California: Marijuana Plantation May Have Contaminated San Luis Creek
Health officials are waiting on test results to determine if San Luis Creek or other water sources were contaminated by a banned pesticide that may have been used on an illegal marijuana plantation off Highway 101 north of San Luis Obispo.
San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Department narcotics detectives discovered 5,880 marijuana plants on the east side of the highway about halfway up Cuesta Grade, said sheriff’s spokesman Tony Cipolla.
In addition to the plants and trash located near a San Luis Creek tributary on private land bordering Los Padres National Forest, investigators also found a variety of toxic chemicals, Cipolla said.
Those included Carbofuran, a pesticide detectives believe was applied to the marijuana plants.
Cipolla noted the use of Carbofuran was banned by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in 2006 because of its risk to human health and toxicity in the environment, according to environmental health specialists.
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