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- A large amount of human-produced plastic waste degrades into microplastics: small particles that linger in the environment and can be consumed by animals and people. Microplastics spread through water, air, and even the human bloodstream. Matthew Campen, director of the University of New Mexico's Center for Metals in Biology and Medicine, joins CBS News to explain the possible health risks from microplastic exposure.
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I find it interesting how little interest the federal government has in this topic
"If it doesn't make d011ar$ then it doesn't make $en$e." --The Fed Machine 💪😎✌️
They've known for a long time
Veep has a funny episode about this where they all freak out about angering the oil/plastics people
probably because their isn't much political gain, plastics is something most americans on both sides don't care about. yet climate change, the left seems to care about a lot so they go with that
"The data remains inconclusive" is the response they usually give in these matters. Its also the same response the plastics industry association will give. Its called plausible deniability.
There needs to be a class action lawsuit on every plastics manufacturer in the world.
and now Disney... they got caught being antiwhiteist in hiring
that, pfas makers... and now Disney (for sure all 3)
Its true, single use plastics and any plastic that is not biodegradable needs to be outlawed and heavily regulated.
@@dertythegrower They can get sued for racial profiling and discrimination. They're a "hate group" if they are an organization that has any belief or faith that projects into propaganda and rhetoric towards any one race.
You mean oil companies?
Terribly sad. I cut plastic consumption whenever possible. Thanks for covering this, and please continue to cover it.
Remember that a big source of plastics is clothing. Polyester, nylon - these are plastics. Rayon/viscose isn't - it is cellulose (but one of the processes used to make rayon uses carbon disulfide, which is hazardous to workers and ppl near the factories). I volunteered at a cat shelter and was dismayed that they used a lot of polyester fleece for bedding and in order to cut down on disease transmission, they used bleach and hot water to wash. This probably generates a lot of microplastic particles. Cats love fleece, but they also love cotton terry and flannel. At home I now use a cotton beach towel as a throw. It looks nice and my cat likes to snuggle on it.
plastic is cheaper than cotton, that's the reason why people use it. Shelters usually have tight budgets and overloaded.
@@adw6894 I would have been happy to supply replacement sleeping pads made form used towels that are very cheap from the local Goodwill store.
bottled water drinkers gonna have their minds blown after wondering why their water tastes like plastic
especially in the sun... definitely tastes like plastic 200%
@@dertythegrowerI get a kick out of government agencies that leave pallets of bottled out in the sun for extended periods during emergencies. Everyone is stoopid.
tap water scares me but i think this might scare me more 🥴
@@calise. It all depends on where you live. Some places have great tap water. Unfortunately I live by East Palestine Ohio. The water for 100 mile radius is now garbage. My friend lives in California and their tap water comes straight from sierra mountain snow melt.
@@Winstonrodney6989 i live in oklahoma, and i have no idea where our water comes from lol.
Halt all plastic production immediately
LOL. Humanity would crumble.
Okay Susan. Your opinion is worth nothing, and their plastic is worth billions. Good luck!
@@Novastar.SaberCombatexactly, we definitely need better solutions fast but it’s cringe listening to impractical reactionary comments.
Better yet, tax it to reduce consumption gradually. Put a tax on the production of each different type of plastic and slowly raise the tax rates in order to reduce production. You might, for example, reduce it by 30% over a 10 year period, making an adjustment to the tax every month so as to regulate the rate at which production declines. The would cause a lot of material substitution, with glass, metals, paper, wood, ceramics, natural fibers and untaxed biodegradable plastics taking the place of the usual materials. I believe production could be reduced by 80% without much economic disruption if it were done in a gradual manner.
@@kamra99aalso have positive incentives for alternatives!
Put coke cola bottles back to glass like 1990s 1980s
Unfortunately, that wouldn't reverse the issue. If anything, mankind will eventually require some type of "plastic cleansing" system for humans. As in some kind of diet, liquid solution or cure, surgery(?), etc. 😕 It's unfortunate, but that's just how it be.
@@Novastar.SaberCombat *Note: the plastic cleansing system will also be made out of plastic
that'll fix it
I've always questioned plastic cutting boards. They are such a bad idea. Yet they are recommended by health departments that license food vendors nationwide. Mother earth will shake us off like a dog shaking off it's fleas.
Either use wood or another material
I use a flat large plate when I'm cutting anything
As the scientist being interviewed said, your plastic cutting board isn't breaking down and releasing microplastics like the stuff buried in landfills is.
But also don't go out and buy a new one that'll likely end up in a landfill.
"Mother Nature" isn't responsible for mankind's self-destructive actions. Science, the Universe, Nature, and Time are *not* bound to the whims and actions of mere mortals.
Nice George Carlin reference
As the professor explained the presence of microplastics in the body increases the risk of heart attack, it would raise the question, what would this do to the effect exercise has on the ability to reduce the likelihood of heart attack?
As part of my home business I work with lots of fake fur, it sheds everywhere, little plastic particles get all over the place if I have to trim it shorter, have been living admits copious amounts of acrylic and polyester fuzz since 2008, I am doomed
We need to talk about this as much as possible so more people wake up to the problem.
we really f'ed ourselves...
Correct.
This is scary to hear this we need to take care of are earth we need to Care More not just for us but for the future. we have to treat lady earth just how you would take care of yourself. world wake up
How dangerous is cancer?
Aside from Microplastics in our human physiology we have to contend with micro exposure of Heavy Medals and other assorted Chemicals in our Blood Stream.
4:12 I love that reaction!
Whole foods plant based diet. avoiding animal products and processed foods. There are water filters now that can filter out micro plastics. Air purifiers can also filter out micro plastics. Don't let food come in contact with plastic, especially hot food.
Also, plastic is an endocrine disruptor, and I think it’s a huge part of why children go into puberty sooner than they did before. The average age went from 15 to 12 in only 50 years
4:12 "well that's disturbing" - no kidding
We are basically all being subjected to a worldwide experiment testing how much plastic the human body can handle.
The largest scale of plastic manufactures in the world should moves to seaweed pellet, even seaweed based plastic is edible, this mean it's high level of biodegredable plastic.
So why did we go to recycled plastic and not back to paper and metals if it's so bad
And the government won't do anything😢
I’ve seen the bigger pieces (ones that you can see with the naked eye) in my tap water so I use water filters for my water now.
I remember when the goverment started requiring shopping bag manufacturers to make their bags break down into little pieces in the environment. Makes them impossible to recycle and now the particles are in everything. Great job.
Insanity! This is linked to infertility!
Can't bottled water manufacturers use bamboo instead of plastic?
That would cost more to manufacture. Not that I'm against it. I recommend more water fountains. Discounts on drinks at fast food places (probably not the drive through especially during peak hours) when you use your own reusable cup.
If you want to drink "bottled water" get the 1 to 5 gallon refills that are available at most grocery stores or water refill stations, refill your reusable bottles.
@@TikiHi77wait until you find out what is in your municipal water supply.
they already do... also hemp plastic is better
Or aluminum. Unlike with glass, they actually do melt it down and reuse it.
@@christinam2475 Aluminum cans have plastic liners.
'It takes a thousand years for plastic to degrade'
Maybe it's better if the damn thing doesn't grade, I don't want micro plastic inside my - thing.
I've been thinking a lot about plastic waste, I believe the problem really is not plastic (it is the problem in the planet) but instead it's overuse of plastic.
I was born in Bali, and grew up there, I'm on a holiday in Bali right now for two months, I'm half Australian-Indonesian, there is so much plastic, and it's so hilarious how much plastic is used, so much of it is so unnecessary, what is this crap? I just wanna eat my damn food, I don't wanna accidentally chew on plastic!
The whole plastic waste problem is a really stupid problem created by the stupidity of greed of man.
I feel upset for all the sea turtles that mistaken plastic bags for some strange looking jellyfish. As someone who owns three pet Red Eared Sliders, its heart breaking.
No water left on Earth without microplastics. Enjoy the day.
Zamzam water
Thank you for your important story
Oh nice, we're doing a bang up job here with our home (Earth) and health.
Massive studies and regulations need to all companies producing plastics. Any plastic that can’t biodegrade needs to be outlawed, so banning all petroleum based plastics. There needs to be a massive campaigns to find a way to collect and safety dispose of the plastics we already have.
Micro plastics are just as devastating to the environment as climate change.
Plastic can technically 'biodegrade' it just does so into microplastics, it needs to be compostable.
“Well that’s disturbing 😀”
Only inert receptacles are made of glass. We need to try and reduce the new plastic made and remediation of how we recycle it.
Plastics should be banned except for medicine - iv bags, syringes, lines, etc.
We need to go back to glass pop bottles and metal eyeglass frames for eg. We did fine without plastic for yrs and can do it again but those lawyers won’t let us bc if heaven forbid there is a chip on the glass bottle top and u cut ur lip, a lawsuit follows. Ppl and their litigious nature caused all this. Stop suing for every little thing andmaybe manufactuers will stop using plastic
It’s everywhere, including the air we breathe and in our cells.
Plastics rule supreme.
Surely there's a better material to store things.
That is crazyyyy
We are all doomed in 10 years
This is disturbing.
We need hemp plastic and kevlar. Metal is another good alternative
If the plastic is in the soil, as well as the water, it's in whatever grows there.
that's why you need to eat fiber to help your digestive system
Wait, should I stop snorting plastic then 🤔
Calculate how much water on Earth is trapped in plastic containers.
Chemtrails.
Timeplast is the only way.
WE DID THIS, REMEMBER THAT!!!
Wait why do you reduce fats and meat?
Would burning it make a difference?
No. Burning plastics creates a whole other problem as it's very toxic
Unfortunately it has to go somewhere and the science seems to be leaning towards burning as being the least worst case scenario. Its like voting, there are no good options.
Micro plastics are my number 1 ingredient for food
So what are we supposed to do? Stop breathing, eating, etc.?
You got to pay for it
We are such a young species in so many ways still. This product is good for medical equipment, vehicles, computers etc, and not good for human consumption, single use items and foods. Let’s all get with it now and act like a mature species. (Not gonna happen).
Please get this plastic spoon out of my brain!
Deal with it
Clean air, clean water, healthy food etc...is expensive now in this world...all because of globalisation and industrialization..... and the victims are the poor
You are what you eat,quote !
Well, try your shampoo bottles, milk containers, juices, soda. Just look around your house, and your carpets, flooring, furniture, all have PFAS plastics. It's in everything. No wonder cancer and alzheimers are becoming so prevalent. All on USA manufacturers, Dow, Dupont , and they knew what they were doing for Years!
And here i am with this plastic smile
put a lot of plastic garbage in starship then throw it in the space lol
Anxiety has entered the chat
Microplastics are the least of our worries. We're already dead
Buy more metal products, cotton, wool, silk, wood, rock, insted of plastic in everything. I bought myself a stainless steel food box and trashed my plastic food box.
Dont use single use plastic if you dont need to!
Plastic dust from clothing, couch if made of plastic like polyester fabric which most couches are, and other sources contribute a lot also i guess because you are around it all day!
Is it actually possible that there could be a plastic spoon's amount of plastic in the brain? That is a frightening thought.
It’s simple
Go back to glass and paper and outlaw plastic
Im getting me a metal spoon and fork, glass cups a ceramic plates. HN
BAN OIL PRODUCTION!,
That was disgusting as a guess 🥴
It's incredible that dinosaurs went extinct so long ago yet drilling for oil the remains of the dinosaurs and fauna of that time and using it for fuel and creating plastics is contributing to the slow yet inevitable extinction of humans so many years later.
Well congrats Coke, Pepsi, fast fashion brands etc.
Did he just say avoid meats & fat???? Why meat?
THIS ISNT NEWS
ITS SLOW EMERGING TRUTHS
This needs to be a 60 Minutes segment. A disposable spoon's worth of plastic in the average human brain!? How are people not seriously disturbed by this?
I quit 2020 I'm mayan
😂😂😂@@NicholasBurgers
I'm so disgusted fr
Because there's so much plastic in us they're trying trying to make us too stupid to be angry. Matrix rule: make them too stupid to rebel. In 10 years backstreet boys will be taught as classical music.
All for the sake of "convenience"... the scary part is that people will not give up their disposable lifestyles even if they know they're eating plastic!!
People need to stop thinking they can keep buying plastic and recycling it. Plastic consumption needs to be reduced as much as possible.
It's hard the government wraps it around our water that's why ms13 Mayans fought the British out of central America
KAILUA+ EVERYTHING HAS PLASTIC IN IT, THINK ABOUT IT, EVEN YOUR COMPUTER, WE LIVE IN A PLASTIC WORLD
Plastic cannot be recycled!!
No, plastic production should be stopped. Consumers aren’t to blame
Bring back glass stuff
Microplastics linked to infertility... our addiction to plastic is going to lead to less people to buy plastic products. The plastics industry is literally "killing" its consumer base!
Tbh probably our only hope lol
That's okay there's a lot of people right now I'm sitting in traffic,😂 less is more
@@Peter12029 Except it could be you!
Sounds like the tobacco industry.
@@UmmYeahOk I think many "dirty" industries are using the same marketing tricks... because it works - consumers fall for it every time!
You know having a plastic spoon lodged in my brain makes a lot of sense
🤣
“In the bodies of newborns.”
This should haunt societies, that line alone classes us into the Wall-E dystopian world we fear becoming
It’s also been found in breastmilk 😳😭
😅😅😅😅😅😂😂😂😂
@@naomistauth8284 we can’t win
the world is so obsessed with plastic everything is made of it
It's way too convenient. Convenience is slowly killing our society.
It's the plastic age
Did that man just say we all have about a plastic spoon's worth of plastic in our brains? Did I understand that right?
Plastic Products should be outlawed.
Should be, but our economies can’t run without it so good luck.
We literally can not at all. Medical healthcare devices and items are primarily made of plastics and so are important things in infrastructure. We could minimize it to where the public has no use whatsoever like single use etc. And leave the rest to businesses who actually need it.
I guess no insulation on wires. Very heavy cars. No eyeglasses. No cell phones. No syringes.
Number one glass replace a lot of stuff it should be removed from food products in every way possible number 3 it should be cleaned all up out of the water in the ocean and I heard one time that they said all they had to do is put one drop of this and the plastic would be dissolved back into whatever it was and not harmful show the smart people out there research that and find out if it's true because if it is it's another example that we will not use the stuff that we have to make things better
No they shouldn’t just how it should be used and not needless waste
“Well that’s disturbing” 😂😅
How dangerous are they? Not very dangerous in the short term, but a death sentence in the long run. How often do we consume them? Daily. We have no choice. It's in the soil, rain and air.
Correct.
How dangerous is water? Not very dangerous in the short term, but a death sentence in the long term. How often do we consume it? Daily. We have no choice. It’s in the soil, rain, and air.
@@graysonarthur70 Key difference is that one is natural and serves many purposes. You'd die without it in less than a week. The other is artificial poison that's been compounding for generations and doesn't go away. You could live without it if it did though.
@@graysonarthur70not a good comparison. You can drink water for 100+ years of your life no problem. People have for millennia. Try drinking water riddled with microplastics from birth to age 50 and see if you even make it close to being 100. At this point it’s unclear. But one can imagine plastics don’t belong in our body.
This is truly a nightmare. I believe this topic deserves more attention than climate change. I do what I can to reduce my consumption of plastic products, but it's an overwhelming problem. Mostly I think it is so strange how almost every food product that I purchase has some plastic wrap or bag. People who are able to grow at least some of their own fruits and vegetables are really helping a lot. It breaks my heart to see photos of dead seabirds with so much plastic in their digestive systems. Please continue to discuss this topic further. Thank you for this report. 💚🌎💙
Relax, most of these chemicals are inert. The substance that does the most damage to DNA is mercury and this is found in seafood and fish. Just avoid processed foods, refined carbs, and alcohol. Incorporate fasting into your diet. Finally, get in a few portions of lean red meat each week. They’re nutritionally dense and all the studies that denounce red meat are purely observational (ie. They can’t demonstrate causation). Red meat gets a bad name but I’ve met plenty of people who are allergic to peanuts, shellfish, nightshades,etc. but I’ve never met anyone who has a red meat allergy….
"I believe this topic deserves more attention than climate change"
Species extinction, climate change, plastic. How can YOU sort this (shortend) list?
I agree!
Adding plastics to the environment is climate change dude
@@volkerengels5298global warming is rendering large swathes of the world non-arable, like the 24,000 hectares of farmland swept away in a flood in Afghanistan. This will displace thousands of Afghani peasant farmers, in addition to the loss of the crops they could have produced.
Low-lying areas, including islands in the South Pacific, are becoming unliveable because they're losing ground or even being swept over by storm waves.
Plastic production, like the fossil fuels it derives from, and the disposal of it, are serious problems and needs to be addressed. But they don't outweigh thawing permafrost.
we should change plastics of toxic varieties out for the bio polymers like polylacticacid, it degrades into lactic acid, which bacteria can actually metabolize unlike the petroleum ones.
80 years of degradation into bio reactive monomers versus millenia to degrade into permanent monomers sounds like a better deal environmentally
Or we go back to glass...
See they never do anything until it's too late 2040 you're going to have a lot bigger problem with plastic
And when you then suggest a more harsh solution, everybody complains that it's radical. No. The problem got bigger and now we need a bigger response. Because you ignored the problem. The radical one is the one continuing to deny and ignore an issue as it gets worse and worse.
Unless you have copious coin, corporate connections, crews, clout, computer code, etc., not a single person reading this will be doing a DÆMN THING about the issue. Nothin'. Only wealthy swells and creepy CEOs can make choices and take action. If they don't, then that's just how it be. Profits over people, coin over communities, money over mankind, baby! 💪😎✌️
What problem incel's.
It's already in our waterways clogging them up. Plastic goes into the sewers when it rains and into the rivers, etc.
no one will do anything just like they always do nothing..... then we ⚰
Once again our beloved fossil fuel industry is working hard to destroy our lives for profit. Drill Baby Drill!!
plastic isnt just from oil...
learn the topic better kiddo.. its not all made from oil..
People disagreeing with something but throwing in "kid/kiddo" makes me laugh because its just so pathetic sounding on their part.
@@dertythegrower Plastics are made from raw materials like natural gas, oil or plants, which are refined into ethane and propane. Ethane and propane are then treated with heat in a process called “cracking” which turns them into ethylene and propylene. These materials are combined together to create different polymers.
@@laurat7232you forgot to add “kiddo” at the end
Should we go back to glass?
Yes.. ask any food maker or people who use glass for 'herbs'
you can taste it in all times its used... iykyk.. also smokers even avoid plastic 'water pipes'
@@dertythegrower
"herbs"? You mean "parsley" or "minced onion"?
yes we should
@@jturtle5318He means marijuana
Not only have they been found in human placentas - they were found in EVERY human placenta in the study. They are in all of us. The only thing we can really do is cut down our plastics use and try to clean up what's out there already.
This is just the tip of it. There’s a lot of bs in our food that we don’t know about
This is so anxiety inducing and frustrating that the guy offered little to no solutions to this problem. So I could get a heart attack because of this and have a plastic spoon size amount in my body currently? And there’s nothing I can do to remove them?
Yes, nothing any of us can do about it.
Humans can only reduce the amount of plastics in the environment to hopefully slow things down.
You have much more than a spoons worth. A spoon size amount is in the brain only, other organs and the blood has it too
BTW donating blood helps to reduce microplastics in the blood
@@Goldenretriever-k8m I have tried donating before but never want to again because I had a traumatic experience
@@Goldenretriever-k8mYay, let’s pass microplastics to others
Plastics are everywhere even in the air we breath.. We're living in a plasticene age!!!
This video should have more views
It's in the global food supply.
It's in fish and meat.
@@jturtle5318water pipes in your home are plastic too.
We need a complete lifestyle change. We need to stop cutting around corners and start doing the right thing. No more big buisness practices that allow this.
This year I have been making a big effort to avoid plastic as much as possible. I already used reusable grocery bags before and a refillable water bottle. But now I am doing even more, I won't buy anything that's an extra if it's in plastic. If I get takeout, I ask them to use the containers I already have. I am looking into local stores where you can refill containers. I am doing pick your own for things that always come in plastic at the store, like berries. I won't buy things that come in plastic jars, only glass jars with metal lids or metal cans. I have a sonicare electric toothbrush and found where I can buy replacement heads that are made entirely of plant materials. It shouldn't be solely up to the consumer, but there is a lot you can do to vote with your dollar.
its too late you have no control over it lol everyones first move is to control what they can control but the problem is outside of your control and you cant control it.
@@michaelriggs325 We can't currently do anything about the plastic already in the environment but we can try to do everything we can to stop it from getting worse. Unless you want to eat and breathe increasing amounts of plastic.
@@michaelriggs325mr glass half empty here
the food that is in the bulk bins came to the store in a plastic bag and when it sits in the bulk bins, it goes rancid/stale and loses a lot of nutritional value. grow your own!
@@DFontaine7 I have been trying to grow some of my own food this year. But it’s hard when there’s limited space, I can’t get big yields.
Need More info... Why meats and fats??
Why is this just now an issue? Have we not had plastics for decades? Let's check some dirt from 40 years ago for microplastics.
Fun fact: we've messed up the world past the point of saving... your stories are irrelevant. Stop.
I believe I inhaled a fair share from working on old car interiors.
The panels on older cars would start to turn to a chalk like material and to dust after years of exposure to the sun.
We're doomed.