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One man's fight against The Monsanto Company
Manage episode 326947425 series 2456294
Months after Dewayne "Lee" Johnson was soaked from head to toe with a herbicide called Ranger Pro, he noticed lesions on his skin. What he'd developed was called non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a form a cancer that's associated with glyphosate, the chemical the Monsanto Company had long touted as completely safe for humans. In this episode, Colin Ellis speaks with director Jennifer Baichwal about her latest doc "Into the Weeds," which explores Lee's fight for a warning label.
Clip credits:
Official trailer and clip: courtesy of Mongrel Media
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104 episodes
Manage episode 326947425 series 2456294
Months after Dewayne "Lee" Johnson was soaked from head to toe with a herbicide called Ranger Pro, he noticed lesions on his skin. What he'd developed was called non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a form a cancer that's associated with glyphosate, the chemical the Monsanto Company had long touted as completely safe for humans. In this episode, Colin Ellis speaks with director Jennifer Baichwal about her latest doc "Into the Weeds," which explores Lee's fight for a warning label.
Clip credits:
Official trailer and clip: courtesy of Mongrel Media
Donate to TVO: http://tvo.org/give
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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