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I know it can happen. it's totally different in that you take that pyramid of power where at the top most of the decisions are made by just a few people, you push it down and spread it out. so every member has that opportunity to be successful. it is a great way. it's a freeing way. amendments that aren't heard and are killed by the process would go away. and that everyone would have an opportunity for amendments, bills, other things, participation in the process. it's a great way to run a house. in the end, in florida, when we did that, the numbers turned right side up. >> the man who's had t...

Fire, and he jumped into the swimming pool. >> reporter: michael brewer nearly died after bullies lit him on fire in florida. >> how do you describe that kind of pain? >> agony. >> reporter: two-thirds of his body burned. the american academy of pediatrics says 26% of 10, 11, and 12-year-olds are involved in bullying. either as victims or bullies. but if you factor in bystanders, 77% of third graders are in the bully circle. but could you tell if your child is a bully? >> i know a lot of the students try and tell their parents or try and tell an administrator or teacher, and they aren't heard....

>> absolutely. . >> there's something else she wanted to show me as well. just about everyone here has died of a mining related cause. >> you know, she said something else to me as well. she said every time you turn on the light, every time you use power, think of us. i told her i will. if you don't live in this type of community, are you breathing in hundreds of chemicals every day and may not know it? what are your risks? that's later in the show. first living in a community where it's easier to buy a gun than a piece of fruit. true story. it can happen anytime.

You see tremendous amounts of air pollution from the facilities. anybody who is living near and breathing the fumes day in and out is exposed. >> how many of these are out there? >> there are hundreds and hundreds of the communities. they may not have as many facilities in such a dense concentration of moscow, but there are communities all around the country where there's a chemical facility that's producing very valuable jobs, very important products. but also producing emissions that effect their neighbors. whether it's parkersburg, west virginia. weather it's st. louis, missouri. aniston, a...

Vigilance. often times the state and local authorities side with the industry more often than the people who are being exposed. the concerns of the community often aren't heard. the truth of the matter is that all of us, in effect, live on a fence line. when you think of exposure through food, water, air. because the chemicals know no boundaries, they certainly don't stop at the fence line. we're all in in effect of being exposed to various combinations of these chemicals every day. >> some people will say, this is just the way we live. it's modern life. we've done it before. we take dtc measu...