Where howard hu and his team are discovering environmental dangers unearthed from over 60 years of mining. But dangerous exposures are found everywhere. In new yorks inner city robin whyatt is researching the effects some common household chemicals may be having on us and our children. Two studies in two very different places both measuring hazardous exposures, provide a better understanding of the unseen risks that we all take every day and the consequences those risks have on our health. Located in the far northeastern corner of oklahoma the town of picher has a unique landscape. Just steps away from homes schools, and playgrounds sit manmade mountains. Since the turnf the last century through the 1970s, the abundant underground resources of lead and zinc ore were mined to supply among other things material for ammunition used during world war ii. But along with the lead and zinc came tons of mining waste, creating these mounds, called chat piles, that have always been a fixture in t
Department to follow. Im here to answer any questions. Thank you, mr. Fong. Colleagues, are there any questions for the department . Okay, seeing none, thank you very much. With that, we will open this item for Public Comment. Is there any member of the public who wishes to make Public Comment . If so, please approach. I dont think we have any Public Comment cards. You can just line up oh, we do . Two minutes. Public comment will be two minutes. When you have 30 seconds left, youll hear a soft bell. When your two minutes is up, you will hear a louder bell. Welcome. Good afternoon, commissioners. I have a cover letter in the [speaker not understood] engineering report by clear water hydrology. This was a report that we put together or actually the report was put together by the engineer at the at our request because we are not sure we dont know how to read reports and we wanted somebody else to evaluate the hydrology report done by the developer and dpw. Essentially, we live in the neig
That if this construction is granted without disability issues addressed, you can rest assured there might be lawsuits with requests for punitive damages. Please Contact Public Works Department Disability Access coordinator kevin jensen at 30 van ness avenue. I tried to get in touch with him, but im not computer savvy and nobody answers their phone, you know. So, anyway, i would appreciate it if this would be looked into from a disability point of view. Thank you. Thank you. Are there any other members of the public who would like to comment . My name is lou randal. I live at the corner of peralta and [speaker not understood]. As you go through, there must be some traffic controls put in before construction starts. Weve had one car destroyed from people speeding up holiday without a stop sign and making that right turn in front of my house. Every one of the trucks that go in and out of there have had to make a uturn in front of my house to get there and theres no stop signs from hollid
Entire community is quarantined because of the ebola outbreak. A closer look at how desperate that situation is becoming and whats being done to stop the virus coming up. We begin this hour with major new developments in the battle against isis militant. Yes, a u. S. Official telling cnn president obama has authorized reconnaissance flights oversyria and they could begin at any moment. This follows a stunning announcement from syrias assad regime. Its now open to International Help even from the u. S. To defeat the growing isis threat. But that comes with an important condition, all military action must be approved by the u. N. Security council. Listen. [ speaking a Foreign Language ] translator the coming few days will upthe seriousness of regional and International Countries in fighting terrorism and executing the Security Councils resolution. Until now, we do not see the serio seriousness. The u. S. Already joined the fight against isis with targeted air strikes in northern iraq. Th
From the trump and clinton campaigns deinvolved into a heated shouting match. I would rather lose than win the way you guys did. No you wouldnt. That the hour, also following growing protests over a Controversial Oil pipeline in north dakota as hundreds of veterans arrive to stand with activist. Well take you there live just a few minutes from now. But first, lets start with what seemed like a flashback. President elect donald trump firing off the base at a rally in a swing state, ohio. In suburban, cincinnati, it was supposed to be an event built to back of in election glory. It was also the president elects first large public appearance since the election, but at times, president elect trump looked and sounded more like candidate trump in nearly hourlong speech delivering some of his campaigns greatest hits. Theres no way that donald trump can break the blue wall, right . We didnt break it, we shattered that sucker. Were very divided nation, but were not going to be divided for long.