Into The Weeds

Product Description 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 killer, Roundup. In 2015, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a branch of the World Health Organization, classified glyphosate - the active ingredient in Roundup - as "probably carcinogenic to humans." A year later, Lee Johnson filed a lawsuit claiming that Ranger Pro, a commercial-grade variant of Roundup, was a substantial contributing factor in causing his Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Johnson's was the first 'bellwether' case in a mass tort against Monsanto involving tens of thousands of plaintiffs. Blending interviews, trial footage, news coverage and vérité, the film follows the progression of this groundbreaking trial, while also telescoping out to understand both ubiquity of use and it's global repercussions. Review Through deft editing and a keen sense of detail, Baichwal manages to compress the case of Johnson vs. Monsanto Company into a superbly paced, tightly wound thriller. --Barry Hertz, Globe and Mail Provides another illustration of coldblooded corporate denialism in the face of widespread harm. --Dennis Harvey, Variety Into the Weeds effectively drives home the message that corporate greed and the lack of regulation makes victims of everyday people. --Raquel Stecher, Quelle Movies
ASIN: B0CN3PM3D8
VSKU: DBV.B0CN3PM3D8.A
Condition: Acceptable
Author/Artist:Dewayne 'Lee' Johnson|Cali Baldelomar|Jennifer Baichwal|Michelle Baldelomar
Binding: Dvd
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