500 million push into the marijuana industry has a new twist: The lawn-and-garden giant wants to corner the market on cannabis pesticides.
Scotts CEO Jim Hagedorn told investors and analysts during his company’s fourth-quarter earnings call that his firm is talking with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency about pesticide products that could be used on cannabis, according to reports out of the Columbus Dispatch and the Columbus Business Journal.
When reached for comment on Friday, a spokeswoman for the EPA told The Cannabist that she did not have information available to immediately comment and would check into the matter.
The EPA regulates the use of pesticides throughout the nation; however, as marijuana remains federally illegal, currently no products registered with the agency are labeled for use on cannabis and little guidance has been offered to legalized states. Colorado officials have wrangled with how to regulate pesticides in marijuana and cracked down on companies that use pesticides that are banned by the Colorado Department of Agriculture for cannabis...
