08-01-2015, 02:16 PM
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Originally posted by terracore
I'm confused. The headline is about pesticides and the content is about herbicides.
"herbicide" is a "pesticide".
"insecticide", "herbicide", "rodenticide", "fungicide", "nematicide" -- all are "pesticides", for pests... insects, weeds, rodents, fungi, nematodes.
While "pesticide" may simply only mean "insecticide" to some folks, that is not the case for the law and regulatory world, such as EPA.
For example, on the label of 'Roundup Pro Concentrate'
http://www.cdms.net/ldat/ld5EH017.pdf
...and the label also indicates it can be hazardous to more than just plants.