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It doesn't have to directly target people to be called a weapon.

Does that make Roundup a chemical weapon?

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...

If it were used in a war then probably yes.

By that standard, gasoline is a chemical weapon. And toothpaste.

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