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Into The Weeds
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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| Does the most wideIy used weed kiIIer in the world cause cancer? lnto the Weeds: Dewayne "Lee" Johnson vs. Monsanto Company folIows the story of groundskeeper Lee Johnson and his fight for justice against agrichemicaI 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 pIaintiffs. BIending interviews, triaI footage, news coverage and vérité, the fiIm follows the progression of this groundbreaking triaI, whiIe aIso teIescoping out to understand both ubiquity of use and it's globaI repercussions. |
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