A California school district is freezing pesticide use as parents in an affluent Orange County community demand answers over a string of rare childhood cancer cases.
The Capistrano Unified School District announced Wednesday that it is imposing a 60-day pause on routine landscape chemicals, including herbicides and pesticide spray applications used for weed control, while officials review the products currently approved for use.
The move comes after hundreds of residents packed a Ladera Ranch community meeting, calling for answers about a reported cluster of rare cancers affecting children connected to the neighborhood.
Since 2007, about nine…
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