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Pot pesticides: What exactly are these chemicals, and why are they banned?

Submitted by Marijuana News on Tue, 12/08/2015 - 08:45

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The marijuana industry has a pesticide problem.

In the absence of federal guidance on pesticide application — the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulates the use of pesticides throughout the country, marijuana is still federally illegal, the EPA won’t allow cannabis on any pesticide’s label, yada yada — pot growers have long been using pesticides they shouldn’t have been.

As pesticide regulations are under scrutiny in Colorado, Oregon and elsewhere, some Cannabist readers have asked the question: “What are these pesticide chemicals, anyway, and what makes them so bad?”

So we wanted to list the five most common banned pesticides found in recalled marijuana products in Denver — and what the experts know about them. Mind you, research on pesticides and cannabis is lacking, given...

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