. >> melissa and sam pleaser live just feet away from one owned by driscoll's, the popular brand we all see in supermarkets. it's lying fallow now, but once a year it gets fumigated before planting. >> see a machine with 12, 13 people in these white chemical suits, gas masks, full gear. >> the fumigant contains chloral pick ren, a former chemical war fair ajent. there are con frikting studies over whether it causes cancer, but melissa points to a uc scientific panel that warns it could be a potent carcinogen. >> we've all grown our children here. they talk about they're 76 times more likely to get cancer having been exposed to this stuff. >> driscoll's has always reassured them there is no risk. >> they'll bring you strawberries and say, oh, you're perfectly fine. we would never put you in danger. >> the children's grandfather manuel was skeptical. oakland-based pesticide action network helped him set up drift catchers to monitor chemical drop lift in the air during fumigation. the results. >> it was scary. it was scary, especially for the kids. >> pesticide action network found lifls o

. >> reporter: melissa and sam live just feet away from one owned by driscoll's, the popular brand we see in supermarkets. it's fallow now but once a year it gets fumigated before planting. >> we see a machine with 12, 13 people in these white chemical suits gas masks full gear. >> reporter: the fumigant con tears a former chemical warfare agent. there are conflicting studies over whether it causes cancer. but melissa points to a uc scientific panel that warns the chemical could be a potent carcinogen. >> we have all grown our children here. they talk about it being 76 times more likely to get cancer having been exposed to this stuff. >> reporter: driscoll's always reassured them there is no risk. >> they bring us strawberries and say oh, you're perfectly fine we would never put new danger. >> reporter: the children's grandfather was skeptical. the oakland-based pesticide action network helped him set up drift catchers to catch droplets in the area in fumigation times. >> it was scarey especially for the kids. >> reporter: they found levels of the chemical almost 2 times higher than w

. >> reporter: melissa and sam live just feet away from one owned by driscoll's the popular brand we all see in supermarkets. it's lightning fallow now but once a year, it gets fumigated before planting. >> we see a machine with 12, 13 people in these white chemical suits gas masks, full gear. >> reporter: the fumigant contains chloropicrin a former chemical warfare agent. there are conflicting studies over whether it causes cancer, but melissa points to a uc scientific panel that warns, chloropicrin could be a potent carcinogen. >> we have all grown our children here. they talk about they are 76 times more likely to get cancer having been exposed to this stuff. >> reporter: driscoll's has always reassured you there's no risk. >> they bring you strawberries and say they're fine, no danger. >> reporter: the children's grandfather was skeptical. oakland-based pesticide action network helped him set up drift catchers to monitor chemical droplets in the air during fumigation. the results? >> it was scary. it was scary for especially the kids. >> reporter: pesticide action network found l

david: gerry driscoll, former federal reserve of dallas vice president and economic advisor. thanks, very much. >> thank you, david. david: we're following jcpenney's sudden dive today after a story appeared in the "new york post." we'll tell you what the story said. we'll talk to an analyst about exactly what it means for jcpenney. could it be the final nail in their coffin if. >>> we're going back to liz at dow chemical's new research facility in pennsylvania. let's go, liz. >> let's go. we'll become scientists here. dow figured out a way to take water with impurities and all kinds of problems in it from that to this. bottoms-up. i will taste it. the process that is happening here in the united states in dow's brand new facility. we're back in collegeville, pennsylvania. ♪ [ male announcer ] eligible for medicare? that's a good thing, but it doesn't cover everything. only about 80% of your part b medical expenses. the rest is up to you. so consider an aarp medicare supplement insurance plan, insured by unitedhealthcare insurance company. like all standardized medicare sup

. >> reporter: rory driscoll found it tough to readjust to civilian life once he returned to american soil. >> people think veterans and military are these complete different, alien species, and it's hard to let them, or hard to convince people, no, we're just like you. we just did a different job for a little while. >> reporter: that's where the mission continues comes in. it's an organization that helps veterans transition by offering six month paid fellowships. when they come back home, the mission continues helps them to rebuild that sense of community, connect to other people in their community and helps them to rebuild that sense of purpose. veronica served four years in the marine corps. she paired up with a haw center that provides free legal services to victims of human rights violations. >> i'm always looking for that kind of opportunity where i can give back. >> reporter: the mission continues gives veterans a way to do just that, by taking on a new challenge here at home. >> i looked at environmental science as another way to give back to the world and do it in a way that'