registered pesticides. it is that discretion to allow pesticides on the market prior to having a full battery of tests to make safety determinations that is problematic. >> this loophole allows companies to sell a pesticide before epa gets all the safety data, and that is precisely what happens with clothianidin. >> epa registered chemical without having full knowledge of what its impacts on bees would be, and said we would do a study with the manufacturer, bayer, but in the meantime, we will allow this pesticide on the market. those are concerned about the affect of clothianidin wanted to test it in the natural setting. instead, the epa allowed bayer to conduct the study on its own product a year later. clothianidin was already in use on a 88 million acres of u.s. crop -- u.s. crops. bayer completed the study in 2007. in 2010, the agency reversed itself and from the study to be insufficient. tom theobald saw where it fell short. >> it consisted of putting four colonies on two and a half acres of crops, the

there is no evidence of pesticide contamination by currently used pesticides. this is absolutely false. although the u.s. geological survey did publish a report in 2006 that documented how pesticides were detected in every stream tested by the usgf, including pesticides such as d.d.t., that were previously banned as recently as 2014. the usgs has published studies showing how more recently developed pesticides and insecticides are being detected as widespread in streams, in high corn and soybean regions of the united states. so we've heard a lot of mythology here, but it's important for congress to deal in reality. and so i just want to clear those things for the record and inquire of the gentleman if he has additional speakers because am prepared to close. mr. lucas: i do indeed have one additional speaker and then i will yield back to my friend from ohio who will close. ms. edwards: i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from maryland reserves. the chair recognizes the gentleman from oklahoma. mr. lucas: thank you, mr. speak

the pesticide use. this bill is necessary to turn a very ill-advised court decision. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from oregon. mr. the depaws -- mr. defazio: i ask the gentleman how many speakers he has left? mr. gibbs: i think zero. mr. defaws yoke: i tried to get a volunteer on this side, but he won't volunteer. so we have zero. in conclusion, i think we've heard arguments on both sides, i am convinced more by the arguments i've heard on our side, i don't believe it's an live urden on states, i in a mosquito control dwrict they had concerns, last year they went ahead with their general program, this year they're going ahead with their general permit which they filed online so i don't see where the big deal is, unless we have states that don't own computers or whatever. i can't figure out where the millions of dollars comes from. so i don't believe we created an egregious problem and given some of the past problems and the number of impaired waterways in my state, we just want to know where t

crops is the reduction to the use of pesticides yes in your opinion of pesticides proven to be dangerous to health yes pesticides are not a good thing if they kill an. they're not good for your health that's the whole idea of the g.m.o. those was to reduce pesticides in our environment and i'm not sure that has actually boarded out the well we the way we intended it that's how do i want to answer the question you know medicine is not black and white a lot of it is gray based on the current evidence that we have we cannot say that g.m.o. is a bad for you but will things change twenty years from now nobody knows and where do you say i'm in terms of labeling why should we know let's say everything you guys are saying is absolutely fabulous about g.m.o. so ok why are we not allowed to have labeling and where do you stand on it. the i'm all for labeling transparency is what should be everybody should know what they're eating the concern is and again this is all political in that once you start labeling then grocery stores then we've seen this in europe have just not stored anymore g.m.o. food

i'm joining you from a pesticide-free lawn.atural deterrents like mint to keep the rodents away. that's one of many solutions that a prominent doctor is now recommending. joe holland has been in the lawn care business for 30 years. his work requires him to be around a variety of chemicals. which is why he always tells his workers to take precautions. >> you always have to protect yourself when you're using any chemical, no matter the grade. you have to wear a long-sleeve shirt. recommended always. >> the chemicals his workers are using are pesticides and herbicides. they ward after bugs like mosquito. the most common chemicals are guy sew sate 24 d. >> the fact that they've been around for a long time engenders a false sense of security. >> reporter: this doctor has been studying the effects of chemicals on humans, in particular pregnant women and children. this week he's's been briefing on the health risks to overexposure. >> it's also of great concern that pesticides of all kinds damage the nervous system and can result in le

seeds now the new office is aimed at monitoring the effects on locals dioxin a byproduct of its pesticide production most notably it's found in agent orange for use in the vietnam war and the u.s. government has recognized this toxic compound as a cancer causing agent and it's been linked to birth defects food allergies and learning disabilities but this comes after locals filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of anyone living where dioxin was produced between one nine hundred forty nine and one nine hundred seventy one in order to avoid going to trial monsanto has agreed to spend up to eighty four million dollars on the program twenty one million for initial testing another sixty three million is available if the levels warrant it and another nine million on property cleanup and locals have until october thirty first to register for this medical monitoring program and to register also for property cleanup to be eligible for medical testing locals must have gone to school worked or live near night full time between one thousand nine hundred nine and two thousand and ten in light of this

pesticides were abandoned in other countries.hey cannot spray it in their own county, but are using it here. >> reporter: they lied to you. >> repeatedly. >> reporter: he won a council battle to require the disclosure of chemicals and buffer zones between fields, schools, clinics, houses and waterways. it was too much for the chemical companies who sued. none were prepared to be interviewed for the report. >> they do not want us to set an example for small communities around the world. this is not a lawsuit about the safety of genetically modified crops, but the right to know what is sprayed to help them grow, and the impact on those next door. >>> at least three people have been killed in a stampede at a concert in mexico city. security cameras show the moment a wall collapsed. 15 others were injured. hopes are fading for eight missing minors in honduras. trapped when a land slide closed the entrance. three other minors were arrested on friday. there has been no signs of life for those trapped. >> columbia's football team has be

freedom of information act counsel finally obtained the truth. >> pesticides are band in other countriesce chemicals and cannot spray it in their own country and using tons of it in our state and community. >> reporter: so they lied to you. >> repeated lied to me. >> reporter: they require disclosure of chemicals used and establishment of buffer zones between experimental field and schools, clinics, houses and waterways but that was too much for the chemical companies who sued, none prepared to be interviewed for the report. >> reporter: do not want to be an example around the world. >> reporter: this is not a lawsuit about genetically modified crops but what is sprayed to help them grow and impact on those living next door, i'm with al jazeera kauai, hawaii. >>> three people have been killed in a stampede in a concert in mexico city and security cameras show the wall collapse on some 15,000 people trying to leave the event and 15 others were injured. hopes are fading for 8 missing minors in honduras and they were trapped when the entrance was closes to an ill legal gold mine five days a

use that pesticide to treat corn and soybean crops but as with most pesticides is a good chance that it could harm plants animals and nearby crops on farms that don't grow g.m.o. crops and more importantly could hurt we the people joining me now for more on all of this is patty lovera system director of food and water watch patty welcome back i think it's great to see you first of all in the setup i refer to this is new this is there any part of this that's newer is to four d. been around in other incarnations to forty has been around a while it's fairly infamous it was one of the an agent orange which was the defoliant used in the vietnam war with all those terrible health consequences what's new this time is partially how the industry wants to use it they want to engineer crops so you can spray the crops which. mix the crops to live in the weeds are supposed to die just like required phosphate without actually creating two for de resistance crops they want to have what's new this time is they are mixing the two for d. and the glyphosate which is commonly known as round up together

here on hawai'i's garden island they do not grow food, they experiment with pesticides. they have sprayed tons of toxic chemicals as they test for market. hawai'i's climate means that multiple formulations can be tested all year. the toil is loose from repeated tilling. this is what blows into adjacent neighborhoods. >> as you drive up on the right-hand side of the road, breast cancer. next house over, breast cancer. the next house, colon cancer. >> reporter: this community has long suspected that the chemic chemicals is the cause for high rates of illness here. but the chemical companies say they were not praying anything unusual. a community banded together and using the freedom of information act they obtained the truth. >> the pesticides that are banned in other countries, and they cannot spray them in other countries. they're using it in our state and community. >> so they lied to you. >> repeatedly they lied to me. >> they won a battle to acquire the disclosure of chemicals used an and required barriers from the communities. but that was too much for the companies

this exposes them to pesticides and herbacides. these officers who respond to these incidents do not have any protective gear much like the firefighters. there are studies out there that show urban police officers are exposed to health and safety risk in their occupation including exposures that have been shown to cause or potentially cause cancer. police officers whose benefits fall under the counties employment act receive the benefits of the worker's comp presumption in koeks with their retirement benefits. this will give san francisco officers the benefit the same workers compensation presumption in the retirement benefit process. this legislation adds cancer to the two conditions in part, currently presumed okay national in nature for police officers and firefighters per san francisco administration code 16.85. the addition of cancer is a reflection of the public -- it provides public safety to city employees and i thank you supervisor chiu for introducing this. >> thank you. next speakers. >> good morning soup -- supervisor t

they don't grow food, they experiment with seeds and pesticides. >> for decades many companies have sprayed tonnes of toxic chemicals as they test different pesta sides to market with genetically modified seeds. hawaii's climate means multiple products can be tested. the scroil is loose from tilling, and this blows to adjacent neighbourhoods. >> here, as you drove up on the right-hand side of the road, breast cancer. next house over, breast cancer. colon cancer the husband. >> reporter: those in the small community suspect that the chemical-laden soil is the cause of high rates of illness in adults and children. chemical companies insist they were not spraying something unusual. an unconvinced community banded together forcing action, and using the freedom of information act councillor gained the truth. >> pesticide banned in other countries, they can't spray in their open country and are using it here. >> reporter: they lied to you. >> repeatedly. >> reporter: he won a council battle to disclose pengties used and establish a buffer zone with schools, clinics, houses and waterways. it was t

here on the west side they don't grow food, they experiment with seeds and pesticides. >> for decades companies have sprayed tonnes of toxic chemicals here as they test different pesticides to market with genetically modified seeds. hawaii jds climate means multiple climates can be tested. the gaol is loose from tilling, and this blows into adjacent neighbourhoods. >> here, as you drove up on the right-hand side of the road - breast cancer. next house over, breast cancer. colon cancer, the husband. >> reporter: those living in the small community long suspected the chemical laden soil was the cause of a high rate of illness in adults and children. chemical companies insisted they were not spraying anything unusual. an unconvinced community banded to force action, and using the u.s.'s freedom of information act a counselman obtained the use. >> they have chemicals they can't spray in their open counties and you are using it here. >> they lies to you. >> repeatedly. >> reporter: he won a battle to require the disclosure of chemicals and the establishments of buffer zone between schools,

vinita nair is here with the potential risk. >> reporter: i'm joining you from a pesticide-free lawn.o keep rodents away. that's just one of the many solutions that a prominent doctor is now recommending. joe holland has been in the lawn care business for 30 years. his work requires him to be around a variety of chemicals. which is why he always tells his workers to take precautions. >> you always have to protect yourself when you're using any chemical no matter of the grade. you have to wear a long-sleeve shirt recommended always long pants. >> reporter: the chemicals his workers are using are known as herbicides and insecticides designed to kill invasive plants and ward off bugs like mosquitos. the most common chemicals used in the two are 2, 4 d. >> i think the fact they have been around a long time engenders a false sense of security. >> reporter: this professor of pediatrics at new york's mt. sinai has been studying the effects of the chemicals on humans, in particular children and pregnant women. this week he presented his findings at a congressional briefing on the health risks

>> many some of the older pesticides in particular like ddt can stay in the human body for years, evenades. >> some states like new york require landscape tears put down flags, warning residents that a lawn has been freshly treated. holland says his clients regularly ask about the chemicals he's using. >> the questions i get the most is when can my kids or my pet go on the lawn. and my answer usually is 24 hours. it doesn't get watered for two days, we would recommend you don't go out there for two days. >> that was the van eat a meyer reporting. right now, there is no scientific standard about how long to stay off the lawn after it is treated. doctor, as you can imagine, he wants to see that change. joe holland in the meantime say he and his workers mark each lawn with flags and instructions so that homeowners know exactly it it is safe to return and venture out into their yards. >> right now, 6:44, carol, no need to water the lawns today. >> no, and most areas probably not, but there will be some areas that may be avoiding any kind of storms today. so it is just really going to be lo

concerned about pesticide testing. haihawaiian island of kauai. >> the majestic vegetation of hawaii has produced a landscape often compared to paradise. the world's chemical companies seem to agree. these conditions make the hawaiian islands perfect for their vast laboratories. hawaii's garden island, they experiment with seeds and pesticides. for decades, syngenta, pioneer dupont, sprayed chemicals, as they test the chemicals to market. are hawaii's climate say multiple combinations can be tested, the soil is loose from the repeated tilling and this is what blows into adjacent neighborhoods. >> right here as you drove up on the right-hand side of the road, breast cancer. next house, breast cancer. the next house, colon cancer. >> many suspected the chemical-laiden soil was the high are unconvinced community banded together to force action and using the u.s.'s freedom of information act councilmember gary ouza finally obtained the truth. >> the pesticides are banned in other countries. they are using tons of it here i

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. >>> also pesticides found in lawn sprays may be exposing women and children to harmful chemicals. herbicides and insecticides are designed to kill invasive plants and ward off bugs. but researchers believe they can cause serious damage to the developing nervous system. some studies link pesticides to learning disabilities in children, behavioral problems and possibly chronic diseases like parkinson's. >>> coming up he has been to the moon and back and this morning he was creating a buzz in our kpix 5 studios. where you can meet the man on the moon this weekend. coming up. >> hey, jellybeans may be small but it's a process to make these sweet treats! if you can guess just how long it takes to make one jellybean, well, roberta, don't give away the answer. [ laughter ] >> i promise i won't. good afternoon, everybody. in the weather center, taking a look outside, we currently have temperatures soaring. we'll talk about the triple- digit heat as the news continues here on kpix 5. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,, >>> new at noon, pope francis may make his first visit to the u.s. as pope in the fall of

and pesticides are a big one for me. they're really important. so i've really learned to figure out what works. i'd love to share with you what i have. the first thing over here are garlic and b1. ticks and bugs don't like sulfur. and so the more you eat brus l spouts, the more you repel bugs. you can even actually go to a feed store and get sulfur and sprinkle it on the grass. >> would it kill the grass? >> no, so that's a great thing. i had to find something to repel ticks because i have two dogs. >> this is to repel mosquitos? >> and ticks. >> moving to something for animals? >> both. rose engineer rainium, there's nothing that works as well. that was my big discovery. >> and this is just sold on the market? >> this one you can get online. you can try to find it -- stores that will sell essential oils. >> and it's called tick weed. what is this here? >> it's sit nel la. that's one of a number of different mosquito repellants. lavender even. and so i combine them in a little bit different ways. i was just in the add ron daks and the citronella

i love that name, makes clothing with pesticide woven into the fabric. ticked off uses a pesticide approved by the environmental protection agency, the company says mosquitos ticks and other bugs will fall right off the garment. other companies also sell clothing with repellant. you can find them at retailers like rei and amazon. >> thank you. >>> let's talk about a bit of heat on the wait. sandhya patel is outside enjoying the beautiful weather. >> you know it's gorgeous out here. the humidity is not as bad as it has been the last couple days. our dry heat the next two days, with temperatures heading up. i can see the port of oakland, downtown oakland from here, so visibility is great. if you look toward treasure island, we're seeing a few low clouds out there. we'll talk about what's going on. yes, it is breezy out here, not as windy as it was yesterday. still some low clouds right near the coastline. that's where they're pretty much going to say examine the exception of a few patches. right now gusting to about 25, 22 at sfo, this is pretty normal for

can to navigate the rules and use these pesticides safely. there's clearly more that should and could be done to minimize pesticide exposure, especially when it comes to our children. my amendment targets the most toxic of all pesticides, those that research indicates are known or suspected to cause serious health issues in infants and children. i want to be clear, this amendment does not block the use of these pesticides or block consideration of this bill, it simply says that if you are a pesticide applicator, you should minimize your use of these toxic chemicals, monitor any adverse impacts when they are used, and report the location and quantities to local permitting agencies. we may not agree on all the potential impacts of this bill, but surely we can agree that protecting our nation's infants and children from toxic chemicals warrants or full support. simply put, that is what my amendment does. as a public health nurse, i strongly urge its adoption. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the the gentlewoman from california yields back

we know the pesticides been causing other health problems so it's possible that that's also causing. contributing to an increase in autism do know that the environment is dirtier than it used to be. and that's causing an increase in all kinds of disorders but i mean you researched autism do you have one core reason that causes autism that causes disorder or there is no such thing or we still don't know where it comes from well at this point the best minds in research believe autism starts with a genetic predisposition and that can be seen as autistic characteristics tend to run in families when i meet children on the autism spectrum i often see those characteristics in their parents or other siblings speaks to genetics if we get deep into the science of genetics the best that they come to. to this point is that the characteristics of autism are spread over a more than one hundred genes and then this genetic predisposition interacts with something in the environment and we have a lot of clues as to what that is that might be as you just mentioned possibly. possibly other things. the p

we know the pesticides been causing other health problems so it's possible that that's also causing. contributing to an increase in autism i do know that the environment is dirtier than it used to be and that's causing an increase and all kinds of disorders but i mean you researched autism do you have one core reason that causes autism that causes disorder or there is no such thing or we still don't know where it comes from well at this point the best minds in research believe autism starts with the genetic predisposition. and that can be seen as autistic characteristics tend to run in families when i meet children on the autism spectrum i often see those characteristics in their parents or other siblings so that speaks to genetics if we get deep into the science of genetics the best that they come to. this point is that the characteristics of autism are spread over more than one hundred genes and then this genetic predisposition interacts with something in the environment and we have a lot of clues as to what that is it might be as you just mentioned possibly. possibly other things.

that not only is that corn probably genetically modified but it's also now probably covered with pesticides honestly when there is humanity going to learn that we need to figure out how to co-exist with a lot of the bugs we hate the more we try to kill those bugs off the more resistant they become to our lines of defense and the stronger they end up becoming sooner or later we're going to have to stop blindly chasing financial profit and we learn that the more we fight the bugs the more they're going to fight back and since there's trillions more of them who can you take pretty damn fast they will win tonight let's talk about that when you're on twitter.

the increased yield to allow them to grow we us to grow more on less land to reduce the amount of pesticides to reduce the amount of fertilizer to save soil and to make them more nutritionally balanced ok let's get into the panel code is what are the what's the rub look i'm in a city if you stop messing around with food i think you need to have a long research process that goes into the effects of what what we're doing with the food when when it comes to genetically modified the ingredients that we use i really think that you mentioned it's been happening for a long time forty years to me isn't a long time you know most of the sinner in this type of a living longer than that and we've been eating food for centuries i think that where that research comes from is really important who it's funded by is really important you know when you look worldwide there's a sixty developed countries you mentioned the validating countries but the developed world has a very different perspective on it than what the u.s. has sixty countries throughout the world have a the. very strict restrictions or title ban

organic foods have more, they come with fewer pesticides and smaller amounts of potentially harmful chemicals. selects old shipping containers will soon house some local college students in d.c.. quick shipping containers. is it a creative housing solution or an eyesore? >> a shipping container was hosted over the booklet neighborhood in d.c.. serious people, because who knows after how many miles after see, these retain the -- these rectangular boxes will hold students at the university. are told the owners, to catholic youth graduates, found it was cheaper to erect a building out of the boxes then to build a brand-new house. >> by a longshot. we are getting this done in five or six months. >> it was the talk of a thehborhood in -- talk of neighborhood. >> as long as it looks ok i will be ok with it. >> not all feedback was positive. some neighbors did not want to speak on camera. one described this as a home for a hamster and in other one said it was just architecturally out of character for the entire neighborhood printer -- neighborhood. >> you will have to use your imagination. hsix cont

hey if the wonderful companies don't reimburse them for the pesticide spraying they may file lawsuits so the next time you're sitting down to a delicious meal of corn and if you live in the us that's pretty much everybody else and scorns and everything remember that not only is that corn probably genetically modified but it's also now probably covered with pesticides honestly when it is humanity going to learn that we need to figure out how to co-exist with a lot of the bugs we hate the more we try to kill those bugs off the more resistant they become to our lines of defense and the stronger they end up becoming sooner or later we're going to have to stop blindly chasing financial profit and learn that the war we fight the bones the more they're going to fight back and since there's trillions more of them who can take pretty damn fast they will win tonight let's talk about that when you're on twitter at the president. there's a media leave those who we believe. are the seat cushions to the play your party there's a bill. for shoes that no one is asking with a guess that you deserve an

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here on the west side of kauai, hawaii's garden island, they experiment with pesticide. for years, chemical companies test the market with genetically modified seeds. the soil is loose, from the repeated tilling, and this is what blows into adjacent neighborhoods. >> right here as you drove up on the right-hand side of the road, breast cancer. next house over, breast cancer. colon cancer, the husband. >> those who live in this small community long suspected the chemical-laiden soil was the high cause of illness in adults and children here but the chemical companies insisted they weren't spraying anything unusual. >> for the island of kauai, we pray for them. >> freedom of information act, councilmember gary ouza finally found out the truth. >> they cannot spray it in their own country. they're using tons of it in our state in our community. >> so they lied to you? >> they lied to me, repeatedly they lied to me. >> ouza won a council be motion for the chemical companies to disclose. none of the companies were prepared to be interviewed for this report. >> they do not want

one paper showed pesticide residue as high as 69% in a batch of medical marijuana.of the things that concerns main stream doctors about medical marijuana, safety, as well as uniformity and reliability. >> the major issue that physicians have is in the consistency of the product. how do you know what the person is getting? and the answer is, we don't. >> neurologist dr. edward mau is the chief of denver's epilepsy program, one of several mainstream doctors now researching the stanleys' marijuana after hearing about its dramatic results. >> my ears perked up. maybe this is something we should be investigating. >> for years, he steered clear of cannabis because the government classified it as illegal. ironically, when he recently surveyed his own patients, 33% of them were already using medical marijuana. >> i was just shocked how many people were using it. >> what did you expect before you got those numbers back? >> i was guessing maybe 5%, 10%. >> that is part of the problem. medical marijuana patients have self-medicated for years, anxious to get relief but with ver

. >> we searched the house from top to bottom looking for arsenic, pesticides and insecticides, anythinghat may contain arsenic. anything that looked suspicious, powdery was taken to be analyzed at the lab and came back negative. >> detectives interviewed debbie's daughter, since she, too, had some of the same symptoms as her mother. they asked her what she ate on the day she became ill. >> there was soup left on the kitchen table, and she ate some of it. that night she was vomiting. >> debbie then remembered an important detail, that tony made the soup that day. >> he brought me the bowl. and i remember saying, i can't eat all this. he's like, no, eat it, it's good for you. >> their daughter found some of that soup left over on the stove and took some. to find out exactly how long debbie had been ingesting arsenic, doctors decided to study her hair. >> an arsenic combined to keratin, which is the major protein in hair. so, as the blood circulates through the body and it circulates to the root of the hair follicle, some of the arsenic will become incorporated in the hair follicle. >> whe

on the floor, both poisoning the atmosphere. >> like pb and j. >> goes together beautifully. >> pesticidesnd lawsuits lobbied against the president. mark, the -- you mentioned that the republican leadership is not taking the issue off the table. why not? nancy pelosi said when democrats are trying to impeach president bush, impeachment is off the table. >> because the reality of the house of representatives and republican party in our politics today, very captive to the extremist in their parties and you have leaders who are willing ever to stand up. when some do, like march co-rubio and jeb bush, they get attacked. until they learn the country is not being served by being a talk radio country -- >> dana, let me ask you, some vulnerable senate democrats are saying it is dangerous for the president to push forward executive action on immigration. what do you see as the potential blow back here if he does move forward with an aggressive portfolio of measures at the end of the summer recess? >> it depends on what time frame you're looking at. over the long-term, 2016 and beyond, there's only

. >> reporter: a year ago 23 children died after eating a school lunch laced with pesticide.t was one of india's worst food poisoning outbreaks but little has change: already dozens of children here have been taken to hospital after being served tainted food. in one incident children reportedly found a dead snake in their lunch. the government is denying the report. >> reporter: 20 children fell ill because there was a snake in their food. there was an investigation which found no snake or anything. something had just fallen in the food. >> reporter: the government said it has taken steps to improve the midday meal program. the nationwide scheme provides free lunch to 120 million children every day. education activists say better monitoring is needed but in theory the program is a good idea. >> it's helping the children and the families. and also nutritional issues are being handled. >> reporter: the faith of parents and children have been shaken. >> reporter: the food program is supposed to provide an incentive to send children to school but these food pointings are having t

it says that the pesticide general permit only requires a permit when pesticides are applied directly to the water of the united states. but looking at the rule, i don't see how she can make such a broad statement. because the rule is pretty clear and says all in a floodplain and all seasonal streams are fairly regulated waters of the u.s. and so the application of fertilizer or pesticides would seem to apply here and require a permit. >> i'll just try to -- because this is something we need to work on. the floodplain is a geography, you know, it's under the science of fluvia geomology and using -- created as part of the hydrology of a river system and stream system. we are using that characteristic to say if there's a water in that area, it could be deemed as being adjacent to the mainstream or traditionally navigable water, but it still has to be a water as defined in the rest of the regulation which is again a stream with a bank, a bed, a normal high water mark, a wetland that has high direct -- hydric soils and vegetation, so the chances are pretty high that those are not going to

initially they are focussing release efforts in urban areas, where home owners may be reluctant to use pesticidese battle so save the orange trees is on. it turns out there's an unexpected ally. another nonnative species that could slow down efforts to ramp up the wasp population. the argentine ant. >> argentine ant is an ipp vase if species and has been present california. >> they feast on the sugary waste product and protect them if the par asciatic wasps. >> the ants are on the colony and harvest the white sugars. the para site came in. >> that's the wasp. they are eating one up there. female. >> the argentinianants are eating the wasp. >> part of the effort is educating home openers on the importance of trying to control the ants. >> it's high drama. >> there's a lot riding on the survivorship of the said. >> do you have a few wasps? >> reporter: in the meantime they aim to produce 1 million wasps for release. >> see you later. bye. >>> so there's ants eating the wasps that are eating the sill ids which has a bacteria eating the orange. >> it's complex. >> what will get the ant. >> talk about