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New Yorkers with moldy pot can have their stash inspected for cancer-causing fungus
10.04.2012
04:31 pm
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New York City resident and pot activist Kenny Toglia wants to inspect your moldy pot. Here’s why:

The problem with New York City street pot, says Toglia, comes from a cancer-causing fungus with the tongue-twisting name Aspergillus fumigatus, found commonly in soil and rotting vegetable matter and alarmingly in pot that’s been stored a long time before smoking.

To combat the threat, which Toglia claims affects one-third of relatively low-cost city pot, he has formed a nonprofit with the major purpose of educating marijuana smokers, especially those with compromised immune systems. Each Thursday at 6 p.m. Toglia and his crew will inspect your pot for the dangerous fungus for no cost at 130 E. Seventh St., at Avenue A. The location is known as the Muhammad Salahuddeen Memorial Jazz Theatre, named after a late East Village legend who combined squatting, jazz and community service in his University of the Streets near Tompkins Square Park.

For more info, visit The Villager’s website.

Posted by Marc Campbell
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10.04.2012
04:31 pm
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