Pesticides aren't used to kill weeds.

Herbicides are useful, they certainly help prevent invasive weed species from taking over native plants and grasses. I'm Kentucky I'm always fighting Johnson grass, thistle and Japanese knotweed in my bluegrass

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Angostura 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Pesticide is a catch-all term that encompasses herbicides, insecticides, fungicides etc.

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malfist 39 minutes ago | parent [-]

No, it isn't. Pesticide are used to kill pests, such as insects in the case of insecticide or rodents. It does not include fungicides nor herbicides

	▲	dragonwriter 30 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		> Pesticide are used to kill pests, such as insects in the case of insecticide or rodents. It does not include fungicides nor herbicides Wrong. See, e.g., https://www.fda.gov/food/chemical-contaminants-pesticides/pe... “Pesticides are used in agriculture to protect crops from insects, fungi, weeds, and other pests.”