To save earth eat seafood instead of bovine meat. To save yourself from plastic don't eat seafood. Natural conclusion: Just eat avocado, bananas and oranges.
Not possible. Americans need vegan leather (oil), plastic containers (oil), plastic clothing… even most “soap” is not soap anymore. Like Dove is a beauty bar not a soap… we are a nation of oil consumers.
Hey Kurtis, not enabling ads is a pretty cool thing to do! But unfortunately it also diminishes your reach within the platform since UA-cam doesn't get money from your vids, so the algorithm favors you less. Just thought I'd let you know.
I've been trying to teach the algorithm. I go over there to the "up Next" feed, and click "not interested" on all the BS videos. I don't know if it helps, but it can't hurt.
@@ambulocetusnatans my youtubes updated itself and now I can queue up next to my liking; so I just take from fave channels, where ads are low. This one is doing it for the fans
Yeah, honestly, it's probably hurting him more than it's helping. If it leads to his video getting less views because it's not monetizeable then the message is reaching fewer people.
I'm so sick about this. I cannot believe this is happening to all of us. I do not eat seafood and I'm so happy I do not now. I eat & drink alot of stuff in plastic and breathing it as well. I'm so sick now I do not know how I'm going to do this. Lord have mercy on us.
I'm only in my teens and everything like this always has me overthinking 24/7, this stuff scares and worries me. I wish I never had to worry about this. Ever. I have heard and seen many ways people are trying to fix this issue and it makes me happy hoping fresher, better water and food, air in the near future.
I made a video where I didn't touch/wear plastic for 24 hours. I wasn't mad enough to do both of these challenges simultaneously though. ua-cam.com/video/XgD9ItnBQsA/v-deo.html
That alone exemplifies the silliness of virtue signalling and pretended self-awareness. Famous people self-promoting how they avoid plastic bags for the environment usually are the same ones travelling on private jets for a sandwich... or a UA-cam video.
This is incredible. I had no idea there was plastic in the air like that! Thank you Kurtis for making these pure videos and giving us honest, bite-sized looks at issues like the plastic crisis. I look forward to your next adventure, and I wish you and Sir Stabbington the best.
Starting around 0:39 he starts moving his camera slowly, he switches hands at 0:49, and he did it so smoothly. congrats my dude that deserves some appreciation.
3:21 wait why not buy a air purifier? I know it wouldn't solve it 100% but it might help? Or maybe buy a plant because there natural air purifiers and won't contain any waistful materials
Hi! I'm an undergraduate researcher at UMass currently studying the effects of microplastics in soil and in our waste management systems! I'm writing up a report and wanted some inspiration to get me started, and this was a wonderful video! The experiment I just ran was looking at the size and number of microplastics in soil and how that would impact lettuce growth and the soil rhizospheres and such. It definitely had a large impact, which was expected, however because there is so little research, as you said, we have to do these basic experiments to show it because they've never been done before. Of course, this was with pristine plastics (as we'd have to degrade our own plastics, which is a very difficult thing to do- we recently found a way to do it but it's not perfect by any means. Only a few small change in the structure of the plastic) so we're going to run it again with degraded plastics if we're able to. Personally, I believe that there is no avoiding plastics at this point and I hope to do more research on the chemically damaging aspects of microplastics in our own bodies. Microplastics are toxic (at certain levels, as is any pollutant) but no one really knows what it does to our bodies. Of course, this research would require another few organic chemistry classes (the bane of my existence) but it'll be worth it for science. Love your content!
Unfortunately it's not just seafood. Plastic is commonly added to livestock feed as a biproduct of trying to reduce food waste in landfills. Eat Vegan, buy low waste, buy fresh spices and condiments, filter your tap water and buy North Sea salt.
You are the best kind of UA-camr. I like watching people do things 99% of us wouldn't do, go that extra mile. Great stuff. But. A WHOLE CREDIT CARD WTF
Thanks for your experiment because I said years from the beginning of the use plastic that it could be unhealthy and we should continue using bottles. Although, glass was fragile it was easier to clean and use. Hope to see it used more now they have discovered new findings about plastic. I'm old school I feel we should study things longer before using them among the people.
3:22 Remote parts of the world like - the Alps? You've never been to the Alps have you? Literally every single valley and every single hillside is populated
Kurtis, Thank you so much for doing this. Not just this project, your channel and a whole! I'm a person who currently pursues a job in Graphic Design, since it was the most affordable associate degree I could go for right now at my country. But my heart and passion has always, always been science - From agriculture to microbiology, physics and ecology. Your videos make me reconnect with that part of me that awaits the moment it can sprout. Despite not having the most stable mental health, I do and I will work hard, and I believe that I'll be able to study abroad In less than five years! But, your channel, is among those that truly inspire me most. Your sincerity, your trust, and your passion outshines anything I've ever seen in this platform - Thank you.
Thanks for verifying what I already knew, and tell people all the time! And you just really supported me with storing everything in glass I just started that this past month and I appreciate it! Unfortunately, I’ve been getting sick from fish over the past 3 years. Which means I’ve had it about 3 times. Between the plastic in the water and the ongoing Fukushima leak that’s not talked about any more; the oils spills on the East Coast, I should know better. But I love it! 💛 But now, I’m committed to flax seeds! 😁 Please keep doing what you do!
Hi, I'm a scuba diver and I'm asking everyone who sees this comment to please eliminate 1 single-use plastic from your day today. Let's please work together to keep the place where I'm the happiest alive. Thanks
ah yes, the caffeine withdrawal headache, I chuckled too much at this! Thank you for producing such a lovely helpful and informative video. I think the more videos like this help to draw education and discussion to this global issue, the more we can all begin to start effecting change, a healthier life for all of us starts with recognition, Our Poor Earth!
FYI: Distilled water is not bad for you, you get minerals from food not water. The minerals in water our bodies can’t use. Distilled water = no plastics and 0 PPM
In water, hydrophobic molecules tend to stick together. Most plastics are hydrophobic so they can potentially accumulate hydrophobic toxins. If this gets into the body and into our tissue, I wonder what kind of effect this would have. Especially if hormone mimicking compounds gets into our system.
@Greg Fom I do not know exactly about this, but there is probably effects which we have some clue of and some we do not know about. I guess as time goes by we will get a better picture of the long term effects of single substances and these cocktails of chemicals, since this is all pretty new. There is a lot to read on Nature if you are interested in what that is currently going on.
This is where natural selection kicks in and the ones with the genes that are the best at dealing with micro plastics survive and reproduce May fortune be ever in your favour
We can not avoid it anywhere we go... Tiny particles have been found floating in our highest peaks the ALPHS.. WHAT we really need to is cleaning it up and stop dumping it in our Oceans!!! Plastics are all around us. We don’t need Russia, N. Korea nor Iran to nuke us, in a short time we will/ are killing ourselves.. Come back in 10,000 or so years it might of heald it self by then..
wow, I have never hated plastic as much as I do right now. Thanks a lot! I mean I have always known about the issue with seafood (including heavy metals too) but I never realized just how unavoidable it really is. Sadly it all makes sense. But I am not prepared to make such drastic changes to my diet, so I must continue eating food laced with plastic at the same time know what I am doing how bad it must be for my Stomach, Bowels, and Body :( I feel a little down right now. I was going to make Smach Burgers (Ultra Cheese Burgers) but now I think I will just have a hearty meal of nothing :/
Wonderful stuff you're doing, and honourable that you're disabling ads, and by extension, your UA-cam income, to support human and environmental health. You are truly awesome.
I'm thankful you proposed a video for Tom Scott's vacations and got selected. Of the many science/knowledge channels I'm subscribed to (some English ones and mostly French stuff), you're probably the most original one I know of. You keep surprising me with these projects seemingly coming out of nowhere (especially since I'm not following you on other medias). You always base your videos on experiments, which isn't a norm (at least for the channels I'm following). You always go all the way to illustrate your point, and I enjoyed each and every video you made since I subscribed. Thank you for being an awesome person :)
I run a company that sells hot pepper infused sea salt (Josh's Jungle). Each grinder lasts about a year or 2 of constant use and I chose plastic grinders because my assumption is that it lasts long enough to not really matter all that much. Now I'm questioning this decision, but can't really go back as it cost me a loan just to got the grinders.
I read a study which said ~45% of microplastics come from rubber tires! We don't talk about it because it's impossible for us to change our society to this
I only drink distilled water and I’ve been drinking it since college. It’s the best tasting water ever. I brew it at homes I supplement with minerals instead of drinking disgusting tap water
::cackles:: video #2. A thing I wonder about: what about things like milk cartons and tetrapacks? I know they use LESS plastic which means they're probably better than plastic milk jugs, but how does the plastic that they do use affect recyclability?
You mention needing the minerals in water that distilled water doesn't have, the issue with this is that you don't need those minerals because they are 'inorganic' to the body. Though the body requires these minerals, it comes down to the form they take, to be of use, so to say. For example you want the sodium that comes naturally from an avocado vs the sodium that is rubbing off from rocks and whatever else. It's the same reason why you can take a multivitamin and piss out 95% of it every time.
I can't go to such extreme because alot of stuff is vital for us except avocados and bananas. You can't live of those i still appreciate your effort because that little effort you made can change the world
Okay but you didn't have to look through every piece of salt individually; put your salt in distilled water, wait until it dissolves, strain it through something really fine, boil the salt water until the water evaporates and boom, salt. It would work right?
Two most effective things I was told elsewhere: - Drink tap water (if it’s recommended where you live) - Con’t cut food on plastic Who has another low hanging plastic fruit?
@@mozkitolife5437 maybe it's time to buy new microwavable storage containers so she has the convenience of microwaving leftovers in glass? I dunno, just an idea.
1) I stopped consuming carbonated drinks 12 years ago. 2) Glass bottles came into my life 4 years ago. 3)Solar water heating system placed in my house 6years ago. 4)Completely stopped using non-stick utensils this year itself. BONUS POINT -In INDIA , the plastic wrapping of all vegetables is not prevalent.Barring few exceptions in Supermarkets and some Malls . Thank Goodness for that🙏 ONE STEP AT A TIME. 😇
The cited study specifically talks about the effect of microplastics in the lung (they are proinflammatory). It does not talk about ingestion of microplastics. Not saying it couldn't be bad for you, but your sources are insufficient. Also, since most people think about plastics as "nasty chemicals" I think it's important to note the fact that the reason microplastics cause a proinflammatory response in the lung is because they are unreactive, and can thus maintain small particle sizes with high surface area, effectively acting as catalysts. Not because they are dangerous chemicals that react with things.
I heard somewhere that plastics (particularly certain kinds) affects hormones in the body. I'm not an expert, so can't say with certainty, but this could possibly explain some anomalies we see in behaviors outside traditional social norms, if you get my drift. just saying, it could be a possibility and I wouldn't be surprised if it was an explanation.
kash bash some cities have banned straws and single use plastic bags. Which is great. But much more needs to be banned such as Coca Cola in plastic bottles and single use water bottles.
I love your channel.. I don’t want to sound bad but I really wish your channel remains like this, unpopular, simple, unexplored.. I would like to at the same time wish you a lot of success and growth!
Distilled water is fine, the minerals you may get from non-distilled water are very few and inorganic anyway. Minerals from food makes much more sense.
Wouldnt you be breathing Plastic from your sunglasses and part of your shoelaces, Clothing, Microscope, appliances, paper towel on the counter behind you, patio furniture, clock on the wall, Etc..
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I post a lot about the environment over on instagram: instagram.com/kbaute/
Kurtis Baute where is your hair?
To save earth eat seafood instead of bovine meat.
To save yourself from plastic don't eat seafood.
Natural conclusion: Just eat avocado, bananas and oranges.
Hey Kurtis, can i translate the video with Greek Subtitles because I want to send it to my chemist professor who doesn't know English? Thanks a lot. 😊
Plastic pullover + plastic shoes, leaving plastic everywhere he moves.
Whats your take on air fryers, that are made from plastic?
Wish we would just go back to glass.
JOEGGGJOE Yeah. Its extremely sustainable and better for the environment
JOEGGGJOE You'd rather eat glass?????
Not possible. Americans need vegan leather (oil), plastic containers (oil), plastic clothing… even most “soap” is not soap anymore. Like Dove is a beauty bar not a soap… we are a nation of oil consumers.
Meanwhile wearing a polyester hoodie
Hey Kurtis, not enabling ads is a pretty cool thing to do! But unfortunately it also diminishes your reach within the platform since UA-cam doesn't get money from your vids, so the algorithm favors you less. Just thought I'd let you know.
I've been trying to teach the algorithm. I go over there to the "up Next" feed, and click "not interested" on all the BS videos. I don't know if it helps, but it can't hurt.
@@ambulocetusnatans my youtubes updated itself and now I can queue up next to my liking; so I just take from fave channels, where ads are low. This one is doing it for the fans
I got this recommended though xd
Yeah, honestly, it's probably hurting him more than it's helping. If it leads to his video getting less views because it's not monetizeable then the message is reaching fewer people.
@@ambulocetusnatans so now, instead of just seeing videos of stuff we like, we are spending time teaching an algorithm to stop being so capitalist?
We know that plastics are endocrine disrupters really do we need to say more.
Yeah, this « we don’t have studies yet » is so silly. No need for a study to show me eating plastic is not exactly healthy !
That moment when you realize that plastic fiber probably came from his sweater
Jeremy G lmao
Ya he was wearing plastic clothing for sure.
Maybe but whether you choose to believe it or not micro plastics are everywhere esp in our water in our food chain. This is fact.
@@colekeller most clothes do have traces of plastic fibres tho
Yep, polyester is plastic and his mattress & couch may have been made of poly as well. It leaches in sadly.
kurtis: *looks at every single grain of salt through a microscope to make sure it doesn't contain any plastic*
r/madlads
r/ihavereddit
BloomFilms r/ihaveihavereddit
Yoey Schwab r/ihaveihaveihavereddit
Ozan Canca r/ihaveihaveihaveihavereddit
When u realize tiping "r/madlad" on yt does nothing but u do it anyway.
r/madlad
A week?
I can eat a credit card in 10 seconds
Challenge Accepted! Wait, no, that's not what this is...
mind and eat it before the expiry date .
I think you'd be surprised by how difficult it actually is to eat a credit card.
😂
yummy 😋
'Video number two' - I see what you did there, Kurtis!
I don't get it, explain pls
@@PabloPerroPerro
1 = wee wee
2 = poo poo
3 = you don't want to know but you do if you have kids
Jason Axford is 3 incest?
@@gerRule 👍🤷♂️
😂😂😂😂
Awe man... how did I not notice that 😂👌🏼
I'm so sick about this. I cannot believe this is happening to all of us. I do not eat seafood and I'm so happy I do not now. I eat & drink alot of stuff in plastic and breathing it as well. I'm so sick now I do not know how I'm going to do this. Lord have mercy on us.
I'm only in my teens and everything like this always has me overthinking 24/7, this stuff scares and worries me. I wish I never had to worry about this. Ever. I have heard and seen many ways people are trying to fix this issue and it makes me happy hoping fresher, better water and food, air in the near future.
And now they found it in our Blood as of 2022
You were ahead of your time !
Did you also make sure there was no plastic in the clothes you wore? My understanding is that can be a big source of the plastics in our body.
Of course, it is, but then again. It's impossible to do now.
I made a video where I didn't touch/wear plastic for 24 hours. I wasn't mad enough to do both of these challenges simultaneously though. ua-cam.com/video/XgD9ItnBQsA/v-deo.html
He's wearing plastic sunglasses so
Derek D and the sunglasses he wore
THE MICROSCOPE PROBABLY HAS PLASTIC TOO!
This was really well put together, thanks Kurtis, really great video!
Thanks Dom!! :D
Plastic: it's for the synthetic people who prefer convenience over nature.
Which one do you prefer?
@AHOB Oktober we tried that with gays, now they have their own pride month. I do not want a vegan pride month in the future.
Try and live without it.
This is why everyone was an absolute Chad 200 years ago.
All recorded on plastic camera 😆
You saying you don't record stuff by etching it into a rock? Weak
I was wondering why he was wearing plastic on his eyes with the sunglasses lol
How about that magazine as well?
Kurtis: “I’m living in a hut in the middle of an island so I don’t swallow the plastic in the air.
Also Kurtis: *[Wears plastic sunglasses]*
That alone exemplifies the silliness of virtue signalling and pretended self-awareness.
Famous people self-promoting how they avoid plastic bags for the environment usually are the same ones travelling on private jets for a sandwich... or a UA-cam video.
@@DJVARAO spoken truth !
The same myopia that's causing everybody to pollute and non accepts they are doing it too
Yoshiko Chikuni ..not to mention all the plastic in his hoodie, shoes, etc🤣
It’s easy to knock.
Your comment about ads restored some of my faith in humanity and made me smile. Thank you for being a decent human being!!
Me: *eats wrappers off of sweets occasionally*
Kurtis: "You eat plastic everyday"
Me: "Well, Duh"
What
bruh
This is incredible. I had no idea there was plastic in the air like that! Thank you Kurtis for making these pure videos and giving us honest, bite-sized looks at issues like the plastic crisis. I look forward to your next adventure, and I wish you and Sir Stabbington the best.
Starting around 0:39 he starts moving his camera slowly, he switches hands at 0:49, and he did it so smoothly. congrats my dude that deserves some appreciation.
Your hoody is 90% polyester.
Eoghan Hynes the blue micro plastic from the salt was from his hoody
Wow, 90% polyester? I guess the upside will be no wrinkles as I age.👏😃
Solution: Ban plastics.
3:21 wait why not buy a air purifier? I know it wouldn't solve it 100% but it might help? Or maybe buy a plant because there natural air purifiers and won't contain any waistful materials
literally one of the best you tubers out there very inspirational and joyful i love it i would love to say more but it's 2:30 in the morning
Your clothes whose fibre is synthetic is mad of plastic
Hi! I'm an undergraduate researcher at UMass currently studying the effects of microplastics in soil and in our waste management systems! I'm writing up a report and wanted some inspiration to get me started, and this was a wonderful video! The experiment I just ran was looking at the size and number of microplastics in soil and how that would impact lettuce growth and the soil rhizospheres and such. It definitely had a large impact, which was expected, however because there is so little research, as you said, we have to do these basic experiments to show it because they've never been done before. Of course, this was with pristine plastics (as we'd have to degrade our own plastics, which is a very difficult thing to do- we recently found a way to do it but it's not perfect by any means. Only a few small change in the structure of the plastic) so we're going to run it again with degraded plastics if we're able to. Personally, I believe that there is no avoiding plastics at this point and I hope to do more research on the chemically damaging aspects of microplastics in our own bodies. Microplastics are toxic (at certain levels, as is any pollutant) but no one really knows what it does to our bodies. Of course, this research would require another few organic chemistry classes (the bane of my existence) but it'll be worth it for science.
Love your content!
Unfortunately it's not just seafood. Plastic is commonly added to livestock feed as a biproduct of trying to reduce food waste in landfills. Eat Vegan, buy low waste, buy fresh spices and condiments, filter your tap water and buy North Sea salt.
You are the best kind of UA-camr. I like watching people do things 99% of us wouldn't do, go that extra mile. Great stuff. But. A WHOLE CREDIT CARD WTF
In the alternative universe version of this video I ate a credit card in a single sitting.
That seems a bit much. I'd say a tenth of that.
Are you scientist panch?
Your hoodie is probably synthetic fibers (i.e. plastic). 😤
Thanks for your experiment because I said years from the beginning of the use plastic that it could be unhealthy and we should continue using bottles. Although, glass was fragile it was easier to clean and use. Hope to see it used more now they have discovered new findings about plastic. I'm old school I feel we should study things longer before using them among the people.
3:22 Remote parts of the world like - the Alps?
You've never been to the Alps have you? Literally every single valley and every single hillside is populated
also skis are plastic
tolga1cool and they put everything in plastic
5:04 Hopefully some lab will answer the call of doody.
Kurtis, Thank you so much for doing this. Not just this project, your channel and a whole! I'm a person who currently pursues a job in Graphic Design, since it was the most affordable associate degree I could go for right now at my country. But my heart and passion has always, always been science - From agriculture to microbiology, physics and ecology. Your videos make me reconnect with that part of me that awaits the moment it can sprout. Despite not having the most stable mental health, I do and I will work hard, and I believe that I'll be able to study abroad In less than five years! But, your channel, is among those that truly inspire me most. Your sincerity, your trust, and your passion outshines anything I've ever seen in this platform - Thank you.
Thank you, kind soul. Hope you have a fantastic week. :)
Thanks for verifying what I already knew, and tell people all the time! And you just really supported me with storing everything in glass I just started that this past month and I appreciate it!
Unfortunately, I’ve been getting sick from fish over the past 3 years. Which means I’ve had it about 3 times. Between the plastic in the water and the ongoing Fukushima leak that’s not talked about any more; the oils spills on the East Coast, I should know better. But I love it! 💛 But now, I’m committed to flax seeds! 😁
Please keep doing what you do!
Hi, I'm a scuba diver and I'm asking everyone who sees this comment to please eliminate 1 single-use plastic from your day today. Let's please work together to keep the place where I'm the happiest alive. Thanks
Your channel is so, so well produced and informative. Its a crime that you don't have a bigger following.
I have one kidney that has become cancerous, I've lived off off plastic water bottles for 30 years... be aware
mm delicious plastic
it tastes like capitalism
Im reading this in snufkin's voice and honestly, fits very well
This is like asking for 10page long wannabe politics/philosophy expert comment.
Is the popcorn ready ? :D
@@baumkuchen6543 ein Baum Kuchen Kommentar zählt auch ;)
Føxtrøt 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Found the political autism
Disabling ads doesn't mean youtube won't put them in your videos anyways
My wife is mostly plastic
So when can we expect that coffee song on Spotify, ehh?
this
A few thousand years from now:
Human 2.0: wow, it seems primitive humans use to eat plastic on a daily basis, it must be ceremonial!
more like 70 years from now
ah yes, the caffeine withdrawal headache, I chuckled too much at this! Thank you for producing such a lovely helpful and informative video. I think the more videos like this help to draw education and discussion to this global issue, the more we can all begin to start effecting change, a healthier life for all of us starts with recognition, Our Poor Earth!
FYI: Distilled water is not bad for you, you get minerals from food not water. The minerals in water our bodies can’t use. Distilled water = no plastics and 0 PPM
We also don't know if the microplastics we ingest has an effect on our health. Scary stuff.
In water, hydrophobic molecules tend to stick together. Most plastics are hydrophobic so they can potentially accumulate hydrophobic toxins. If this gets into the body and into our tissue, I wonder what kind of effect this would have. Especially if hormone mimicking compounds gets into our system.
It is certainly bad. Especially for your testosterone levels.
They want to destroy men
@Greg Fom I do not know exactly about this, but there is probably effects which we have some clue of and some we do not know about. I guess as time goes by we will get a better picture of the long term effects of single substances and these cocktails of chemicals, since this is all pretty new. There is a lot to read on Nature if you are interested in what that is currently going on.
This is where natural selection kicks in and the ones with the genes that are the best at dealing with micro plastics survive and reproduce
May fortune be ever in your favour
Great video bringing more awareness to the severity of the plastic issue.
You are one of the amazing people we need. Love you for what you are doing❤
Goes to remote island to avoid plastic.
Wears plastic glasses and clothing containing plastics.
We can not avoid it anywhere we go... Tiny particles have been found floating in our highest peaks the ALPHS..
WHAT we really need to is cleaning it up and stop dumping it in our Oceans!!! Plastics are all around us. We don’t need Russia, N. Korea nor Iran to nuke us, in a short time we will/ are killing ourselves.. Come back in 10,000 or so years it might of heald it self by then..
And ISLAND Beach has GARBAGE EVERYWHERE , even in FISH , etc….. you catch !🤣😂😅😂🤣😡🤬😫😭
wow, I have never hated plastic as much as I do right now. Thanks a lot! I mean I have always known about the issue with seafood (including heavy metals too) but I never realized just how unavoidable it really is. Sadly it all makes sense. But I am not prepared to make such drastic changes to my diet, so I must continue eating food laced with plastic at the same time know what I am doing how bad it must be for my Stomach, Bowels, and Body :( I feel a little down right now. I was going to make Smach Burgers (Ultra Cheese Burgers) but now I think I will just have a hearty meal of nothing :/
The only way to avoid plastic is going underground or in to space.
inuyasha haha he Will find out in time..
Good luck living in space without plastic haha
It is in SPACE SHIPS !
Wonderful stuff you're doing, and honourable that you're disabling ads, and by extension, your UA-cam income, to support human and environmental health. You are truly awesome.
It's now in the clothes we buy, which makes it extremely difficult to avoid.
Unfortunately even fruits have plastic in them according to recent studies
How the elites lessen life spans of surfs.
could we get a video about the different types of plastic, like food grade?
there is no such thing as “food grade” plastic, plastic is literally cancer for the earth.
@@Ofmyownvolition Stop writing false information. You clearly dont know anything about plastics.
If it has a F or a C in it then it's probably especially bad?
Food safe means it wont degrade into your food as quickly as other plastics
2:47 just to suffer?
Leo gets it.
seriously life seems to be suffering
how should someone drink water if they can't buy bottled water?
If you have drinkable water from faucets in your home, drink that.
@@ScopeofScience i do, but i think alot of people can't drink the Water from the faucet.
He: "Why am I here?"
Me ".... Just to suffer? Every night, I can feel my leg..."
I watch to much UA-cam ....
Legit the next UA-cam ad I saw after this was for evian. "Purity uncompromised." Hmm. Not so sure about that anymore.
This is just mind-blowing. kinda sad to be honest but I guess this is the start of a whole anti-plastic revolution:)
Your efforts are really appreciable.
I am in admiration of your decision to disable ads. It’s so selfless to do that. keep up the good work on your videos.
I'm thankful you proposed a video for Tom Scott's vacations and got selected.
Of the many science/knowledge channels I'm subscribed to (some English ones and mostly French stuff), you're probably the most original one I know of.
You keep surprising me with these projects seemingly coming out of nowhere (especially since I'm not following you on other medias).
You always base your videos on experiments, which isn't a norm (at least for the channels I'm following).
You always go all the way to illustrate your point, and I enjoyed each and every video you made since I subscribed.
Thank you for being an awesome person :)
Well this comment made my day. Thanks!
should've started the video with "you're breathing plastic, right now" that keeps people watching.
At least until the plastic gets them.
I run a company that sells hot pepper infused sea salt (Josh's Jungle). Each grinder lasts about a year or 2 of constant use and I chose plastic grinders because my assumption is that it lasts long enough to not really matter all that much. Now I'm questioning this decision, but can't really go back as it cost me a loan just to got the grinders.
I've never thought about this, thank you for the video!
I read a study which said ~45% of microplastics come from rubber tires! We don't talk about it because it's impossible for us to change our society to this
Your stainless steel bottle has so many plastic stickers! And you are wearing plastic sunglasses. Well...hmm not ideal.
Himalayan rock salt is excellent in salt catagory. It dates back to thousands of years.
But it's really expensive. 2000% expensive to iodized salt.
I respect for disabling ads
"I look through every grain of salt under a microscope" madlad Kurtis
I only drink distilled water and I’ve been drinking it since college. It’s the best tasting water ever. I brew it at homes I supplement with minerals instead of drinking disgusting tap water
Great video! You REALLY should provide a link to your Patreon site especially if you talk about it :)
Surprisingly what's good for the planet is also good for us
::cackles:: video #2.
A thing I wonder about: what about things like milk cartons and tetrapacks? I know they use LESS plastic which means they're probably better than plastic milk jugs, but how does the plastic that they do use affect recyclability?
Most plastics/composites are down-cycled. The more you process these materials the worse performance you usually get.
You mention needing the minerals in water that distilled water doesn't have, the issue with this is that you don't need those minerals because they are 'inorganic' to the body. Though the body requires these minerals, it comes down to the form they take, to be of use, so to say. For example you want the sodium that comes naturally from an avocado vs the sodium that is rubbing off from rocks and whatever else. It's the same reason why you can take a multivitamin and piss out 95% of it every time.
Hey, where is that place? It looks a little like where I live actually. Not exactly, too nice weather lol.
I can't go to such extreme because alot of stuff is vital for us except avocados and bananas. You can't live of those i still appreciate your effort because that little effort you made can change the world
funny to see this now that they found micro plastic in human blood
Okay but you didn't have to look through every piece of salt individually; put your salt in distilled water, wait until it dissolves, strain it through something really fine, boil the salt water until the water evaporates and boom, salt. It would work right?
Two most effective things I was told elsewhere:
- Drink tap water (if it’s recommended where you live)
- Con’t cut food on plastic
Who has another low hanging plastic fruit?
Don't microwave your food in plastic.
@@Coccinelf I keep telling my wife this. Doesn't seem to sink in.
@@mozkitolife5437 maybe it's time to buy new microwavable storage containers so she has the convenience of microwaving leftovers in glass? I dunno, just an idea.
@@amyrlin026 Good idea, but that requires taking the food out of the plastic packaging and into another container. Too inconvenient for her.
@Coccinelle Thanks, I’m already following this, but good one. 👌🏻
1) I stopped consuming carbonated drinks 12 years ago.
2) Glass bottles came into my life 4 years ago.
3)Solar water heating system placed in my house 6years ago.
4)Completely stopped using non-stick utensils this year itself.
BONUS POINT -In INDIA , the plastic wrapping of all vegetables is not prevalent.Barring few exceptions in Supermarkets and some Malls .
Thank Goodness for that🙏
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"And have my poo analysed"...
Ah, the wonders of science!
Lab report: Affirmative. This is definitely poo.
The cited study specifically talks about the effect of microplastics in the lung (they are proinflammatory). It does not talk about ingestion of microplastics. Not saying it couldn't be bad for you, but your sources are insufficient.
Also, since most people think about plastics as "nasty chemicals" I think it's important to note the fact that the reason microplastics cause a proinflammatory response in the lung is because they are unreactive, and can thus maintain small particle sizes with high surface area, effectively acting as catalysts. Not because they are dangerous chemicals that react with things.
"Video number 2" - I see what you did there
In the air.... that's a shock!! That house Is goals, btw.
I heard somewhere that plastics (particularly certain kinds) affects hormones in the body. I'm not an expert, so can't say with certainty, but this could possibly explain some anomalies we see in behaviors outside traditional social norms, if you get my drift. just saying, it could be a possibility and I wouldn't be surprised if it was an explanation.
it shldnt be this hard for the kids ,,but it is,and its time for the parents to stand up
Governments: lets ban straws
No one: hey coca-cola and Poland springs, this has got to stop
Neeko Z
Can you explain this comment?
It’s already ban in Seattle Washington.
I'm pretty sure that person meant stop bottling everything in plastic
kash bash some cities have banned straws and single use plastic bags. Which is great. But much more needs to be banned such as Coca Cola in plastic bottles and single use water bottles.
you are so awesome. i wish i have your lifestyle. thanks for the info and btw, you intro background is awesome too.
*Had plastic sunglasses on his face half the time*
We should switch back to hemp instead of big business oil plastic
No you weren't crazy because now its headline news.
I love your channel.. I don’t want to sound bad but I really wish your channel remains like this, unpopular, simple, unexplored..
I would like to at the same time wish you a lot of success and growth!
everyone: if you drink a glass of distilled water you‘re gonna die instantly
kurtis: I‘ll be okay for a day
It's a salt thing
I drink exclusivly distilled water for years and i am very alive lol
Distilled water is fine, the minerals you may get from non-distilled water are very few and inorganic anyway. Minerals from food makes much more sense.
@@monsimix6839 I assume you also eat salted food and probably some quite natural (not premade grocery store garbage) foods
Wouldnt you be breathing Plastic from your sunglasses and part of your shoelaces, Clothing, Microscope, appliances, paper towel on the counter behind you, patio furniture, clock on the wall, Etc..
This is pretty interesting!
Over 10% of Americans don't know that plastic is made from oil. Most people don't know what oil is.
And that's all I'm going to type right now.