Hello, I am curious to understand from those who take the extra special care in growing the marijuana with Organic methods, if you filter the intake air supply to assure the air quality does not contaminate your crop?

EPA: 600 neighborhoods have toxic air


WASHINGTON - People living in nearly 600 neighborhoods across the country are breathing concentrations of toxic air pollutants that put them at a much greater risk of contracting cancer, according to new data from the Environmental Protection Agency.
Parts of Los Angeles and Madison County, Ill., had the highest cancer risks in the nation. They were followed by two neighborhoods in Allegheny County, Penn., and one in Tuscaloosa County, Ala. People living in parts of Coconino County, Ariz., and Lyon County, Nev., had the lowest cancer risk from air toxics. The counties with the least toxic air are Kalawao County, Hawaii, and Golden Valley County, Mont.

Counties harboring highest cancer risk from toxics
Portions of the following counties have neighborhoods with the highest cancer risk from toxic air pollution, according to the EPA's National-Scale Air Toxics Assessment. Some counties have more than one neighborhood, or census tract, on the list. Listed are the county, the tract's population, and the cancer risk.
County Pop. Risk
Los Angeles Co., Calif. 4,323 1,240 in 1 million
Madison Co., Ill. 1,030 1,140 in 1 million
Allegheny Co., Pa. 2,533 762 in 1 million
Allegheny Co., Pa. 1,729 706 in 1 million
Tuscaloosa Co., Ala. 3,088 633 in 1 million
Orange Co., Calif. 4,628 628 in 1 million
Scioto Co., Ohio 3,495 612 in 1 million
Lake Co., Ind. 1,580 609 in 1 million
Madison Co., Ill. 1,407 537 in 1 million
Jefferson Co., Ala. 5,387 492 in 1 million

Source: EPA

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Now of course if you are growing outdoors in any of these areas. Spending the extra cost and care growing your marijuana organically might be a fruitless endeavor seeing as it may be covered with toxic substances and the plants most definitely are breathing this polluted air supply.

What can we do to safeguard our supply of organic marijuana from being tainted by heavy, toxic, cancer-causing pollutants?

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mornin' Richard, i actually filter my intakes to help prevent pest invasions.

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Yes, like bozo, I filter mostly for any insects that might try to enter by vent. I have lemon trees that have white fly infestation at certain times. Better safe than sorry. 'Knock on wood" never any borg in 6 years. Also change out screen every month to remove any lint, dust build up that may restrict fan action.
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Not to at all minimize the concerns stated here or the fact that the air in many of our cities is tainted...but I think we should always remember that the smoke from marijuana contains 600 chemicals in itself...whether it be "organically" grown or not.

I do not currently filter the incoming air to my room as there is no threatening pollen here. However, in a past lifetime I lived in an area of the country where there was "hemp" growing in the region and we spent the $$$ and filtered the intake to insure we didn't get any unexpected "ditchweed" crosses.

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I filter intake, its easy and cheap, plus one less problem that could erupt is stopped...peskypests

yeah i filtered my intake with vent filter mesh that i taped over the hole. carbon filter mesh. you can also get scented kinds. keeps the pests and pollen out from fresh air intake

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