Can CHS be triggered by grow room exposure alone — without consuming cannabis?

[Dave_Grower99]

I spend hours daily in my grow room and have been feeling nauseous more often. Someone suggested terpenes and ambient cannabinoids could be connected to CHS. Is this actually possible?

[TomMedStudent]

This is underresearched but relevant. There are anecdotal reports of CHS-like symptoms in people with heavy occupational cannabis exposure. Terpenes and cannabinoids can be absorbed through the respiratory tract even from ambient air in a grow environment.

[Dave_Grower99]

I grow too and have had similar concerns. I wear a respirator now when spending extended time in the grow room. The science on airborne cannabinoid absorption is limited but it seems like a reasonable precaution.

[Kelly_CHSSurvivor]

I developed CHS and my husband is a grower. Hard to know if grow room exposure contributed but my symptoms improved after we moved the operation to a separate detached building. Anecdotal but meaningful to me.

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