when we return, we investigate pesticide spraying near schools. why some bay area parents aren't being told about it, and the law that says it's okay. á which means it's time for the volkswagen sign-then-drive event. for practically just your signature, you could drive home for the holidays in a german-engineered volkswagen. like the sporty, advanced new jetta... and the 2015 motor trend car of the year all-new golf. if you're wishing for a new volkswagen this season... just about all you need is a finely tuned... pen. get zero due at signing, zero down, zero deposit, and zero first month's payment on select new volkswagen models. >>> vineyard, schools, and toxic chemicals, not the combination most parents want near their kids. an investigative reporter jenna susko found out some may nevr know if pesticides are sprayed near their homes or kids' schools because some farmers don't have to report it. >> reporter: with more than 100 wineries, vineyards are the heart of livermore. here you'll find new homes and a new charter school, right next to the

the required information is typically information directly from the pesticide label. the overwhelming majority of treatments performed by pest management professionals involve general use pesticides. right now about 45 states permit electronic conveyance of this information directly to consumers. in fact, in the last two years, the states of california, georgia, wisconsin, kansas, and arizona have recognized the need to update their respective laws related to disclosure and pass legislation or take administrative action. like businesses in countless sectors of the economy, professional pest management and other pesticide applicator businesses are going paperless as a way to save costs and increase efficiencies. it allows businesses to back up and safeguard data and records in days of fire, flood, or other disaster. it makes it easier to prove compliance with various record keeping reporting and requirements. plus it's added advantage of being greener and more environmentally sound. unfortunately, the transition to a paperless office for many pest management and other

farm animals were dying with regularity because of pesticides.'t have any awareness that if the fish ate the bug that was poisoned by pesticides, that that was going to end up in our bodies. >> it touched a raw nerve upon the american public. >> the public was being asked to accept these chemicals and did not have the whole picture. so, i set about to remedy the balance there. >>> the major claims in ms. rachel carson's book, "silent spring," are gross distortions of the actual facts. >> i mean, we talk about big oil. well, there was big chemical, and rachel carson got under their skin, because she was going to cut into their profits terribly. >> she was attacked really viciously by monsanto, and she was condemned pretty regularly as a spinster and a communist. >> she got called into this battle at a time when she was already in a fairly advanced stage of cancer. >> the u.s. government went into a review of all of her data, and months later came out with a report basically backing rachel carson. she dies in 1964 just shortly after with cancer. bu

30 years since the world's worst industrial accident in india, where a leak of deadly gas from a pesticideilled thousands of people. >> reporter: for 30 years this woman has struggled to do basic chores like cooking. she didn't breathe properly, and suffering from debilitating headaches because of toxic fumes she inhaled. she says this precious box of medicines keeps her alive. >> translator: as we were running from the gas, i gathered my children into my arms, as i did, the gas hit them. my three year old died then in my arms, my five year old after him, then their father died. i lost all of them within three months, and when i couldn't open my eyes because of gas burns, i gave birth to my fourth child. >> reporter: hundreds of women like her who lost their husbands in the gas leak moved into the community. here every door leads to a story of loss, poor health, and struggle. many say they have been able to recover from the disaster, but 30 years on most can see things are unlikely to get better. earning a living as within one of the biggest challenges for the widows. for years this plant

dean reynolds goes inside a farm of the future where greens grow year round without sunlight or pesticides. >> we're making nature better. >> good morning. >> axelrod: and a bridge to the past. kristine johnson visits an historic, privately owned span frozen in time. >> have a nice day, okay? captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> axelrod: good evening. i'm jim axelrod. this is our western edition. it was a stirring sight this morning. law enforcement officers from every part of the continent traveled to new york city, filling the streets and standing together outside the funeral service for n.y.p.d. officer rafael ramos. it has now been a week since ramos and officer wenjian liu were ambushed and killed by a gunman who posted threats to kill cops on social media. a week that has seen tensions spike in a city that was already embroiled in protest and debate over police and race relations when the two officers were killed. but, as mark albert reports, at the funeral today, there were calls to bridge the growing divide. >> reporter: in a grand procession of sorrow, a

since bedbugs can become resistant to pesticides, the team maintains its own supply of insects to testse new treatments on. and if you're afraid of bugs, this story gets even more cringe inducing. the bedbugs need to be fed. >> all i do is i put a stocking in here, a pantyhose, and put my hand inside of there. and they poke their straw right through the pantyhose and into my pores. i feed about 30,000 of them at a time for half an hour every two weeks. i know it sounds nuts and crazy, but we decided about three years ago that we either have to figure out how to kill bedbugs or get out of the business completely so that we don't have to worry about a lot of callbacks and complaints from people. the downside to it is somebody's got to feed these things every two weeks to keep them alive and keep them multiplied. >> matt washes his arm to minimize his chance of reacting to the bites and escapes feeding time without any physical markings. but one of matt's customers is not so lucky. may 2012. after being ravaged by bedbugs in his home for two years, the man finally calls the team to save h

one paper showed pesticide residue as high as 69% in a batch of medical marijuana.one of the things that concerns mainstream 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. he's one of several main stream doctors now researching the stanley's 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. yet ironically, when he 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

would make it more tolerant, a lot more pesticide. does the fda have any concerns about that? >> i am not familiar with that matter. >> so material, meaning even in the peanut issue, a disclosure would be for -- required because of safety? >> typically with respect to allergens, yes. there is a statute, a 2004 statute and that requires disclosure of the big 8 allergens. if you were to find another allergen you would typically require disclosure of it rather than ban the food. >> who does the research? my constituents will say dupont and can we really trust these companies that benefit so much? >> the data that i supplied to us are supplied to us by the companies doing the consulting and they will do studies, sometimes they will pay to have the studies done. we will say that is true across all fda regulated products. fda does research but it does not do research on the scales that would be required to support voluntary submissions much less marketing applications. >> let me ask one more question. does the food and drug administration h

know they got the genetic modifiers and they are able to make corn and soybeans that are in this pesticide roundup that is a big brand and it kills everything that's not the corn and soybean plants that have been modified. so also if you don't know the story, if you are a monarch butterfly, poland is the best. it's the best. and so i accidentally it was not to the extent of a panic not that big an effect. but just what if it had been a huge thing. we all have enough food in the world to feed everybody we cannot just distribute it. we have a problem in the united states that we have malnourished people and so it is a mistake. it's not managing things properly. and so this has economic costs. and so my big thing. it's anything that you planned or modify. but you can't know exactly what is going to happen in the ecosystem. you can do pretty well but nobody saw it in the other dice field did he steal it, can you patent the genes, so there is just a lot of controversy because of these areas. and i just for the sake of the ecosystem i want to go slowly on that. especially it comes to using tax d

all of these children were born to parents who were exposed to gas that leaked from the pesticide factory. this home is less than a kilometer from the plant. her father was in this room at the time of the disaster. >> translator: i have problems breathing. i have had losses. i feel ill all the time. and what's happened to my daughter. every place i take her for treatment i'm told it's because of the gas. >> reporter: they can't prove children like this are still being born here because of the effects of the gas. no one has ever issue did i didded the health impact of the world's worst disaster that left a trail of dead bodies behind and a hospital full of people struggling to breathe. in this these pipes the cloud of the lethal gas leaked in the dead of the night killing thousands as it spread over the city. since then, everything here at this factory has been frozen in time, left exactly as it was 30 years ago. the clean up of the chemical waste here stuck in a legal battle about who will pay for it. even as studies show it's still affecting the water supply to the houses just around it.

ownplant can create its toxin, it's on pesticide to ward off harmful pests.this is been very popular with farmers. there are concerns about it. studyis some scientific that believe it's harmful to human health. the company say absolute not. these studies are popping up. we are starting to see some past resistance with these crops. we want to get to his many of your calls as we can. corey is in new york on the republican line. caller: good morning. ask, can she explain whole milk? express the difference of the labels? being that the fda is approving this on the shelves, how can the sue them? host: i know that you said your specialty is not meats and meet roddick's, if you want to pick -- meet and meat products. were anrowth hormones issue. they can increase milk production. that was a product was developed and marketed by monsanto couple of decades ago. problems. some there was evidence that cows would develop ulcers or infections in the mammary glands. -- there are a whole list of problems. there was a backlash. they ultimately gave that up. it's not as preva

although the fda has approved use of a seed that would make it a lot more tolerant of pesticides.ncerns about that? >> i'm not familiar with that matter. >> 24 d and glies fate. okay. so material>o4@ meaning, even e peanut issue, then a disclosure would be required because of #nm/vñ >> typically, with respect to allergens, yes, that's, first of all, there's a statute, 2004 statute requires disclosure of the, sort of we call theú2Ñç5(p% eight allergens. but if you were to find another allergen, typically, we would require a disclosure of it rather than ban the food. >> and who does the research? i have to tell you, my constituents who are against gmos will say monsanto, dupont and, you know, can we really trust these companies thatncvpñ benefit so much? >> the data that are supplied to us are supplied to us by the companies doing the consulting. and they will do, sometimes they will do the studies. sometimes they will pay to have the studies done. i will say that is true across ñfda-regulated products. fda does research, but it

. >> we can test for pesticides, we can test for molds, mildews, we can test for residual solvents. >g for contamination. one of the biggest hurdles to creating a safe product. in fact, studies on the contamination of medical marijuana are pretty alarming. one paper showed pesticide residue as high as 69% in a in two out of three batches of medical marijuana. it's one 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. he's one of several mainstream doctors now researching the stanley's 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. yet ironically, when he survived -- surveyed his own patients, 33% of them were already using medic

. >> but process of an organic tree is not easy, they say it takes three years, of proven pesticide freeust to start the process, but for some shoppers organic makes a big difference. >> in the united states i think we use about 17 tons of pesticides a year, so one step not putting it in the soil, for sure, it is worth it. >> many trees are reused as organic fertilizer for the farm, again, california. >>> 6:56. coming up we are following a developing story right now in australia. police working to free several hostages being held in the popular cafe by a gunman. latest details straight ahead. >>> plus new jersey governor chris christie under fire this morning for rooting for the cowboys on eagles turf last night? how even city officials are getting involved in the discussion it is getting heated over twitter. mike a >>> it is a monday morning, eagles fans, seeing red, like in the red sweater, governor christie, seriously. it isn't bad enough that the eagles lost big time to the cowboys but look governor christie with jerry jones, hugging, hugging, high fiveing, let us know what you think

we don't want to poison them by putting the wrong pesticides in the wrong placeses so there are simplerise people with some stories. >> you say that pollen when it came along for the first time was like mcdonald's for insects. >> it is mcdonald's for insects. >> yeah. >> how come i don't see 800 pound butterflies? >> well, they burn it off. >> they do. >> monarch butterflies. >> i can't seem to burnoff my mcdonald's. >> if you flew south for the winter to mexico and back, like monarch does you would burnoff your mcdonald's french fries. >> i don't go to mexico, it's too dangerous. >> mark fo-- moffett, thank you so much. >> the new national geographic on pollinaters is available now, scientist mark fo-- moffett, we'll be what's in your hamburger? i've read that there's horsemeat in your food. what is really in your beef? is the beef 100%? your all beef patties, are they all beef? what is actually in the hamburgers? >> stephen: i got to say, it's pretty good. congratulations, jim. good night. captioning sponsored by comedy central captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org

it's 30 years since the world's worst industrial accident at india, a leak of deadly gas from a pesticide killed and injured thousands of people, in total as many as 25,000 may have died. as we report many of the women who were made widows are still struggling to make end meet. >> reporter: for 30 years she has struggled to do basic chores like cooking. she can't breathe prorly and suffers from debilitating headaches because of toxic fumes she inhaled. and she says this pressure box of medicines keeps her alive. >> translator: we were running from the gas i gathered my children in my arms, as i did the gas hit them. my three-year-old died in my arms. my five-year-old died after him then their father died. i lost all of them within three months. when i couldn't open my eyes because of gas burns i gave birth to my fourth child. >> reporter: hundreds of women who lost their husbands in the union carbide gas leak moved into this purpose built community and here every door leads to a story of loss, poor health and struggle and many women have been unable to recover from the union carbide disas

thanks to the pesticide d.d.t., we got rid of bedbugs back in the 50s. we sprayed it on our crops. we sprayed it on children in our lunchrooms. we sprayed it on children in our swimming pools. don't worry, the d.d.t. did not damage their lungs because they had a thick, protective coating of asbestos. folks, we need something strong to kill them. these suckers can live up to 550 days without food. which means they could not only be america's biggest threat, they could be america's next top model. which brings us to threat number one. bedbugs. they might be on you right now. can you feel them crawling all over you? how about now? they're in my mouth. i can feel their hard shells on my tongue. no, that's my teeth. get off me! get 'em off me! here to get them off me is mississippi state professor of etymology. please welcome dr. jerome goddard. thank you so much. are these really a problem or is it just being hyped by the media, like shark attacks or global warming? >> probably a little bit of both. probably a little bit of both. they certainly are increasing, but along time ago people

. >> we have no pesticides. that's why there's many flies. homes are not sterilised. there's no hygiene. >> reporter: another region is a lack of clean water, in one of the few districts surrounding the capital. the problem of contaminated water is not confined to rural damascus. across syria the world health organisation reported more than 6, 500 cases of typhoid. hepatitis is also a problem of. >> we had serious problems with access to clean water in areas such as aleppo, in rural damascus area. damage to the water and sewerage, and this is followed by diseases. we have seen infectious diseases in the suburb of damascus. >> the w.h.o. delivered three times more medical splice in 2014 -- supplies in 2014 than last year, some were to hard to reach areas. health workers wanted the syrian government to grant it more access to potential territories. >> some of the areas, they say it's a security problem. it will be hard to access. we had some of the convoys, troops, but this has not been on a regular basis because of security issues. >> and it is vital that supplies cont

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native, drought- tolerant plants for your landscape, you can attract wildlife, stop using unhealthy pesticidessave money on your water bill. a native plant is one that grows naturally in your area and climate. because it 's adapted to living there, it can withstand the heat, cold, and rainfall that's part of the natural system. native landscaping is every bit as beautiful as exotic plants that need constant watering and attention. and with native plants, you'll save money on fertilizers, too. for more information about creating a water- efficient, earth- friendly landscape in your yard, go to your local library or ater efficient ater efficient landscaping now that makes sense! ♪ >>> today's asian voices comes from nagoya in central japan. we will look at globalization. >> earlier this month, unesco held a world conference here. the theme was education for sustainable development or esd. the aim of esd is to nurture people who can tackle global challenges, such as the environment and pove

native, drought- tolerant plants for your landscape you can attract wildlife, stop using unhealthy pesticides, and save money on your water bill. a native plant is one that grows naturally in your area and climate. because it 's adapted to living there, it can withstand the heat cold, and rainfall that's part of the natural system. native landscaping is every bit as beautiful as exotic plants that need constant watering and attention. and with native plants, you'll save money on fertilizers, too. for more information about creating a water- efficient earth- friendly landscape in your yard, go to your local library or online for ater efficient landscapingsolutions. now that makes sense! >> a warm welcome. we need to keep here -- warm here in northern europe. here's what is coming up on the program. british pop star james blunt opens the winter season. sugarplum fairies. and what a doll. the italian company and their exclusive mannequins. international music stars are performing at the top of the mountain concert. they have been performing since 1995. the concert is held on the top of a mountai

dean reynolds goes inside a farm of the future where greens grow year round without sunlight or pesticidesing nature better. >> good morning.

. >>> people died in their sleep when gas leaked from a pesticide factory in central india.overnment has paid compensation to the victims, but their fight for justice continues. >> reporter: 30 years have passed but survivors of what is described as the world's worst industrial accident are still demanding answers. the former chief executive passed away in september. but these protesters say his death doesn't mean the end of their nightmare. >> translator: so what if he is dead. he is dead, but we are till suffering. we are still drinking poisonous water that is killing us. >> reporter: since 1984 dozens of groups have emerged to fight for justice here from foreign human rights organizations to local activists. there has been no shortage of voices complaining for the rights of thousands of people affected by the accident. for 30 years anniversary protests like this one have drawn the world's attention to the plight of the gas leak victims, but many say an annual day of action sheds little light on their struggle to survive. both of these boys are born with deformtives that d

. >> translator: now if we need pesticides, we'll have the power to ask for it.will ship it, and we'll have more development in all of the countryside. >> reporter: look around and you can see how much it might help. spending some time on this farm, and you get a sense of how stuck in time they really are. he is cutting sugar cane right now, but with no proper trucks or anyway to transport it to the other side of the farm, they just load it into this. this is the same system they have been using for generations. the same system for over 100 years. but citizens cannot import private goods, including farmers who want to buy equipment abroad. the government says it is meant to prevent anybody from having an unfair advantage. >> translator: this agreement with the u.s. is significant, and an important leap forward, but the cuban government also needs to do their part. >> reporter: but for now, at least some optimism prevails. >> translator: you give me a peace of farm machine, and i'll give you beans. we can exchange business now. >> reporter: and down the road, back

dean reynolds goes inside a farm of the future where greens grow year round without sunlight or pesticides. >> we're making nature better. >> good morning. >> axelrod: and a bridge to

thousands of people died in their sleep when toxic gas leaded from the union carbide pesticide factorynds more died after suffering long-term circumstancenesses. >>> japanese spacecraft is now on its way to hunt for asteroids. it aims to fire something like a bullet into one, and hopes the dust cloud will reveal clues to how the whole solar system started. >> reporter: after days of delays due to poor weather, a successful launch from the space center in southern japan. the h 2a rocket, carrying the hopes of the japanese aerospace exploration agency and an advanced spacecraft. about the size of a frig, it is setting out on a six-year asteroid hunt in deep space. the $260 million spacecraft uses ion engines, a system which uses electricity to accelerate gas particles. >> it goes about 30 to 40 kilometers per second. the mass of the gas is very, very low, but produces a push in a very efficient way, and it's enough to steer the spacecraft. >> reporter: it has a long way to go. more than 5 billion kilometers. 2.5 years into the mission, the craft is expected to catch up with the asteroid.

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. >> welcome back, everyone. 30 years ago today, a pesticide in an indian city leaked a deadly gas into the air, killing 20,000 people. it became the world's worst ever industrial disaster. today, protesters took to the streets to demand compensation for the victims of the tragedy. >> as we hear in our next report, their suffering is still continuing today. >> this is the scene encountered every day, the ruins of the factory from where the gas leaked 30 years ago still haunt him. he had just clocked off work when the accident happened. his coworker who took over the shift died. at the time, he lived just a columnar away. he remembers feeling the gas following him on his way home. >> i remember it spreading out. there was smoke everywhere, and we ran away. there were corpses in the road as well is dead animals. >> many survivors continue to suffer from severe health problems as a result of the accident. they experience breathlessness, preventing them from walking any great distance. this family say they receive very little support from the authorities and even have to pay for their own m

. >> translator: we have no pesticides here because there are many flies, also homes are not sterilizedis no hygiene. >> reporter: one of the reasons is the lack of clean water in mean places, under a government imposed siege. the problem of contaminated water is not confined rural damascus. across sear the world health organization reported mine 6500 cases are typhoid this year. help tight sit a problem. >> we have serious problems with access to clear without never areas such as a hleb owe and also in the rural damascus area lately. the damage to the sewer system and often this is followed by diseases. and we have seen infectious diseases in the suburbs of damascus. >> reporter: the w.h.o. has been able to deliver three times more medical surprise in 2014 than it did last year. and some of the deliveries were to hard to reach areas. but health workers wants the syrian government to grant it more access to opposition territories. >> some of these areas there is a security problem, it can be hard to access. we have had some of the conroys a approved but not on a regular basis because of

. >> translator: we have to pesticides here because we are under siege and why there is many flies ando homes are not sterilized and there is no hygiene. >> reporter: one of the reasons is lack of clean water in many places like eastern guta a district surrounding the capitol under a government-imposed siege. the problem of contaminated water is not confined to rural damascus and across syria the world health organization reported 6500 cases of typhoid this year and hepatitis is also a problem. >> syria problem with access to clean water in areas such as aleppo and also in the rural damascus area lately and have been damage to the sewage system and often this is followed by diseases. and we have seen infectious diseases in the suburbs of damascus. >> reporter: the w.h.o. has been able to deliver three times more medical supply in 2014 than last year and some deliveries were to hard to reach areas but health workers want the syrian government to grant it access to opposition territories. >> some of this area is security problem. it can be hard to access. we have had some of the convoys

. >> and we investigate why toxic pesticide residence being sprayed near bay area schools, and parents don't know about it.

councilman mark says he has evidence bed bugs have adapted and they are more resistant to pesticides. >>> also a heroic delaware county teen will be honored for pulling a philadelphia police officer out of this burning car. seventeen year-old joe chambers and another man helped rescue officer mark kency last month after his car burst into flames. delaware county council will recognize chambers for his heroism. >>> holiday spirit arrives tonight in philadelphia when city's christmas tree is lit at city hall. tree is back at city hall's courtyard after spending a few years at love park due you to construction. fun starts at 6:00 tonight and will be their life on "eyewitness news". >> that would be fun. >> nice to see. >> yeah. >>> rain in california, but not like this. >> we will show you damage left behind by the record rainfall. >>> also three delaware churches catch fire in a matter of hours and investigators say the fires are definitely not a coincidence. >>> also the sales numbers are in for cyber monday and the stores are celebrating this morning. we will have the the record break

i learned as a very young kid pesticides and herbicides weren't good for your body.'t believe in factory farming and raised in an eco-friendly household. thanks to jimmy carter my dad put three solar panels on the roof much the next he showed how we saved 30% and everyone said we should do that too. as a very young kid these were belief systems instilled in me. so get into the beverage business and just real brief, i figured i could take on the big companies and show them that a little company could care. when we started steve's we were the first certified soda company in america. and next thing we did was a fair trade certified company. we cared about the farmers and land and

now, if we need pesticides we have the power to ask for it. you can look around and see how much it might help. you spend time on the farm. he's cutting sugar gain, but with no proper trucks tore anyone to transport it. it is loaded into this. this is the same system that they have been using for generations, the same system for over 100 years. cuba being a socialist country, including farmers who want to buy equipment abroad. the government says it's meant to prevent anyone having an unfair advantage, but the policy may need to be rethought. >> translation: this agreement with the u.s. is significant and an important leap forward. the government needs to do their part. >> reporter: for now, some optimism prevails, like another farmer who views a new relationship with the u.s. >> translation: you give me a piece of farm machine, i'll give you beans. we can change business now. >> back at the road, that's what they want as well. expecting the benefits of the u.s. benefit to reach the countryside as fast as anywhere else >>> time for the weather

they blame climate change, pesticides and various human activities for the recent lower numbers of therflies. scientists have an organic fertilizer to protect them. we hope it works. that is always quite a sight. >>> fish swimming in the deep t est waters on the planet. it hosts the deepest place on earth, the challenger deep. this time, researchers looked at the whole environment to gain a better understanding of how it functions and what lives there, like that. they found new species and took the deepest rock samples ever obtained from the slope of the trench. >>> quite some amazing nature stories leading into our nature guy, derek van dam. >> not only the trench, it's so deep where they found the fish light doesn't exist. >> somehow they had light on the water creatures, whatever they were. >> fascinating to see that stuff, absolutely. we do have some fascinating weather to talk about in europe. very active weather pattern. a lot of people were wondering, hey, will i have that white christmas for santa to enjoy? well, this will help provide some answers for you, if you are living in

we have have no pesticides here. also homes are not sterilized, there's no hygiene. one of the reasons is the lack of clean water in many places it is one of the few districts surrounding the capitol under a government imposed seen. the problem is not confined to rural damarcus. across syria the world health organization reported more than 6,500 cases of typhoid this year. hepatitis is also a problem. >> we have had serious problems with access to clean water, such as aleppo, and also in damascus area lately. they have been damaged to report the sewage system, and also this is followed by it ises. and we have seen infectious diseases in the suburbs of damascus. >> the who has been able to deliver three times more medical supplies than 2014, than it did last year. and some of the deliveries were to hard to reach areas. some of this is the security problem, it can be hard to access woe have had some of the convoys but this has not been on a regular bases because of security issues and it is vital that supplies continue to reach those in need, more than half of the publ

. >> translation: we have no pesticides. water is under sig. there's many flies. homes are not sterilised. >> reporter: one of the reasons is a lack of clean water. the problem of contaminated water is not confined to rural damascus. across syria, the world health organisation reported 6,5 hpz cases of dive outside. hepatitis is a problem. . >> we had syria's problems to clean water in areas, such as aleppo, in the rural area. they had been damaged to the water and sewage system. this is followed by disease. we have seen infectious diseases in the suburbs of damascus. >> the w.h.o. has been able to deliver three times more supplies than it did last year. health workers want the syrian government to front it more access. >> some of the areas, it's a security problem, it can be hard to access. we had some of the convoys approved. but this has not been on a regular basis because of security issues. >> and it is vital that supplies reach those in need. more than half of the public hospital are out of service. the health care system has been damaged by the law. >> an a

heavily on agriculture, which consumes vastment amounts of oil through inputs like fertilizer and pesticideroduction. in countries like the united states where people rely heavily on cars, consumers will benefit from lower prices at the pump. but the biggest winner of all could be the global economy. as falling fuel costs move money away from producers into consumers pockets. provided they spend the extra cash. patricia sabga, al jazeera. >>> lower energy costs also mean that consumers will probably see fewer price increases for stuff they buy. that's because companies will pay lower manufacturing and transportation costs. so why would falling prices be bad news. it's called deflation. because companies wait to stop spending further. here is another possible problem, so far there has been very little evidence that consumers are using the money they saved on gasoline to go on a huge spending free. consumer spending barely improved compared to september. it is likely to improve next year, when it could translate to $380 per saving per season. that's the view of kevin book. from a firm focusse

. >> now if we need pesticides we'll have the power to ask for it. they'll ship it, and we'll have more development in all the countryside. >> reporter: look around and you can see how much it might help. spend some time on this farm and you get a sense of how stuck in time they really are. cutting sugar cane right now but with no proper trucks or any way to transport it to the other side of the farm, they just load it in to this, this is the same system that they've been using for generations, the same system for over 100 years. but cuba being a socialist country, citizens cannot import private goods, including farmers who want to buy equipment abroad. the government says it's meant to prevent anyone from having an unfair advantage, but the policy may need to be rethought. >> this agreement with the u.s. is significant. and it is an important leap forward, but i should chairify the cuban government needs to do their part. >> reporter: but for now, at least, some optimism prevails like when lopez, another family farmer, who views a new relationship w

pesticides and herbicides weren't good for your body. we didn't believe in factory farming and raised in an eco-friendly household. thanks to jimmy carter my dad put three solar panels on the roof much the next he showed how we saved 30% and everyone said we should do that too. as a very young kid these were belief systems instilled in me. so get into the beverage business and just real brief, i figured i could take on the big companies and show them that a little company could care. when we started steve's we were the first certified soda company in america. and next thing we did was a fair trade certified company. we cared about the farmers and land and people. the next initiative was we worked with a native energy in 2,007 to be the very first to offset all the carbon emissions. that was an important thing. people thought that was nuts too. i had people at coca-cola and other large companies saying, kid, what are you doing? this makes no sense and i said i care about it and i could use all my little cans and little bottles to tell a s

. >> reporter: many thousands of people died when poisonous gas leaked from this pesticide factory onecember 3rd, 1984. only a handful of indian executives from the company have been prosecuted for the accident. and while compensation has been paid to the victims, the authorities have often been blamed for not doing enough before, during, or after the leak. >> the problem is such that we might not have reached the persons at the exact time of the precise time that it was needed. [ inaudible ] for 30 years. >> reporter: these words don't mean much to her. her granddaughter who's name means light in hindi was born years after the accident. she is a beacon of hope for a woman who's life has long been cloaked in darkness. >>> it may be surprising given what has been happening over the past two months, but protesters in hong kong are urging fellow protesters to end their sit-ins. they say they are concerned about people's safety after two days of vie -- violent confrontations. >> reporter: it was an emotional address made by the founders of the campaign which started around 64 days ago. th

. >> when we tested ground water downstream of the factory, we found the same pesticides, same residuesthe chemicals we found in the factory. we found it downstream as well. our study is showing what you're seeing today is a continuing disaster. >> in a statement to bbc, union carbide has said it has no first hand knowledge of this impact on ground water. the company says it spends $2 million for the factory's clean up and given 470 million to the victims. families here believe that thousands of people affected, that amount is not enough. freshly painted signs on the old walls of the factory marking one more year of a tragedy that's defined their lives. >> we saw protestors out on the streets today the in force. are they angry not just at the company but the indian government as well? >> reporter: lucy, in fact, in one of the buildings behind me is where the indian prime minister sit. activists have written a message to modi making demands, one for more compensation. they feel what the court accepted in 1989, $470 million is simply not enough for tos of people that suffer issed. the sec

90% of the butterfly population has been lost nationwide since 1959 because of climate change and pesticides u.s. fish and wildlife service will spend 09 days considering a petition to put the monarch butterfly on the endangered species list. >> they're looking into actually whether or not the species needs protections and if no one is willing to look into it to see what's actually happening with the butterflies, we don't know. >> if they wait too long it will be too hard to reverse it. >> if federal protection is approved, it will be illegal to intentionally kill a monarch butterfly and habitat areas may be protected as well. >>> dunes along an atlantic city beach are falling apart, literally. why a rare bird is partially to blame. >>> if you're staying at a hotel tonight, you'll be paying more. trip adviser says travelers should expect to shell out 25% more than the average year-round nightly rate. websites said its survey showed new york and las vegas to be the most popular new year's destinations. >>> tonight of course many of us will raise a glass of some bubbly to ring in the new year.