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SEATTLE -- Banned pesticides recently found in legal marijuana are highlighting the need for better consumer protection for weed buyers.
State law doesn't require mandatory recalls when marijuana products could pose a health hazard, but some people now say recalls are needed.
The owner of Hashtag, a Seattle marijuana store, recently pulled products from his shelf that used a banned pesticide even though he didn't have to under state law.
"Even products that were fine but we couldn't trace the linage of the ingredients we pulled to be on the safe side," said owner Logan Bowers.
Unlike Colorado, Washington state law doesn't have a mandatory recall mechanism to pull bad weed products off the shelf.
"In contrast to Colorado, which does have those steps, which does have those mechanisms to protect consumers, so we are a little behind the ball when it comes to consumer protection," said attorney...
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