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Read MoreCannabis is a hot topic in many areas, be it business, medicine, insurance, law, or politics to name a few. But it is difficult to understand and discuss cannabis in relation to those areas without understanding the cannabis plant itself, the molecules that make up the plant, how it's grown, the endocannabinoid system and toxicology, and the process by which extracts are manufactured.
In this podcast interview with Don Jergler of Insurance Journal, Dr. Nadia Moore, Vice President & Principal Toxicologist at J.S. Held, discusses a broad range of the general scientific and toxicological basics of cannabis, including:
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Dr. Nadia Moore is a Vice President and Principal Toxicologist in J.S. Held’s Environmental, Health & Safety Practice. Her experience encompasses chemical and physical agents (including asbestos, pesticides, solvents, vapors, particulate matter, metals, and microbial agents), diverse exposure scenarios (including environmental, occupational, and residential), and all routes of exposure (including inhalation, oral/drinking water, and percutaneous). Nadia’s practice also includes the determination of whether exposure to a chemical or physical agent has caused an injury, exposure assessment in diverse scenarios, determination of acceptable impurity levels in consumer products, and weight-of-evidence analysis of historical scientific data to gauge present-day conclusions.
Dr. Moore can be reached at [email protected] or +1 425 207 4372.
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