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Glyphosate [Roundup], an herbicide linked to cancer, found in 98% of Ecudorian youth: study (www.salon.com)
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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 11 months ago (2 children)

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 11 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] Fosheze@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months 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 11 months ago (1 children)

It is a pesticide?

[–] bluGill@kbin.social -1 points 11 months ago (3 children)

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

[–] Stephen304@lemmy.ml 4 points 11 months 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 11 months ago

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

[–] BigDickEnergy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 11 months 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