{"id":3929,"date":"2019-09-19T11:38:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T15:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/sen-merkley-calls-for-more-attention-to-cbd-products-and-wildfire-tainted-wine-grapes\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:07:25","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:07:25","slug":"sen-merkley-calls-for-more-attention-to-cbd-products-and-wildfire-tainted-wine-grapes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/sen-merkley-calls-for-more-attention-to-cbd-products-and-wildfire-tainted-wine-grapes\/","title":{"rendered":"El senador Merkley pide m\u00e1s atenci\u00f3n a los productos de CBD y las uvas de vino contaminadas por incendios forestales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two crops common to Southern Oregon, wine grapes and hemp, were the focus of a conference call with Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and reporters on Thursday.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When wildfires filled the skies of southern Oregon and northern California with smoke last year, some vintners lost customers out of a fear that the flavor of their grapes had been contaminated with &ldquo;smoke taint.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Merkley, the Democratic lead on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture and Rural Development, discussed a $5 million appropriation he&rsquo;s supporting that would focus on research into the effects of wildfire smoke on grapes.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;One of the questions is how do you measure this? And another is what are the compounds that are deposited and what risk do they pose?&rdquo; Merkley said.<\/p>\n<p>Merkley says the research funds will be directed to Oregon State University and other West Coast schools including UC Davis in California and Washington State University.<\/p>\n<p>Merkley also called for more transparency when it comes to CBD products from the state&rsquo;s booming hemp industry.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re in the wild west with CBD,&rdquo; Merkley said, referencing the need for increased attention from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for labeling and the disclosure of ingredients in CBD products.<\/p>\n<p>Merkley said the FDA has largely avoided regulating CBD products as long as there are no health complaints made.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I personally would encourage them to put a significant effort into accurate labeling and disclosure,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>A&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/7b452f4af90b4620ab0ff0eb2cca62cc?utm_source=Twitter&amp;utm_medium=AP&amp;utm_campaign=SocialFlow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recent investigation<\/a>&nbsp;by the Associated Press into vaping-related illnesses revealed CBD products from around the country that were spiked with synthetic marijuana, rather than the more expensive CBD oil.<\/p>\n<p>None of the tested products were from Oregon. However, there have been four vaping-related illnesses in the state, including one fatality. Officials with the Oregon Health Authority said they&rsquo;re still investigating the causes of the illness.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two crops common to Southern Oregon, wine grapes and hemp, were the focus of a conference call with Sen. 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