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

the court ordered epa to ban a pesticide used on citrus fruits, apples, and other crops. small level of exposure can harm even babies' brains. the epa has 60 days to ban the agent in the u.s. the agency says it's reviewing its decision. >>> the des moines register says it issued a polygraph test for a farmer. a day after he said he would not take the test, wayne cheney underwent the polygraph. he said he had nothing to hide. 20-year-old mollie tibbetts disappeared when dog-sitting for her boyfriend and brother. >>> three players protested before last night's preseason game against tampa bay. ♪ >> wide receivers kenny stills and al bertd wilson knelt behind teammates whiegs the "national anthem" played. another ut up his right fist. >>> "the new york times" reports 2018 is shaping up to be the fourth hottest year ever, but scientists say we're still not prepared for global warming. scientists say it's no longer a wakeup call. global warming is happening to millions of people around the world. they point to the california wildfires, decline in harvests like staple grains wh

in roundup. >>> this is the most widely used pesticide in the country. >> reporter: >> there of studies that say that this does quaker all-male had the highest level of more than 1000 parts per billion of the pesticide. general mills cheerios brand had the next highest with 530 parts per billion. many others including kellogg's oat bran and even granola also had traces of glyphosate. >> we are not saying put down that bowl of cheerios right now or you will get chance desmet cancer tomorrow. we are saying that pesticide like this, which has the ability to increase the risk of cancer has no place in food and and certainly nine foods that are marketed to children. >> reporter: general mills responded saying that our products are safe and without question they meet attorneys safety levels. the epa has researched this issue and has set rules that we follow. we checked a government website and it showed the minimum allowed is 30,000 parts per billion. the environmental working group says that they fill a stricter limit is needed. some consumers say they are concerned also hope ther

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one researcher says the pesticide used at these illegal farms is so toxic... ( james ) almost a year after the destructive north bay firestorm...only a fraction of almost 27-hundred single family homes lost in santa rosa...have been rebuilt. this is video from our quad-copter 4 ... of how little new construction is going on in santa rosa. city records show that only 9 homes have completed construction as of last thursday... and another 250 are under construction. city officials say under- insurance is one of the biggest reasons for delays. many homeowners are finding out that their policies do not cover the actual costs of a rebuild. ( james ) and with another destructive wildfire season already underway in california - there is a debate in sacramento over a proposed wildfire prevention bill. supporters argue the proposed law would help prevent wildfires. critics, however, say it could also allow utility companies found liable in wildfires to pass some of the costs on to customers. another debate is over forest management... and how to regulate the removal of

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 university studies found cancer rates here forty percent higher than the national average for we get worried hearing that so many people feel but what can i do i need to keep working to pay my bills but cancer is not the only problem and tony his daughter suffers a congenital disease which doctors believe was caused by pesticides. even if we plan to vegetables or fruits in our yard we can't be sure that air or water aren't contaminated according to the studies it seems everything is contaminated here many others here including his daughter sophia

e trumadministration to ban a popular pesticide used on millions of acres of california crops. >> skyrocketing home prices, the seven bay area cities that are now a part of the so-called million dollar club. >> reporter: we are told the 49ers just took the field to start warming up. we'll have much more live from levi stadium ahead of the 49ers first preseason opener. we'll be right back. judge told the environmental n >>> new at 6:00 california farmworkers are claiming victory tonight after a judge told the environmental protection agency it must ban a chemical linked to birth defects. d themselves to the yday as they h >> reporter: the court order placing a national ban on the pesticide chlorpy rophos was proclaimed a victory for workers as they harvest our food from the fields. >> we have fought for this for a very long time, way back to when cesar chavez was part of the movement and actually started the movement. this is something they've been working on for a long period of time to try to make sure we ban not just this particular pesticide but many pesticides for the farmworker families.

by reducing pesticide use. and avoiding the long-distance movement of domestic bees in the past pathogens. putting the straightforward ideas can be transformational. and they're already underway on thousands of acres of farmland. one of the most intensively farmed places on earth. and even there with all native habitat gone. it has brought back all kinds of species of bees to the orchard. like the hopeful little sweat be somewhere. a beautiful little sweat be perched. on the yellow gum wheat flour. but perhaps the best news of all. is and that you don't have to be an expert anyone can do it. you can do it. you can help them with the a window box. you can help them in your backyard. in your garden or on your farm. they choose to plant flowers. it would be pretty unusual. are you familiar with that. even i can't kill. i need more of this in the be guarded in front of my office. i got them at the hardware store. and before before i could even transfer planet from pot to garden there was bees on there. from one fie

and to take action in specific ways by providing more flowers and nesting habitat, by reducing pesticide useand avoiding the wrong distance movement of domestic bees as a pathogen that traveled with them putting them straightforward into practice can be transformational. and efforts are already underway on the thousands of acres of farmland i toured an almond orchard in central valley one of the most intensively farmed places on earth. and even there with all of native habitat gone, a simple wildflower had brought back all kinds of species of bees like this hopeful little sweaty somewhere. purged if you can imagine on a yellow flower, the most hopeful i encountered in all of my research. but perhaps the best news of all is that you don't have to be an expert to help. anyone can do it. you can do it. you can help with a window box or your back yard or garden or on your farm. it can be as simple as drilling holes in a block of wood to provide nesting habitat or choosing to plant flowers that don't require spraying. and if you do this, you will experience something that can be pretty unusual in

. >>> a new study has found pesticide residue from the weedkiller roundup in a number of popular breakfast cereals. jenna explains the research and tells us which serials have the highest levels. >> reporter: buying groceries consumers might not think their breakfast could bring bits of pesticides to the table. according to a study released wednesday 43 of a 4502 cereals and oat products contain traces of the pesticide 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 ri

(vicki) deadly pesticides being used at illegal marijuana farms .. oblem all across the state. today -- researchers and federal authorities announced... they have found potentially deadly pesticides ... at nine out of every 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

. >> glyphosate is the most widely used pesticide in the world. use of the weed killer in california has jumped dramatically, primarily in the central valley where it's sprayed on food crops. that concerns debbie friedman. she works for a nonprofit that provides locally grown organic meals to public schools around the bay area. she has fought for years to get glyphosate out of the food supply. friedman says today's verdict was stunning, but she wants more to be done. >> i'm thrilled that the plaintiff will be receiving this money, but itns is that the rest of us who are eating the food every day that is sprayed with this chemical are not protected. >> nearlof glyphosate are applied annually to crops and gardens worldwide. the fda only recently started testing certain food samples for glyphosate but has not released any official results. regulators say glyphosate residues are not harmful if they're under legal limits. >>> tonight a stunning new development in another bay area case, the ghost ship warehouse fire. a judge has now rejected a plea deal

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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 university studies found cancer rates here forty percent higher than the national average for we get worried hearing that so many people but what can i do i need to keep working to pay my bills but cancer is not the only problem and tony is daughter suffers a congenital disease which doctors believe was caused by pesticides. even if we plan to vegetables or fruits in our yard we can't be sure that air or water aren't contaminated according to the studies it seems everything is contaminated here many others here including his daughter sophia suffer

we've seen a federal court order the epa to ban a common pest ti pesticide that's used in fruits and getables, a pesticide that's linked to childhood development issues. who wanted this? >> it's sort of this mindless approach to we're going to roll back every regulation. i agree, we ought to look at regulations from time to time. they ought to be revisited because things move on. we find different way of doing things. we find out if things are worse or not as bad as we thought. that's fine. this seems to be anything that obama did, we'll undo. without thinking about does this make sense for the american people. epa is all about protecting human health and the environment. that's it. >> do you still consider yourself a republican? >> i'm an eisenhower republican. and i believe firmly that the only way to change things is from within. and we still need two parties. a third party has never worked terribly well in this country. but it's getting harder and harder to identify. i'm certainly not one of these kinds of republicans. >> there's a very well-known democrat, al gore who said this,

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

in 2000 to stop selling the pesticide for home use.raid and other consumer products were reformulated and some agricultural uses were curtailed.da but chlorpyrifos remains a favorite among farme bob blakely is vice president at california citrus mutual, representing about three quarters of the industry. >> the referenced to by a lot of those who are opposed to this chemical have n been replicated, and they have not been substantiated by the rest of the scientific community, n have they been duplicated in another countries. >> o'brien: the e.p.a. says the columbia data "remains inaccessible, and has hindered the agcy's ongoing process 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 health and safety." the company has funded several studies that support that conclusion. robert sapolsky and a team of neuroscientists at stanfordpo d through many of these papers. >> fshman science majors are not supposed to make mistakes l

the trump administration has overturned bans on the use of pesticides linked to the declining populationight off a variety of pests, will now be allowed in some protected areas. environmentalists have expressed anger about the decision. bee populations in america are currently declining for several species. donald campbell's bluebird has taken to the water for the first time in more than 50 years. the restored hydroplane, which crashed in 1967 killing its famous pilot, was launched in front of cheering crowds on the isle of bute. 0ur correspondent catriona renton was there. the final checks, after 17 years of painstaking restoration, as bluebird prepares to get back in the water. tense moments, but also exciting. just to be able to touch it is amazing, but to actually be able to be privileged enough to actually get in it and mash it, that is pretty good. bluebird was salvaged from coniston water in the lake district in 2001. around 90% of her body work has been restored from the original. this is notjust a technical feat for those involved, but a personal one. emily's father has been wor

the trump administration has overturned bans on the use of pesticides linked to the declining populationsed to fight off a variety of pests, will now be allowed in some protected areas. environmentalists have expressed anger about the decision. bee populations in america are currently declining for several species. police in portland, oregon, have been trying to separate a rally by two far—right groups from counter—protesters. police used stun grenades to disperse the protesters, saying rocks and bottles had been thrown at them. the far—right groups said they were marching in support of the patriot prayer founder, joey gibson, who is running as a republican candidate in senate elections. the first lady of the united states, melania trump, has come out in support of the basketball star lebronjames, just a day after her husband, the president, questioned the nba player's intelligence on twitter. during an interview about his latest project — opening a school for at—risk children in akron, ohio — he criticised the president, calling him "divisive", and it's not the first time he's spoken ou

by industrial agriculture cancer cases are multiplying as never before in areas with massive use of pesticides and in the last few years more than four hundred cities and towns in argentina have banned by the state since in a recent study scientists found that regions in argentina where the herbicide is still commonly used have seen miscarriages and birth defects that are twice the national average outside latin america a french farmer whose prostate cancer may have been caused by roundup has now taken legal action against monsanto and helping his case the government of france has vowed to ban life to save and welcome the recent california verdict in the u.s. as well pending legal cases against monsanto have surged with eight thousand lawsuits now up in the air. meanwhile the e w g who released the report to say in serials is encouraging parents to come forward as a reminder of these cereals may be found in your kitchen cabinet and include several children's breakfast food such as cheerios and lucky charms in a recent statement they said what can parents do demand that the food companies provi

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

-approved pesticide will be used.ut of cautionofficials recommend people avoid outdoor activies. 14. >>> you may be holding on toer su but the king of fall beverages returns today. the drink is making the return earlier today.in starbucks firsoduced the psl -- in 2003 and has sold 350 worldwide. >> people t areing to bring everything in early. cut into my summer. >> hold on,eu >> i am. >>> coming up, the oddest thing you may hear all week. >> why the national zoo is urging you to check its nudist colony. i know what this is about., >>> one of the most besited places in the country. new york city's y island. what happened there that sent hundreds of tourists running for safety. >>> and you may have heard an aspirin a day may ward off a heart attack. that may be true for but not everybody. >>> it's warm and humid this morning. if the kids are heading t t pool after school, it will be a good place to cool off. temperatures will be hot in the 90s with theumidity making it feel like 104 in some spots. chuckill talk about h

-approved pesticide will be used. out of caution, officials recommend people avoid outdoor activities. >>> just about11 minutes after 5:00, and kids are getting ready for school this morning. ole first day of classes for the tenth-largest scistrict of the country. >> students will run through a renamed justice high school for the first time today. the school was known as jeb stewart high school. the school is the hothe wolves. so, over the summer, the school made the change to signs in front of the building, ctrquee, banners, scoreboard and gymnasium to refhe transition. a rededication ceremony is planned for next week, on september 7th. may be holding on to the final days of summer here. but fall is on the way. the king to fall beverages returns to starbucks today. customers can order the coffee starting today. the drink is making the return earlier today. starbucks first introduced the psl -- in 2003 and has sold 350 worldwide. >> do people call it that? >> there are devotees who call it ppsl. >> i'm goiil to wait u

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 rules that we follow. kellogg also said our food is safe. the ingredients that we purchase from our suppliers for the foods fall under thes

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

they don't use chemical pesticides and they mainly work for land the old fashioned way. nineteen fisher is a gardener here. so for those rules i mean it's more ecological to work without machines so it's the logical option if that's if it's better for the soil it means less soil compaction less gasoline less dirt and smell the texting on the lighter and so modern for you in the spring and summer you feel connected to all the growth and development and the connected to life as the mothers of the magic runs and so on them and. i mean imagine thirty five degrees in the shade and i'm always dying and i'm just filming. this thing. and the villagers are certainly no slackers although i do get the feeling that a bit of machinery would make things more efficient. i can't see any farm animals here there these are packages but they kept strictly as pets. the daily communal meal contains no meat because it's bad for the environment and because the vegans in the village insisted. around seventy percent of the vegetables eaten by the villagers are also grown by them and they're aimin

the federal appeals court ordered the epa to ban one of the widely used pesticides in the world. ing from citrus to corn. the court says the trump administration endangered public health by letting it stn the market despite scientific evidence that even small levels of exposure can harm baby's brains. dow chemical makes the pesticide. it says it is a critical pest management tool used by growers around the world. the company says 79 countries approved its use after careful evaluation. the epa says it is reviewing the decision. >> our partners at c-net report facebook is banning websites that host and share blueprints of 3-d printed guns. those guns are hard to trace and detect. facebook says sharing instructions on how to print firearms is not allows under its community standards. last week, a seattle judge granted a temporary restraining order to block the online publication of 3-d printed gun designs after a company won a settlement to distribute those plans. >> golf week says hackers high jacked the pga's computer servers and are demanding a bit coin ransom. they locked crucial

going to get tough and demand more eradication and go back to the aerial immigration and the use of pesticidest to you that all of this tough talk has been heard before and it never, ever works in columbia. what we need to have is coherent in policy. coherence means to have a state policy. we reduce drugs from 1999 - 2012 to 50,000 state policy. we reduce drugs from 1999 — 2012 to 50,000 hectares. today we have more than 200,000. what is that we need to do? to have an integral programme to do with eradication and substitution but also to promote productive activities. what you are talking about when it comes to specifically the growth of the cocaine train, you're about prohibition and getting tougher and tougher, working with the americans as well but there are many latin american leaders, mostly retired, forget about it, they say, prohibition will never work. you can talk about guatemala and mexico. all of them had concluded that this focus on prohibition is never going to work and the have to be more creative solutions. have you got one? if the world wants to put an end to prohibition, it ha

said it was a priority for the protection of people and the environment and decisions on the use of pesticidesed on careful scientific assessment of risk. as for monsanto, it said the jury risk. as for monsanto, it said the jury in california got it wrong and that decades of research had shown that decades of research had shown that there was no credible link between roundup and cancer. joe lynam, thanks very much. an explosion at a military factory in wiltshire has killed one person and left another in a serious condition. chemring countermeasures, which is based near salisbury, makes products to protect ships and aircraft from attack. the police said the incident was under control and there was no risk to the public. seven marks and spencer stores are shutting today as part of the company's major restructuring plan. m&s announced in may that 100 stores will shut by 2022, after profits fell by two—thirds last year. it comes a day after house of fraser was bought out of administration, and as high street stores face growing pressure from online retailers. the us space agency nasa has delayed t

and demand more manual eradication, you're going to go back to the aerial fumigation and the use of pesticidesut i put it to you that all of this tough talk has been heard before and it never, ever works in colombia. what we need to have is coherence in policy. coherence means to have a state policy. we reduced illegal crops from 1999—2012 from 180,000 hectares to 50,000. today we have more than 200,000. what is it that we need to do? to have an integral programme that has to do with eradication and substitution but also to promote internementship and find productive activities. what you are talking about when it comes to specifically the growth of the coca and cocaine trade, you're about prohibition and getting tougher and tougher, working with the americans as well but there are many latin american leaders, most of them interestingly retired, not current, who say, forget about it, prohibition is never going to work. you can talk about perez molina in guatemala and vicente fox, and calderon in mexico, you can even talk about cesar gaviria in this country. all of them had concluded that this f

the trump administration has overturned bans on the use of pesticides linked to the declining populationthe government will also allow genetically modified crops to be grown in some protected wildlife areas. the change in policy has drawn heavy criticism from environmentalists. protests have ta ken place across iran for the fourth consecutive day. demonstrators reportedly attacked a religious school close to the capital, tehran. clips of rallies have been shared on social media from mashhad, karaj and isfahan, where the demonstrations began on tuesday against rising prices. the us is due to reimpose sanctions on iran on tuesday over its nucelar programme. 18 people have died in a helicopter crash in north—western siberia. the aircraft was taking workers to an oil station when it knocked into the cargo of an adjacent helicopter, as both were completing ta ke—off. the other helicopter landed safely after the incident. in israel, a large protest has been taking place against the country's "nation state law" which was passed just over two weeks ago. thousands of members of israel's druze min

the idea was pesticide had been invented in the war ended ddt in particular it was good for the soldiers 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 hav