@latimes: Two years after The LA Times found that cannabis sold at California contained alarming levels of #pesticides, the safety of the state’s legal weed remains a crapshoot, as government regulators fail to keep up with an ever-evolving slate of hazardous chemicals or crack down on the growers using them. A new round of tests commissioned by The Times shows that even as many major cannabis brands have cleaned up their products, others are using pesticides off the state’s radar. Brands, including #Stiiizy and #WestCoastCure, that were contaminated two years ago came up largely clean in the latest testing — a change that industry leaders attribute to pressure from consumers outraged by The Times’ 2024 reporting. But three other brands, all from the same manufacturer, contained significant quantities of a pesticide, pymetrozine, that was widespread in the 2024 testing. And previously unseen chemicals hazardous to human health were detected in a quarter of the 49 inhalable products tested by The Times. Check out our full report to see the lab results of the weed we sent in for testing.

The Los Angeles Times

Open In TikTok:

Region: US

Wednesday 11 November 2026 21:25:20 GMT