Pesticides in marijuana: New Department of Health effort to curb their use

Matt Spaw • Jan 12, 2018

Jan 12, 2018

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                <h1>Pesticides in marijuana: New Department of Health effort to curb their use</h1>
                <h2><p>The state Department of Health will soon award those pot businesses that use expensive tests to detect unapproved pesticides in their products, granting them a state “seal of approval." While the law will not require that businesses perform the tests, it is hoped that the seal will give discerning</p></h2>
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            <p>The state Department of Health will soon award those pot businesses that use expensive tests to detect unapproved pesticides in their products, granting them a state “seal of approval." While the law will not require that businesses perform the tests, it is hoped that the seal will give discerning consumers a way to avoid the most common of the unapproved pesticides, and encourage businesses to test for their use. According to a <a href="http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/marijuana/are-there-pesticides-in-your-pot-new-rules-make-it-easier-to-find-out/?ref=avalancheghost.one">story by Bob Young of the Seattle Times,</a> the seal itself will be developed later this month.</p><p>The seal should solve some of the problems outlined in Crosscut's <a href="http://crosscut.com/2015/08/in-washingtons-pot-industry-pesticide-use-remains-hazy/?ref=avalancheghost.one">report about pesticide use</a> in Washington's marijuana industry, which was published in August.</p>
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The state Department of Health will soon award those pot businesses that use expensive tests to detect unapproved pesticides in their products, granting them a state “seal of approval." While the law will not require that businesses perform the tests, it is hoped that the seal will give discerning consumers a way to avoid the most common of the unapproved pesticides, and encourage businesses to test for their use. According to a story by Bob Young of the Seattle Times, the seal itself will be developed later this month.

The seal should solve some of the problems outlined in Crosscut's report about pesticide use in Washington's marijuana industry, which was published in August.

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By Matt Spaw

Matt Spaw, a former intern at Crosscut, is a journalism student and a writer at The Daily of the University of Washington.