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What do pesticides do?

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The idea is that they kill pests, usually farm pests such as locusts, weevils, wasps, flies, aphids and so on. The problem is that they also injure or kill wild animals, farm animals, farmers and other people. Check out herbicide, insecticide, biocide, and vermicide.

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