Into the Weeds: Dewayne "Lee" Johnson vs. Monsanto Company follows former groundskeeper Johnson and his fight against Monsanto, a multinational agrochemical corporation acquired by German pharmaceutical giant Bayer in 2018.  Johnson's case was the first to go to trial in a series of lawsuits involving tens of thousands of plaintiffs who claim that Monsanto's weed killer Roundup (and its other glyphosate-based herbicide Ranger Pro) caused their cancer. Bayer maintains that it's safe to use.  The documentary follows the groundbreaking trial, including the release of the Monsanto Papers - internal documents which reveal that, for decades, Monsanto had been influencing studies about glyphosate's potential to cause cancer.  The film introduces other plaintiffs whose lives have been upended by their non-Hodgkin's lymphoma diagnoses, while also looking into the widespread and systemic effects of the world's most widely used herbicide.

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