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Roundup transformed farming in the U.S. Could it change regulation too?

The Supreme Court will soon rule on who gets to decide when a product needs a cancer warning – and who can sue if they’ve been exposed. At the center of the highly politicized debate is America’s most successful weedkiller, Roundup.
Guest
Carey Gillam, editor-in-chief of The New Lede and contributor at The Guardian.
Ben Felder, editor-in-chief, Investigate Midwest.
Also Featured
Bill Billings, Iowa resident and cancer survivor.
Melissa Perry, epidemiologist and dean of the College of Public Health at George Mason University.
Dennis Weisenburger, professor emeritus of hematopathology at University of Nebraska Medical Center’s Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology.
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This program aired on May 6, 2026.

