The Santa Barbara County District Attorney and 10 other state prosecutors fined a mold remediation company $425,000 for pesticide law violations and false advertising.
Pure Maintenance Holdings LLC and its founders– Michael Adams and his son, Brandon– were accused of misleading the public about their products and selling pesticides without the appropriate licenses or paying required taxes.
According to court documents, they falsely claimed their treatments were approved by the EPA and California regulators. One was marketed as “dry fog,” even though it left surfaces wet. The company also advertised the treatment as safe and nontoxic, even though the pesticides used required “warning” and “danger” labels…