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Re:The Louisiana Environmental Apocalypse Road Trip by bananarepdev on Sunday August 06, 2017 @01:01PM (#14942124)
It doesn't have to directly target people to be called a weapon.
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Re:The Louisiana Environmental Apocalypse Road Trip by troisx on Sunday August 06, 2017 @01:26PM (#14942283)
Does that make Roundup a chemical weapon?
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Re:The Louisiana Environmental Apocalypse Road Trip by stevenwoo on Sunday August 06, 2017 @02:41PM (#14942714)
I wouldn't go that far but the ethics of Monsanto mimic those of cigarette companies when they claimed tobacco smoking was healthy and recruited doctors to promote smoking.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/14/business/monsanto-roundup...

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Re:The Louisiana Environmental Apocalypse Road Trip by maxxxxx on Sunday August 06, 2017 @03:56PM (#14943137)
If it were used in a war then probably yes.
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Re:The Louisiana Environmental Apocalypse Road Trip by stickfigure on Monday August 07, 2017 @01:48PM (#14949498)
By that standard, gasoline is a chemical weapon. And toothpaste.
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