path that other chemicals from other sources do, so you have this whole mixture of an 80 thousand chemical soup that we all live in and those all combine together to have effects. we also know that those different chemicals and exposures interact with our own characteristics as people, where we were born, where we grew up, the environmental and social stressors that we may or may not have encountered as children and your genes, your diet, our lifestyle, our physical activity, also shape, how vulnerable we might be to those chemical exposures so those are some key concepts to give a foundation for what we're going to get into now, and now we're going to get a little bit practical, so healthy homes, and here's our healthy, happy home, we're going to jump right on into the kitchen and we're going to jump into the cup board and talk about canned food, you might have heard of the chemical bpa, you'll see it on water bottles and baby bottles, and that means it does not have the chemical in it, bpa, what you might not know, it's not only in plastic but also in the lining of most food cans so you'

i think a lot has changed in the world about what we know about chemicals and what chemicals are used in the duration of most of my lifetime so we could change the laws so that new knowledge is integrated in how we screen chemicals for safety. today we think about 84 thousand chemicals are out there and about 1 thousand more are added each year and most of these, we don't have any human health data for, 90%, no human health data at all and hundreds of these are in our bodies, we know from studies, so we need to pass comprehensive legislation, a couple of weeks ago, tony testified in front of the environment and public works committee on why we need to pass and get the safe cosmetics out there on the floor of that senate, he did a fantastic job and i stole this off the video which is archiving, you can watch it, and this act would call for quick action on the chemicals of greatest concern, would increase access to basic health and safety information on chemicals, would use the best science to assess safety, so not old science but new science, would seek to protect vulnerable population

manufacturing of a chemical is done in a chemical plant in which you have reactors and you have a system by which he used raw materials to come out with their prototype, chemical product like in the state would be ammonium nitrate. you have to use ammonia as raw material. judges nitrd acid and if so, it's a chemical process. that is not what was happening in west. the finalized product that was already being classified as a fertilizer. they received it by train and they will storage in a storage place and from that storage place in both form it was storage, it was sold to farmers from the region that come to get the amounts they need for planting. so basic with the operation was is a disillusioned center of a already finalized product. >> i would assume you would have different recommendations for regulations on the chemical process and the storage process, is that correct a? >> yeah, it is correct. when you store substantial amount of a chemical, and oxidizer like ammonium nitrate, that are specific recommendations about a should be done safely. the key issue is that you have to avoid a

with the chemical weapons usage by the syrian government the alleged chemical weapons usage now being. calls to arm the syrian rebels lover of said that he didn't believe that the red line the so-called red line was actually crossed first of all because what the united states believes to be the proof of assad using chemical weapons is not a substantial proof at all mainly because the proof gathering process itself was not made in accordance with international regulations. just. there are certain rules of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons which suggest that samples of blood urine and clothes and soils can be classed as evidence only if these samples were collected by the organizations experts and if these experts controlled the samples and rude to the board tories are u.s. colleagues failed to assurance that these procedures were here two years so all this according to law hardly contributes to peace process on syria de petro in our research fellow at the university of roehampton thinks the us leadership's only using the war in syria to divert attention from prob

weapons and if anyone used chemical weapons, it would have been the opposition who used chemical weaponso where they say the opposition was using chemical weapons. they believe at this point in time that they have the momentum on the battlefield. i was on the front lines a couple of hours ago and you can see the syrian soldiers are more confident than ever before but one of the things that they are worried about is the u.s. getting more involved in the conflict via through a no-fly zone, especially at this sensitive point in time where they have been making these gains in the town and of course as senator mccain said earlier, many people believe that the syrian army issen oh the move towards aleppo. that would be a striking blow to the opposition but the syrian government is very concerned if america gets more involved in this conflict. >> fred, thank you. >>> we're joined by democrat of maryland, the ranking member of the house intelligence committee. you just heard freder frederik pleitgen's report. it sounds like it's at a critical time for the opposition. what do you make of the deci

you're cleaning chemical-free as well. so, around the toilet, in your bathrooms, you can depend on that power of steam. what i'm gonna do is take that black light in here and you can see that floor looks pretty clean to me. when you clean in the bathroom you come into contact with some of the most dangerous chemicals that you'll ever use, including chlorine bleach. that's why i love cleaning with steam. you're cleaning at 230 degrees. look at the way the x5 cuts through the dirt on this bathroom floor. you're cleaning, you're helping to sanitize and you're deodorizing all at the same time. it's quick, it's easy, it's effortless and it's hot. and if you think the x5's a great mop in the bathroom, wait till you see me use it as a handheld steamer. >> the x5 is so easy to maneuver. i don't feel like i'm struggling to get around the toilet. it's just mopping at ease. >> one of the things that i like best about cleaning with steam in the bathroom is the fact that you're cleaning with superheated water, and that means no chemica

a chemical arsenal only last month turkish media reported twelve members of syria's al qaeda linked al nusra front had been arrested in turkey with unknown chemicals found during the raids meanwhile the free syrian army leader recently confirmed that a number of army generals defecting to the opposition had dropped because they were being asked on to stay on infiltrate the government forces to help secure the chemical weapons stockpile all of this of course comes hot on the heels of government advances the northern town of qusayr recently once again coming under government control that poses the question why president assad would choose now to antagonize the u.s. by crossing that so-called red line when conventional warfare appears to be swinging the war once again in his favor and moscow which has had a chance to study washington's findings has not found them convincing some russian officials even went as far to say the way the u.s. is promoting its version of chemical arms used in syria is simply a throwback to his tactics towards iraq. if you understood what they're doing we have no

claims it's resort it's a chemical weapons describing american accusations as quote a. and washington is weighing in on a no fly zone over syria and gearing up for. militias that. claimed it had evidence of the use of illegal agents by damascus. the white house says it's the session to arm syrian rebels is based on intelligence that the assad government has used chemical weapons the mask denies the allegations washington cites its own intelligence community as well as french and british intelligence a u.s. official who declined to be identified told the media here that according to a cia report the u.s. has acquired blood urine and hair samples from two syrian rebels one dead and one wounded and according to this cia report those two rebels were exposed to nerve agent sarin brian becker he is here with me today to talk about thank you what the administration tries to present as definitive evidence that the assad government has used chemical weapons we don't know much about the evidence that they have but this report about two rebels do you think that could be enough for

chemical material. to do a lot of damage and they're much more lethal are there with less lethal than conventional arms i mean you know you take a bullet in the chest you're dead with chemical weapons it's a little harder to kill people you know not to sound cold but i think it was stupid to be quite frank to make that a red line i mean if you're going to make a red line make it around the conventional weapons but to pick chemical weapons it was just a political i think a political move because i think people have a psychological barrier when you use that word chemical you know they think you know mass there's massive theory around that so obama expect them to corner but it does happen flu does happen ok back to myself into a corner all right jason go it was a rhetorical gesture well it's good to expand the war jason it's not rhetorical right now is it. i don't think that it materially changes anything the war if there was mission creep towards a no fly zone that would expand and change the nature of th

of the city government has used chemical weapons but i was abused. first the first indication we got. to the use of never opening the united states decision now is to provide more military support to the syrian opposition comes ahead of a peace conference that's supposed to take place geneva at the end of this month or be they have then next month that conference was organized by the united states and russia and it was aiming to get both sides from syria to come together at the table and talk about how there could be a transitional government forms and ultimately the end of the ongoing violence that's been taking place in syria according to the united nations ninety three thousand people have been killed since this civil war began more than two years ago we should know that many experts have indicated that and believe it argued that adding more arms to such a heavily violent conflict that's ongoing in syria would actually fuel an arms race it would make the circumstance there the environment there so much more dangerous spots as we see from the the a

with the chemical weapons usage by the syrian government the alleged chemical weapons usage now being hotly debated across the atlantic as well as the calls to arm the syrian rebels a lover of said that he didn't believe that the red line the so-called red line was actually crossed first of all because what the united states believes to be the proof of assad using chemical weapons is not a substantial proof at all mainly because the prove gathering process itself was not made in accordance with international regulations. for the there are certain rules of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons which suggest that samples of blood urine clothes and so will can be classed as evidence only if these samples were collected by the organizations experts and if these experts controlled the samples and rude to the board tories u.s. colleagues failed to assurance that these procedures were and he had to lever off also remind it that recently allegedly its wealth people from the al nusra front the syrian rebels were detained in turkey care. chemical weapons also unconfirmed repo

with the chemical weapons usage by the syrian government the alleged chemical weapons usage now being hotly debated across the atlantic as well as the calls to arm the syrian rebels a lover of said that he didn't believe that the red line the so-called red line was actually crossed first of all because what the united states believes to be the proof of assad using chemical weapons is not a substantial proof at all mainly because the prove gathering process itself was not made in accordance with international regulations. for the world there are certain rules of the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons which suggest that samples of blood urine clothes and so will can be classed as evidence only if these samples were collected by the organizations experts and if these experts controlled the samples and rude to laurent tories us colleagues failed to assurance that these procedures were and he had to lever off also reminded that recently allegedly its wealth people from the al nusra front of syrian rebels were detained in turkey care. chemical weapons also unconfirmed repo

damascus accuses washington of lies over its claims the syrian government used chemical weapons in its civil war this while some critics say it's domestic failures in america which are behind the war mongering on capitol hill. so if he's threatening to revoke the medical licenses of doctors for treating hurt and injured protesters after the prime minister issued yet another final warning. and a moderate cleric looks likely to succeed him with a majority to run the county's vote in a high turnout presidential election. thank you for sharing your saturday with us here on. live in moscow with your worldwide headlines. the syrian government has vehemently denied u.s. claims its army has resorted to chemical weapons describing american accusations as quote a caravan of lies and washington is weighing in on a no fly zone over syria and gearing up for. militias there this offer it claimed it had evidence of the use of illegal agents by damascus. and has more from america . the white house says it's the session to arm syrian rebels is based on intelligence that the assad government has used ch

washington over its claims the syrian government used chemical weapons in its civil war some critics say domestic. to revoke the medical licenses of doctors for treating. protesters. issued yet another warning. and the moderate cleric looks likely to succeed with. a high turnout presidential election. the program here. we're coming to you live from a sunny blue sky. with the global headlines the syrian government has vehemently denied u.s. claims its has resorted to chemical weapons describing american accusations as quote a caravan of lies washington is weighing in on a no fly zone over syria and gearing up for. assad militias there and this offer claimed it had evidence of the use of illegal agents by damascus details now from a teacher can. the white house says it's the session to arm syrian rebels is based on intelligence that the assad government has used chemical weapons to mask denies the allegations washington cites its own intelligence community as well as french and british intelligence a u.s. official who declined to be identified told the media here that according to a ci

does not ask if we need these chemicals. it says we can create a threshold of acceptable hazard and not worry about anything else. >> epa officials deny that neonicotinoids are responsible for colony collapse disorder and told "earth focus" we are aware that these pesticides cause colony collapse disorder. it is widely agreed among scientists that individual stressors in combination are the most relevant factors in honeybee colony lost. the pesticide industry conducts its own studies, but shows that cannot have long term effects on bees. taking a page out of the handbook of big tobacco. enoughs, we will create uncertainty, nothing happens. so, what they say is, we cannot say anything about it. we need more research before anything can be done. big tobacco did this for years and years. we now see the same things with bees and pesticides. >> what the link between colony collapse disorder and pesticides has not been proven, over 100 independent studies, studies not funded by the pesticide industry, show that neonicotinoids have

they have chemical weapons. clearly now we have seen they used them. they have chemical weapons. we know every flavor of terrorist in the world is in syria fighting gaining experience and they want to get their hands on the chemical weapons. if we have national security interests it is to make sure the chemical weapons and conventional stockpiles of weapons don't fall in the hands of the al qaeda organizations, pkk terrorist groups are up in the north. we need to make sure that those groups don't become armed with something that causes a world wide crisis. >> i want to turn you now to the nsa case. today you talked about the connections possibly with china and snowden, edward snowden's ties would be scrubbed. do you have any reason to believe he is in chinese protective custody? >> if you think about it here is a guy who packed up a bunch of sensitive materials and tried to access material that was out of the bounds of his responsibility, packed it all up and headed to china to make an announcement that he was a whistle blower. he is no whistle blower. he gives whistle blowers a

weapons and the supposedly documented evidence from the united states of the use of chemical weapons so-called chemical weapons by the assad regime isn't it nice that that coincides with the military victories by the assad government in the city of qusayr a strategically important city that the supply lines of the rebels and the foreign terrorists that have streamed into the country and this pattern of timing these discoveries the discoveries of atrocities the discoveries of chemical weapons and all of this this is far beyond coincidence this is part of a premeditated and orchestrated assault on syria by the united states and of course its clients in the region ok and i think that all rights precisely what you're seeing along a lot said there jason it's not a coincidence all of this go ahead jason in oxford well i haven't heard that narrative before obama doesn't want to intervene in syria he got that on the petards of his own rhetoric obama is very hands off in his foreign policy decisions he would love to not have to get his hands dirty in syria but he said that chemical weapons we

damascus accuses washington of lives over its claims the syrian government used chemical weapons in its civil war some critics say domestic failure in america which is behind the war mongering from the white house. took issue with already threatened to revoke the medical licenses of doctors treating her protesters this off the prime minister issued yet another final warning. and a moderate cleric looks likely to succeed. as iran counts its votes in a presidential election. a very good morning to you from moscow where it's just after nine am on saturday this is the with me real research show you and your worldwide headlines. the syrian government has vehemently denied u.s. claims it has resorted to chemical weapons describing american accusations as quote a caravan of lies washington is weighing in on a no fly zone over syria gearing up for. militias there this after it claimed it had evidence of a use of chemical agents by damascus details now from guy in nature. the white house says it's the session to arm syrian rebels is based on intelligence that the assad government has used chemic

members take the view that the chemical weapons were in fact used. by the syrian army and some actually agree with us that there is no proof. having said that the government of syria approached the un asking to investigate the use of use of chemical weapons of the opposition we know that there are some incidents of. opposition leaders be or members of the opposition being held and had on them a chemical weapons in iraq there was a tree really. producing a chemical weapons so for the opposition so all these fans all this information has to be studied very carefully and the result of this investigation will be presented to the u.n. security council where russia is a permanent member of the u.n. security council and clearly will be very active in. assessing the situation this is. very satisfactory to us. more skill come some more lots of. victoria pretty hard to please my name during the summit. we heard some statements will say read that and the media reports and we had a feeling you were one against seven or seven plus one but not at all eight at leas

they say the chemicals used include the nerve agent sarin. they estimate that 100 to 150 people are likely to have been killed. they say they'll share their information with their allies and with analysts at the united nations. white house officials say president obama will consider whether to provide more support to syrian opposition forces including military assistance. >>> the crisis in syria will be one of the main items on the agenda next week at the g-8 summit. japanese government officials say prime minister shinzo abe will announce aid for syrians displaced by the civil war.

. >> if we do not address the chemical weapons compromise in syria and end this war before the chemical weapons flow out of syria, not only will israel be in the cross hair of radical islamist with weapons of mass -- >> there are calls for the u.s. to increase engagement from allies of the president, the most high profile, bill clinton, who implied president obama would be weak if we didn't ask, and says the u.s. is headed the the right direction. >> the white house has made it clear they intend to do more. they don't want to talk about the details and i don't blame them, the less they talk about the details, more likely increased assistance is likely to be effective. >> what remains to be seen, what the white house amping up will mean. >> obviously if the united states puts its thumb on the scale with lethal aid to the rebels, that means something. if you talk about air strikes, that means something. >> what's the syria end game after assad leaves, and until someone can give him an answer, that's why he is hesitant. >> and you have covered syria and the entire region. we have been talk

support to rebel fighters. >> if we do not address the chemical compromise in syria before these chemical weapons flow out of syria, not only will israel be in the cross hairs of massive destripgs capabilities, it is only a matter of time that they come here. >> news of the president's decision to support the rebels was met with general approval here on capitol hill on both sides of the aisle. even if he didn't spell out what kind of military support america will provide. >> the main thing about this is he has now said that the red line has been crossed. >> that means there must be consequences. >> but some believe arming the rebels isn't enough. >> they need a no-fly zone. >> senator john mccain who was visited with opposition leaders says syrian air force is too strong for rebel air fighters. >> it's not a fair fight. and we know in that kind of climate and terrain, air power is the deciding factor. >> the president has not yet made a decision about a no-fly zone. and u.s. and european officials are meeting today with a commander of the main rebel fighting force, and u.s. officials are

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have that eerie a has used chemical weapons? -- serious -- syria has used chemical weapons? >> washington has acquired blood and hair samples from rebels who were involved in the firefight with government forces. according to the cia, the samples show the rebels were exposed to chemical weapons, so the conclusion in washington is the regime has used chemical weapons. >> washington has been tightlipped about the type of support it will give, but do we have any idea about the type of aid we are talking about here? >> acting president obama has not made up his mind yet. he will first talk to his european allies -- i think president obama has not made up his mind yet. he will first talk to his european allies. former president candidate mccain said the president needs to understand that just supplying weapons to the rebels is not enough and will not change the situation on the ground. he would like to see more substantial measures such as imposing a no-fly zone in syria. >> what about public opinion? how much appetite is therefore getting more involved in the serious and civil w

and if assad continues to use those chemical weapons or even worse, if those chemical weapons were to hands of the al qaeda rebels that are also, you know, part of that very dangerous mix and equation in syria, we've got some real trouble on our hands. and, you know, the problem is this administration has once again led from behind, they have not provided the leadership. they didn't start providing the support that might have made a difference early on. i hope it's not too late. but, you know, possibly better late than never, but i'm afraid it may be a little too little, too late. >> what should be the limits on u.s. support? >> well, let's start with trying to secure a safe haven for the good rebels, the ones that are vetted, that actually are, you know, pro-democracy as opposed to the al qaeda affiliated rebels and, you know, it's looking like we'll probably initiate some kind of no-fly zone near the jordani iaian bor. >> and you're okay with that? >> yes. this is a national security issue for the united states. if those chemical weapons and the assad regime has a lot of chemical we