, so make sure that what you sell me is pesticide free. because they will serve the consumer's interests. >> on facebook: here's a video. >> insecticides are harming these, but we can't look at this issue in isolation. to survive, pollinators need save places to live. in this case of pollinators, that means flowers across all landscapes. farms, ranches, parks and in our own gardens, and keeping areas free from insecticides. all of us can take part in pollinator conservation. >> i'm a suburban guy, what can i do? >> everybody can talk about adding flowers, and planting clovers, most people who are homeowners already have the common sense to spray poisons or insecticides in their yards. but we can do all of that. but the fact of the matter is, the current populations of bees in most rural environments is so low, that you can plant whatever you want that there aren't going to be enough bees to take advantage of it. and right now, it's the bees that are needed. and i don't know of any one thing that any homeowner or business owner could do to

and they think it might be the pesticides. what dow say to that? >> probably the first people in the community that would get sick would be our workers. and there's no indication of that. >> philipson also points to a recent study by the hawaii department of health showing cancer rates are no higher there than in other parts of the state. and other tests showing air and water samples to be safe. but critics accuse the companies of not following spraying guidelines closely enough. attorneys in the pioneer lawsuit say this video they shot shows pesticides blowing off a field near town. an even though many of the pesticides are the same ones used by farmers in the midwest, for example, critics point out they're being applied during more months of the year here. >> how you can tell me i don't have a right to know what they're spraying. >> and that's why some residents including local doctors like rick gooding believes more research is needed. >> the thing about the physicians is we want to be very careful and i think some of them are afraid to say anyt

good year for europe's bees as of december posts fathers in the eu are no longer allowed to use pesticides suspected of dancing eighteen beat colonies. the ban was approved by the eu commission in a totally targets. three chemicals believed to be disrupting the sense of orientation and immune system the next story will take this to slovenia. a country with a long tradition in beekeeping. as you will see slovenian follows that all spent time in saving the bees actually a sign that despite the crisis some green priorities are not being neglected. these days when mary anna comes up behind in the morning in days to find happy healthy bees and trends in evidence that the neocon three types of pesticides that are widely believed to be harmful to bees. if obama was asked in iran's production in it by force he said the protective effect in two thousand and six forty five percent of all articles or have been destroyed. you're almost half of them. he started the more we are voting for someone to gather pollen in the fields it never came by today. we sat down at the fashion one day i found a whole pi

my partner in the e j program is training tenants with the housing arthur on how to reduce pesticides. we're working now on identifying the sites in the neighborhood so we can include the access to the waterway. so i'd like to say i'll call up jess to the microphone and talk about community garden (clapping.) thank you, ann many you're amazing. commissioners and want thank you for having me and is special thanks to my neighbors and activists in the room. i'm jeffrey i'm a baby resident i've live here 15 years. i'm a student and admirer of people sitting next to me and others. i'm a co- founder and i director the gardens initiative. we're a community based organization that started years ago which we started to plant flowers. at that time when the block was ground zero in the bayview that became a partial point for orcha flash point for consensus based decision macro at the grassroots level a ground level for plays that received negative attention. so many of united states felt in under no circumstances days living on the block and we came to understand it was connecting with one other

it is pesticide free, it's mold-free. this is part of what they want to actually do to sell the product because people are interested in that. >> reporter: evans concocted his idea for his business in a unique part of the world. the chemist once provided similar testing services for u.s. army in afghanistan. >> they would bring in insurgents. they would literally empty these guys pockets, run that ore to the chem lab, we would analyze it and find things like marijuana, heroin and things like this, and if we d did they could question these guys further. i thought when i get back to the united states i want to open a marijuana test lab. >> the state is still deciding how much testing will be required. >> whether it is every crop or every 10th crop, what they're testing exactly and all that is still being decided. yes, everybody will have to be tested and products will have to be labeled. >> it is all part of an effort to tighten up criminally's marijuana intervention, marijuana is still illegal in the eyes of the federal go

well they did all kinds of crops and in the pesticide resistant varieties. of news this is long been used in plant breeding together changes in the life cycle and son. tolerance. it feels so forth. indigenous this is just a staple of agricultural genetics. i and many studies out there about the effects of jammies on him and how one or email at this point about the impact new genesis half. well we would only know that from testing and in most cases. mutations will be harmless. however even the most natural genetic changes can produce harmful pests. so he to avoid breeding plans to stimulate the emergence of hesse. like super reserve me to resist insects that cause problems with existing gm ups. oh i just wanna make the point that those channels you can transfer their dna to allah organisms and created a strong selective environment for very resistant vests the rights of going on now. i have wanted to talk alot about how the new genesis assertive affecting other plans and he gets a little bit about that and in how it might impact the future of farming. well i

in number of applications of pesticides used by 200-400 percent. the data is available to 2012. by the way, it has not database for the documents. the second chart compares the herbicides used for all the departments. it includes the golf courses with the use of the nature areas program and to have the complete picture, you have to control the land of the san francisco which is -- but to have the picture, you have to multiply it by three. the use of that. it will give you about five more the use than the other parts combined. last week there was a use n of herbicides. i don't know what's happening. last month, mid-november there was the use of herbicides in it was milestone. you have an article in milestone. it's so bad that the crops were ruined by the manure from the animals which eat hay by herbicides. we have it in our parks, in older parks. it's this program is very costly. i don't have much time. happy holidays! i hope they will stop doing this. >> thank you. >> next speaker, please. >> my name is robin share. i would like to say it's the founder of friends of camp mather.

. >> at the storm drains to the sign has a list of rules stay on designated trail and below is a pesticide application soors areas are not educational anymore. i hope that those practices will be reversed. it is more and more difficult for children to wonder around and it would be great if we could all raise a bunch of accidents in san francisco >> thank you. >> leann and anna. >> i'm leann i'm not jennifer bailey's but i'm a mom and have two small boys and have chosen to raise our kids in the city and want to sty in the city. we're committed to staying here. i took time from managing a small business owner r small business today to support what this organization is doing. having the ability to run all around outdoor and without fences not within playground i love them but the ability to run around outside in a city environment makes san francisco a special city. the idea you can go into the presidio or golden gate park won u run as fast as you can and they love that. this is an important program. thank you. thank you >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> morning commissioners general man

whether it's a canabinoid or a pesticide. >> although the state says testing right now is voluntary for retailers growers and the maker of pot-infused foods it will eventually be mandatory. evans wants to be ready. >> part of our marketing is being able to give our customers a label that they can put on their product to say this is what it is. this is the concentration of these different things. mold-free. this is part of what they want to actually do to sell the product because people are interested in that. >> reporter: evans concocted his idea for his business in a unique part of the world. the chemist once provided similar testing services for u.s. army in afghanistan. >> they would bring in insurgents. they would literally empty these guys pockets, run that ore to the chem lab, we would analyze it and find things like marijuana, heroin and things like this, and if we d did they could question these guys further. i thought when i get back to the united states i want to open a marijuana test lab. >> the state is still deciding how much testing will be required. >> whether it is every

when your kids go to the park and those gardener's can't use the pesticides that's our department jury room. we're collecting oil you know from restaurants and things of f that nature to tear up the sewage systems that's the environment commission. when we went to 9 bayview and subsidized and to weather strip our homes to make sure it was weather proofed this was the environment commission. to go solar program made the process through the puc but that's the environment commission. when you pay a $0.10 bag feces fee that's us as well but if you've ever gone to the city dumb you'll understand why those plastic bags had to go. there are a number of things to figure out what our proper role is and whether we can pass a resolution does that mean the board of supervisors or the planning department has the ultimate jurisdiction over some of those items did it mean we're not involved. how do we address those issues. it's important to check out the things we're doing. we have all kinds of projects like in our neighborhood association we fund those codifies things. you should check out our websi

cultivating the cotton requires good irrigation, fertilisers and pesticides to keep the soil healthy. in a good year the costs can be recouped. not this year. the harvest is poor. >> it's bad this year. the seeds are not strong. we don't have enough fertilisers. all the costs were about breaking even. >> the bails of cotton gathered around egypt will end up in factories like this one. here, too, declining demand has had its effect. tens of thousands of tex tile workers lost their jobs as factories shut down. >> in one 3-month period cotton exports fell by 40%. retail stores like this one in cairo attract fewer customers. this man stocks only 100% egyptian cotton. demand for her product is down. >> all the prices go up. this badly affects selling. if i compare between this year and the year before, the year before is better than this year. >> the best egyptian cotton is priced around the world for this quality. with cheap imports, plummeting demand some fear that egyptian cotton may one day become a thing of the past. >>> in australia the high court revoked a law allowing gay couples t

but, usually, cheap food is not nutritious, and so you're talking about food that's produced with pesticides and herbicides, foods that have antibiotics in them, like the meats, and the poultry, and so you're -- and foods that have a lot of salt and sugar, so what you're doing is you're feeding people -- you're feeding people, but you may not pay up front, but you'll pay out back. >> isn't that better than the alternative of not feeding people. one i eight americans are looking to cut back costs and what's wrong with them saying i can pay $2 for this per pound for this beach or i can go $6 for the organic for my family so they can ever any meat, we go with the less expensive version. >> i think some of that is in issue of not knowing how to cook. now, there are countries around the world that think of protein as a combination of grains and vegetables. we consider sort of that meat source as the only source of protein, but it's not true. we have to learn to cook the foods that are really affordable. >> is non-organic food bad for you? >> well, i believe it is, because i'm -- i don't want food

. >> evidence has grown that a new class of pesticides called charles annenberg weingarten -- be -- despiteayarning that they may be toxic to bees. this is used on nearly all american crops, including corn. the epa says there is no evidence that it is improperly used, but environmentalists disagree. but the government slowed to act, bees continue to die. >> one of every three is directly dependent on the honey bee. >> that includes a crops like apples, cherries, cucumbers, pockets. thatlso includes hay crops support the dairy and meat industries.

that is mainly from the pesticide or fertilizers put on tobacco. they put fertilizers are on the plan does contain uranium. led to polonium. the same poison that killed a russian spy in london a few years ago was also present in cigarette mouth. that was discovered in the 60s. >> what to cigarettes have to do with the marshall plan? >> welcome rethink of the marshall plan as an effort to rebuild europe. but most people don't know us for every $2 in food center would be europe, there is 1 dollar tobacco. the marshall plan can be seen as an effort by the american tobacco co. means to the blonde virginia american bio. he will tobacco peer was interesting about this is actually a senator, the father of pat robertson, training and willis roberts and from virginia that to the council that was planning how funds would be spent. even though the french and europeans had not wanted, had not listed tobacco in what they wanted as part of that plan, tobacco is included by the seven senators in order to promote the sale of european tobacco abroad. >> professor p

. >> cultivating the cotton requires good irrigation, fertilizers and pest pesticides to keep it healthy. in a good year, these costs can easily be recoups. but not this year, as he explains, the harvest is poor. >> it is bad this year. they are not strong, we don't have enough fertilizer, with all our costs thrown in, we are only just about breaking even. the bails of cotton gathers around egypt this autumn, will end up in factories like this one. but here too, declining demand has had cottoning experts fell by more than 40%. stocks only 100% egyptian cotton. shes demand for her product is down. >> all the prices go up, selling every day, so a saying every day, if i compare between 24 year and the year before, the year before is better than this year. >> the best cotton is bruised around the world for its quality. but with cheap imports plummeted demand, and on going economic instability, some fear egyptian cotton might one day become a thing of the past. dominic cane, al jazeera, cairo. >> clues from the deep about arctic melting coming up next on al jazeera, america. what is going on

some of them contained pesticide. aqlifoods is a subsidiary of the seafood company maruha nichiro holdings. since last month they received 20 reports of foul smells coming from their products, including pizza and crow questions. they voluntarily recalled 90 items made there. more than 6 million products in all. managers carried out an in-house investigation and found workers at the factory never used the insecticide and they say it's not been found at the premise. they've stopped shipments until they and police can identify the cause of the problem. >>> japanese governmental leaders look into the wet waters off their shores and see a lot of promise. ministers plan to meet next month to plan to develop marine resources. japanese officials are exploring the seabed for me than hydrate. japan lacks in the legal frameworks for securing such resources. government officials are expected to discuss legislation for supervising japan's exclusive economic zone. they'll talk about how to get private firms and different levels of

they are exposed to pesticides over long periods of time. >> have you ever felt sick because of chemicals on the plants? >> um, ya, actually i have. >> you can actually see em' on the plants. extreme poverty can leave few other options. laredo, texas, sits just inside the us border with mexico. this school has some of the highest numbers of migrant farmworker children in the area. they travel with their families to other states to work for part of the year changing schools in the middle of a term. like mariana's daughter, anabella, who works in the onion fields. at 14 years old, she is in the 7th grade, and behind in school. she struggles with reading. >> when i get to one school, like, they're teaching me like something else in one school, in another school they're teaching something else, so that like how hard it is to catch up. right now i'm only failing 2 classes. >> noemi ochoa advocates for school children who are also migrants workers. she began working in the fields with her own migrant parents at age 9. >> my dad, every day, 4 o'clock in the morning, my dad, (knocking) "levantesa

kanno prided himself on how little he used pesticides and chemical fertilizers. he was committed to delivering fresh produce to consumers in other areas, and he says quality soil is where it all begins. >> translator: not being able to farm the bletings of the earth is like losing your life. >> reporter: the level of radiation is relatively high in itate, so the village decided to strip the topsoil. the kanno says that poses a threat to his livelihood. this five meter of topsoil is rich in newt i don't want. farmers spend their lives cultivating it. the dilemma is that the contamination may clean up the field, but without the topsoil, growing crops is much harder. kanno wanted to figure out a way to remove radioactive materials but keep the nutrients. he turned to a group of experts, professor ma gucci studying soil physics at the university of tokyo. he's been looking at how radioactive cesium disperses into the ground. two years ago they began experimenting on farmland in itate. they focused on one of the unique properties of clay, its ability to bind with cesi

some people believe its linked to pesticide.but there is a lot to it, and we'll explore it with our bee experts. just use the hashtag aj stream. >> black friday extended from shopping malls to the car lots and it led u.s. automakers to their best november in years. chrysler reported sales 16% over last november. gm jumped 14% and ford climbed 7%. ford's f series pick ups managed to outsell all of that company's cars. some attribute the sales to falling gas prices and aggressive promotions. dealers are bolstering their sales staff, but not all of their new hires work the show room floor. many work behind a desk in front of computer screen using the internet to bring in buyers. woody, from naperville, illinois, woody has been selling cars for 40 years. what do you make of this trend buying cars online? how is that affecting you? >> well, they're not buying them online. they're researching online. 88% of the car buyers that end up in our show room has gotten most of their information online. that's where they're doing their researc

one other thing that we want to mention is that there is a widespread use of pesticide on the property. and i was told that about ten days ago that round up was being used throughout the property and the round up is a very toxic chemical for the trees, plants, wild life, and we believe that they may be a contributing factor to the death of these trees that they allege is happening. so, i would like to get on with the issue of the trees themselves and i am just going to briefly go through each one of them because miss lenzwill cover the issue of the trees themself and why they need to be preserved. and she will get into the science of it. and i would like to go to tree number one here which is at 603-605 gonzales drive here is a picture of it. >> and this tree is about 60 feet tall and has a 20 foot canopy. as you will see, that tree is very green. it does not look like it is dying, it is the only significant tree on this particular side of the block. and there has never been any kind of a complaint from the residents or any reports of it being an accident or a street failure, or a tree

it can't be engineered in a laboratory, and virtually all of these very synthetic chemicals and pesticides be used in this organic production. >> so, why is it that organic food is so much more expensive than conventionally grown crops? >> because organic food is not subsidized by the government. when you actually go to washington and learn about all the policies, it's the genetically modified foods and the farmers that are growing them that get all the subsidies. it's just not an equal playing field. >> that really seems unfair especially since most people i talk to actually want the organic foods. >> exactly. organic food is more popular than ever. growing, you know, at approximately 10% a year. it's the healthiest food we can be eating. studies show washington state university did a study that on strawberries. organic strawberries have higher levels of antioxidants. university of barcelona did a study on rgenic tomatoes, higher levels of antioxidants. but the organic industry does not have the clout in washington to get the policies that we need to support. it's the conventional agricul

a community which is seventy international because the pesticide use on the unesco days until we can request help. well quiet tell you though. the idea is to use the internet to get individuals to cook together to buy up sections of the site. funding is cold forty seven years to shed the open piece of history rubbish collection has taken a holiday in lisbon. she is collectors are striking over budget cuts on the city's use of outside contractors. miles of walking robots film in the streets. it'll be at least another week before the garbage is gone passengers on the north sea area where which the to a rescue helicopter after fire broke out. amsterdam a bus trip to new castle thirtysomething morning. many of the passengers are coming to celebrate new year's eve british police arrested two men on suspicion of arson actual notice the doll extended his lead in the overall world cup standings by wetting the bed was downhill at the italian resort will be on sunday the norwegian cost of fresh snow conditions of the cell vehicles to his fourth victory of the atlantic season of twenty three tr

no pride himself on how little he used pesticides and chemical five two night stays. he was committed it to the baling fresh produce that consumers in other areas. and he says. call it the soil is where it all began. thanks to mimi. normally you can not be able to calm the blessings of the hat is like losing your life to god whom we call on us. snow. the phone radiation is committed to make high in attack. so detached decided to strip the cops going the kano say is that poses the selected this lie everything. this five seemed to me dear old hope so as to retain into its finest and the alliance party. i like this that he dared to speak on condition that thought made clean up the field. but with the topsoil. growing crops as much harder. connor wanted to be get out a way to remove radioactive materials to keep the nutrients. he turned to a group of experts to the defense in the southern me so studies soil physics at the uni basic tool kit. he's been that you need to tolerate the walk to cc and the spruce is a good cry. he is and will be began experimenting on farmland i

grow to pick kyle had to do the pruning to use the right inputs when it comes to fertilizers or pesticides use with the one point four million euro private project on cocoa sustainable development in vietnam funded by the dutch government and international and shields. the numbers start to go plantations the macomb got to the set diamonds in south east region by twenty twenty the country expects to grow hundred thousand acres of coca with the annual production bowl and allow hundred thousand tonnes. however experts believe that the character sketch out the more ambitious strategy. the gist of kentucky is rather small compared to go into it meant a great week for me in it bynum now produces around five guys that doesn't go figure. experts hope and intention to exploit its potential to turn into a major competitor until the market. opportunities there. the problem was that be the wrapping in other news the development planned for that we try to be the delta on to twenty twenty was based on tuesday in hand and province. the nice chip industry and trade and the hun and keep with me d called in

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into the marketplace that is all too often riddled with salmonella covered with antibiotics or pesticides or contaminated with neuro toxin it's. not that much different from jim jones cyanide laced kool-aid is it. for republicans really republicans are also killing off their followers by taking away their homes and jobs and condemning them to lives of poverty and despair they support corporations that layoff millions of american workers every year and then ship their jobs overseas to the lowest bidder when those millions of americans get laid off. publicans refused to help them survive yesterday the senate passed the bipartisan budget deal but noticeably missing from the deal was the extension of unemployment benefits for one point three million americans benefits that are set to expire at the end of the month unemployment benefits were left out of the deal because republicans think unemployment insurance makes americans dependent and causes them to stop looking for work. i do support unemployment benefits for the twenty six weeks that they're paid for if you extend it beyond that you do

he knew why that as his side would not have been shot and all the other pesticides in the world would not have been to. and this is her real killer who still have to. and then when the old economy the collapsed. all the family ties have been cut down. cut off. the prison. made in the decision. he interviews the cause of currency. our role in class. and it was also it through step by step and all the other major reforms. in the field of education in the field though it kills them. in the field of economic development everything every step every major decision is a link to his neck. this is absolutely absolute truth. that's why the whole world has recognized the role of the fist raised in a contest on. on. the if we talk on the same weekend so for all us. what made him miss a minute decisions made achievements of commerce on tuesday ripley the day i on the line and closely related to the lesson of the best the soul and told viewers that the policy compliance as i come to with a mechanical man of affairs in this conference. absolutely and. the it wasn't an easy task for the mall the old

their habits were being destroyed, they were being illegally hunted, and the manmade pesticide ddt wass' sources of food. but because of conservation efforts and the banning of ddt, the bald eagle population is once again soaring. >> that's our show for this week. thanks for watching "teen kids news." we'll see you next time. announcer: brought to you by... ...for more than 40 years, working to preserve the world we share. hanna: it's a sea of adventure. [ african tribal music plays ]