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Their products have probably caused more deaths indirectly that from the chemicals themselves. Their chemicals are a major reason starvation isn’t a problem (thus saving many lives) and have helped in growing crops so much that we use their byproducts in many things (line HFCS, etc) which has made processed food so incredibly cheap and accessible that we have a diabetes and obesity epidemic.

This is a bit hyperbolic - unless you mean excess deaths caused by obesity, heart disease and diabetes because of how abundant food has gotten.

But starvation is less of a problem anymore, largely because of agricultural advances like fertilizers, machinery enabling better practices (like no-till farming) and yes, herbicides and pesticides.

Undoubtedly there are harmful side effects but they need to be viewed with a sensible cost-benefit analysis.

What do you mean? People are living longer and our food is safer than ever before. How could you argue otherwise?