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INTO THE WEEDS: DEWAYNE “LEE” JOHNSON VS MONSANTO COMPANY

By Jennifer BAICHWAL

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Documentary - Completed 2022

From director Jennifer Baichwal, this David vs. Goliath story follows a former groundskeeper who takes on a multinational agrochemical corporation after a terminal cancer diagnosis.

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    • Year of production
    • 2022
    • Genres
    • Documentary, Environmental
    • Countries
    • CANADA
    • Languages
    • ENGLISH
    • Duration
    • 97 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Jennifer BAICHWAL
    • Writer(s)
    • Jennifer BAICHWAL
    • Producer(s)
    • Jennifer BAICHWAL, Nicholas DE PENCIER, Daniel IRON, Geralyn DREYFOUS
    • Synopsis
    • Dewayne Johnson, a Bay Area groundskeeper, suffered from rashes in 2014 and wondered if they were caused by the herbicide he'd been using. As his health deteriorated, Johnson became the face of a David-and-Goliath legal battle to hold multi-national agrochemical corporation Monsanto accountable for a product with allegedly misleading labelling. Roundup, which is sold in more than 130 nations, is a glyphosate-based herbicide, and has been a signature product for Monsanto for over four decades. Scientists raised concerns about its environmental impact and carcinogenic properties, but Monsanto’s deep-pocketed corporate lawyers, lobbyists and marketers deflected numerous studies and disputed the findings.
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