>> and a pesticide like this, which have the ability to increase the risk of cancer has no place in food. >>> a warning about your breakfast. the study is found that cereal marketed to children contains residue from a weed killer that has been linked to cancer. >>> the eleven o'clock new starts now. >> the weed killer is called roundup and the company that makes it is monsanto. >> if those names sound familiar there is a reason. a jury handed down a $289 million verdict against monsanto , deciding roundup contributed to a man's cancer. now, residue from that same cancer-causing ingredient is turning up in some popular brands of cereal. we have reported joining us with some of the familiar products that were tested. >> reporter: this environmental health group studied some 45 samples and found trace elements of this pesticide, even in some organic brands. we took a look at the top two, cheerios and quaker oats, too popular brands that have the highest level of pesticide residue. buying groceries consumers might not think their breakfast could bring pesticides to the table. according to a

it says the move would help aid the agricultural industry but families in rural areas say pesticides are already contaminating and food and water causing death and disease daniel schorr on the reports. the residents of the north chain northeastern brazil live by agriculture but many of them are also killed by it these widows and their families have been fighting for years for compensation for recognition they say that their husbands died from diseases contracted pesticides with inadequate protection as has been jaws a die twelve years ago. he asked me not to give up that i should keep fighting for justice that was his last request brazil uses twenty percent of the pesticides produced markets it's difficult to avoid seeping into this local reservoir from neighboring soya fields it may look at the lake but extensive fumigation has poisoned this area that i'm breathing the water that the people here drink and the food that they grow a way of life poisoned by the big agricultural companies quest for short term profit for the temp pesticides most commonly used in brazil abandon europe uni

buying groceries consumers might not think their breakfast can bring pesticide to the table. according to a study 43 of 45 out cereals and oat products tested contain traces desmet traces of trent 20. >> this is the most widely used pesticide in the country. >> reporter: bill walker is a vice president.'s >> there has been a lot of controversy whether this chemical has the ability to cause cancer. there are cities this is it does. >> reporter: the study found that quaker oats old-fashioned oatmeal had the highest level, more than 1000 parts per billion of the pesticide. general mills materials had the next highest with 500 the smack kellogg oates and granola and granola bars with oats also had traces of trent 20. >> we are not saying put down that bowl of cheerios or you will get cancer. we are saying a pesticide like this has the ability to increase the risk of cancer and has no place in food. >> reporter: general mills responded saying our products are safe and without question they meet regulatory safety levels. the apa has received desmet researched this issue and has set

it says the move would help aid the agricultural industry but families in rural areas say pesticides are already contaminating and food and water causing death and disease daniel schorr i'm the reports. the residents of the north chain northeastern brazil live by agriculture but many of them are also killed by it these widows and their families have been fighting for years for compensation for recognition they say that their husbands died from diseases contracted while spraying pesticides with inadequate protection. died twelve years ago. he asked me not to give up that i should keep fighting for justice that was his last request brazil uses twenty percent of the pesticides produced markets it's difficult to avoid seeping into this local reservoir from neighboring soya fields it may look at illich but extensive fumigation has poisoned this area that i'm breathing the water that the people here drink and the food that they grow a way of life poisoned by the big agricultural companies quest for short term profit for the tempest the size most commonly used in brazil abandon europe unive

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and seeds monopoly now sixty one percent of global sales and pesticides production is in the hands of just three mega corporations and includes this one as well so is that a problem well it all depends on who you are who you ask because one center and bear have pitched their consideration as a way to develop the technology and innovation they say is needed to feed the world . the parties have submitted a remedy package worth well over six billion euros. this remedy package removes all problematic overlaps between the parties activities. and it ensures that the number of global players active competing and innovating in seeds and pesticides remains the same before and after the merger. there are plenty of critics including farmers now the merging is seen as a terrifying set woods in a monopoly in agriculture is the wild leader of genetically modified seeds and environmentalists have legally been challenging one sets in europe and the us fee used in science it's been accused of making its seeds resistant to pesticides forcing psalms to buy new seeds from its every year. sara thank you w

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 epa has researched this and set rules that we follow. kallick also responded saying, our food is safe. the epa said -- sets strict standards and the ingredients we purchase from our suppliers for our foods fall under these limits. we checked a government website listing federal regulations and it showed that residue allowed on cereal grains is 30,000 ppb. the environmental working group says they feel a stricter limit is needed and say even some organic brands had some traces of the pesticide. >> this is stuffed -- stuff has a tendency to drift and could also be in a phyllis does in a facility where he got cross contaminated. >> reporter: some are concerned. they also hope there will be more research about the health effects . >> we live in such a pollutant rich pathogen rich enviro

glyphosate used in monsanto's popular roundup weed killer. >> this is the most widely used pesticide in the country. >> 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 res

in 2000 to stop selling the pesticide for home use.raid and other consumer products reeformulated and some agricultural uses were curtailed. mot today, chlorpyrifos remains a favorite a farmers. bob blakely is vice president at california citrus mutual,ng represen about three quarters of the industry. >> the studies that are being referenced to by a lot of those who are opposed to this chemical have not been replicated, and they have not been substantiated by the rest of the scientific nmmunity, nor have they b duplicated in another countries. >> o'brien: the e.p.a. says th"r columbia datains inaccessible, and has hindered the agency's ongoingss to fully evaluate the pesticide." dow says it "remains confident that authorized uses of chlorpyrifos products, as directed, offer wide margins of protection for human hand safety." the company has funded several studies that support that conclusion. robert sapolsky and a team of neuroscientists at stanford pored through many of these mapers. >> freshman sciencrs are not supposed to make mistak

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 were not allowed inside the courtroom. one of the victim's brothers told the defendants the district attorney gave you both a sweetheart deal. thi

in the us courts found finding monsanto legally responsible for the cancer causing a fax of its pesticide roundup were and were ordered to pay two hundred eighty one million dollars to one of their victims which has led the nation of vietnam's foreign minister to repeat a longstanding demand that monsanto and eight other companies that made agent orange. compensate should compensate vietnamese victims so is it time that companies like monsanto are held responsible for the damage their products have caused or will they be able to hide behind the us government leaving victims without any justice yes by all means they should be held accountable man put put yes take it to court take it to court international court whatever you got to do take them to court and find out that's right that's my opinion and it looked agent orange was devastated yeah and you can hide behind well the government asked us to do it but if you knew it was dangerous you should have spoken up at the time right and there's a leg we didn't even know how to make it was just awesome dow chemical and we just didn't have a clue

one researcher says the pesticide found at the illegal farms is so powerful...hat less than a teaspoon can kill you. (robin)still ahead... east bay police are offering thousands of dollars... for details on the death of alex goodwin junior. (ácommercialá)(áábreakáá) another comfortable day ahead of us with cooler than average temperatures peaking mostly in (robin) i'm tracking (robin) i'm tracking your entertainment headlines today. from k-pop... to a boy band... to a movie's "sonic universe," today's hollywood minute is all about the sounds of entertainment. david daniel explains. (nat-music)b-t-s beats taylor swift! the k-pop group's new music video, "idol," broke the record for the biggest you-tube debut of all time, with more than 45-million views in its first 24 hours. that topped taylor's "look what you made me do," which racked up "only" 43-point-two million views in one day. (singing) "there's a feeling side, i want you to know." b-b-mak is back! the british boy band is reuniting after 15 years. the trio is set to play shows in new york, chicago and los

they have found potentially deadly pesticides ...10 illegal marijuana farms in california this year. that is a jump .... from chemicals found at about 75- percent of illegal growing operations discovered on public land last year, and six- times as high as in 2012. one researcher says, the pesticide found at the illegal farms is the highly toxic carbofuran... and it is so powerful, that less than a teaspoon can kill a 300- pound bear. (grant) two sheriff's deputies are being credited with saving a baby's life. deputies pulled over a deputies pulled over a car that was driving erratically last night in los angeles county... officials say, the driver jumped out of the car... holding a nine- month old who was not breathing. reporter kara finnstrom picks up the story from there.. it's an emotional imagecaptain richard harpham is speaking about this video. it shows deputy tyler milton cradling a baby during a desperate rush to save the little boy's life certainly when you have a nine month old who's not breathing everyone jumps into action

but, then down here enforcement team found what they feared -- this is a band pesticide in the unitedtates. that has turned this area into a toxic waste dump. >> even a small amount of the pesticide can kill wildlife and further denigrate this area that includes a campsite filled with trash. it is the kind of damage done by illegal marijuana cultivation on public lands throughout the west. on average 400 marijuana growing sites are found in national forests each year. >> for all the ones we find, there are probably 2-3 more that we didn't. >> reporter: you can grow this legally in california. why does somebody come and do this in a national forest with all the difficulty ato avoid rules and regulations that the state has put into place by coming onto federal land and growing it illegally. >> reporter: cut down and bundled, this isarried out by air to be destroyed. but the damage done to the forest remains. john blackstone in the san bernardino national forest. >> let's see how wall street is doing at this hour. >>> stocks are higher as we take a look at the dow. it is up about 144 poi

i didn't know you could also use natural pesticides. and neighbor knows more about it. and that.perhaps will try it as well. then the workshop participants sing a song they wrote themselves to inspire enthusiasm to pursue the changes that are so urgently needed to ensure that people can live here in safety. this week our global snack comes from india. poor is the tenth most populous city in india and the capital of the northern state of rochester home to three point one million people it's also a popular tourist destination it's famous for its pink buildings which were painted in one thousand nine hundred six to welcome the prince of wales'. here at the egg the snack shop eggs are all chefs sanjay on that first. he has two hundred fifty different dishes on the menu. he sells five hundred on the today. i'm sanjay omelet i've been selling eggs here since one nine hundred seventy eight . not many people here used to eat eggs in the past but today i sell a thousand to fifteen hundred eggs every day. it would give me. the restaurant is very popular and the egg creations are ready in a

((assembly member brian dahle r-bieber)) (ken) the use of deadly pesticides at illegal pot farms has been a growing problem all across the state. today -- researchers and federal authorities announced they're finding potentially deadly pesticides at nine of every 10 illegal marijuana farms in california this year. that's a jump from chemicals found at about 75 percent of illegal growing operations discovered on public land last year, and six times as high as in 2012. one researcher says the pesticide found at the illegal farms is so powerful that less than a teaspoon can kill a 300- pound bear. (ken) the california state assembly has passed the bill that would allow people in san francisco to inject heroin and other drugs under medical supervision. it now goes to governor brown for signature...meaning the three- year pilot program could begin soon. the goal is to curb overdose deaths. the safe injection sites would provide sterile needles and allow people to use illegal drugs without fear of arrest. the c-d-c says the leading cause of deaths nationwide - is drug overdose. (pam) new t

johnson's attorneys say after two and a half years of spraying the pesticide 30 times a year he was diagnosed with nonhodgkins lymphoma. >> i want monsanto to be punished for what they done and if it requires one big case to change their conduct to put a warning on the label, then absolutely. >> the message from that evidence is clear and it's that this cancer was not caused by ranger pro. >> the trial has been precedent setting as it is the first of thousands of similar lawsuits. plaintiffs seeking more than $39 million in compensatory damages and $373 million in punitive damages. >>> the man wanted for a double stabbing at the macarthur bart station is in jail. u.s. marshals took solomon espinosa into custody yesterday. he was wanted in connection with an attack on a richmond bart train on friday. one of the victims cut on the arm and the other on the face. >>> the votes are in after a high-stakes election in ohio. the results are too close to call. the special congressional election is a key test for president trump and the republicans' fight to keep control on capitol hill. more from abc

one researcher says the pesticide used at these illegal farms is so toxic...less than a teaspoon of it can kill you. ( james ) in the east bay... police are looking for whomever burglarized and slashed the tires of at least eight cars at two different auto boys shops. fremont police police say on sunday evening or early monday morning someone burglarized at least one car and slashed the ties of eight others on albrae street. fremont police have no suspects.. there were surveillance cameras nearby but its unclear if they caught the vandal. the auto shops could be out thousands of dollars. ( james ) because the cars were at the auto shop's... it is the business owners responsibilty to pay for the tires. ( james ) new this morning... three people are without a home this morning after a fire in antioch. the fire broke out around 1 this morning on the 28-hundred block of gentrytown drive. that's just south of highway 4. everyone was able to get out of the hom

a jury ordering pesticide maker to pay $289 million in damages. a school grounds keeper suing the diagnosed with nonhodge kins li lympho lymphoma. they claimed the product was not responsible, and the company is facing thousands of similar lawsuits. this was the first to go the trial. >>> charlottesville and washington, d.c. both bracing for the one-year anniversary of the deadly unite the right rally where opposing groups are organizing to meet them. abc's eva pilgrim is in charlottesville tonight with the mother of the woman who was killed in last year's violence. >> reporter: tonight, the fear of a repeat of this. >> you will not replace us! >> reporter: city streets once again becoming a full fledged battle zone. these images of men marching on the university of virginia's campus shook the country. white nationalists converging a year ago sunday in charlottesville protesting plans to remove a statue of confederate general robert e. lee. >> white lives matter! white lives matter! >> reporter: and tonight on the heels of new protests planned by

they use hyperbole to protect their pesticides.ople think glyphosate is free, we use it because it is the best tool available to protect soils and protect biodiversity on our farms. 0k, thank you all, thank you very much for coming in, thank you for talking to us, we will see what happens, thank you. back to our top story. the government's plan to eradicate homelessness within ten years. lots of you got in touch in the course of the programme with your experiences, including ian, who found himself homeless for three months in manchester earlier this year. we can talk to him on the phone now. hello. thank you very much for getting in touch with us, thanks for coming on the programme, tell us your experience. basically, i ended up your experience. basically, i ended up on the streets, like 99% of people, through no fault of their own, and the support i was given was none, basically, by the authorities. we will give you an e—mail addressed to co nta ct, we will give you an e—mail addressed to contact, how do i do that on the streets ?

to alter their use of pesticides, especially one type known as neonix.ding to "the l.a. times," nearly 78,000 bee colonies have vanished in the first three months of the year. pesticides and predatory mites are largely to blame. >>> usc officially cut ties with its embattled president today amid continued public outcry over a sex scandal involving a school doctor. max nikias sent a letter of resignation to the board of trustees in may, but officially stepped down today. the school's appointed austin as the interim president. nokia is accused of mishanding a sex scandal involving a school gynecologi gynecologist. >>> the father of a missing college student has renewed hope that his daughter is still alive. she has been missing three weeks since she went out for a jog and never returned. so far they have no clear indication what happened to her. mollie's father has a new theory on her disappearance. >> mollie is with someone who she knows and probably someone who cares about her, but that that relationship was misguided, misinterpreted, and went wrong. >>

the environmental protection agency says it endanger public health by allowing the sale of the pesticideeven tiny levels of exposure can harm infants' brains. last year, a coalition of farmworkers and environmental groups sued after then epa chief scott pruitt reversed obama era efforts. -- efforts to ban that pesticide. >>> new york is now the first city in the nation to slow down the rapid expansion of right ear companies like uber and lyft. >> new york city council has decided to freeze issuing licenses for one year, claiming there are too many ride sharing licenses on the road. there is talk about similar restrictions in san francisco. >> i don't agree. because, it is difficult. >> reporter: this man has been driving for lyft for over two months and is not taking it lightly as the city of new york past relations on right ear companies by capping the number of vehicles on the road for one year. no new licenses will be issued and drivers will be paid minimum wage. he hopes it does not happen in san francisco. >> i hope that does not happen. >> reporter: the mayor of new york, bill debl

the agency has to stop selling a widely used pesticide within 60 days. they say it is endangering public health. there is scientific evidence saying exposure could harm babies. farm workers and environmental groups filed after they reversed the effort to ban the pesticide. >>> the fight over president trump's star on the hollywood walk of fame continues to develop this morning. >> these are from hollywood reporter. as many as 50 stars showed up last night. people put them on the squares there. they say it is behind this and the move comes weeks after someone destroyed the real star with a pick ax. earlier this week west hollywood city council voted to remove the star. they don't have any authority to make that change. it is not even in their city. zb that was bizarre. >>> let's talk about pizza. >> okay. i'm in. the internet feud about the new pizza museum opens today in chicago, home of the deep dish pizza. fans of the new york style pizza, which has a thin crust, are upset about this. they don't consider chicago style pies to be pizza in the first plac

environmental working group sudden a statement like this from some don't live round up the oxy pesticides and the addiction and damage they caused have come home to roost and addiction to round up and like all of this not in the place i will take it personally sense but we are addicted as a society if not a world to using this type of pesticide yes 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 on around the world and that is this is the open the floodgates this is because there's another round of cancer trial trial believed that was in the way st louis yeah thousands board of school start in st louis and four thousand four thousand similar cases are waiting to go against our good friends at monsanto. residen

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 thousand four thousand similar cases are waiting to go against our good friends at mons

. >>> a federal appeals court has ordered a ban on the top selling agriculture pesticide. the ninth u.s. circuit court of appeals ordered the environmental protection agency to remove it from sale. the courtsided long-standing evidence that the presence of the pesticide on food can harm children. the coalition of farm workers and environmental groups sued after former pea secretary scott pruitt reversed a ban opposed during the obama presidency. the trump administration endangered public health by keeping the widely used pesticide on the market. >>> the president, his new idea with the space force. today's announcement about what would be the sixth branch of the armed forces and what it could mean for the bay area. plus -- >> it's been a long time coming. i wanted to do this 20 years ago. >>> the special tribute to an officer and friend lost in the line of duty. >>> and cleaning up, group of teenagers giving back to their community and how it's min thur it is slow going both directions. pretty typical. on the left-hand side that's the traffic trying to get to the lower dec

ruling, i think it's taken ten years to get this pesticide ban. think about the time it is going to take to implement the changes that we need to implement in order to address global warming. even if technology will help, but we need to implement some regulatory changes. the trump administration's effort to slow that down just steals time that the planet needs at precisely the time that it's become completely clear the all of us breathing this air feeling this heat, watching these fires burn, we don't have that luxury of that time. >> brangham: lastly, one quick t turn, davi administration racted some new potentially tougher sanctions sia, and last week they made a very big show of cracking down on russi meddling in the upcoming elections. does it matter that the president, as many of his critics point out, refuses to step up and publicly chastise vladimir putin? does it matter that there is a disbetween the administration seemingly and the president? >> yes. you know, our policys microtough and macro soft. what the president says ultitely matters

safe enough to convince regulators to allow levelscreasingly higher of this pesticide in our food.s you mentioned, it is, evidence shows as it is richly found in our water, in our food come in our soil, in our air. u.s. scientists have even documented it coming down as rainfall. amy: so the use of this, in the last minutes that brent was there was on, he talked about, for example, immigrant workers that deal with this. in california, how many people, how many farmworkers are exposed to this that though can they bring lawsuits when they get sick? what about undocumented workers? >> right. there are thousands of people around the united states, obviously, who have already file ints, thousands more waiting the wings, i'm told, from all of the different attorneys i've talked to around the country. there are people around the world who are very concerned as well from farmworkers in argentina who have already tried to sue monsanto. they've had trouble in u.s. courts bringing one center to account for what they have alleged are birth affects in their children because of their exposure to

s own research found exposure to the pesticide, which is routinely sprayed on apples and citrus, could cause developmental and brain disorders in children. the court ruled that the e.p.a. and then-chief scott pruitt had endangered public health by reversing an obama-era ban on the pesticide. in media news, it's no deal for tribune media and the sinclair broadcast group.eg their would-bemerger, worth $9.3 billion, is over. tribune has withdrawn, and is now suing for breach of contract. it claims the conservative- leaning sinclair failed to sell off some tv stations, as required to satisfy federal regulators. sinclair had wanted the merger to help create a rival to fox news. the trump administration unveiled new details today about establishing a so-called "space force" by the year 2020. if approved by congress, it would be the sixth branch of the military, anby a four-star general. the defense department hasn't yet calculated the cost. and stocks were mixed on wall street today.do thjones industrial average lost 74 points to close at 25,509. the nasdaq rose three points, and the s&p 500

♪ pesticides on the market.espite scientific evidence that even tiny levels of exposure can harm babies brains. the court of appeals in san francisco has ordered the environment protection agency to remove it from sale in the united states within 60 days. trial resumeds today and virginia. prosecutors are expected to offer witnesses for two more days and focus on the ninth fraud bank accounts. manafort is accused of unlawfully securing more than $20 million in loans from three american banks. that is in addition to the charges of tax fraud against him. the senate judiciary committee has posted documents from spring court nominee brought caps on is time working under president george w. bush. the panel says it expects to produce more than 125,000 pages related to cap in a's stance in the white house office. president bush's team determined that the documents do not contain information covered by a presidential record act exemption or privilege. the special adviser to the un's special envoy for serious as "we are

they say the pesticide makes nature valley labels deseptemberive. gener deceptive.t to wrongdoing. >> i like those bars. and the detroit free press reports that aretha franklin's funeral will feature stevie wonder and faith hill. franklin died on august 16th. her funeral will be closed to the public but there will be a tribute to the queen of soul on the streets of the motor city. a parade of at least 100 pink cadillacs is planned. so if you got a pink cadillac, go to detroit. >> we talked to stevie wonder last week. he tried to play a little something and he just couldn't, he was too emotional. it will be amazing to see what he'll create now that he's had the time. >> yes, that is going to be a night to commemorate and reflect and also to celebrate. >> yes, maybe they'll do some dancing too. >>> well, a town better known for growing apples is now mining bit coin. ahead, cbs investigates the growing crypto currency and how it's changing other towns in the region. in the region. your style is why. lenscrafters is why. book an eye exam today. here's something you shou

rachel carson had a book that was an account of chemical pesticides can their way up -- working their way up the food chain. it became a national sensation. an inspiration that made americans question both the quantity and types of pesticides they were pumping into their environment. certain public offense, a massive oil spill that ended up washing up on the california's previously pristine beaches. the ignition of a decently sized body of water, a river in cleveland, thanks to decades of accumulated pollution also got people's attention. we generally tend to think of water as something one uses to it out fires, not something that spontaneously combust. they raise this questions about what exactly people have been putting their, right? and what other damage it was potentially doing. the evidence that americans were destroying the natural world was becoming an overflowing sewer, it was not limited to public events. middle-class americans began to see an overtaxed natural world, allowing their personal ways to come public back into their lives. overtaxed septic systems, these big tanks

in the trenches and at the end of they thought we are going to turn it into domestic use and pesticide. soey the idea is bugs would be eliminated from the earth and we would speed up farming by using synthetic fertilizer. cities were in crisis and the way to solve that was to knock down and build top-down huge development projects, put up towers basically to enter the grid. that was part of the technological or technocratic mindset is what was driving the 50s and all of these women said i don't think this is the way forward. hethere is another way forward e need to understand the systems that support, all these things. one of the things to remember, in 1961, a woman in many states couldn't be on jury duty because she would be neglecting her domestic duties. if she had a property and married as h soon as she married it was her husband's property if they wanted to rent or have a credit card she had to have a cosigner. if she wanted to be a scientist, she could maybe teach that she was neverer sent out to the fied and if she could be a stewardess and have children should have to leave her

details, i do have questions, from when i read is they said that this gentleman was expected to pesticidetwo years later he developed nonhodgkin's lymphoma. to me that seems like a very short time period from being exposed to developing lymphoma. >> month sa monsanto arguing thf cancer he contracted takes many years to form. his side won, they said there is a link. >> unfortunately this is confusing, in 2015 you had cancer arm of world health organization saying certain chemical in this pesticide, likely causes cancer, in 2017, epa said, probably does not, and you have conflicting stories, if you leave it to a jury, people can go either way. liz: people are scared it has neurotoxins in it. >> absolutely, we're talking about that here. that is a known organic phosphate we know is a poison and toxic, and most commonly poisonous thing that happens when you are exposed, however the association between that and cancer is a little muddy, there are loose associations there are weak studies, but nothing that says for certain there is a correlation, they talked about with this jam, gentleman, he h

that's turned this area basically into a toxic waste dump. >> even a small amount of the pesticide can kill wildlife and further denigrate this area that includes a campsite filled with trash. it's the kind of damage done by illegal marijuana cultivation on public lands throughout the west. on average 400 marijuana growing sites are found in national forests each year. >> for all of the ones that we find there's probably 2 or 3 more that we didn't. >> marijuana now you can grow legally in california. why does somebody come and do this in a national forest with all of the difficulty and the damage that they're doing. >> they're trying to avoid the rules and regulations that the state has put in place by coming out on federal land and growing the marijuana illegally. >> cut down and bundled this clandestine marijuana crop is carried out by air to be destroyed. but the damage done to the forest remains. john blackstone in the san bernardino national forest. >> still to come scary moments for a superstar couple. the fan who rushed the stage and went straight towards beyonce and jay z. >> p

researchers say those pesticides are poisoning wildlife and could endanger water supplies. >>> california could rely entirely on clean energy by 2045 if the governor signs a bill just passed by the assembly. the measure creates tough renewable standards and requires all electricity to come from zero carbon sources. this could also have a big trickle-down effect. supporter says they hope this lifts some of the burden that consumers face when paying their utility bill. >> it doesn't make a difference if you're a democrat or republican. we need to have a real impact on reducing our utility rates and making sure that we can move towards a clean energy future. >> opponents say that move could actually backfire. utility companies faced with dealing with the new regulations could pass the cost on to consumers, which of course would drive up your bill. if the governor signs the bill, california would become the second state to rely entirely on renewable energy by 2045. hawaii was the first to make that move. >> all right. >>> we've been having a cool pattern in the bay area. is that going to chan