It is totally possible to test for mycotoxins… which don’t just form all on their own. They need the appropriate environment and food (aka seeds/seed fats) to usually do so. Which is why people focus so much on them in GRAINS but not so much in other stuff.
I’ve got a thread started to talk about endotoxins… AKA the dead body parts of those irradiated micro-organisms. Are you thinking about endotoxins?
What is your friend trying to clean up? Why is he trying to clean it up? There are lots of technologies to do this. As this thread so kindly has pointed out - plenty of people think that you shouldn’t do this… even though almost all other consumer goods go through sanitation or sterilization processes… apparently cannabis is just bougie enough that people think sanitation is inappropriate?
Lots of ways…
- Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxides
- Exposure to Ozone
- Exposure to Chlorine Dioxide
- Microwave Irradiation
- X-Ray Irradiation
- Exposure to Ultraviolet Light
- Extraction processes with filtration steps
Some of these things are better for molds than they are for bacteria. It would be helpful to know just “how much” contamination they are dealing with. What kind of contamination (since prevention is important know what it is helps with that) so that the best kind of treatment can be used.
And then consider the endotoxins left behind (these will definitely be there!) and the possibility for mycotoxins being left behind (its possible these are there…).
And also things like - is the cannabis visibly moldy? People generally don’t like it when anything is moldy… think strawberries and bread - do you buy them when you can see mold on them? Probably not… But also - most strawberries and bread are contaminated with microorganisms and given enough time that will become visible, even if its not already.
Lots of things to think about. Its possible that someone will have equipment available in the Dakota… certainly there is equipment in Montana and Colorado that can do this work, and some of it is mobile.
There’s plenty ways to get there. If you have decided that its appropriate to do so (given the feedback of the thread) and that decontaminating the cannabis won’t leave undesirables behind (visible contaminates/endotoxins/mycotoxins…)
Feel free to HMU via the DM if you want further guidance or assistance with this.