so the active ingredients can be of concern, the pesticide itself, but most pesticide companies done label what are called the inert ingredient, that's the one that's not doing the pest killing per se, they can still really be bad chemicals, endocrine sdrukt tersest can be there, your baby crawls on your lawn, those exposures are out there, going with integrated pest management, beneficial species and doing these kinds of things in public parks and school yards ask things like that where, you know, you might be catching a larger catch man of land can be really important, so that is the healthy home tour and now we're going to go beyond the home into the healthy world tour and these are kind to have ways that the choices that we make as individuals or in our policies shape a healthier, safer world. so, we've talked very briefly about moving the markets along and i want to talk about that for just a moment more, so we have two major market-based campaigns with the breast cancer fund, the campaign with safe koz meats and cans, not cancer, they target the makers of products who are more

laws have passed in counties and municipalities to reduce the use of pesticides in parks and public areas and then really important is asking the environmental protection act si which is our federal agency that regulates pesticides to look at how chemicals affect breast development in route row and other developments to ensure that pesticides don't have that effect on breasts and mammary grands and animals and that's not happening right now, you would think we would test comb cal effects on breast tissue, generally not happen ining the way it needs to so that's a wonky solution but a super important one. >> [inaudible]. >> yes? >> you cannot really boil to kill it? >> so, it's always good to wash your fruits and vegetables but a lot of the pesticide residues don't just wash off, they are in the food, deeper than just the surface, or they adhere really strongly, so you can get some residue off by washing but a lot of it, if pesticides are used, you can't get it all off unfortunately, so that's kind of a downer answer, but, sure. so, it actually segways very well into this next point

he asked about pesticides and whether the government would do anything about it. whether that to the question, there is a host of questions that turned out not to be emulated, although it seems that the time. several reporters asked about the increase in soviet shipping traffic to the island of cuba and nobody knew what was happening or what that meant, but in a couple of a couple of our most vivid know exactly what that was about. that was not in the ad and related to a person was talking about in "silent spring." i hope you could also hear the president referred to this carson spoke. we are going to look into this problem, especially in light of this carson spoke. what's interesting about that is in 1962, no further introduction was needed. everybody knew who this person was. those racial%, celebrated author three books about the ocean on the beautiful lyrical books about the ocean. wonderful, transforming experiences for readers. carson had a way of taking science and translating it to beautiful narrative that everybody could relate to. so should become one of

he was asked about pesticides and whether the government would do anything about it. before they got to the question, there's a whole string of questions that turned out to be not unrelated, although it seemed like at the time. several reporters ask about the increase in soviet shipping traffic to the island of cuba and nobody knew what was happening and what that meant, but a couple more months we would know exactly what that was about. i was not in the end i related to a person was talking about in "silent spring." you could also hear the president referred to ms. carson spoke. he said we are going to look into this problem, especially in light of ms. carson's book. what's interesting is 1962, no further introduction was needed. rachel carson, the celebrated author of three books about the ocean, beautiful, lyrical books that were these wonderful transforming experiences for readers. carson had only taken science and translating it to beautiful narrative that everybody could relate to and so she'd become one of america's most celebrated a beloved authors in the sile

ahead on the program, a debate rages in israel over pesticides. a sticky situation for canadian police. millions of liters of maple syrup they are missing. europe khas weather is looking unsettled at the moment. we -- europe's weather is looking unsettled at the moment. torrential rain, leaving more than 100 flood warnings in force, and yet more weather systems moving in from the west. flooding issues here leading up to christmas. elsewhere, we are seeing some significant snowfall over the last day or so, causing problems across much of the country. we are expecting improvement here. the snow tending to move away. ukraine seeing heavy snow, desperately cold weather here in. as for the west, we are seeing that rain pushed in across the uk, down into much of france. flooding is likely. it should be fine across much of the iberian peninsula, 15 degrees expected in madrid. further east, this extends through north africa, so for both tripoli and benghazi, it will be cloudy, the chance of some showers. 19 degrees in cairo as a maximum. along the coast,

pesticides are always in close reach. two years ago, officials at the local mental health center started placing what they call a pesticide safety box outside the homes of elderly people. the idea is to keep the pesticides locked up and out of sight. the officials visit at least once a month. they go over safety instructions and make sure all the poison is where it should be. and they set up a telephone hotline so that seniors in trouble could talk to someone at any hour. >> translator: i live here alone. the officials occasionally pop in to say hi. i feel like they're my daughters and sons. >> reporter: officials say they have to make frequent visits to build up trust and spot signs of trouble. they say they haven't seen any suicides since they started the program. they know more people need help. but they have a limited budget and few staff. >> translator: people who are less well off tend to have health issues or look sad. i worry that no matter how hard we try, the suicide could happen. >> reporter: he says he and his

pesticides are always at close reach. two years ago officials at the local mental health center started placing what they called a pesticide safety box outside the homes of elderly people. the idea is to keep the pesticides locked up and out of sight. the officials visit at least once a month. they go over safety instructions and make sure all the poison is where it should be. and they set up a telephone hotline so that seniors in trouble could talk to someone at any hour. >> translator: i live here alone. the officials occasionally pop in to say hi. i fell like they're my daughters and sons. >> reporter: officials say they have to make frequent visits to build up trust and spot signs of trouble. they say they haven't seen any suicides since they started their program. they know more people need help, but they have a limited budget and few staff. >> translator: people who are less well off tend to have health issues or look sad. i worry that no matter how hard we try, a suicide could happen. >> reporter: he says he and hi

"organic" means that no man-made pesticides or chemical fertilizers were used. also, look for "grown in the usa." our rules for what chemicals are allowed are tougher than some other countries. >> we recommend shopping both seasonally and locally. >> and there's another advantage to buying food that's grown closer to home. less energy is used to bring it to market. >> as our next report shows, you can learn a lot about a state just by looking at its flag. >> the name "nevada" comes from the spanish phrase "sierra nevada," which means snow-covered mountains. the sierra nevada range rises along the state's western border. in 1857, a huge deposit of silver, known as the comstock lode, was discovered. prospectors flocked to nevada, seeking their fortunes. settlements quickly grew into towns. not only did nevada change, its state flag would change many times. >> nevada's original flag was quite garish. it had big stars. it had the word "silver" on it, the word "gold." >> over the years, the flag was changed at least three more times, and the slogan "battle born" was