industries have to report toxic emissions over 10,000-pound to the environmental agencies toxic reportinventory so the public knows what chemicals are being released in the air. >> if people don't know what is being released in the air they can't assess their own risk for their health. >> none is looking at it, nobody is monitoring it. they could release 20,000 pounds and say they released 13,000, who knows. >>> facilities in colorado, louisiana, pennsylvania, north dakota, texas and wyoming had toxic releases surpassing 10,000 pounds in one year. >> reporter: the study calls the current rules arbitrary and confusing. facilities are required to report toxic releases so people who lives nearby know exactly what is going in their air. but for gas and oil facilities, it's a mystery. >> i think they've been escaping that loophole erroneous for many years. >> reporter: oil and gas facilities are expanding almost everywhere. while they did not return our calls or comments, they said they would be supporting lower emissions. >> they should do it automatically. i don't see why they opportunity

michael okwu has the story, richmond, california, called a toxic city. citizens refuse to be held hostage to industry. >> there was a big boom! and i got scared. i got really scared. and then i saw the fire, this big fire ball, go in the air. and we all took off running into the house. >> on august 6th, 2012, courtney cummings and her family were in the front yard when a massive fire erupted at the chevron refinery just six blocks away. the smoke and toxic fallout sent more than 15,000 residents of richmond, california to area hospitals with respiratory problems. investigators later discovered a severe pipe corrosion caused a rupture that expark -- spark sparked the blaze. chevron's own inspectors had repeatedly warned the company to replace the pipes. richmond lies just across the bay from san francisco's info tech boom. petrochemical containers are hard to miss. it is also a battle ground between an entrenched industry and a crusading crusading mayor. gail mclaughlin is the mayor of richmond. first elected in 2004 as a green party member she has up end

the smoke and toxic fall out sent more than 15,000 residents of richmond california to area hospitalsh respiratory problems. investigators later discovered a severe pipe corrosion caused a ruptured sure that sparked a blaze and found their own inspectors had repeatedly warn the company to replace the aging pipes. richmond lies just across the bay from san francisco's glittering info-tech boom where the containers and train tracks are hard to miss and also a battleground between an entrenched industry and a crusading mayor. >> but the effort there. >> reporter: gail is the mayor of richmond. first elected in 2004 as a green party member, she has up ended politics usual by confronting chevron head on. >> it's a case of environmental injustice and a case of environmental racism and we see how they operate in nigeria and in ecuador and they disregard communities that they feel aren't organized enough or aren't empowered enough to fight back. >> reporter: last fall chevron paid $2 million in fines and no contest to six charges including failing to protect employees from potential harm. man

. >> the community they call a toxic city. clouds growing on the other side of san francisco bay and the suspicions about environmental injustice. consider this: the news of the day plus so much more. >> we begin with the government shutdown. >> answers to the questions no one else will ask. >> it seems like they can't agree to anything in washington no matter what. >> antonio mora, award winning and hard hitting. >> we've heard you talk about the history of suicide in your family. >> there's no status quo, just the bottom line. >> but, what about buying shares in a professional athlete? real perspective, consider this on al jazeera america >> after a year long investigation, the united nations released a scathing report today exposing widespread human rights torture abductions, public execution and sexual violence among other violations. at the same time, amnesty international released a video of former prisoners sharing their experience in north korea's prison camps >> the human rights council will formally announce its find

. >>> it's one of the most expensive parts of the bay area, but mountain view is home to a toxic superund site. >> we have uncovered clues as to why it is expanding. steven stock has more. >> reporter: we are talking about the super fund site in and around moffett in mountain view. hot spots of the chemicals are been discovered outside the boundary of the super fund site. so we combined the hot spots with a simple map and we discovered that might just provide answers as for what is causing the spread of toxic chemicals into neighborhoods there. >> it could be any nice bike trail in the bay area. a place where ducks frolic in the water and families and exercise enthusiasts use regularly. but in the middle of this idyllic scene along stevens creek in mountain view, an environmental consulting firm and the epa have discovered a potential threat. high concentrations of cancer-causing chemicals. >> and they concluded it came from leaking sewer lines. >> reporter: lenny siegel believes that it points to the storm drain and sewer lines themselves as part of the problem. >> sewer lines that or

some of those toxic chemicals have spread but how and why? >> for the first time, our investigative unit turned the simple mapping technology for answers. what you found steven and we're talking toxic chemicals. >> these questions surround the eps super fun site in and around moffef field. new hot spots of toxic chemicals were discovered outside the so-called boundary of that super fun site, so we decided to combine a map of the hot spots with a simple map of under ground infrastructure and discovered that just might provide some answers for what is causing the spread of these toxic chemicals into near by neighborhoods. it could be any nice bike trail along a scene waterway where mallard ducks walk and exercise enthusiasts use. an environmental consulting firm and epa discovered a potential threat that may flow through the pipes that enter into the creek. high concentrations of cancer-causing chemicals. >> it came from leaking sewer lines. >> reporter: lenny see goa goal believes it is the sewer lines. this is a map of that epa super fund sit

. >>> helping children deal with toxic stress induced by poverty. first, the harassment of an african-american student at santo state university last fall has prompted much soul-searching. an independent investigator released his report. he found the university responded appropriately once it learned four white students had reportedly tormented the black student. including calling him racist names and fastening a bike lock around his neck. last night, a task force on racial discrimination formed in response to the incident held its first public meeting. the group's chair, retired judge kordell, joined us earlier to discuss what they hope to accomplish. judge kordell, thank you for joining us. just first of all, so we can better understand what happened here, tell me some of the instances, the incidents that happened to this black student. >> we know from the fact finder's report there were a series of incidents that occurred in a suite in one of the dorms, a theme dorm where engineering students were. at least 13, maybe 14 different incidents. every

and the toxic legacy of gold mining in peru. oming up on "earth focus." >> on a warm summer night, you can see where people choose to live on toms river, riverboats, beaches, the promise of relaxing days and good health. but years ago the town became famous for a different reason, chemicals and cancer. >> we had no idea they were discharging toxic chemicals. >> they never should have let the people of toms river drink that water. >> i know where my son's cancer came from. >> the company got caught. >> it's part of the duty of government to protect the public health and that didn't happen. >> if it happened here, it really can happen any place. >> the chemical history of toms river began in 1962 when giba geigy, a chemical dye company built a industrial manufacturing plant. >> there wasn't much happening at toms river. chicken farming was the biggest industry. there was a little bit of tourism but not much. when this very large chemical concern said we want to build a factory to make dye in your town, we said come along. >> the c

it is toxic. >> reporter: that is right. she said oliander it is toxic. plant that lines the freeways, they are poisonous to animals and humans that begs the question how safe is it? >> every once in awhile somebody gets a rash. >> reporter: the ceo of the company says the cream is safe and points to 10 years of research starting with it was tested as a cancer drug. but, the fda has not approved the drug anded there are side effects. as for the skin cream, the only evidence we were provided was a summary of a clinical trial that was conduct bide a plastic surgeon. >> depends on what you are studying. >> reporter: his trial shows no adverse effects in the blood but he only tested 34 healthy patients. >> we don't know the safety when it comes to the general population. >> right. >> absolutely not based on had this study. >> reporter: they say these five experts found it to be safe. >> one of them said a baby one years old consume 400 bottles it will be toxic. >> show me the evidence. >> reporter: they reviewed the real science on its web site and while our

industries have to report annual toxic emissions over 10,000 pounds to the environmental agencies toxic inventory. it was created so the public knows what chemicals are being released in the air. >> if people don't know what they're living next to they can't assess their own risk for health. >> it didn't include oil and gas production and exploration facilities in the requirement. >> no one is looking at it, no one it monitoring it. they could release 100,000 pounds and say they released 13,000, whose to know. >> a study of state records of the environmental integrity project shows 395 facilities in colorado, louisiana, pennsylvania, north dakota, texas and wyoming had toxic releases surpassing 10,000 pounds in one year. >> the study i has called the rules arbitrary and confusing. people who live in homes like this just a few feet away should know exactly what is in their air. but for gas facilities air quality could be a mystery. >> i think they've been escaping attention through that loophole erroneously over several years. >> the louisiana oil and gas association did not return our c

but let's be very clear, that the toxic level of the product is determined by the dosage. we are trying to manufacture or support an industry that manufactures products br -- for adults that competes with tabacco products. >> we have 300% increase to the calls to poison control, no matter what you are trying to do they are getting into the hands of kids. we keep the drugs out of the hands of kids and not everybody is perfect and we are going to put child proof containers on them. can you oppose child proofing these things and protect the ever growing number of kids who are being brought into the emergency rooms and wind up in comas. >> professor, you didn't read up on me as i did on you, i am for verification, and i am the one pushing for this product to become a legal product and the f.d.a. can impose the regulations on it. well, child proofing yes or no. >> wait a second. >> part of the problem is access. but if children can get access to these in a home, they'll get into them. that's where the child proof portion is coming in. tough assume that children will get into th

but two men who have been personally affected by this toxic water. see the marine corps response is just not enough. carrie and sinker is a career marine who races family image and his daughter jamie died of leukemia when she was just nine years old and my current theme is the son of a marine who was born a catholic and at the age of thirty nine per team was diagnosed with male breast cancer. they are both here in washington dc to meet with lawmakers regarding some new research on camping and survivors. i first asked syrians meter to tom about the pauline animation realize his daughter's death was not just a coincidence i had no idea. meaning you know it when she was diagnosed. hey it's a natural thing for a parent and as a child is diagnosed with a catastrophic illness too. to wonder why and i was no exception. it was until nineteen ninety seven. i found about a man about to contaminate drinking and how did you find out about it. i was. the fortune of two who retired in the area down close to camp liao. and when ptsd or was releasing their initial h

pipeline is inevitable and sooner or later we will be using dirty toxic. in the interest tarzan's well is that true. or do we really still have a chance to walk construction of the keystone x.l. pipeline once and for all more on that internets filter. i marinate join me. in that impartial and financial reporting commentary interview and much much. only on bombast and only on. so sometimes you know it you know and sometimes you know what you don't know and sometimes as the firesign theater says everything you know. and go with it you're wrong. you're right. to think that you're if you don't. really mean you go is wrong despite being decades removed from the cold war mccarthyism and red scares communism is still a dirty word in american politics and society today as thanks in large part to a total lack of understanding that americans have when it comes to communism and that if people don't understand communism also don't understand the true nature of capitalism so if you think that only communist governments rely on violence whether capitalism is synonymous

marines and their families were exposed to toxic water at their military base in studio two survivors share their stories with r.t. america. it's tuesday february eleventh find him in washington d.c. i mean you're in david you're watching america we begin today with the winter olympics that are underway in sochi russia the sochi olympics marked the largest winter games in history boasting twenty eight hundred athletes from eighty eight different countries those athletes are competing in ninety eight events let's take a quick look at the medal count up until this point norway leads with eleven medals for golds three silvers and four bronzes canada takes second with nine medals and germany takes third with five the netherlands is in fourth place followed by the united states switzerland russia and austria for more on the games let's go to our correspondent paul scott who is in sochi. and aside from talking about good merits at the olympics there is always lots of tuck about good looks they don't exactly get all medals for beauty at the olympics and for good reason but artie's lives wall

and to similar coal ash leaks that have dumped thousands of toxic sludge into the dan river this latest spill underscores the dangers of toxic fossil fuel by products and the difficulties that exist in containing them you may remember the ten thousand gallon chemical spill that infected the water supply of three hundred thousand people in west virginia just over a month ago since then the city of charleston is closed at least three schools after detecting the black licorice scent of the chemical and c h m and get this although there has been no credible churns by authorities that the water is safe to drink residents are still getting water bills you heard that right charleston residents are actually being billed for potentially poisonous water needless to say residents are furious and currently there's a clock a class action lawsuit underway there's no silver lining to this story as freedom industries the company responsible for the catastrophic spill recently filed for bankruptcy the bankruptcy by the way is also being investigated as a company called mountaineer fundings stepped up to

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not to drink or touch their tap water after a toxic chemical leak. i keep making milk as reports. crews are working day and ninety in the aftermath of a major chemical spill in west virginia. i am not talking about the thousands of gallons of torment the psychopath st methanol that spilled into the open for last month. a completely different league is now the top concern of westirginiar than free ministries in this one came from patriot call just eighteen miles away early tuesday morning at the company is not like people have plants near when a friend at west virginia when a valve rupture hundred thousand gallons of coal slurry. what did you feel the creek during a three hour time period. lacking six miles of the creek as well as half a mile of the canal or river near the town of chesapeake. now river is a big body of water that runs through charleston and next to the ohio river which continues on to indiana and kentucky and the knots. also connected to the canal and river is the elk river which is where they can see a standstill happened on january nine the slurry is a mixture of

. >> 800 million mobile phones, 500 million tvs, a heap of toxic junk. why booming business in chip ha may be an environmental disaster for the rest of the world. >> good morning and welcome to al jazeera america. i'm thomas drayton. good to have you with us. we begin with breaking news out of switzerland, a man accused of the hijacking ethiopia plane is now in custody. it was heading to ethiopia to rome when it was diverted to geneva. the plane had a military escort and the hijacker asked for asylum seekers. the passengers and crew are safe. the airline is making arrangements to fly passengers to their intended destination. >> the u.n. says it has evidence that the north korean regime is committing unspeakable crimes. the human rights council released a report detailing crimes. they want three generations of the kim family dealt with for the coims. >> it's a place -- crimes >> it's a place that would make your hair stand on end. >> this woman spent nine years in a brutal prison camp. >> from sun rice to sunset you work. there are no set working hours. y

the agency for toxic substances and disease registry their water model confirms that date. and some anger is in the capital this week meeting with lawmakers to spread awareness about the problem and get compensation for the victims. the new developments of the so-called loud music case in florida the prosecution rested its case in the trial against michael dunn the man accused of shooting seventeen year old jordan davis to death inside an s.u.v. dunn is accused of murdering the teen over loud music the suspect has testified that it was all in self-defense dunn's lawyer told the jury today that deadly force is justifiable if you believe he was acting to protect himself and the laws in the state of florida. is it you who reasonably believe that. you have to find michael dunn not guilty of every cow in the dike the every lesser included you don't even start your discussion if they met their burden of beyond a reasonable doubt. but the prosecution argues that there was no reason for done to think that his life was in danger when this defendant shot and killed jordan davis there

the orders or the agency for toxic substances and disease registry their water model confirms that date. as mayor is in the capitol this week meeting with lawmakers to spread awareness about the problem and get compensation for victims. still ahead here on our t.v. a high profile murder trial nearing an end both sides gave closing arguments in the trial of the man accused of firing several shots into a car over loud music an update on that case right after the break. new developments in the so-called loud music case and in florida the jury heard closing arguments today in the trial against michael dunn the man accused of shooting seventeen year old jordan davis inside and as you dunn is accused of murdering the teen over loud music the suspect has testified that it was all in self defense his lawyer told the told the jury today that deadly force is justifiable if dunn believed he was acting to protect himself and the walls in the state of florida. is it you who reasonably believe that. you have to buy michael dunn not guilty of every cow in dykeman every lesser included you don't even s

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they are close. >> reporter: most have to report to the environmental protection agency toxic releasey. it's so people can know what's being released in the air. >> if people don't know they can't assess their own risks. >> reporter: when the epa set wrapped arreporting standards it include gas in the requirements. >> nobody is monitoring. they can release 100,000 pounds and tell that you they released 13,000 who is to know. >> reporter: a study of state records by the environment i integrity project show that 395 facilities in colorado, penn, north dakota, texas and wyoming had taxiing releases surpassing 10,000 pounds in one year. the study calls the current rules arbitrary and refusing. refineries like this are required to report toxic release sews that people who live in homes like this a few feed away. know exactly what is going in to their air. but for the people who live by similar oil and gas facilities, air quality could be a mystery. >> i think that they have been escaping attention through the loophole for many years. >> reporter: with a nationwide energy boom underway, oil

toxic release inventory.'s created so the public can no what is released into the air? >> if people don't know what they are living next to, they can't assess risks for human health. >> when the epa set reporting standards nearly 20 years ago, it didn't include new orleans exploration facilities? >> nobody is monitoring it. they could release 100 pounds and tell you they released 13,000. who is to know? >> a study of state records by the environmental integrity projects sews facilities in colorado, pennsylvania, texas and wyoming had toxic releases surpassing 10,000 pounds if in one year. >> the study called the rules arbitrary and confuse inconfusi people who live in homes like this would know exactly woos going in to their air. for the people would live by similar oil and gas facilities, air quality could be a mystery. >> i think that they have been escaping attention through that loom holy erroneously for many years. >> with a nationwide energy boom under way, oil and gas facilities are expanding almost ev

scientists say the impact of this toxic mix of particles can be deadly over the long term. here is the bbc's martin patience in beijing. >> reporter: china's capital shrouded in a toxic smog, its skyline barely visible. normal life hasn't completed ground to a halt, but some of those dancing are taking precautions and with good reason. we're here at a busy beijing hospital where we're going to meet a doctor who is on the front line when it comes to dealing with pollution. dr. chang was worked here for 30 years, he's never been busier, seeing up to 30 patients a day. >> translator: as the air pollution is getting worse it's causing more difficult si ceases, linked with pneumonia, brorn kai tis and lung cancer. >> reporter: ironically when the smog hits there normally isn't a surge in admissions as the null verbal are warned to stay indoors. one of those who has ventured out is ms. wong. she's suffering from asthma. her chest is tight she says, and she's finding it hard to breathe. the impact of china ease pollution is being felt in hospitals across the country. according to

drawing fire new studies suggest small sometimes round up of lead killer could be links to highly toxic and deadly kidney disease read more of our the dangers a link to the drowned fruits producer online. and also on our website nasa astronomers discover seven hundred and fifty new planets outside our solar system always doubling the number of planets known to humanity details on this story and much more is available for you on our. unrest in venezuela is now spreading beyond the capital caracas there have been street battles between antigovernment protesters and police in the northern city of the n.c.a.a. over crime levels and the struggling economy security forces were attacked with rocks and homemade explosives they responded with rubber bullets and tear gas protesters also looted a large supermarket and mark a city near the campus so there have been two weeks of rioting in venezuela involving thousands of people angry at living conditions and why sixteen people have died in the violence which some suspect is being fueled from outside. the major force driving the opposition is really

once again drawing a new study suggests monsanto's roundup weed killer could be linked to a highly toxic and deadly kidney disease read more about the dangers linked to the g.m. food producer online. on the web site of the moment astronomers discover seven hundred fifty new planets outside our solar system almost doubling the number of planets known to humanity details on this much more available for you right now. the chief executive of america's largest energy company has joined a lawsuit to oppose the construction of a new water tower near his home and could be used for fracking the head of exxon mobil was quick to say he doesn't oppose the drilling technique he's just worried about the view from his home being ruined his excuse had left some environmental activists bemused. ironically i was sitting in the room full of people who were there to beg this the town of barton vale to enact a mock moratorium on new drilling permits and so it was very surreal for us to hear rex tillerson talking about and unsightly water tower that my disrupt his being too when these people sitting in the au

respect to toxic substances, toxic substances. it's not just people that are affected by toxic substances, so are animals. and in here, they prohibit barring lead in bullets. now california is a big hunter state. and guess what? california state law prohibits the use of lead. why? because the federal government has spent millions, millions and millions of dollars trying to restore the california condor. does that count? $1,000 a anch inns at night. it's filled all the time. why? you can see mountain lions and sea otters and other things that we protect by protecting their environment. what does a condor die from? eats things that have been killed by bullets. and guess what? it kills them. there is no question about this. this is the number one cause of death of condors in california after we spent money to get them restored. this is going to hurt the economy. and you know what, people call them sportsmen, they don't want to kill the wildlife by poison or destroying the habitat. that's why the bill passed in california banning lead

szema last march. >> how toxic is that dust. >> this dust is very toxic. >> jeff: 14% of the veterans he studied returned with some sort of lung complication. this week dr. szema will present the results of his team's analysis of camp victory dust to a pentagon subcommittee. >> after one month of exposure of sub-lethal doses of this stuff we can see thickening or lung fibrosis. so if in the mice, so if we give a larger dose, it will kill mouse. and eventually in a human that would lead to a lung transplant. >> jeff: any doubt in your mind that what is happening to him now is because of what he was breathing in overseas. >> i truly believe this happened in iraq. he was fine before he left. he was perfectly healthy. >> jeff: how has this changed your life? >> i hope and pray that my husband will be here with me to grow old and gray. but you know, i just-- i don't want to cry. this has changed me by just taking each day at a time. >> jeff: in a statement today the pentagon told cbs news that nothing is more important to us than the health and well-being of our people. we take seriously t

that means he likened the links to any toxic and deadly kidney disease. read more about the dangers links to the gym for its bridge is the law and also now what scientists astronomers discovered seven hundred and fifteen you've done it sounds outside the system was dumping the number one it's time to see the smiles on this story and while it was attainable figured why not. west indies well is now spreading beyond the capital caracas and hunter street bond between anti government protest as and space and then known as cto banana cs out that crime levels and a smoking the economy and security forces were attacked with books and i made explosives he responded with rubber banded sent a pass for spouses don't send it to the launch of the market demand ipcc at the council had been two weeks of rioting in this latter involving thousands of people under its living conditions and sewing crawling. sixteen people have died and abundance for some suspect is being fueled by my site. the major force driving the opposition is really us support them as well as crucial to

we were being disproportionately dumped on and attacked by the toxic pills. >> kelly joined forces withn environment enny deemiologist to study the expects on resist dents. there was a higher level of asthma, it's difficult to prove it's related to the environment. concern. >> it is possible that every in the complex can be in compliance with the emissions. if you live in the midst of that it may not be safe. >> oil was discovered in texas arthur. >> the petrochemical industry is what built texas, which is why it's the powerhouse economically that it is. it is rooted in this industry in this reege on. -- region >> by 1923, port arthur was bus lipping. the people that made their money no longer live there. >> what is different is the old money here at the time in the "20s, proctor street was movie theatres and department bores and exepsive hotels. now, because of technology many of the people that worked in the high positions in the petroleum industry bone have to live here to do their jobs. down down port arthur is a coast of itself. unemployment is 16%. twice the national average. the

what i'd really -- i really hope to do in future is have something that more relates to the actual toxicity of the various chemicals that we're youthxing. there are some measures out there we might be able to apply some metrics we can apply. i just want to point out quickly, the blue line is insecticides that aren't used for public health. hiding that, i'm sorry you can't really see the detail of it. we've actually had a 99% reduction in insecticide use since the beginning of the program, nonpublic health insecticides. but you notice some bumps there and those bumps are golf tournaments. the other big driver in pesticide use in the city really is tournament golf. and this is kind of a separate issue on its own. i think what we've concluded in the ipm program is you really can't have tournament golf without having a lot of pesticide use. and, so, it's a community decision as to whether we want to have these deals with golf tournaments. i know there are a lot of benefits as well from the tournaments themselves, but i have to sort of treat that as a separate category of pesticide use. and to t

the toxic heavy smog has been choking the chinese capital for the past week or so. connie lee reports on the environmental catastrophe you can clearly see it but this city of eighteen used a hair under a fake link and ask mom. this is sixty and umbrella of hazardous pollution and a cd and now the world health organization has called a taste not occurred since the americans moved in we have to use the crisis the crisis means that the need to take immediate action to protect ourselves. chinese environmental inspections have been dispatched to twelve factories nationwide there are reports that authorities have shut down or find certain factories for not falling pollution regulations. pollution levels in beijing are on the floor under fifteen on an air quality index. nine times the level it seems safe for humans. bg has been under an orange alert since monday see the second highest warning level. residents are being asked to wear masks or stay indoors and hospitals are reportedly crowded with patients suffering from breast to treat problems with gay children and older c

at the same moment that toxic chemicals were releasing into the water supply. >> are they toxic?ing me now is the great erin brockovich. you've been to west virginia. if you can tell us about what you've seen down there, the national media attention on this has been dramatically thin and the suffering has been quite great. what are you seen? >> a lot of frustration from every person we have talked to. we're in and out of restaurants. they're still using bottled water. people just don't trust what's going on. they don't trust their politicians. they're not trusting their officials. they're told one thing. they're told another thing. yet they complain and complain that they smell things. they're nauseated, they have headaches, mouth sores. they can't get answers about their children. should we flush? should we not flush? outlying communities aren't giving any information. they're concerned and they should be. >> you hear about the stories that one state representative saying that people are using melted snow to bathe their children and you think how is this happening in the united

and shift on another batch of chemical weapons out of the country it's the third time they've sent toxic agents overseas to be disposed but members of an international watchdog agency are urging them to speed up the work. during team of the united nations and organizations for the prohibition of chemical weapons is overseeing the project it said the leadership and left for italy on monday. a chemical weapons will be destroyed and see how to ship operated by the united states syrian officials were supposed to have made the shipment. my february fist but they missed the deadline. members of the un all the seed of the mission say many chemical weapons still remain in serie a they called on authorities to expedite the shipments opie cw director general of men whose him to scorch the syrians to comply with the un security council deadline of disposing off toxic agents of the country by the end of june. it honors the weather forecast. earner the ruling ay ay ay ay the eye. that's a slide so she notes on the interest. it was. it's. cheetahs. rugged mountains she or coastal cliffs serene for us.

hey, you know, it's really toxic stuff. we don't want to be touching that. so they built themselves a platform over the coal ash pit so they could sort of stage themselves on that platform and work from that platform to get at the pipe. you want to know how they finally stopped the pipe from leaking? a week into the spill? the platform that they built collapsed. and, hey, look, that's what did it. the spill finally subsided when some 27 million gallons of water drained from the lagoon and a platform constructed for emergency operations collapsed into the sludge pit and buried the broken pipe in tons of rubble. all that material went into the pipe. that platform collapsed into the pipe and plugged it. ta-da! that was their fix. total collapse. that was how they stopped the spill. that's how they stopped the third largest coal ash spill in the country days into it. and the guy quoted in that article there from the charlotte news and on server who's explaining to lawmakers that's how they finally got the pipe shut down, he's one of the staff members of the pat