When Carolyn McCuan moved to San Juan Capistrano in the fall of 2024, she did it on a promise from the city’s then public works director – no chemical herbicides in town.
At her previous home in Aliso Viejo, McCuan said she faced years of health problems from heavy spraying of glyphosate-based herbicides like RoundUp near her home, a special subset of pesticides designed to kill plants.
“The biggest thing for us was we moved here because we thought it was safe and found out they used RoundUp all over the place,” McCuan said. “It makes me really upset.”…