California Sheriff's Department Warns People To Wash Their Weed After Seizing Over 20,000 Plants Contaminated With Highly Toxic Chemicals

"This week, the Sheriff's Department for Stanislaus County in California is warning people to wash their weed after over 20,000 plants were seized from a grow that was too close to land that had "toxic chemicals, insecticides and pesticides,".

"We encourage everyone not to ingest marijuana," the department said. "If you choose to break the law an put yourself in danger, please at least wash the marijuana before using it."

In January, Stanislaus County voted to prohibit any growing and selling of medical marijuana, according to KCRA.

One of the chemicals they identified was carbofuran, an extremely toxic pesticide that's so powerful, it was once used to kill hyenas."

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Carbofuran:

"Carbofuran has one of the highest acute toxicities to humans of any insecticide widely used on field crops (only aldicarb and parathion are more toxic).

A quarter teaspoon/1ml (1000mg) can be fatal. Most carbofuran is applied by commercial applicators using closed systems with engineered controls so there is no exposure to it in preparation.

Since its toxic effects are due to its activity as a cholinesterase inhibitor it is considered a neurotoxic pesticide."

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