YREKA, Calif. — The Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors unanimously declared a local state of emergency Tuesday to address what officials describe as an escalating public health crisis from dangerous pesticides discovered at illegal cannabis cultivation sites throughout the region.
Resolution No. 25-109, passed 5-0 on July 1, responds to the widespread presence of highly toxic, foreign-manufactured pesticides that illegal growers are using as fumigants by burning sawdust-like materials infused with chemical cocktails in aluminum cans placed throughout enclosed growing structures.
