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by bluGill 2686 days ago
Herbicides kill plants. Many of them are safe to drink, the only way to die is drink enough to drown.
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Agreed. It’s pesticides you don’t want to touch.
<pedantic>

Herbicides are pesticides

Insecticides are pesticides

Pesticide is a blanket term

</pedantic>

And no, you don't want to touch insecticides; they are generally neurotoxins.

Ah thanks for the pedantry - yes I meant insecticides in that case. I thought pesticide only meant insecticide.