Roundup and other herbicides containing glyphosate are freely used here in the United States, but banned in Europe. That’s because the chemical has been linked to cancer – and manufacturer Monsanto/Bayer has been sued hundreds of thousands of times as a result.

Pete Hardin and Bert Zipperer take a closer look, in this edition of “The Milkweed.”

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