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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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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] [email protected] 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.