Organic weed? Colorado wants to restrict pesticides on marijuana

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The state of Colorado has proposed rules that would reduce the number of allowable pesticides used on marijuana from 200 to about 75. Those to be permitted are the least harmful and already allowed by federal regulators for use on food and tobacco crops.

The proposal was issued last week, according to the Denver Post, and limits pesticide use on pot to chemicals considered nontoxic or safe enough that they do not need to be tested or registered with the federal government -- which still considers pot an illegal drug.

The move comes as the state of Colorado, which legalized recreational marijuana in 2012, has had difficulty settling on a finalized pesticide list. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has refused to offer guidance, complicating the state’s process.

For the past two years, the state has allowed pesticides with warning labels ambiguous enough to avoid any violation, including pesticides with...

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