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Analytical Cannabis 

Speaking at The Science of Cannabis Cultivation Online Symposium in December 2021, Colleen King
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Abstract: Cannabis is the first rapidly growing agricultural industry in nearly a century. Given the history of prohibition and its profound repercussions on genetics and cultivation culture, the timing of mass adoption in the information age is shaping the way we describe, grade and market our products. In this conversation, we will discuss the cannabis industry’s unique position to utilize technology in crafting evaluation standards; while other specialty agricultural industries have relied on the human sensory system alone. This discussion will include a brief overview of how coffee, tequila, spices and wine build micro-regional terroir profiles and reputations. Then, we’ll explore how leveraging environmental data and terpene isolation through testing will drive research to create micro-regional terroir profiles and best practices for cultivating high-quality cannabis in any appellation.

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Speaking at The Science of Cannabis Cultivation Online Symposium in December 2021, Alisia Ratliff, Chief Executive Officer at Victus Consulting Ventures explored the future of sustainability in cannabis cultivation.

Abstract: Cultivation methods in the cannabis industry are known to be tried and true when it comes to growing, harvesting, and distributing flower into the market. Historically, the focus has been high yields, perpetual harvests, and high-end facilities. With the conversation of climate change becoming more and more relevant in our world, how do these practices affect the environment? What are some of the ways we as an industry can do our part to reverse extractive farming practices and regenerate health into our ecosystem? Obtaining a deeper understanding around soil health, carbon footprints and bioaccumulation can lead us into a more sustainable future as an industry and people.

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Oncotarget

Oncotarget published this trending research paper on December 1, 2020, entitled, "Benzophenone-3 promotion of mammary tumorigenesis is diet-dependent" by researchers from the Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Program, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; Breast Cancer and the Environment Research Program, Department of Physiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.

Abstract:
Benzophenone-3 is a putative endocrine disrupting chemical and common ingredient in sunscreens. The potential of endocrine disrupting chemicals to act as agonists or antagonists in critical hormonally regulated processes, such as mammary gland development and mammary tumorigenesis, demands evaluation of its potential in promoting breast cancer. This study identifies the effects of BP-3 on mammary tumorigenesis with high-fat diet during puberty versus adulthood in Trp53-null transplant BALB/c mice. Benzophenone-3 exposure yielded levels in urine similar to humans subjected to heavy topical sunscreen exposure. Benzophenone-3 was protective for epithelial tumorigenesis in mice fed lifelong low-fat diet, while promotional for epithelial tumorigenesis in mice fed adult high-fat diet. Benzophenone-3 increased tumor cell proliferation, decreased tumor cell apoptosis, and increased tumor vascularity dependent on specific dietary regimen and tumor histopathology. Even in instances of an ostensibly protective effect, other parameters suggest greater risk. Although benzophenone-3 seemed protective on low-fat diet, spindle cell tumors arising in these mice showed increased proliferation and decreased apoptosis. This points to a need for further studies of benzophenone-3 in both animal models and humans as a potential breast cancer risk factor, as well as a more general need to evaluate endocrine disrupting chemicals in varying dietary contexts.

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DOI - https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.27831

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Correspondence to - Richard C. Schwartz - schwart9@msu.edu and Sandra Z. Haslam - shaslam@msu.edu

Keywords - oxybenzone, benzophenone-3, mammary tumorigenesis, dietary animal fat, breast cancer

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Paper Spotlight: Benzophenone-3 Promotes Breast Cancer in Diet-Dependent Manner

Oncotarget published "Benzophenone-3 promotion of mammary tumorigenesis is diet-dependent" which reported that Benzophenone-3 is a putative endocrine disrupting chemical and common ingredient in sunscreens.

Although benzophenone-3 seemed protective on low-fat diet, spindle cell tumors arising in these mice showed increased proliferation and decreased apoptosis. This points to a need for further studies of benzophenone-3 in both animal models and humans as a potential breast cancer risk factor, as well as a more general need to evaluate endocrine disrupting chemicals in varying dietary contexts.

Dr. Richard C. Schwartz and Dr. Sandra Z. Haslam, both from The Michigan State University said, "Ovarian hormones are strongly implicated in the etiology of breast cancer."

Putative endocrine disrupting chemicals, particularly estrogenic chemicals, have emerged as suspects in environmental promotion of breast cancer. Environmental EDCs have the potential to act as agonists or antagonists in critical hormonally regulated processes, such as mammary gland development and mammary tumorigenesis - this warrants evaluation of their potential in promoting breast cancer.

More recently, BP-3 was demonstrated to have pathological effects on coral. Although BP-3 has a very short half-life, its presence is widespread in human urine, in as much as 98% of the general U.S. population.

A recent preliminary study found plasma concentrations greater than 0.5 ng/mL among a small human cohort using heavy topical applications of commercial sunscreens. The present study examined the interaction of BP-3 with HFD on mammary tumorigenesis in BALB/c mice, using the Trp53-null transplantation model. A level of BP-3 exposure was used that yielded levels in murine urine similar to that observed in humans subjected to heavy topical exposure of BP-3-containing commercial sunscreen. These authors found that BP-3 had complex effects that were dependent upon dietary regimen and tumor histopathology.

The Schwartz/Haslam Research Team concluded in their Oncotarget Research Output that unlike several earlier studies that found rather minimal BP-3 activity in vivo in rodents with doses higher than those in the current study: 1500 mg/kg BW/d; 1000 mg/kg BW/d; 150 mg/kg BW/d, these authors tumorigenesis experiments showed significant effects at 70 mg/kg BW/d. This dosage elicits levels of BP-3 excretion in urine similar to that observed in humans with heavy topical application of BP-3-containing sunscreen. Furthermore, their initial experiments in wild type BALB/c mice found significant effects on mammary epithelial proliferation at only 7 mg/kg BW/d. These observations suggest caution in the use of BP-3-containing sunscreens.

DOI - https://doi.org/10.18632/oncotarget.2...

Full text - https://www.oncotarget.com/article/27...

Correspondence to - Richard C. Schwartz - schwart9@msu.edu and Sandra Z. Haslam - shaslam@msu.edu

Keywords - oxybenzone, benzophenone-3, mammary tumorigenesis, dietary animal fat, breast cancer

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Author Insight: Benzophenone-3 Promotion of Mammary Tumorigenesis is Diet-dependent

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