Calif. pesticides mess has no easy fix

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Until a few years ago, buying cannabis in California, and pretty much everywhere else, meant accepting the risk that it contained potentially dangerous pesticides and other contaminants. With legalization, California consumers agree to pay taxes on weed in part because the Department of Cannabis Control (DCC) requires product to clear tests for dozens of pesticides.

More than six months since an LA Times/WeedWeek investigation found alarming levels of dangerous chemicals in a selection of licensed California products, mostly vapes, it . . .