Residents Complain of Smell of Growing Pot Filling the Air in Denver

Residents Complain of Smell of Growing Pot Filling the Air in Denver:
"Now that marijuana is legal in Colorado, the pot-growing industry has exploded in Denver's industrial areas. Consequently the smell of the growing pot is now filling Denver's air, as the indoor pot farms bring an acrid, skunky smell to the city and draw complaints from residents.
Certainly there are regulations that govern how much odor businesses may emit into the community, but the dank smell of pot growing is something quite new for Denverites.
It is a smell quite different from that of a bakery or any of the other usual smells businesses might emit in a bustling city.
City authorities report that this year some 30 percent of the complaints about industrial odors came because of the indoor pot-growing facilities that have sprung up in the Mile High City.
USA Today reported that tests of air quality in Denver do not seem to indicate any violation of the city's clean air ordinances.
Perhaps the large number of complaints has come because residents aren't used to the new smell in the air, but some residents are quite insistent that the odor is hurting their quality of life."