the pandemic that has touched millions--aids. 30 years aftter the first confirm c cases appeared, whwhere are we now? and what's working in hiv prevention? find out in a spealal rept frfromsi andd vwchange.g. announcer: "viewchange" is about people m making real progress in tackling the e world's tought issues. can a story change the world? see for yourself in "viewchange: hiv prevention-- looking back and moving forward." debra: i'm debra messing, ambassador for psi. it's been 30 years since the centers for disease control l confirmed tthe firirst cases of hihiv in the united states. since 1981, more than 30 million people around the world have died of aids-related causes, particularly in the developing world, where the disease has devastated entire families, communities, and generations. but thanks to the e medical advancement of anti-retro viral therapy and progress in prevention, saving lives is now possible. aid groups and governments have been working hard to bring innovative hiv prevention methods and tools to scale. and it's working. in mozambique, one young relationship counselor

they feed it to their chicks, and that provides an incredible amount of scientific data in terms of whwhere the plastic comes from, its distribution, , and how it breaks up on the ocean's surface. dr. jennifer lavers, she's devototed her lifife to studydye plight ofof seabirds.s. shearwaters arare incredibible birds. they migratate thousandnf miles, s stopping ononly here to breed.d. lavers: y yeah, the s stomach is very, very full, and if we look here, there''s some very darark piececes, some very light white pieces. and if you see, you know, as i push on this, it's absolutely ririgid, completely, comompletey full of plastic all the way up. leeson: : ugh, look k at that. lavers: absolutely no doubt that this bird didied as a reresult f that plplastic. that is literaly a a gut full of plastic. it's quite alarming, isn't it? leeson: oh, it's awful. lavers: range of plastic typypes and d colors. we've e got everyg from the blues and the reds to-- leeson: : his stomacach's just filled with it. big g pieces, t. lavers:s: big, shsharp pieceses. leeson: oh, wow, look at the size of that big, blac

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blogically and thth we ca look in our bodies and in our homes and see which ones we're exposed to, whwhere they're comg from in the productsts or pollution, then we have the opportunity to reduce exposure to these suspect chemicals, uh, now. >> the emerging science on endocrine disrupting chemicals really means that we have to hahave a complplete overhaul of our chemical safety system. >> youu know, we're dealing with chemicals for whichch there is no safe level of exposure. >> it's the tiny, repeated exposure that more adequately mimics our o own hormone system that is really concerning. >> the hormones in our bodies are operating at parts per billion and parts per trillion concentrations. >> the e one thing that's clears that our current system isn't working, and it doesn't take these low w chronic doses into account. >> i think it's very importantnt for us toto make sure thahat we investigate effects that at least approach human exposure lelevels. >> our cururrent system does not look a at aggregate e exposures, basically a fancy way of saying, what do all these low dose chemicals do in

we must lead from whwhere we ar.hat means in our city governments, county governments, and state governments. the prepare to protect our environment, including taking the rare action of signing onto ,lobal agreements as a state when our federal government fails to act, when it is led by people who would rather stick their head in n the sand than on their eyes and admit that climate change is being caused by human behavior and we can stop it. amy: former naacp president ben jealous, now running for governor of maryland. we will be back with him and 30 seconds. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. on wednesday, just after former naacp president ben jealous announced he is officially entering the race for governor in maryland, i sat down and interviewed him. i want to ask about the murder earlierrd collins iii this month on just a few days before his graduation. was visiting the near by university of maryland at college park when he was stabbed at a bu