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When will herbicides get the distinction of being a pesticide?
(From ODA Pesticides Quarterly Fall 1998 Issue)
It is incredibly frustrating to see pesticide applicators, registrants of pesticides, industry associations, companies who insure pesticide operators, the press and even legislative initiatives, refer to “pesticides and herbicides” in one breath. What does it take for the word to get out that a herbicide is a pesticide?? A pesticide is an all-encompassing term to refer to a substance or mixture of substances intended to prevent, destroy, repel or mitigate pests or to defoliate or desiccate plants. The last time we checked, herbicides could perform the above actions on a plant (a weed is a pest) and therefore, fall under the definition of a pesticide! Think about how you define a pesticide and show the world that you do know that a herbicide is a pesticide by addressing it correctly.
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