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Heavy Metal Index

Nevada cannabis heavy-metal action levels

Regulation

Scope The limits apply across Nevada cannabis product categories that require heavy metal screening in the regulation tables.

Page snapshot
Referenced by3 pages
JurisdictionUS-NV
Effective2020-11-05

Scope

The limits apply across Nevada cannabis product categories that require heavy metal screening in the regulation tables.

Exact limit and units

MetalMatrixLimitUnitBasis
ArsenicCannabis products requiring heavy-metal screening<2ppmProduct as tested
CadmiumCannabis products requiring heavy-metal screening<0.82ppmProduct as tested
LeadCannabis products requiring heavy-metal screening<1.2ppmProduct as tested
MercuryCannabis products requiring heavy-metal screening<0.4ppmProduct as tested

How tested

The limits appear in product-category testing tables under independent testing laboratory requirements.

Enforcement posture

Lots or production runs that fail required quality-assurance testing are subject to disposal, remediation, retesting, or other regulatory handling under the Nevada cannabis rules.

History of changes

The regulations were adopted July 21, 2020 and effective November 5, 2020.

How it compares

Nevada values match the concentration equivalents of the Washington 5 g daily-dose table, but are stated directly in ppm.

Sources

Update history

The five most recent substantive edits to this page, classified major (evidence or structure moved), correction (a published value or statement was wrong and has been fixed), or minor (narrative rewritten without changing the underlying evidence). Each description is derived from what the edit did to this page; the linked commit is the authoritative record, routine regeneration passes are excluded, and the full version history lives in git. When DOI minting comes online (see schema docs), each entry below will also link to a version-pinned DataCite DOI.

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4aa8d04072026-08-11major1 section added
1ccfc6d792026-08-10major1 source added; contamination-profile values revised; 7 sections added