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The Velveteen Ocelot

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7. Fair enough, but it seems to me that in common parlance

Reply to sharp_stick (Reply #6)

Fri Apr 25, 2014, 12:25 PM

Apr 2014

pesticide means something that kills unwanted critters, and herbicide is something that kills unwanted plants. So it may be confusing to many people to call glyphosate a pesticide because it could easily be assumed to be a kind of insecticide, and thus misused (even more than it already is). Just a little quibble, I guess.

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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