{"id":47142,"date":"2019-08-23T13:57:46","date_gmt":"2019-08-23T13:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/mexican-marijuana-cartels-are-spraying-a-lethal-pesticide-throughout-california\/"},"modified":"2019-08-23T13:57:46","modified_gmt":"2019-08-23T13:57:46","slug":"mexican-marijuana-cartels-are-spraying-a-lethal-pesticide-throughout-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/news\/mexican-marijuana-cartels-are-spraying-a-lethal-pesticide-throughout-california\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexican Marijuana Cartels Are Spraying a Lethal Pesticide Throughout California"},"content":{"rendered":"

Illegal pot farms managed by Mexican crime syndicates<\/u><\/a> are dumping a highly toxic pesticide into California\u2019s waterways, soils, and plants. <\/p>\n

According to law enforcement<\/u><\/a>, authorities discovered the massive black market marijuana grow \u2014 totalling 6,000 plants altogether \u2014 in the Sierra Nevada mountains. There, they also found a can of the pesticide carbofuran, commonly sold under the brand names Furadan or Curater. <\/p>\n

\u201cThese are federal lands, and they are being systematically destroyed through clear-cutting, stream diversion, chemicals, and pesticides,\u201d US Attorney McGregor Scott said during a press conference, the LA Times<\/em><\/u><\/a> reported. \u201cIt\u2019s a vitally important issue.\u201d<\/p>\n

Carbofuran is officially banned in Canada and the European Union, though the US EPA effectively banned it in 2009, as well. Carbofuran is absorbed by plant roots and is excreted through the plant\u2019s tissues, essentially turning the plant itself into a poison. The pesticide kills pretty much every insect or arachnid it contacts, but due to its potent toxicity, its lethality doesn\u2019t stop at just bugs.<\/p>\n

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