monsanto criticized the environmental working group's research, saying that even at the highest leveln adult would have to eat 118 pounds of the food item every day for the rest of their life in order to reach the epa's limit for residues. however, the environmental working group is skeptical of the epa's limits. >> we do not think that it is enough, in particular to protect children. >> in response, cereal makers quaker in general mills said they do stand by the safety of their products, and they note that the levels found are below the effort -- limits set by the epa and other regulators. you will find before -- full statements on the website. you should know that monsanto denies that its product contributed to mr. johnson's cap -- cancer. the centers for health also found that it was actually -- at least levels of it in all the cereals tested. and you know, i think the take away here is that these two agencies would say that organic -- they did not find these trace levels in most of the organic products tested. >> those are big names -- cheerios, quaker oats -- those are staples in

. >> reporter: according to a study by the environmental working group released wednesday 43 of a 45 located in cereals and some brick -- and some granola bars. >> reporter: according to a study by the environmental working group released wednesday 43 of a 4502 cereals and products tested contained traces of the pesticide like a saint used in monsanto's popular roundup weedkiller. >> this is the most widely used pesticiden quaker oats, o- fashioned oatmeal had the highest level of more than 1000 ppb of the pesticide. general mills, the popular cheerios brand had the next highest 530 ppb. kellogg's oat bran and even granola and granola bars with oats also had traces of gleich is eight. >> we are certainly not saying put down that bowl of cheerios right now or you will get cancer tomorrow. we are saying that a pesticide like this which has the ability to increase the risk of cancer has no place in food and particularly not in foods marketed to children. >> reporter: general mills responded wednesday saying, quote, our products are safe and without question meet regulatory safety levels.

the other day we spoke about the environmental advocacy group the environmental working group which found a dangerous club aside glycine of fate used by the made by the monsanto company they found in cereal and months into a recently was bought by the german drug maker bear well we thought the topic merited a little bit more deeper discussion are pleased to be joined by our correspondents here i'm on to discuss so you've been looking into this and we're so pleased i saw you on other programs that are to america you were so great on it but it made me even question more we reported that bear stock went down but what have markets been doing since the end of last week so a bear stock went down last monday it really plunged and it continued to fall through thursday it seems like it's starting to pick a little bit back up but it lost eighteen percent of its value since the verdict and hundred percent and it's still lower than it has been in the last five years they must of you know when they bought months and they knew this the problems could come but they probably didn't know that this much wo

the environmental working group says that they fill a stricter limit is needed. some consumers say they are concerned also hope there will be more research about the health effects. >> we live in such a pollutant rich, path is an rich environment that i do not think it makes any sense to worry about trace elements of this or that if it could be established what a dangerous level amount -- amounts to. that is important. >> reporter: both kellogg and quaker oats have also responded to our request for comment. they say that their products are safe and in compliance with epa. we have posted a complete list of the studies test results on our website. >> we can touch on this at 10, you have the environment work group says that these pesticides not belong in cereal at the same time we are not tell you to put down your bowl of cheerios and you will t cancer tomorrow. for a parent who has cheerios, like i do, and two kids, what should i do? >> reporter: basically what they are trying to do is just put the information out there that it exists. a lot of people may not reali

the other day we spoke about the environmental advocacy group the environmental working group which found a dangerous club aside glycine of fate used by the made by the monsanto company they found in cereal and months into a recently was bought by the german drug maker bear well we thought the topic merited a little bit more deeper discussion are pleased to be joined by our correspondents here i'm on to discuss so you've been looking into this and we're so pleased i saw you on other programs that are to america you were so great on it but it made me even question more we reported that bears stock went down but what of markets been doing since the end of last week so bear stock went down last monday it really plunged and it continued to fall through thursday it seems like it's starting to pick a little bit back up but it lost eighteen percent of its value since the verdict and hundred percent and it's still lower than it has been in the last five years they must of you know when they bought months and they knew this the problems could come but they probably didn't know that this much would

. >> reporter: bill walker is the vice president of environmental working group. >> there has been a lot of controversy over whether this chemical has the ability to cause cancer. there are a lot of studies that say it does, including once by california state scientists. we went old-fashioned oatmeal of quaker oats had the highest level at more than 1000 ppb of the pesticide. general mills, the popular cheerios brand at the next highest with 530 ppb. many others including kellogg's, opera, and granola and granola bars with oat also had traces of the chemical. >> we are not sing put down that bowl of cheerios right now or you will get cancer tomorrow. we are saying that a pesticide like this which has the ability to increase the risk of cancer has no place in food and particularly not in foods that are marketed to children. to and general mills responded wednesday saying, quote, our products are safe and without question they meet regulatory safety levels. the epa has researched this issue and has set rules that we follow. kellogg also responded saying, our food is safe. the epa sets

the environmental working group tested 45 products including cereals and snack bars.picture someone this morning on bart is going viral. >> take a look. it's a great dane standing up on the train. sean shared this photo with us. he took it at the 19th street in oakland. >> he said the dog and owner got on to a packed trap. apparently to save indicate he stood up on his back feed and liens leaned on his owner. >> that's a big dog. wonder if he had to buy a ticket. >> i don't think so. time to toss to weather. >> the dog is plight indeed. maybe some of us can learn from that. >> yeah. >> live doppler seven shows fog ashds right near the beaches. it has pushed over the east bay and parts of the north bay tonight but it's not going to advance very much because of the marine layer compressing as high pressure begins to build. temperatures right now in the 50s and the 60s. today it warmed up by a few degrees. you may not have noticed it but as we head into the next few days, you'll continue to see that warming trend and you will feel it. let's look at the graphic. we're mov

the environmental working group tested 45 products including cereals, oatmeal and snack bars.t found more than 30 had higher levels than what some scientists consider safe. the chemical is the active ingredient in roundup. the world health organization says it is probably carcinogenic to humans. among the products found to have quaker old fashioned oats, cheerios and nature valley granola. the full list on abc7news.com and our app. we should note the food companies claim that this morning the products are safe and you recall this is the de headlines. awarded $289 to a school groundskeeper who claimed that glyphosate gave him lymphoma. >> at dmv. lawmakers have passed a bill giving the dmv up to $26 million to speed up the process. the rush to get real i.d.s is crowding field offices across the state. some people say they've had to wait six hours for service. yesterday the assembly budget committee voted in favor of giving the dmv extra funding as long as the agency provides a monthly report on how the money is spent. the bill barely passed 15 to 10. many republican lawmakers o

the non-profit "environmental working group" says it found trace amounts of glyphosate in several producesng cheerios and quaker oats granola bars. glyphosphate is the active ingredient in monsanto's roundup weed killer. scientists tested 29 products... and found most of them contained higher levels of the chemical than deemed safe. last friday, in a bench-mark case... benicia school district groundskeeper, dewayne johnson, was awarded 289- million-dollars in damages after a jury found that roundup was a significant cause of his terminal cancer. monsanto officals say round-up did not cause his cancer... and says it is appealing the ( robin )in san bruno people plead with new city leaders to not cut down two heritage trees. the trees are more than 100 years old and are in an area that will soon be a new park. kron 4's hermela aregawi was at a park and recs meeting... and has the latest on this ongoing fight. with a new city manager leading san bruno..some residents are feeling hopeful that they'll be able to save these two heritage trees from being cut down.they've been right here for more

according to the environmental work group or. the key ingredient in roundup sweet killing poison glyphosate is also found in popular oprah ticks and several breakfast foods including cereals marketed to children they found that the ingredient is present in forty three of the forty five cereals they tested and thirty one of those contained life estate levels well above the organizations health benchmark of one hundred sixty parts per billion i would like to say it was also found in organic oat although it was detected at a low level below the safe threshold but those that contain the highest levels of life estates were quaker old fashioned boat with levels higher than a thousand parts per billion popular children's brands like cheerios and lucky charms also found extremely high levels to put this into perspective e.w. g.'s child protective health benchmark for daily exposure of life to say and food is one hundred sixty part. per billion quaker oats contains seven hundred sixty a statement from e.w. g. says ethiopia g.'s findings r

speak for quite a long time and it is a whim for environmental cook the president of the environmental working group sudden a statement like this from some domain of round up the oxy of pesticides and how the addiction and damage they cause have come home to roost addiction to round up like all of this not in the late i'll take it personally sense but we are addicted as a society if not a world to using this type of pesticide yes in the united states is like many things we're addicted to things the most and i mean twenty percent of the world's life is they use is is right here in the united states which amounts to about two hundred eighty million pound per year of just the guy to say which is probably the world's most widely used herbicide one that has been considered a carcinogen and has been banned in many european countries and and eastern european countries on around the world that this is this is the open the floodgates this is because there's another round of cancer trial trial believe this or that was in the way of saying yeah yeah thousands more that's cool start in st louis and four thousan

boups such as the environmental working group are concerned the oup.a.ctually moving to weaken protections and possibly make consumers less safe. >> it's really cooking the books on-- on the level of risk that e.p.a. is able to identify. >> reporter: e.w.g. attorney melanie benesh says the e.p.a. won't be taking a comprehensive review and evaluating the risks be past asbestos use in some places like home, work, and school environments. >> if you're ignoring major ways that people are exposed to a toxic substance, you may dramatically underestimate the risks. >> reporter: so in other words you're saying that they might come out making asbestos look not as dangerous as it really is in their evaluation. >> exactly. >> reporter: e.p.a. officials told us that's not true. in a phone interview, nancy beck, the trump administration appointee who oversees the agency's toxic chemical unit itld us, "the criticism just makes me sad." she said the agency is "working hard to put in place a program grounded in science." beck says current e.p.a. neoposals would amount t

speak for quite a long time and it is a win for environmental cook the president of the environmental working group sudden a statement like this when some dough made round up the oxy carton of pesticides and how the addiction and damage they caused have come home to roost addiction to round up like all of this not in the late i'll take it personally sense but we are addicted as a society if not a world to using this type of pesticide yes in the united states is like many things we're addicted to things the most and i mean twenty percent of the world's life is they use is is right here in the united states which amounts to about two hundred eighty million pounds per year of just the guy to say which is probably the world's most widely used herbicide one that has been considered a carcinogen and has been banned in many european countries and eastern european countries on around the world now says this is the open the floodgates this is because there's another round of cancer trial trial believe december that was in the way st louis thousands wore the school start in st louis and four thousand dollars

around glycine the main ingredient in months santo's roundup brand of herbicide products the environmental working group reports that the independent lab tests on samples of forty five different serial products the things that you eat made with two thirds of the foods contain life of faith above the level of one hundred sixty part one hundred sixty parts per billion each of the scientists say one hundred sixty parts per billion is the limit for safe exposure last week as we reported a california jury awarded a former school groundskeeper two hundred eighty nine million dollars after you develop they answer cited work exposure to the chemical and his suit against monsanto says two hundred fifty million pounds of glycine fate is sprayed on crops grown in the united states every year alone often on so-called roundup ready plants that can resist the herbicide. and as i noted the top of the program the us s e c a subpoena tesla related to market moving tweet by its c.e.o. elon musk here at talk tesla and some other ongoing issues with automakers is the car coach lauren fix who is also the president of the ca

he says the team at the non-profit environmental working group, or ewg, had a lab test 45 samples ofducts made with conventionally grown oats and found glyphosate, the active ingredient in the monsanto weed killer roundup in all but two. >> it was a shock. >> reporter: dr. jennifer lowry heads the council on environmental health for the american academy of pediatrics. >> we don't know a lot about the effects of glyphosate on children. and essentially we're just throwing it at them. >> reporter: ewg used its own more stringent standards to conclude that products with excessive levels of the herbicide included quaker old-fashioned oats, cheerios, quaker dinosaur egg, instant oats, great value instant oats, and back to nature classic granola clusters. glyphosate was even found in a few organic products though most had non-detectible levels. the world health organization says glyphosate is a carcinogen. the state of california lists it as a chemical known to the state to cause cancer. monsanto disputes, that saying in a statement "glyphosate does not cause cancer and has more than a 40-y

groups such as the environmental working group are concerned the epa is actually moving to weaken protections and possibly make consumers less safe. >> it's really cooking the books on the level of risks that epa is able the identify. >> reporter: ewg attorney melanie benesh says the epa won't be taking a comprehensive review in evaluating the risks of past asbestos use in some places like home, work, and school environments. >> if you're ignoring major ways that people are exposed to a toxic substance, you may dramatically underestimate the risks. >> so in other words, you're saying they might come out making asbestos look not as dangerous as it really is in their evaluation? >> exactly. >> reporter: epa officials told us that's not true. in a phone interview, nancy beck, the trump administration appointee who oversees the agency's toxic chemical unit told us the criticism just makes me sad. she said the agency is working hard to put in place a program grounded in science. beck says current epa proposals would amount to new regulations, that we're putting in place a hammer, a prohibition tha

the environmental working group released to test the popular vote make breakfast.e if they contain any of the herbicide quite good shape which is in monsanto's roundup weed killer and at high levels has been linked to cancer. in 43 of the 45 cases they did detect the quite toasty. they were but the organization's benchmark of 160 parts per billion what they think it's safe. however, it is commonly used by farmers across the industry who apply it to pre-harpists. one of the brands tested are significantly below any regulatory limit and compliance standards for consumption. this all comes as monsanto paid $289 million to a cancer victim who claimed roundup was responsible for his illness. >> pic on the issue and the issue e-mail posted to the credit. a marijuana-based drink could soon be on the way. >> the maker of corona just invested another $4 billion in a company called cannabis group. this follows a $209 investment to produce nonalcoholic cannabis-based beverage. the dealers expect it to close in october the same month it becomes legal in canada. lauren: the nex

. >> reporter: this is scary because the environmental working group, nonprofit health group did a round charms, nature valley bars and others, contained a level of herbicides. and at high levels can be linked to cancer. 33 of 35 cases they testified, there is some level of this herbicide and this is commonly used by farmers in the pre-harvest, they apply to their crops. one of the brands tested was quaker, reported levels of the chemical are significantly below any regulatory limits, for human consumption. if this isn't just in cereals with crackers, cookies and other things. rob: how many billions of pounds of quaker oats have i even. i still here. thank you so much. this is definitely not good. jillian: warning of a major measles outbreak spreading to 2 dozen states. >> assistant professor jen cottle. we are talking about measles. >> the cdc's tracking cases, 170 reported cases, significance of that is the last two years, we have 118 cases, we have 187 and have yet to see what will come. >> what people be doing? >> the biggest thing is vaccination. and make sure they're getting vaccin

the non-profit "environmental working group" says it found trace amounts of glyphosate in several produces including cheerios and quaker oats granola bars. glyphosphate is the active ingredient in monsanto's roundup weed killer. scientists tested 29 products... and found most of them contained higher levels of the chemical than deemed safe. last friday, in a bench-mark case... benicia school district groundskeeper dewayne johnson was awarded 289-million-dollars in damages after a jury found that roundup was a significant cause of his terminal cancer. monsanto officals say round-up did not cause his cancer...and says it is appealing the ruling. .... (pam) a measles outbreak has hit nearly two dozen states... including california. so far, there are more than 100 -cases, but the centers for disease control expects that number to rise. kron 4's charles clifford spoke with a doctor about how people need to do to protect themselves... the center for disease control says that so far this year 107 people in 21 states have contracted measles. in california, the health department says that there hav

the environmental working group says they fill a strict limit is needed and say some organic brands had some traces of the pesticide. >>> the stuff has a tendency to drip and can also be in a facility where they are processing the oats that got cross contaminated. >> reporter: consumers desmet consumer say they are concerned. they hope there will be more research about the health effects. >> we live in such a pleasant rich environment that i do not think it makes any sense to worry about trace elements of this or that. it could be establish what a dangerous level amounts to i think that is important. >> reporter: we also reached out to quaker oats for their response but did not receive a reply by the time we did this report. the bottom line is their main concern is about the long-term risk to children, which has not been studied in depth. >> just to make clear, if you are a parent and you have this on yourself and you have kids, should you worry? >>> basically, they say that there are definitely a lot of products that have this pesticide residue but their main concern is that they would

the environmental working group tested 45 products including cereals oatmeal and snack bars and foundan 30 had higher levels than what some scientists consider safe. among the products found to have glyphosate, quaker old fashioned oats, cheerios and nature valley ganola. the full list on our website abc7news.com and on our abc 7. the food companies say their products are safe and recall this is the second time in recent days that glyphosate has made headlines. last week a bay area jury awarded $289 million to a school groundskeeper who claimed the product gave him lymphoma. >>> new developments this morning concerning long dmv wait times. lawmakers have just passed a bill giving the dmv up to $26 million to speed up that process. the rush to get real i.d.s is crowding field offices across the state. some people, in fact, have waited six hours for service. yesterday the assembly budget committee voted in favor of giving the dmv extra funding as long as the agency provides a monthly report on how the money is being spent. the bill barely passed. it was 15 to 10. many republican lawmake

the environmental working group tested 45 products including cereals, oatmeal and snack bars and foundthan what some consider safe and these are brand names you know. among them quaker old fashioned oats, cheer yols and nature valley gra noll lo. we have the list on abc7news.com and our abc 7 news app. the food companies claim this morning their products are safe and you'll recall that this is the second time in recent days that glyphosate has made headlines. just last week a bay area jury awarded $289 million to a school groundskeeper who claimed that glyphosate gave him lymphoma. >>> now an abc 7 news live desk update. >> this story getting attention this morning across the nation. a colorado man in custody this morning after reportedly confessing to murdering his pregnant wife and their two young daughters. the abc affiliate in denver is reporting christopher watts allegedly told investigators he would lead them to the bodies of his wife shanann watts and their girls 3-year-old celeste and 4-year-old bela. the mother was 15 weeks pregnant and her two daughters were also reported mis

the non-profit "environmental working group" found trace amounts of glyphosate in several produces including cheerios and quaker oats granola bars. glyphosphate is the active ingredient in monsanto's roundup weed killer. scientists tested 29 products... and found most of them contained higher levels of the chemical than deemed safe. last friday, vallejo school district groundskeeper dewayne johnson was awarded 289-million- dollars in damages after a jury found that roundup was a significant cause in his terminal cancer. monsanto said on monday it planned to challenge the verdict on the grounds that the judge should have barred scientific evidence.scientific barred should have barred scientific evidence. (vicki) a big story tonight... we are learning more details on the f-b-i warning about a-t-m hacks. we first told you about this yesterday on the kron4 news at 5. today-- kron 4's will tran got more information about how your personal information-- and money-- could be at risk. the next time you go to the atm make sure you remember where and when you took money out.cybersecurity experts say c

. >>> an environmental group is claiming that chases of a weed killer linked to cancer have been found in popular breakfast foods. the environmental workingweek a grounds keeper was awarded $289 million in damages after a jury found that chemical auwas a significantse of his cancer. neral mills and quaker oats say the levels of the chemical remain within regulatory limits set by t epa. >>> we've got our news covered. i've got a little boost f you two. a florida woman who is fighting ovariaot cancer an incredible surprise when she came home from her final keem chemo treatment. she asked why they weren't king the normal way home. it was a fib. she drove them to whe christina's family and neighbors all gathered for a party in her honor. d yoon't even need a translatt'. i know is awesome. christina was overwhelmed. sshe says there waso much love her heart was going to burst. we wish her a long and happy life. >> and the love in her friend's eyes, glistening. how school. ew> much more ahead this morning including the age restrictions. it's about to change the fashion world and perhaps your favorite magazines. we'll talk abouts thi with the boo

. >> reporter: environmental working group attorney melanie banesh says the epa's risk assessment ignoresposure in homes, schools and workplaces. what's the practical effect of that then? >> the practical effect is it's really cooking the books on the level of risk that epa is able to identify and the less likely it is that the epa will institute a comprehensive ban. >> reporter: epa officials argue their proposal would act as a ban. in a phone interview, the epa deputy assistant administrator nancy beck said without the rule, new asbestos products could go to market today without any government approval. she told us we're putting in place a hammer, a prohibition that doesn't exist today. but critics say the plan falls short. >> epa could also simply ban those uses and then no one would be allowed to use them. >> the court struck down an epa ban on asbestos in 1989. an epa official has argued they are now focused on regulations that won't be overturned. if you'd like to make a comment on the new proposed rules, the comment period for those rules ends tomorrow. so we have put a link to the

. >>> an environmental group is claiming that traces of a weed killer linked to cancer have been found in popular breakfast foods including cheerios and quaker oats. the environmental working weed killer. last week a grounds keeper was awarded $289 million in damages after a jury found the chemical was a significant cause of his cancer. general mills and quaker oats say the levels of the chemical remain within regulatory limits set by the epa. >>> okay. our news covered. i got a boost for you. a florida woman fighting ovarian cancer got an incredible surprise when she came home from her final chemo treatment. kristina asked her friend why they weren't taking the usual way home. she said she needed to get her car fixed. it was a fib. she drove her to a party in her honor. >> you don't even need a translator. she said there was so much love her heart was going to burst. we wish her a long and happy life ahead. >>> much more ahead including the new age restrictions about to change the fashion world and your favorite magazines, we'll talk about this with the bookings director of vogue magazine. >> first dangerous distractions. the new water safety warning this morning tied to

the non-profit "environmental working group" says it found trace amounts of glyphosate in several productssate is the active ingredient in "round-up." scientists tested 29 products... and found most of them contained higher levels of the chemical than deemed safe. ( james ) coming up... the warriors are looking for áolder fans... who can dance. (ácommercialá)(áábreakáá) some slight changes today as compared to the start of the week. highs along the coast will consistently remain in the upper 50's and low 60's with fog clearing into the mid afternoon after coastal drizzle and the thickest of fog during the morning. the bay will remain comfortable in the 60's and 70's with morning fog and plenty of afternoon sunshine. inland temperatures will boost slightly as compared to yesterday while remaining cooler than average mostly in the mid 80's. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san mateo bridge less then 30 min from 880 to 101. . richmond bridge drive less than 20 min from the toll to 101 ( darya ) school's back in session... and means drivers need to

there is group, called environmental working group that is actually their maim.hese are oat-based materials. they are looking forgly phosphate, found in the weed killer roundup. the farmers spray the weed earlier on the crops pre-harvest. there is belief some will show up in the cereal. they did a bunch of testing. the worst product they found was from quaker old-fashioned oats. levels of 1000 parts per billion. they say that is high. quaker came back and say we proudly stand by the safety and quality of our products. we should point out these levels that you're pointing out are significantly below any regulatory limits. the bottom line is, the environmentalists say, we shouldn't have this showing up at all but the it does. stuart: okay. there is no proven scientific link between cancer and glyphosphate? ashley: there are huge exposures. you could provide a link with cancer. but the government, you know, scientists say, look, it's safe. certainly not at these levels. but you will find it in the lucky charms, ultimately that is where the oats -- stuart: got it. th

new study by the environmental working group finds level of the active ingredient in roundup in severalou see on food lucky charms, cheerios toasted whole grains oats serial. have you see it it to believe it terrible lightning strike caught on camera. even more remarkable, the teen who was struck right there lives to tell the story. 13-year-old josiah wiedemann thanking god, returning home from the hospital five days after the strike. >> dang, i survived it and i was dead for like 15 minutes. dang, i beat death. i feel like i'm superman right now. >> can you imagine doctors say his heart actually stopped. army vernal saw what happened and gave him cpr to save his life. a popular 90's sitcom could be saved by a reboot. >> what happened? >> the usual. the boy gets the girl. i get the locker. -- i get the locker. >> he is open to remaking the hit comedy. he says it would have to be, quote, worth everyone's time. i think it would be worth our tomb. i loved that show. ainsley: he looks like the coolest guy. we all loved him. steve: slater was cool. janice dean out on the streets of new york

>> it's the environmental working group ewg. their standards are a little tighter.nd what's in food. as our food world gets more complicated, it is helpful to know what we're seating. i think there needs to be more transparency in terms of what is in food. but, again, you know, when we're feeding children, we're not relying on one single food to northbound themnourish then.key to raisingd but keys to battle some of these elements that are contained in food. ainsley: people get cancer at early age and trying to find out what is it that we did that our generations didn't do. get cancer earlier. think about chemicals in our food. something we need to think about but maybe something we don't need to worry about so much. >> stepping back and having perspective, too. there is not one food. ainsley: correct. >> going to cause a health problem in your child. it's a conglomeration of things. ainsley: thank you so much, jill. ainsley: hollywood is rolling out the red carpeting to get democrats fired up for the mid terms. >> vote this year. volunteer. it's that important. ains

environmental and health concerns. >> the scientific consensus is forming around its harmful effects and i think it doesn't have much longer to be used. >> reporter: environmental groups are working to sure that happens as soon as possible. in salinas, len ramirez, kpix5. >> that pesticide must be banned within 60 days. >>> tearful testimony in an oakland courtroom today, the sentencing of ghost ship fire defendants derick almena and max harris got underway. it began with the families of victims pouring out their anger and emotions. kpix5's da lin was there. ap on the wrist. > reporter: inside department 13 family after family voiced their strong opposition to the plea deal, nine years for ghost ship master tenant derick almena and six years for max harris. a victim's boyfriend compares that to a slap on the wrist. >> this sentence is unfair. it's unbalanced. it's negligent. >> three months for almena and two months for harris for each of those lives was way too short. >> reporter: many families asked judge james cramer to dismiss the plea bargainor change it. a different judge jacobson brokered the plea deal. cameras w

i really -- and the idea that being in a neutral position and claiming that you're working with environmental groupst have an opposed position, when your agency, your trade association is the reason that these bills are moving forward, is not legitimate. and i'm sorry to get back into a position to have to strongly challenge the sfpuc, but this is one of those times. if direct access is opened up, every large city that has large commercial and industrial customers, especially those that have not established community choice yet, all of those companies will be decimated. all the companies will leave even if they're getting clean energy because they're getting a better deal with bigger companies with lower economies of scale. so this is not really good. we need the board of supervisors to pressure the sfpuc. i'll mention this more on future agenda items, but these bills are now being conegotiated with some fire bills that i've notified the chair about and the executive officer. sb 1088, ab 33, and sb 901 that would all take the liability of companies like pg&e for fire damage that they cause and put i

in one nine hundred ninety four started working with a norwegian environmental group and raised allegations about safety problems in northern fleet subs two years later he was arrested and tried for treason. the prosecutor said i'm the prosecutor there's the defense attorney and you are the criminal you will go to jail that was right after i was arrested. it was the first time anyone in the soviet or russian military establishment had dared to talk about the potential dangers of military nuclear waste. when the u.s.s.r. collapsed in one thousand nine hundred one it had a fleet of approximately two hundred forty nuclear powered submarines. the nuclear fuel on those subs had to be replaced regularly and that creates nuclear waste. an average nuclear submarine can generate about two hundred cubic meters of nuclear waste over the course of ten years. some of it ends up in the ocean. but they did it all the time or. at that point when i was serving on submarines russia had not signed any agreements that would have banned the disposal of radioactive waste. all the officers thought it was. some ra

it is by working with the environmental groups that you will be effective and we will all be effective. in fact, public opinion polls show the public respects of the opinion the opinion of environmental groups more than the p.u.c. i have data to back that up which i can leave with you. there have been a number of surveys done. environmental protection is the strongest motivator for people to conserve water. people conserve water, expecting their actions to benefit the environment. for instance, during the recent drought, this did not happen. the water we concert was held behind dams and had to be dumped during last year's storm. but if the bay delta plan had been in effect, the river and the ecosystem, our ecosystem would have benefited. and the s.f. p.u.c. would have been able to fill its reservoirs and much more. so i want to work together. people want to conserve. they want to conserve for the environment. not to pave the way for more developments. the bay delta plan is a win-win we are looking for for the environment and for the water supply. thank you very much. >> thank you. next

speak for quite a long time and it is a whim for environmental cook the president of the environmental working group sudden a statement like this when some don't live round up the oxy carton of pesticides and how the addiction and damage they cause have come home to roost addiction to round up and like all of this not in the late i will take it personally sense but we are addicted as a society if not a world to using this type of pesticide yes in the united states is like many things we're addicted to things the most and i mean twenty percent of the world's life as they use is is right here in the united states which amounts to about two hundred eighty million pounds per year of just the guy to say which is probably the world's most widely used herbicide one that has been considered a carcinogen and has been banned in many european countries and eastern european countries and around the world that is this is the open the floodgates this is because there's another round of cancer trial trial believe this or that was in the way of saying yeah yeah thousands more that's cool start in st louis four thou

high school environmental group, 15, 14 years old got involved in this local community group and we went doorknocking and we were protesting. my parents were dropping me off. we were working hard to kind of raise alarms that hey, there's this incinerator that is literally adjacent to the senior to the senior center, an elementary school. it's hurting people in that community. so finally, we elected one of our colleagues, john freeman who was a state representative at the time to the state legislature and he passed the law in the statehouse that you cannot open an incinerator that close to the school. my sophomore year of high school that incinerator close. it was a quick win. it was a typical, but that gave me that first flavor of what it meant to be an act of this, what it meant to work hand-in-hand with community, health and policy and environment. so then i went on to college and i created my own kind of degree in environmental health and ultimately went on to medicine. >> you went to michigan state university as well as university of michigan university of michigan. the odyssey contributed a lot to who you are. >> guest: i did my undergrad at the university of michiga