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cscurmudgeon on July 12, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Higher antioxidant, lower cadmium, and lower pesti...

> Everything is a chemical

It is as though words in human language can have multiple meanings.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/chemical

> 1. any substance used in or resulting from a reaction involving changes to atoms or molecules, especially one derived artificially for practical use

jasonlotito on July 13, 2014 [–]

Especially, not exclusively.

cscurmudgeon on July 13, 2014 | [–]

Um no. It is taking about this one specific usage which is exclusive. Other usages are inclusive, but some usages refer only to artificial concoctions. (Like when people use the word "animal" to refer to non-human animals).

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