Halos mandarins, formerly marketed as Cuties, are grown by Wonderful Citrus, part of the farming mega-conglomerate owned by the Beverly Hills billionaires Stewart and Lynda Resnick. Last month, Food & Water Watch received from the district the names and addresses of companies that use its water. A few examples of the brands owned or supplied by those companies are listed below (though some of their fruits and vegetables may come from other parts of the state). The Cawelo Water District blends oil wastewater with water from other sources such as the Kern River before sending it to farms. The story goes that California’s long drought, and regulations that prohibit oil companies from pumping wastewater from oil production back into the ground, have made a perfect recipe for oil wastewater irrigation, Mother Jones reports: Mother Jones broke news that food producers in southern California had been using oil wastewater to irrigate crops in July 2015. The real question is whether or not treated wastewater from oil refineries is safe to use for crop irrigation, or if, as the rumor claims, it’s “toxic.” The real question isn’t whether or not this occurs. Reports that Halos Cuties are grown using wastewater from oil refineries can be traced back to mid-2015. Halos Cuties mandarin oranges are grown in California using toxic wastewater from oil refineries, according to viral reports.

Halos Cuties Are Grown Using Toxic Waste Water- Disputed!

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