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Pesticide is a catch-all term that encompasses herbicides, insecticides, fungicides etc.

• malfist 11mo ago
  No, it isn't. Pesticide are used to kill pests, such as insects in the case of insecticide or rodents. It does not include fungicides nor herbicides
  • dragonwriter 11mo ago
    > Pesticide are used to kill pests, such as insects in the case of insecticide or rodents. It does not include fungicides nor herbicides Wrong. See, e.g., https://www.fda.gov/food/chemical-contaminants-pesticides/pesticides https://www.fda.gov/food/chemical-contaminants-pesticides/pe... “Pesticides are used in agriculture to protect crops from insects, fungi, weeds, and other pests.”