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I would like to encourage readers of sust-mar to use the terms "poison" and "biocide" in place of "pesticide", except where pesticide is clearly appropriate. Killing living things using chemical means is to use a "poison". If done for aesthetic reasons, this involves the use of a biocide, not a pesticide. The word "pest" refers to something that causes real harm to humans, such as a plague organism. A chemical used for killing is only a "pesticide" if it is used specifically to kill a pest, and hurts little else. Most of the killing done using biocides is done out of ignorance and hate. People indiscriminately kill plants in their lawns because they have been taught to do so by a culture obsessed with control. They kill home and garden insects indiscriminately, without knowing anything about their various roles in the garden system. This is kept going by manufacturers and sellers whose only concern is to gather money for themselves. They advertise their destructive evil using undisguised messages of hate on television. Let's tell it the way it is; the killing substances that are spread around for artificial purposes are "biocides", which means that they "kill life". The biocide manufacturers have created a culture of hatred in order to make harmless creatures into something that people hate, in order that these ignorant people will buy poisons they don't need. It's a filthy business; even worse than the peddling of addictive drugs like tobacco and cocaine, which mostly kill the user. Martin Willison -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- The preceding message was posted on Sustainable Maritimes (sust-mar) -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- DOES SUST-MAR KNOW? Not unless you tell us ... To submit a message about the environment/sustainability in the Maritimes, just send it to <sust-mar@chebucto.ns.ca> Messages are prioritised and queued, so please be patient if your message doesn't appear right away.
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