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Today, why a pesticide that's been banned in countries around the world is still allowed in the U.S.

The U.S. is one of the most friendly countries for pesticides generally.

Thousands of Americans are suing Syngenta, the maker of Paraguat,

for knowing and covering up its potential long-term health effects.

What did they know?

I'm Malika Bilal, and this is the take.

What was the feeling like for you when you were riding a bike?

You're really. At the top of the world, especially when I want. What was the feeling like for you when you were riding a bike? Yuri.

At the top of the world, six on my one.

On top of the world, that's how Gary Munn says he felt back when he could ride a bike.

Yeah.

He had lots of trophies.

That's his wife, Tammy.

On diving boards, he used to do these flip things and we do all these crazy things in the pool.

They've been married for 47 years.

They live outside Reno in the U.S. state of Nevada.

That's where producer Jeremy Raff met them.

Gary's now in his late 60s and retired.

And when he was a much younger person in the 1980s, he worked at the local water company in his town in Southern California. Jeremy and correspondent Sharif Abdul-Qadus recently interviewed Gary for their film for Al Jazeera's documentary program, Fault Lines.

It's called The Pesticide Playbook.

Daddy spraying.

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