How dangerous are microplastics? | DW Documentary

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  • Microplastics have only recently become an issue outside the scientific world. A pioneering researcher in this field, Christian Laforsch is primarily interested in the long-term hazards they pose - something that could assume critical importance for us in the future.
    Microplastics can be found everywhere: in snow up in the mountains, in our rivers - and in the air that we breathe. They comprise particles so minute that they can only be seen under a microscope. Professor Christian Laforsch and his team from the University of Bayreuth have devised their own customized instruments to track down microplastics in water, the air and farmland soil. They also want to find out how dangerous they are for humans and our environment.
    Seema Agarwal is a chemist who knows the problem all too well from her native India. She's working on the development of organic-based plastics that are 100% biodegradable. At the same time, she's trying to reach out to the chemical industry - because in her eyes, the obvious and ultimate goal is to prevent microplastics being created in the first place.
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  • @steamsearcher
    @steamsearcher ปีที่แล้ว +170

    In 1972 we had a subject called PLASTICS. Yes, with a very enthusiastic teacher who told "The future is PLASTICS!" We all then got bad marls by saying "That it was NOT the future!" Many young Farmers As we grew up in a very Rural Devon. Said "That all the plastic and Rubber bits constantly gave problems on the Farm and then stayed around unmendable for years." Looking back who was right? The whole thing needs looking at.

    • @barbaraseymour3437
      @barbaraseymour3437 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I see that farmers observed the nuisance. However, did we really know in 1972 just how bad a problem was coming our way? I might have taken the same approach as your teacher. You knew??

    • @EnyawYorlig
      @EnyawYorlig ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Too late. Look at videos in the Philippines and India & other places. Even if we rid all plastic and remove it from our land it will not make 1 iota of change.
      Even if the world stops making it tomorrow there is enough to turn to micro size all over the world. It is too late.

    • @CharDhue
      @CharDhue ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Like anything else! too much will create a problem, be moderate

    • @chrilin5107
      @chrilin5107 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@barbaraseymour3437 yes we did know my grandparents were both against it, and in school we once got two terracotta pots (after having got a snack 1 apple n juice in a plastic cup), newspaper on floor, buried our apple core n cup....initially asking n asking. Finally we got to put news paper down, emptied the pots and saw what was biodegradable and not. My nan used to collect bags and crochet carpets or bags. She said it was too much of this stuff around n it was going to be bad...why couldn't people use baskets (wicker) etc. She said it ends up everywhere...so yes we have known for a long time. I've been against plastic over 40 years, not eating animals approx same, since the killed my best friend and I'd seen it...

    • @chrilin5107
      @chrilin5107 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@EnyawYorlig we cannot give up

  • @Azrael__
    @Azrael__ ปีที่แล้ว +130

    This has opened my eyes to how many sources of microplastics there are; this is truly terrifying. Personally, I believe we'll soon see this as the "lead in gasoline and paint" of our generation.

    • @kellyodowd3949
      @kellyodowd3949 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Meanwhile, the nuclear waste from the Fukushima disaster keeps going into the oceanwater, but that's no longer focused on as a problem????

    • @nextbigthing2917
      @nextbigthing2917 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Many problems are just hitting us at once and it’s looking like dark times very soon if these greedy ass corporations don’t take action 😒And I do what I can to reduce my plastic consumption.

    • @denisdenak
      @denisdenak ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@kellyodowd3949 wtf are you talking about

    • @carveh13
      @carveh13 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      We don't have time for this, we must concentrate on carbon dioxide or whatever they say is the current problem.

    • @220jonnyblaze
      @220jonnyblaze ปีที่แล้ว

      @Denis Den just because you are to dumb to understand what she said doesn’t mean other will over look it, NUCLEAR WASTE going into the ocean, can you not understand that? what do you think happens when nuclear waste goes into the ocean? durrrrrrrrrr

  • @jetdude787
    @jetdude787 ปีที่แล้ว +126

    I remember a couple of things that impacted me to this problem with plastic; a trip deep into the Amazon and seeing plastic trash in the pristine jungle, days away from the so called civilized world, and a pit stop in the road between Nouakchott and Nouadhibou, Mauritania; the bus stop fir the people to pray and I stood by the van looking into the infinite desert (Sahara) and all I could see was millions upon millions of discarded plastic water bottles and other trash…. We are trashing our planet beyond repair, and our descendants will pay for it.

    • @anthonydavinci7985
      @anthonydavinci7985 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      YOU ARE TOTALLY CORRECT,..Thank You for stating your actual Experience,,Important to know ..We have many Hardships ahead of us...Germany is forward thinking and may suffer less...For me,,this is another example of DIVERGENCE and SPECIATION that must occur ... Be Wise , Be Bold,Be Magnificent , my Friend

    • @jetdude787
      @jetdude787 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@anthonydavinci7985 I see some work done, but without falling into being fatalist, I am skeptical about the future, my friend
      🙏

    • @rbe6963
      @rbe6963 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@anthonydavinci7985 Germany will suffer less??? It is one planet last time I checked. Everyone will suffer.
      Maybe it was German hikers that left plastic in the jungle

    • @kellyodowd3949
      @kellyodowd3949 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Donating plasma should be studied as a necessity to remove micro plastics from our own bodies. I haven't seen any other news about that yet, but don't be so sure that isn't something to beware of.... We are all effected, and continue polluting our wastewater from our clothing washing methods, as well as the other chemicals sold and marketed. Either that or nanorobots healthcare ...

    • @djgeoman
      @djgeoman ปีที่แล้ว +2

      hi
      I'm
      surprised
      to see someone
      that knows this
      for they own eyes
      the only reason
      we are here
      is to protect the planet
      and live in harmony with each other
      we killing the rivers
      ( the espresway of food by nature )
      i wonder when this will stop
      i hope is not too late to star
      i love this planet and everything in it
      unfortunately i'm seen like and alien in here up north
      🪶🌞☄🧬🗿

  • @KUSHxKiNG
    @KUSHxKiNG ปีที่แล้ว +13

    9:06. When she said cleaning my yard and throwing it in the neighbors yard is the biggest truth I’ve ever heard about plastic

  • @unbrokenandalive1089
    @unbrokenandalive1089 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I find it incredibly offensive that EFFECTS/REPERCUSSIONS aren't the FIRST THING considered BEFORE a product/chemical is introduced to the masses. What about moral responsibility?

  • @Bl1ndm4n94
    @Bl1ndm4n94 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    The fact that people still think recycling helps in the fight against microspastics, is completely laughable

    • @Bl1ndm4n94
      @Bl1ndm4n94 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      In the end, nothing is going to happen until we hold oil companies that produce the materials used for plastics, accountable.

    • @38dd
      @38dd 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      @@Bl1ndm4n94ok Greta 😂

    • @domiracsmany9935
      @domiracsmany9935 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Well it does actually, the alternative materials used instead of plastic needs to be recycled if possible to generate the lowest amount of waste

    • @jan1agush
      @jan1agush 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@Bl1ndm4n94yeah but in practice modern life is built on oil. How are you going to bite the hand which feeds you so to say?
      I believe that we should strive for change, but the oil industry will try to sabotage every attempt at the lowest level if it doesn’t suit them financially. So they will need to have skin in the game.

  • @rohanraj1027
    @rohanraj1027 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    For long days I'm waiting for such type of documentary about microplastic.

    • @cesiumion
      @cesiumion ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Here it is

  • @whocares__mrhjb9703
    @whocares__mrhjb9703 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I do love how bought science blames the consumer and not the producer
    Stop saying we need to challenge how we deal with toxic plastic
    Let's STOP MAKING IT.

  • @okgoop7395
    @okgoop7395 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    just finished a unit at uni which i spent 3 months and 4 assignments on microplastics... scariest part of it all was how much we don't know about how they can affect our bodies, but they're not good so far lol. nanoplastics yes are the most dangerous, inhalation of them leads to inflammation of our lungs - and the ingestion of microplastics by macrophages causes cell death which further causes lung tissue inflammation as macrophage death releases many signalling pathways... pneumonia risk. additionally, old micro and nanoplastics from a polluted environment may be carriers for things like heavy metals which can then be unbinded and released in our body. anyway - not doing my masters but if i did i'd chose this topic for my research.

    • @samwise1990
      @samwise1990 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Thanks for sharing the info so succinctly. What do you hope to do once you finish uni?

    • @RISKY11522
      @RISKY11522 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Can you please share your research work

  • @kingmarx810
    @kingmarx810 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    When I learned the plastic that is used to make Teflon was in the bloodstream of almost all humans, even the most remote regions. I was appalled. Just scary what this stuff could be doing to us. I hope these gentleman can find a solution.

    • @cobanus2862
      @cobanus2862 ปีที่แล้ว

      It will build up to the point of killing all life.

    • @Lilaclavendrr69
      @Lilaclavendrr69 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      They are causing a disrupt in endocrine causing more people to question their gender and transition. It’s already begun. Population has decreased due to the micro plastics affecting sperm.

  • @BobQuigley
    @BobQuigley ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Thanks to every individual and politician working on this.

  • @thomasweatherford5125
    @thomasweatherford5125 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    This is a terrifying reality. I can’t see any way to completely clean this mess up and the Pacific garbage patch is simply enormous.

    • @paranoah1925
      @paranoah1925 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      We can start by not adding more

    • @thomasweatherford5125
      @thomasweatherford5125 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@paranoah1925 ABSOLUTELY!!!

    • @supersingular
      @supersingular ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We need to stop leaking non-soluble plastics first and substitute them with Timeplast

  • @jaypaans3471
    @jaypaans3471 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Most simple solution: Stop. Making. Plastic.

  • @arbaz79
    @arbaz79 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    Thank you DW for making this knowledgeable documentary.I always wanted to know about microplastics and its impact on human health.Keep it up 👍.

    • @DWDocumentary
      @DWDocumentary  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Thank you so much for watching and your positive feedback :)

  • @nextbigthing2917
    @nextbigthing2917 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I just can’t see humanity overcoming the many problems of today, a lot of society has become blind and do not care and then we have the greedy individuals running the corporations causing all this.

  • @superstar1407
    @superstar1407 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Greed is greater than common sense.

    • @aidannn9997
      @aidannn9997 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yep. Hard truth to swallow. I’m mentally Ill. A pessimist who has little room for optimism

  • @gielfrederic
    @gielfrederic ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This documentary reminds us to buy organic cotton when we can, to buy wooden or metallic alternatives when possible,

  • @mintchocolatelove
    @mintchocolatelove ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Far from the topic but being a DJ and also a professor seems super cool!

  • @robertharper3754
    @robertharper3754 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    While there is endless screams about CO2 levels, where is the outrage for plastic waste? Or the chemicals that we dump in our water still to this day? Or the pharmaceuticals that we don't filter out of our waste water when we urinate it out? These are the things that will kill us, while we can adapt to the rise in temperature and sea levels, the chemicals that we've put into the environment that we do little about that can cause cancer, disrupt out endocrine system, can cause infertility, and who knows what else, that will not only kill off humanity but MOST of life on this planet.

  • @fragrantbloom
    @fragrantbloom ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Great documentary! Loved it

  • @Daniel-jb5dw
    @Daniel-jb5dw ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I have no problem paying more taxes in Germany, it is just incredible that Germany and few other concerned countries are spending so much on research to combat all these crucial issues.

    • @monsieurVi
      @monsieurVi ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Better to spend on scientific research than military defense..

    • @Daniel-jb5dw
      @Daniel-jb5dw ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@monsieurVi Both are equally important, you never know who can emerge as a next PUTIN!

    • @monsieurVi
      @monsieurVi ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Daniel-jb5dw True. I hope they will be equally spend on one day..

  • @ItsDefOver9000
    @ItsDefOver9000 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    To all my TWD fans, remember the existential dread expressed by Rick Grimes & crew when they found out that all of humanity was infected? That’s akin to what I feel discovering that we all harbor microplastics in our bloodstreams. The sheer disconcerting realization that we’re all poisoned regardless of the lifestyles we live or the concrete efforts made to evade the proven dangers associated w/ these chemicals.

    • @Anth230
      @Anth230 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Yeah. It's too late now. We shall all see the effects it may have on Gen x and after very soon......

  • @amnazia511
    @amnazia511 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Informative and surprising

  • @alexanderk.5474
    @alexanderk.5474 ปีที่แล้ว +27

    This documentary is still to mild, the truth is it's already to late.

    • @Myst165
      @Myst165 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It felt like they were purposefully downplaying the situation. "Our objective was always finding solutions not just highlighting all the bad things." a.k.a. Let's calm the general public by saying scientists have all the answers. I'm not buying it. And don't tell me I'm a conspiracy theorist because we've already been fooled once when they told us that plastics are recyclable. It's only natural to be a little suspicions. We need radical action, banning certain plastics altogether would be a good start.

    • @Anth230
      @Anth230 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I think so also.....oh well....😢

  • @user-px2ro6nv7y
    @user-px2ro6nv7y ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Excellent 👍

  • @barbaraseymour3437
    @barbaraseymour3437 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Excellent.

  • @dmt3755
    @dmt3755 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thanks DJ

  • @mikecorbeil
    @mikecorbeil ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Very fine documentary. I do not know exactly what hazards that micro-plastics pose to humans or other animals, in short LIFE, but have learned for years that waste plastic is a very serious problem in this world, here. I make use of plastics like for storing food, plus also for waste, but it would be great if we had healthy, earth-friendly alternatives ; hopefully, not too expensive.

  • @kenbellchambers4577
    @kenbellchambers4577 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    We have five plastic islands in the oceans. They are giant micro-plastic mills which churn out plastic mountains on the sea floor. Some beaches in the Pacific have five-meter-deep piles of plastic on beaches, and rivers in many areas are choked with plastic. Bamboo and hemp could begin to slow down the problem very quickly. There are millions of tonnes of organic material available if we manage the forest and scrub fuel hazard materials more intelligently, we could grow both bamboo and hemp in humus alone, and without any other chemicals whatever.

    • @ziggyzugg
      @ziggyzugg ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Imagine..just imagine that scientists who can find problems to these solutions were given the money we spend on weapons to work on these environmental issues...we are too dumb and arrogant a species to survive our own hype

    • @pk3522
      @pk3522 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yup in Fiji

    • @kenbellchambers4577
      @kenbellchambers4577 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@pk3522 I have visited Fiji three times. It was in the sixties, and it was a clean and beautiful place. It is so sad to see such lovely Islands trashed by rubbish usually from Asia. Hope one day that we will clear it all up and never allow such things to happen ever again.

    • @ragmanintx
      @ragmanintx 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And the primary source of those islands are China and India. So what are you going to do about that?

  • @jaxindabox6221
    @jaxindabox6221 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Not sure how accurate the "scientific testing" is when using plastic tubing, plastic bag/net, & a plastic rimmed cannister. The use of these materials however exemplifies the scope of this issue. It is everywhere and in everything- of course it is in us and who knows what advanced, aggressive cancers and cardiac issues will explode on the scene in the next decades.

  • @noblenotes27
    @noblenotes27 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The Coronado Bridge in San Diego California has boats below it where people live aboard and they say that there boats are covered with small particle of black dust which is from the tires of the hundred cars going over the bridge daily. so it's also going in the water.

  • @skypieper
    @skypieper ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I clean up trash on the creek behind my house regularly. Always a bummer when I pick up a bag thats 10 years old and it just deteriorates into hundreds of pieces.

  • @michaelschneider2874
    @michaelschneider2874 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I Remember cleaning the Centrifugal Discs on A "DE LAVELL" Diesel Oil Scrubber .
    We cleaned these twice in every 24 hour period . Usually there was a very fine grained clay , like Bentonite adhering to the Discs !
    That I would scrub off . This was the same Fuel Oil we were delivering to the Market !

  • @LiquidShivaz
    @LiquidShivaz ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Earth is suffocating in plastic, fortunately we got rid of plastic straws 🙄

  • @supersingular
    @supersingular ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thank God for Timeplast, it was about time we found a solution. This is terrifying.

  • @demerethesecondarypage3631
    @demerethesecondarypage3631 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    "..The only thing to fear is fear itself.. and of course.. the microplastic.." -AJ

  • @anotherplottwist
    @anotherplottwist ปีที่แล้ว +3

    When they say everyone eventually gets cancer, and then we wonder why.

  • @morganepaquier
    @morganepaquier ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is terrifying.

  • @kinngrimm
    @kinngrimm ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Loving the waistwater treatment addition and it will hopefully spread over all of europe.
    Also, there are already plastic eating bacteria, right? Sooooo, could we make a version that would be safe to add to our 100.000ish gut bacteria and overall to the environment through the waist water? The idear would be, that they take care of mircoplastic before gut wall cells would engulf them.

  • @prasannarajan5764
    @prasannarajan5764 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    An iconic documentary about the microplastic threads to our environment. Which also shows the Meticulous job of the researchers.
    In india the environment situation is getting so worsen day by day which makes me so scare after watching this documentary. In simply the individual decepline is the only tool to overcome from this scenario. The garbages segregation is starts from the hands of each individual citizens but throwing plastics on the street regardless of the effects to our environment and future generation makes me pity. God bless this universe and help us to combat this plastic eradication.

  • @Vagolyk
    @Vagolyk ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I don't expect that the solition for producing microo plastics is separate from using only biodegradable alternatives.
    If the research involves "changing our habits", that means it was fruitless. Unless it serves a better alternative or reveals something that can force a systemic change, don't base your solution on the willingness of the individual.

  • @Bos_Taurus
    @Bos_Taurus 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What do you do with the microplastics captured in the water filter?

  • @alinemra2453
    @alinemra2453 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I have completed my thesis on microplastics.

  • @starcrib
    @starcrib ปีที่แล้ว +13

    We are the extinction level events- 👤🦖 ☄️

  • @user-zl5fl6tc4n
    @user-zl5fl6tc4n 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Is the wide use of string trimmer contributing to micro plastic pollution as well? I can't find a documentary on that

  • @Kangaroo_Caught
    @Kangaroo_Caught ปีที่แล้ว +4

    It definitely needs to be compounds that decompose, because very little of the recyclable plastic is ever actually recycled. While manufacturers put misleading recycle symbols on plastics which are never going to be recyclable.

  • @robinloh992
    @robinloh992 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Can anyone find the inventor online? DW didn't give any links on this or even show how his name is correctly spelled

  • @TheAjatin
    @TheAjatin ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Bet everyone has it in the body.

    • @nextbigthing2917
      @nextbigthing2917 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh you do we on average consume a credit card worth of plastic a week.

    • @user-qr9uh1fd8g
      @user-qr9uh1fd8g 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Also in the fish in lake Michigan . Fish also has Rx in there. There was ' microbeads' in a few products for a while

  • @freedomsteppa
    @freedomsteppa ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Yes, could it all be dangerous to us? Yes. Electrical non-conductants. And then there is the problem of nano-plastics. Thanks to the researchers in Bayreuth. And above all the DuPont corporation. They are the ones who should be paying for all this research and the consequent clean-up. Which I cannot even begin to imagine. And once we already degenerate as a result of these intakes - who is going to think up the problem solutions?

    • @rhetoric5173
      @rhetoric5173 ปีที่แล้ว

      Electrical non-conductants? ELABORATE

  • @alberthjaltason8152
    @alberthjaltason8152 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    An important subject indeed and truly fascinating. The overdub is out of whack though🤣. Fungi will be the deal breaker is my belief. Our mushroom friends will make short work of this, I'm certain 👍 There are certainly strains of fungi that eat plastic.

    • @ziggyzugg
      @ziggyzugg ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Great... except that the fungi will probably then colonise us

    • @christopherquintero6910
      @christopherquintero6910 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@ziggyzugg even better

    • @somerandomguy1119
      @somerandomguy1119 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      There is nothing to break down micro plastics found your certainty isn't nothing unless you have a phd in plastic

  • @deleqtronica8733
    @deleqtronica8733 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Very telling how much people actually care about micro-plastics, the view count on this video is much lower then other DW videos.. Were doomed as a species.

  • @Zen_Power
    @Zen_Power ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I wonder if we could conduct blood and urine tests for micro plastic content? It would be interesting to know how much it has infiltrated our bodies.

  • @milan99cz
    @milan99cz 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    In 100 years, there will be people saying "how could they be so stupid and use plastic" the same way we talk about asbestos and lead.
    It is sad, since we do have alternatives..but again just like with asbestos, those alternatives are just more expensive.

    • @milumav77
      @milumav77 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Asbestos and lead are still being used to this day. These murdering psychopathic corporations always manage to fight the attempted bans on their materials in court. The EPA attempted to ban all uses of asbestos in 1989 but it was overturned due to "industry pressure" and since 1989, US companies have imported more than 500,000 tons of asbestos. The attempts to ban all asbestos are still ongoing.
      The use of lead was never fully banned and they continue to use lead in plastic manufacturing to add to its resiliency and durability by softening it, making it more flexible so it returns to its initial shape, and to stabilize the molecules when exposed to heat in many items especially children's toys.
      These factory and manufacturing industries (including agribusiness) are poisoning everything on earth, food, water and air. They need to be brought to their knees, heavily regulated and strictly monitored before they destroy every living thing on the planet.

  • @tuathadesidhe1530
    @tuathadesidhe1530 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    They are already finding microplastics in the umbilical cords of newborn babies...

  • @demerethesecondarypage3631
    @demerethesecondarypage3631 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    It's a microscopic microplastic!

  • @antfactor
    @antfactor 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Thank you so much for this video! What most people seem to forget/don't realize is that PLASTICS ARE OIL. Which means they are constantly leaching CO2 and other hazardous chemicals as long as they exist. And we are increasingly breathing these in (nanoplastics and all) - ALL the time. The news media NEVER seems to bring this up. 🤔

    • @DWDocumentary
      @DWDocumentary  8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Thanks for watching and for the feedback!

    • @karolinakuc4783
      @karolinakuc4783 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      ​@@DWDocumentaryWeird though that you mentioned DJ's at the beginning of the video since gum chewers produce far more waste. Coz PCV is in chewing gums. Only eco gums do not have it

    • @antfactor
      @antfactor หลายเดือนก่อน

      Wow...(!) - Did NOT know this... Perhaps that's why they leave indelible marks on sidewalks?!? @@karolinakuc4783

  • @sethmusick2807
    @sethmusick2807 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    We need to ban plastics all together

  • @jonise2524
    @jonise2524 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is like a horror movie, a real horror movie

  • @particlerelativity
    @particlerelativity ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How about the effects of using biodegradable plastic bags?

    • @NickanM
      @NickanM ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They aren't made of plastics, ths most common ones are made of sugar cane, waste from the process of making sugar to be more exact.

  • @toregister8615
    @toregister8615 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The title should read "How dangerous are humans?".

  • @ferbre3520
    @ferbre3520 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

    it might be a good idea to develop laws to regulate eco friendly plastic

    • @user-qr9uh1fd8g
      @user-qr9uh1fd8g 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Corn. Wheatstraw. Recycled paper and aluminum. They have had mushrooms and hair and bacteria and sunflowers that clean oil spills and toxic soil

  • @chrilin5107
    @chrilin5107 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    We should enjoy the present without sacrificing our future...that to me equals banning 1st single use and 2nd plastic with additives 3rd finally full ban..only use biodegradable plastic. And not with the goal set in 10 years. Step one within a year, second within 2 and third within 3. Halt consumerism, fast fashion...food waste n ban planned obsolescence in tech/electronics....then aim for a circular economy. Buy 2nd hand, clothes, furniture/fittings, salvage yards often have doors, windows, wooden floors, resell or donate, min carpool or use public transport, or cycle, walk...possibly electric scooter. What's more important ....all future life or a cheap top, takeaway food in plastic lined cups/containers? We have to protest and vote with not purchasing. Also stop the sick conventional farming that kills soil, arthropods, amphibians n birds that help keep soils healthy, pollinate, provide free n natural pest control....and immediately stop factory farming systems. They are a breeding ground for new zoonotic diseases, use enormous amounts or valuable resources like water n the compacted dead soil leads to flooding or during heatwaves (bc they don't retain water n deplete groundwater) forest fires...and threatens ever more clear cutting of virgin rain forest to export nutrient deficient feed crops to our insane amounts of animals...who also suffer in this system; being units of production not sentient beings. Thanks DW for your excellent documentaries 👏

    • @DWDocumentary
      @DWDocumentary  ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hello, Chri. Thanks for taking the time to comment and share your thoughts with us. We are glad to hear that you liked the documentary :)

    • @chrilin5107
      @chrilin5107 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@DWDocumentary Thank YOU, keep em coming 🙏

  • @g_y.rtz420
    @g_y.rtz420 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "Microplastics: part of a balanced breakfast!"

  • @madingthree
    @madingthree ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Plastics are the biggest Midas effect in humanity today

  • @jesse6468
    @jesse6468 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    These people live in a dream world, we can not keep living the way we do in a sustainable way.

  • @kinngrimm
    @kinngrimm ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Now repeat these tests in towns in africa next to landfills full of european plastics. I would guess the concentrations there would be somewhat higher.
    Somewhere in the past 20 years, petro chemical companies switched from ridiculing environmentalists to putting more emphasis on PR, financing small efforts to clean a beach now and then and by that selling their products as green and environmental friendly. Meanwhile the products they produced are still ending up in our rivers, in the ocean, in the air in our earth and ofcause also in our food and therefor in us. Which then with not much imagination one would think causes problems there. The companies won't tell us the formulars used in their products, as that is their property, depending on company they also wont change these formulars or would deny themselves selling products made out of them, continuing to contribute to the problem. They will keep their profits, while everyone else will have to suffer and pay the piper. Does that seem fair?
    While i have some hope that here in germany, stricter regulations could be implemented, after all we are sticklers for those ^^, looking at the US or even other EU nations with less care for their environment or more economic pressures resulting in lobbys telling politicians what to do, i am sure we continue overall to certain doom. If not i would be happy to be proven wrong. Then again, looking back at some of our own scandals, like with the deception over exhaust fumes, there sure are still some greedy companies here which still will fuck us all over, too.

  • @bowriver
    @bowriver ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Glass used to be good? Its recyclable. Good old days?

  • @gilw00
    @gilw00 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    3:12 for real?

  • @jasonstokes5469
    @jasonstokes5469 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Study the dangers as they wear plastic jackets; don't seem so concerned to me.

  • @jamesphilip6737
    @jamesphilip6737 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We're all screwed.

  • @dorcasjim
    @dorcasjim ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I am currently working on micro plastics in my Msc.

  • @dineshkadam6052
    @dineshkadam6052 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This is a fact now, We must act..

  • @jackkadaka9020
    @jackkadaka9020 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    2:30 "Visible plastic waste is unsightly but relatively easy to dispose of." And the garbage truck comes and takes it to a dump, where it will degrade into micro-plastics and enter the water table. Glad it won't be visible any longer.
    The micro plastics in my lungs aren't visible either. Do they matter?

  • @Sigognac1988
    @Sigognac1988 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Summation: the problem won't be solved in nearest 100 years

  • @chrissiehansen2640
    @chrissiehansen2640 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Btw Brits and Aussies. it isn't Cumpusst(Compost) sounds like postman,postal,Fence-post,post-operative. YW

  • @mondo_stunts27
    @mondo_stunts27 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It would be interesting to find out that we are inhaling too many micro plastics, seems to be the case

    • @chito127
      @chito127 ปีที่แล้ว

      Have you lost anybody to microplastics? Is it just something else to be scared of? Puhleez!

    • @mondo_stunts27
      @mondo_stunts27 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@chito127 no I haven’t to that specifically, but it’s called cancer. Also not that long of lifespans despite having access to, what would at first glance be the best healthcare and best access to nutrition in the history of the world.
      I’m not scared of plastic, I actually highly value them and try to discourage vilifying plastics. But it would seems we’ve gone too far with them and I have to drawn the line somewhere. I study biology and i think it’s still being researched but it’s assumed the micro plastics are more dangerous because they are so small and being already tiny fragile fragments it can be broken down further by the body. The other issue is storage in the body, I believe anything like toxins or oils that are fat soluble so non polar molecules will be easily stored in the fat cells long term.

    • @user-qr9uh1fd8g
      @user-qr9uh1fd8g 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Dissolved in H2O and the sun.

  • @StreamwaveProduction
    @StreamwaveProduction ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Another documentary created that tells the entire world an unfathomably massive problem and people will just carelessly ignore for TikTok videos.

  • @matthewtatro6542
    @matthewtatro6542 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    How is Pipette not wearing gloves???

  • @somerandomfella
    @somerandomfella ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It doesn't help when countries like India, Philippines & Indonesia dump into their rivers and oceans.

    • @toekkababy5329
      @toekkababy5329 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Phillippines is the nr1 plastic polluter

  • @DeutscheBerge
    @DeutscheBerge ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Okay but what was the result about microplastics from air?

    • @lauracostello3364
      @lauracostello3364 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      that's a topic most don't want to address...

    • @Songer80
      @Songer80 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's worse because it goes right into your bloodstream and into your organs and cells through the lungs. That what they said in a documentary I saw 3 weeks ago.

    • @motogee3796
      @motogee3796 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Microplastics are a minor issue in the air we breathe compared to the troubling chemicals like Aluminum, Barium, Mercury, Strontium, organic solvents, dead organic wastes like yeast, mold all these that are wastes of the chemical industry.
      These are being dispersed globally (esp over cities) in small enough quantities over our heads that most people are unaware of it and are unaffected by it in the short term.
      If you like to know more, search for apple podcast - the sky is falling - Medical Medium.

  • @queersnowflake
    @queersnowflake ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thank you western civilization for all this you are really morality very just

  • @ironfistarrival
    @ironfistarrival ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Well , how about Plastics used to hold water ?
    Can they cause serious health problems or cancer ?

    • @nextbigthing2917
      @nextbigthing2917 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Oh man 😅 plastic water bottles is probably one of the worst food related things containing micro plastic.

  • @TrainingDay556
    @TrainingDay556 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I Season My Burgers With Microplastics

  • @jonise2524
    @jonise2524 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    And we wander why we are living basically with sleeping cancer cells

  • @mitujone
    @mitujone 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You cannot motivate nor call for action with a video that resolves positively. It’s as if the problem is already solved. Scare people-this is a scary problem.

  • @karolinakuc4783
    @karolinakuc4783 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    DJs do not spread much PCV. Gum chewers do as most gums have it

  • @WikedWRLD999
    @WikedWRLD999 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I work at a plastic company, and unfortunately I’m the guy who grinds all the plastic into micro plastics and it sticks to absolutely everything on me. It’s incredibly small pieces too. And it gets into my skin on my face sometimes and will cause a pimple or a reaction. And it’s all in my car. It’s all over my bed. It’s in my carpet at home. It’s everywhere. If any scientist wants to study my case. 💀

    • @WikedWRLD999
      @WikedWRLD999 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I’m talking about millions of dust like micro plastic

    • @WikedWRLD999
      @WikedWRLD999 หลายเดือนก่อน

      And the company had us sign a document about 3 chemicals that we can never try to file legal actions. With out us even knowing what they were.

  • @fredsmit3481
    @fredsmit3481 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The bag used to collect the sample looks like it is made out of plastic :-)

  • @markcampbell7577
    @markcampbell7577 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Molecules of monomers and hazardous waste burners pollution are globally catastrophic. We are familiar with DDT pesticide effects on sperm count of all species. This is true of all halogenated vinyl and all halogenated carbon molecules. This is why fish populations are declining and coral reefs bleaching but fishing regulations will not have any effect on the population of fish.

  • @obes8
    @obes8 ปีที่แล้ว

    we need some negative ions

  • @c.rutherford
    @c.rutherford ปีที่แล้ว +1

    (looking at the Great Pacific Garbage Patch). Where is the other 95% of the discarded plastic waste?
    "ITS IN OUR BODIES...."

  • @eliaserickson
    @eliaserickson ปีที่แล้ว +1

    poor video editing - big fan of dw though, and great doc

  • @IK_4
    @IK_4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is what happens when money is more important than human life.

  • @warrenwalker8170
    @warrenwalker8170 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Is anybody checked out micro metal particles they could be the worst new thing too. - stop the big plastic first

  • @doctorprocter4225
    @doctorprocter4225 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    giving us comfortable lives, made the majority of us weak, and complainers.

  • @richardgreen3910
    @richardgreen3910 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    How will they ever get rid of micro plastics floating in the air from people's clothes cars tyres and people handling plastic objects and products creating friction How will they remove micro plastics mixed up with the earth we grow our food on and where farm animals ear so all our food will have it inside its structure

  • @SoCalFreelance
    @SoCalFreelance ปีที่แล้ว +2

    DW why did you remove your "Secluded treasures & tax incentives - The freeport system" documentary???

    • @DWDocumentary
      @DWDocumentary  ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Some of our documentaries have been bought from other production companies and distributors
      and therefore have limited online rights. Unfortunately, the online rights for that documentary have now expired. Thanks for watching!

    • @SoCalFreelance
      @SoCalFreelance ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@DWDocumentary Makes sense. Did not know that about DW documentaries.

  • @ragnarandersson2866
    @ragnarandersson2866 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Today we eat plastic fish..

  • @punk4life138
    @punk4life138 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I was hearing about mothers passing microplastics to their children via breast milk.
    It’s sad. You think you’re doing the best thing for your baby.

    • @maxmordon7295
      @maxmordon7295 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The best thing for babies is NOT being born...

  • @nasiruddinbhuiyanbhuiyan3251
    @nasiruddinbhuiyanbhuiyan3251 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    HOW CAN LIVE THA EARTH , GOD!VLAIS ME ,