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6. Not really wrong. Herbicides are pesticides

Reply to The Velveteen Ocelot (Reply #3)

Fri Apr 25, 2014, 12:20 PM

Apr 2014

Pesticide is used to refer to any substance used for destroying insects or other organisms harmful to cultivated plants or to animals.

That term is further broken down into insecticide, herbicide and lots of others.

From Wikipedia:

The term pesticide includes all of the following: herbicide, insecticide, insect growth regulator, nematicide, termiticide, molluscicide, piscicide, avicide, rodenticide, predacide, bactericide, insect repellent, animal repellent, antimicrobial, fungicide, disinfectant (antimicrobial), and sanitizer.

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Glyphosate toxicity study in ‘pay for play journal’ based on flawed experimental design [View all] HuckleB Apr 2014 OP

Garlic-juice kills cancer-cells when applied in a petri-dish. DetlefK Apr 2014 #1

Yup! -eom- HuckleB Apr 2014 #2

Not to be picky or anything, but Roundup (glyphosate) The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2014 #3

You are quite correct. -eom- HuckleB Apr 2014 #4

Not really wrong. Herbicides are pesticides sharp_stick Apr 2014 #6

Fair enough, but it seems to me that in common parlance The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2014 #7

You're absolutely right sharp_stick Apr 2014 #8

OK, you win. HuckleB Apr 2014 #10

I have a friend teaching toxicology sharp_stick Apr 2014 #5

+1 HuckleB Apr 2014 #9

It also depends on the journal Sgent Apr 2014 #11

About those more caustic herbicides that glyphosate helped replace: By Credible Hulk HuckleB Jun 2015 #12