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.

  • bluGill@kbin.social
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    3
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    1 year 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
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      6
      ·
      1 year ago

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

      • bluGill@kbin.social
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        arrow-down
        2
        ·
        1 year ago

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

        • Stephen304@lemmy.ml
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          4
          ·
          1 year 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.

        • BigDickEnergy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          1 year 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