Disturbing Discovery Of Microplastics Inside Our Bodies
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- Hello, welcome to NeoScribe.
There are many benefits to plastic.
It’s light, moldable, strong, and inexpensive.
And it’s the perfect material in many cases, such as its uses in sterile medical environments like hospitals.
But I have a problem with microplastics, and you should too.
Microplastics are pieces of plastic that are less than 5 millimeters long and are remnants of larger plastic debris that are broken down by erosion and sunlight into increasingly smaller pieces.
And scientists are starting to discover that they’re invading much more than our oceans and sea life.
A study was done in South Korea, scientists sampled 39 brands of table salt from around the world and found microplastics in 36 of them.
Recent studies into water contamination have found microplastics in 83% of tap water samples from major cities around the world and in 93% of samples from the world’s top 11 bottled water brands.
The most shocking study I came across was done by the University of Plymouth which reveals that a large source of microplastic pollution comes from our laundry.
You see, synthetic fibers such as nylon and polyester are forms of plastic and each time they are washed, they released hundreds of thousands of microfibers into the environment.
Based on these results, researchers estimate that the average adult consumes 32,000 pieces of microplastic per year.
And this takes us to a study done by the Medical University of Vienna, which is where things get a bit gross.
Researchers tested stool samples of participants from around the world including Finland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, Russia, and the UK
The study found that EVERY sample tested positive for the presence of microplastic, and up to nine different plastic types were identified.
This discovery is still new, so the health effects of microplastics consumption are unknown at this time.
It appears that microplastics are all around us, and inside us.
But how did we get here?
In 1869 John Hyatt invented the first synthetic polymer in search for a substitute for ivory.
By WWII, plastics played a major role in military supply chains and the US government-funded $1billion to private companies to construct synthetics plants in cities across the country to keep up with the demand.
Since then, global plastic production has exploded from 2.3 million tons in 1950 to over 448 million tons today.
Around half of the plastic ever produced has been manufactured in the past 15 years.
And of that 448 tons of plastic, around 40% is produced for disposable use such as product packaging, plastic bags, and water bottles.
And every year, over 8 BILLION kilograms of the plastic end in the world’s ocean.
At that rate, over 4 garbage trucks full of plastic will have made its way to the ocean by the end of this video.
Some of the more durable plastic ends up to 1 of 5 plastic accumulation zones, the largest being the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
The Pacific Garbage Patch is located halfway between California and Hawaii and is estimated to be 1.6 million kilometers which are 3 times the size of France.
There’s an estimated 80,000 tons of plastic floating in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch alone, which is the equivalent to the weight of 500 jumbo jets.
Once plastic debris makes it to these patches, they remain there until they degrade into smaller microplastics under the effects of sun, waves and marine life.
The plastics will remain in the oceans for hundreds of years until it degrades into smaller and smaller pieces.
So, this a monumental problem, a global problem and it won’t be easy to find a solution.
It will take leadership and commitment from governments and industries.
But the first step is awareness.
There is a lot more information out there on this issue, please don’t stop with this video.
Because the future is going to be fantastic, and we should ALL be healthy for it.
Alright, that’s all I have for now.
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I like how you aren’t afraid to keep your videos short and to the point.
Thanks!
@@neoscribe2295 Should I report my schools apple juice, *THE CONTAINERS PLASTIC FLAKES OFF AND I SEE THE TINY MICROPLASTICS AND I TOOK A PICTURE*
@@alexh349 Yes definitely! Everyone can do their part.
Great video! Thank you for creating and posting!
Thanks Jeff!
The future is going to be fantastic and we should all be healthy for that...
Nice words
Words of a young naive boy. oboy is life gonna disapoint u lol
@@mroledoc you may call me or the narrator naive but it's always good to have a positive thought.
Ironically, the best place for those plastics to be "banished" permanently is the bottom of the sea...
-> More specifically the subduction zones that will eventually send them into the mantle (to be decomposed by heat as simple carbon & hydrogen molecules like methane).
Argamis (SilverComet), great idea! How do we transport all these garbage patches and micro-plastic particles to the bottom of the Marianas Trench?
@@davidrosner6267 Transport? -> I assume you mean after "collecting" them from the garbage patch, adding a cheap "gel" (so it can be compressed into air-free, almost pure solid "plastic cubes"); then moved by ship to a NEARBY SUBDUCTION ZONE (Marianas Trench is not the closest); then "dropped" so gravity & time does the rest.
@@adolfodef but there's creatures living down there too, we'd just be polluting somewhere else
@@talonjuel9486 If it was that easy and cheap, we would discard our garbage that way. It'd be cheaper to restore every piece of garbage into edible food and useful products than to drag them into the marianas trench (and make sure they get swallowed in) Why? For once: Pressure.
so is the best solution an active volcano?
maybe they could put some kind of filter into the washing machines
well, yes but that would only stop the release of microfibres into the pipes. When you clean out the filter and toss it in the bin its still eventually going to end up in the ocean or anywhere really.
You didn’t have to show the poop. You made your point. But seriously, I’m sharing this video with everyone I know. It would have been nice if you showed the health risks from micro plastics. Thanks for the video.
Why NOT , show Human WASTE ! ! OUR poop /Feces / WASTE is PART of us ! These PLASTICS ARE CAUSING DISEASES!
I completely agree!!! 😂
It was literally a stick image.
I usually never comment. But I watch your videos for a long time. And I really wanna say thank you for the great and actually really inspiring content. You seem to really love science and I do too. I honestly enjoy your content :)
So.... Thank you
Thanks so much Fiunic!
Thank you so much for this info.
I love how hopeful you are at the end of your video.
Well presented, thank you. 👍
This is brilliant work Neo, very informative and frightening but essential knowledge, well-done mate.
Thanks David!
As a kid I used to have a big blob of mercury from a broken thermostat that I played with and people worried about that. Now we're full of plastic. Go figure!
Great informative video. Keep up the awesome work! ❤️
Thanks!
We need to fund research and development of biodegradable synthetic fibers for clothing and put pressure on the textile industry to stop using current synthetic fibers until alternatives are found. I urge everyone to avoid buying new clothes made from current synthetic fibers if they are able to.
This is so hard to watch. 🥺 what have we done! I can’t believe that all those companies that have made plastic don’t care where it ends and that is going to kill us. I look all around me and plastic is everywhere. I’m trying my best to change my lifestyle but it seems almost impossible. I’m not quitting!
Stop eating from the hotel and try to cook at the home.
Keep distance from Alcohal , soft drinks and artificial juice (these all drinks come in plastics bottles) so automatically you are fighting against Plastic.
3: Make a homemade clothes beg and whenever you go to the supermarket so take that clothes homemade beg with you.
It's safe and reusable.
Great, and informative video. But I can't help but to think that the picture of the stool didn't have to be shown in order to make the point.
These microplastic have been found in the gut of sea creatures at the bottom of the ocean. It goes all the up the food chain. It's most probably in the food you ate today. 😔
Great VIdeo!!! :)
Great . Keep good work
Thanks!
I love your business videos ki posting videos on business a new technologies
Will do!
Dr Shanna Swan has been researching this for over 20 years. She's found that chemicals like Ethenals and Bisphenol A & S have been found to effect Hormones, which may explain low fertility rates. On the plus side though, she's foubd that plastic doesn't stay in the body for long around 4-6 hours.
She's published a detailed video in the youtube channel 'After Skool'.
Thank you for that information 😎
Woww, this is amazing
We need to cover the whole planet with plastic wrap to preserve it for future generations.
My god what have we done to ourselves, to the planet, and to the animals?
We all talk about it, but no action is done!...it's like a broken record
People don't seem to be aware what there putting in there body's its really sad
oh shiiit i have so many synthetic pieces of clothing...
Scary...😨
I get when your were talking about stool samples, but did the image have to be hyper realistic?
This will never be solved. Best case scenario we evolve to cope with the future effects.
You tell me that there's plastic inside almost every living thing on this planet and then say, "The future's going to be fantastic."? Did you mean as in fantastical, the stuff of fantasy because the real version is something too horrible to face?
I shouldn't have seen this terrifying video, most of us know how harm plastics are for our health but we ignored those factoids 😐
So any updates on this? This video is 2 years old. Are there any studies to what it does to our bodies?
Dr Shanna Swan has been researching this for over 20 years. She's found that chemicals like Ethenals and Bisphenol A & S have been found to effect Hormones, which may explain low fertility rates. On the plus side though, she's foubd that plastic doesn't stay in the body for long around 4-6 hours.
She's published a detailed video in the youtube channel 'After Skool'.
Noone talking about those 'miraculous' microfibre clothes yet? ..
3:43 Ah, so nothing’s gonna be done. Got it.
You should have talked about the effects on the human body
We don't know the effects yet. He said in the video. Do you know of any studies on the effects of plastic in the body? Please share with the group.
@@chelsieellis6517 Dr Shanna Swan has been researching this for over 20 years. She's found that chemicals like Ethenals and Bisphenol A & S have been found to effect Hormones, which may explain low fertility rates. On the plus side though, she's foubd that plastic doesn't stay in the body for long around 4-6 hours.
She's published a detailed video in the youtube channel 'After Skool'.
Why are they showing plastic partical that are a million time to big to pass through the intestinal wall into the bloodstream? Do they plan on surgically implanting them?
can I use this video in our project
Us plastic Corp commercial came on before the vid
also, what about syringes made out if plastic, couldn't the plunger grind against the wall of the syringe and kinda " shred it" and release micro plastics into the bloodstream
yes
what if the microplastic that we unintentionally consume is the main reason all of the modern cancer case.
It can have some effect, but the main cause for cancer is the modern diet (too much meat) combined with a lot of man made materials that are polluting the environment (like pesticides, fossil fuels, etc)
@@victorbar3567 in fact, modern diet is full of refined oils and refined carbs. We are eating meat a long time ago
A fantastic future can be good, bad or both. Great and terrible things, things most of us can barely comprehend, are happening... Amazing, transformative technologies that will change our lives forever
And
Serious changes in this, the only ecosphere in the universe known to support life.
It all seems to be moving toward some kind of crescendo scheduled to occur sometime around 2035.
Buckle up!
U dont have to show the poop!
makin me feel spastic
I like the iceberg..
I thought this video would be about the title.
Hi NeoScribe. Great wee video. Who is NeoScribe? Don't really need a name just a few lines of Bio/academic credentials etc on your ' About' page. cheers
This channel should be in the league of Vsauce,veritasium,cold fusion,scishow
Thanks so much!
You must be a noob here.
@@TheFourthWinchester maybe,
PayPal mafia brought me here
Blaim the government. Who will blaim either the manufacturers or consumers
I dont drink from plastic stuff for years now.
And? How do you feel? I mean your health
doesn't change the fact that microplastics is in the air, water and food, no matter what vessel you're using to consume it.
@@MrJohannson I WILL KILL CHINA FOR THAT
Am I missing something? If I can see those micro plastics on the penny, why can’t you see them in your bottled water even on a bright sunny day? Are they even smaller?
first, most plastics are transparent
second, i believe this video is talking about nanoplastics in water which are MUCH smaller than micro plastics and are invisible to the naked eye
That's just a stock image showing Small pieces of plastic not actual microplastics. You literally cannot see those without a microscope.
Why your veiwer aren't increasing ?
So what they are showing is a thousand time to big to pass through the intestinal walls into the bloodstream is it harmlessly passes through and is eliminated in your feasies!
Could our body even evolve to thisv
what would putting the plastic into a volcano do could it work
evaporate into the atmosphere.
448 tonnes is less that 8 billion kg please explain
can you please link or show where is the research paper you cited?
thank you
There's a lot floating, and even more that don't float. Time for everybody to garden and get some chickens. I'm getting better at it...Some of mine are better then store bought
Okay pen waste no longer accepts recyclibles that are thin hard colored chemical filled cardboard for the sake of the enviorment
I for one, welcome our micro-plastic overlords
Stop having babies ffs🤦🏻♂️
Yes, overpopulation is a problem however it is mainly the corporations' fault. They intend to place the blame on the consumer through 'greenwashing'. But it is the responsibility of the manufacturer.
I found transparent white rice, i guess i will never eat rice. Quite faire for health also. After all carbs can be provided by many... And without much starch😉
I never have and never will buy synthetic clothing
20200102: What about the micro micro plastic particle of from 2 to say 1 million monomers? What about what energy needed to break the chemical bonds? Where's the physics and chemistry. What is going to happen? The future looks very scary to me with all this to worry about and NOBODY seems to have any real knowledge.
It’s greed.
Do boiling water eliminate micro plastic?
No
3D print a glock, save a dolphin :)
Plastic is collected like medical waste and recycled at my house. Most countries throw plastic on the ground and have no recycling program. This is were your floating garbage is coming from. We can do better but the bigger improvement would be to help other countries start recycling.
Stop making plastic junk. My mom hated plastic. No plastic toys. But I need the 100 piece grocery set. I suffered. She said they were dirty.
Half the plastic has been made in last 15 years. USA is the biggest piggie per capital.
Floating recycling plants FTW. (Might there be a legit business case here? Maybe?)
??? why floating ones when you can build them on land?
Nothing new, they just didn't mention it like always hiding trying to keep it like they care but they don't.
Worth pointing out that plastic polution of the oceans doesn't really come from Europe or North America, it's almost all from Asia.
also worth pointing that on an individual level individuals living in asia produce 8x less plastic waste than the average american.
Also, you're only talking about river conducted ocean plastics. Western countries such as America produce waaay more plastic which doesn't help anyone. Don't play the blame game alright? It's everyone's problem.
Do not blame Asia, they r just do for they have paid
EEEW dude. That piece of poop is offending my eye balls.
Estamos muertos :c
Is that a turd?!
MICROPLASTIC related DISEASES???????
RAFI Maine USA
The bit about stool samples was only gross because you literally showed a turd
It's making the fish gay
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If you came here straight after Jimmy Kimmel Live.
At the end he said the future is going to be fantastic, BS it looks like the future is getting worse just go back to the point he said it went from 2.3 million to 448 million ...
Don't worry, be happy. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger, until you can prove otherwise 😊 plastic is part of a healthy diet. When your body learns how to make use of plastics, it will make body parts that last much longer.
"The future is going to be fantastic and we should all be healthy for that"Words of a young naive boy. oboy is life gonna disapoint u son lolchill abit With the optimism and overly happines, and maybe u wont need a psychic later in life. JS