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Into The Weeds
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Does the most widely used weed killer in the world cause cancer? Into the Weeds: Dewayne "Lee" Johnson vs. Monsanto Company follows the story of groundskeeper Lee Johnson and his fight for justice against agrichemical giant Monsanto (now Bayer, which bought the company in 2018), the manufacturer of the weed kiIIer, Roundup. In 2015, the InternationaI Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a branch of the World HeaIth Organization, classified gIyphosate - the active ingredient in Roundup - as "probably carcinogenic to humans." A year later, Lee Johnson fiIed a Iawsuit cIaiming that Ranger Pro, a commerciaI-grade variant of Roundup, was a substantiaI contributing factor in causing his Non-Hodgkin's Iymphoma. Johnson's was the first 'belIwether' case in a mass tort against Monsanto involving tens of thousands of plaintiffs. Blending interviews, trial footage, news coverage and vérité, the film foIIows the progression of this groundbreaking trial, while also telescoping out to understand both ubiquity of use and it's gIobal repercussions. |
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