Articles | Volume 19, issue 22
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-13973-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-19-13973-2019
Research article
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20 Nov 2019
Research article |  | 20 Nov 2019

Potential regional air quality impacts of cannabis cultivation facilities in Denver, Colorado

Chi-Tsan Wang, Christine Wiedinmyer, Kirsti Ashworth, Peter C. Harley, John Ortega, Quazi Z. Rasool, and William Vizuete

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The legal commercialization of cannabis has created a new and almost unregulated industry. Here we present the first inventory of volatile organic compound emissions from cannabis cultivation facilities (CCFs) for Colorado. When applied within a regulatory air quality model to predict regional ozone impacts, our inventory results in net ozone formation near CCFs with the largest increases in Denver County. However, our inventory is highly uncertain and we identify future critical data needs.
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