Nearly 775,000 illegally cultivated cannabis plants across the state were eradicated in a joint effort by California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office and local and federal law enforcement partners. The enforcement was part of the Eradication and Prevention of Illicit Cannabis program (EPIC), Bonta announced this month. … The teams recovered 201 weapons, and removed infrastructure, including dams, water lines, and containers of toxic chemicals, such as carbofuran, methyl parathion, aluminum phosphate, zinc phosphide, and illegal fertilizers, state officials reported. Carbofuran, in particular, poses untold risks to public health, state officials said. A lethal insecticide that is banned in the United States, carbofuran remains on plants after application and seeps into soil and nearby water sources.