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You're conflating pesticides and herbicides

• grzm 9y ago
  I understand the distinction you're making. My understanding has been that pesticide is a term that includes both insecticides and herbicides. > Pesticides are substances that are meant to control pests or weeds. 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. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pesticide https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pesticide
  • robbiep 9y ago
    My bad. As the child of farmers it's never been used this way where I'm from
    • grzm 9y ago
      No harm, no foul! Growing up in a farming community myself was one of the reasons I spoke up, and I'm sure there's variation in how these terms are used. I definitely knew what you were getting at. Language is pretty interesting!