More Banned Pesticides Found In Legal California Cannabis

Four out of 49 California cannabis products failed subsequent third-party laboratory testing for banned pesticides, the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday.

And secondary lab testing found levels of other dangerous pesticides – limited in other consumer products but not yet limited in California cannabis – in seventeen other cannabis flower, pre-rolls and vape products, the newspaper reported.

Meanwhile, a state reference laboratory, meant to tighten oversight on commercial cannabis testing laboratories suspected of colluding with cannabis producers to inflate THC potency, had through late August tested only 35 products in 2026, the newspaper reported.

The findings by the Times, which also conducted random off-the-shelf testing in partnership with accredited testing labs two years ago, raise more uncomfortable questions about state regulators’ ability to police the $3.9 billion annual industry, still the country’s largest.

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