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Ladona is on a mission. we met her two years ago here in one of the you havest neighborhoods in chicago. the last place you would expect to find a garden. that's what she showed me. >> what are we growing in here? >> any number of things. those are collared greens on the far aisle there. >> redman led an effort she calls urban farm sites. no matter how hard she tried she couldn't find prefresh produce the neighborhood. >> you could buy drugs. you could buy a gun. but if you wanted to find an organic tomato in the community, you wouldn't be able fip one. >> reporter: with few grocery stores nea...

The country. i'll tell you the current evidence does not support the idea that it could cause cancer or is unsafe. they say 50 milligrams per kilogram of body weight per day is acceptable. let's say your only one is diet soda, you could drink 15 in a day before reaching the maximum level of aspartame. moderation is key, as with everything. you dmoe, as much as we talk about health care and the problem with obesity in the program, it really comes down to individuals taking personal responsibility. no question about that. the woman you're about to meet, she did just that. she saw the problem i...

Are located. oftentimes very little government vigilance. oftentime it is state and local authorities side with the industry more often than with the people expoedsed. the concerns of the community often aren't heard. and the truth of the matter is that all of us in effect live on a fence line. when you think about exposures through consumer products, food, water, air because these chemicals know no boundaries, they certainly don't stop at the fence line. we are fall effect being exposed at various levels to various combinations of these chemic chemicalings every day. >> reporter: so people wi...

Knows the risk. and a real life medical mystery involving parents and the disappearance of their critically ill baby. let's get started. this week i spent time in west virginia at the site of the tragic mining disaster. the impact of what's been happening to this community, well it's been going on for a very long time. marella is still waiting. in fact, l she has been waiting and worrying for decades. >> you're always concerned every time they walk off the door. about an explosion, the danger that exits there. there's so many things that can go wrong. >> reporter: so many dangers. some int...