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submitted 2 years ago by jeffw@lemmy.world to c/science@lemmy.world

The popular weedkiller has also been found in 80% of Americans' urine, according to a 2022 study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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[-] bluGill@kbin.social -1 points 2 years ago

While i think that link is more correct, it is hard to take it serious when they call it a pesticide.

[-] HeartyBeast@kbin.social 8 points 2 years ago

Pesticide is a pretty standard generic word (at least in British English) covering insecticides, herbicides, fungicides.

[-] Fosheze@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

In murican, at least in my area, pesticide is used exclusively to refer to something that kills animals like an insectiside or vermin poison. We would just use herbicide when talking about a weed killer.

[-] BigDickEnergy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago
[-] bluGill@kbin.social -1 points 2 years ago

No, it is a herbicide. Those are very different things and no farmer would ever mess this up.

[-] Stephen304@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

Herbicide is a subset of pesticides where the pests are herbs. You're thinking of insecticide where the pest is an insect. Pesticide is the broad term that encompasses both insecticides and herbicides.

[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Herbicides, fungicides, and insecticides are all pesticides used in agriculture.

[-] BigDickEnergy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 years ago

A. I'm not a farmer, I'm a scientist. B. All herbicides are pesticides... look it up. It's like how all horses are mammals but not all mammals are horses

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