Somewhat off-topic, but I'd really like to know the real reason I can't buy Turpentine in CA. The petrochemicals they allow are more toxic than a pine tree dis

Somewhat off-topic, but I'd really like to know the real reason I can't buy Turpentine in CA. The petrochemicals they allow are more toxic than a pine tree distillate you can probably drink. It's created a situation where there's basically no food-safe thinners sold on the shelves of my local CA hardware stores. Never in my life would I have imagined the turpentine I handled in childhood would one day be difficult to access contraband... I ended up buying a can out of state to thin some pure tung oil for finishing a food surface. Boggles the mind.