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insecticides kill insects? Big if true. Sounds like it working as designed.

• fleddr 4y ago
  The point of an insecticide is to kill the specific insect being a pest to the crop. Not to kill every single insect altogether. Maybe people like you should experience what a world without insects would look like. I can save you the time. There will be no world.
  • indymike 4y ago
    > The point of an insecticide is to kill the specific insect being a pest to the crop. Even this can cause a collapse by removing a food source from other predators. > I can save you the time. There will be no world. This is true. Insects are food for a huge number of predators, and insect larvae are a really important component of having soil capable of growing plants.
    • fleddr 4y ago
      Not to mention their role in pollination. 80% of plants are pollinated by animals, mostly insects. This includes 35% of food plants.
• _jal 4y ago
  After low-effort attempts to dismiss risks fail, mockery comes next. "First they ignore you, then they laugh at you..."
• shkkmo 4y ago
  Insecticides are designed to wipe out global populations of insects rather than just controlling pest insects inside a limited area? If you have actual evidence for this, it seem like it would form the basis of significant lawsuits against pesticide companies because we would have evidence of intent to cause significant ecological damage.