Clive ThompsonDec 2, 2022

If you feed hemp to cows 🐮 , they get really chilled out and their milk contains THC: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/11/16/science/cows-hemp-thc.html?unlocked_article_code=U10T5eDuOXDhLtsS4pX_DxyBjaUSny3GnkTzvQioTBxibjHEfXUKT9gwFhrEZcJnTUNk_bVWkxPm5jK1lYAT9wtWsJxpmHdbl0DvqvtWTcx6-yheUsir2U4emjiwd7QYVnl1k7CJcJcWfJ4iev1FOiZZNLaFv8tqkOcwiIg3BKW4wtvMds5w92lPm34iC_3J0ulb9fG94WiIxg4jDxQS_WxFGM5bwbNes2hS0Zein5NtFrUclTNGE8qC184T0MP1zoLNgNacmMo8EoJRcRgQI9ZQqz0htxU4X4x7IibUusk7VjwBDZhocb0XkKjuoenMEyk9Kke82Q&smid=share-url

Science marches ever onwards

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Study Finds Hemp-Fed Cows Had Traces of THC in Their Milk

Hemp with high THC content given to Holsteins leached into their milk, according to a group of German scientists exploring the food chain for dairy production.

Show threadCavyherdDec 2, 2022

@clive

Which...would actually make some sense. AIUI, THC is a fat-soluble molecule? & lactation concentrates & transports such substances out of the body.

Show threadClive ThompsonDec 2, 2022

@cavyherd

yes!

Show threadCavyherd

@clive

Fun tangential factoid: if you're doing fat reduction, one reason it's so incredibly hard to lose that last five pounds is that the body sequesters fat soluble toxins in adipose tissue (having no way other than lactation to remove them). The body just REALLY doesn't want to turn that stuff loose into the body.

(This is also why marine apex predators tend to have high mercury levels.)

Dec 2, 2022 at 10:33pmWeb
Show threadClive ThompsonDec 2, 2022

@cavyherd

That makes sense, yeah -- I did not know!