{"id":9605,"date":"2023-02-08T18:10:08","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T18:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cannabisindustryjournal.com\/?post_type=news_article&amp;p=36233"},"modified":"2023-02-08T18:10:08","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T18:10:08","slug":"astm-develops-two-new-cannabis-standards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/astm-develops-two-new-cannabis-standards\/","title":{"rendered":"ASTM Develops Two New Cannabis\u00a0Standards"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/astm-develops-two-new-cannabis-standards\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><p>According to a press release emailed this week, ASTM International\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.astmcannabis.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">subcommittee focused on cannabis<\/a>, D37, is in the midst of developing two new standards surrounding cannabis safety and education.<\/p>\n<p>One standard, WK84667, is designed to \u201chelp document engineering controls for air filtration and person protective equipment (PPE) in cannabis processing facilities,\u201d says ASTM member Trevor Morones. The premise of this standard appears to be employee safety; with proper, standardized air filtration and PPE, the standard will help companies keep their workers safe and prevent inhalation of potentially harmful particles, like cannabis dust, stalk fiber, florescence and crystalized dust. \u201cWe are working to develop a robust community of cannabis professionals who can share their experiences in workplace and personnel safety,\u201d says Morones.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cannabisindustryjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Logo_of_ASTM_International_Oct_2015.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-8027\" src=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/astm-develops-two-new-cannabis-standards.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"57\" \/><\/a>The other proposed standard, WK84589, seeks to develop a uniform metric for \u201cdetermining the intoxication level of a cannabinoid.\u201d Initially focusing on delta9-THC, the standard will help raise awareness and promote public health and safety by informing consumers how intoxicating a cannabis product is for the average adult.<\/p>\n<p>ASTM Pamela Epstein says this standard will hopefully develop a form of measurement akin to ABV in alcoholic drinks, allowing consumers to see how potent a certain cannabis product is. \u201cBeyond providing consumers with a complete assessment of a product\u2019s total intoxicating\/impairing effects, the proposed standard may provide regulators with a methodology to meaningfully account for public health and safety,\u201d says Epstein. \u201cThe specification can unify consumer awareness and can be used across all product types and jurisdictions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ASTM D37 committee is working on a number of other standards related to these and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.astm.org\/get-involved\/membership.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">they invite anyone interested to share their feedback<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\">\n<div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon-text sd-sharing\">\n<h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to a press release emailed this week, ASTM International\u2019s subcommittee focused on cannabis, D37, is in the midst of developing two new standards surrounding cannabis safety and education. One standard, WK84667, is designed to \u201chelp document engineering controls for air filtration and person protective equipment (PPE) in cannabis processing facilities,\u201d says ASTM member Trevor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[9236,8459,7814,9237,5062,52,8509,8769,8461,5179,9238,8561,8458,609,8770,8929,8564,1964,5334,6892,2254,9239,5763,8514,2139,8771,8515,8604,184,2299,6430,77,8469,9240,6431,9,2561,9241,8504,9242,8471,8554,9243,9244,8472,5235,421,5236,8518,6845,8520,8944,9160,8477,1,3,8522,8524,18,61,1736],"tags":[9245,8481,7815,9246,5063,2632,8535,8779,8483,5181,9247,8583,8480,3182,8780,8952,8586,4532,5350,6893,4821,9248,5771,8540,4707,8781,8541,8619,2762,4866,6433,2655,8491,9249,6434,35,9250,8530,9251,8493,8576,9252,9253,8494,5237,2999,5238,8544,6846,8546,8967,9169,8499,8548,8550,2622],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9605"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9605"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9605\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9605"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9605"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9605"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}