Plastic Makers Have A Big Secret: They’re Experimenting On You
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- Опубліковано 10 жов 2024
- Microplastics are everywhere - in our waterways and in our bodies. But the corporations responsible are facing no consequences - and making billions. Our brains and our blood now contain microplastics, and it's time for the perpetrators to face consequences.
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Why r they consistently saying "spills" instead of DUMPING
Soft language…..
@@ikvangalen6101 Grade A American BS.
Accidental vs purposeful.
No legal liability that way.
Denial, similarly like you. You say i am going to buy new shoes, instead i am going to spread microplastics from my sole over large area. (just for thought)
Ehlers danlos syndrome is killing me. I'm born and raised Pasadena, Houston TX. My mother worked for chemical plants while pregnant with me and for the next 35 years. I was born while she was at work INSIDE a petrochemical plant. My entire family is healthy except me cuz they are all from NYC. I am the only one born on the gulf coast and the poster child for what the plastics, PFAs, and chemical plants do to healthy genetics.
The town I grew up in is entirely surrounded by chemical plants and the Houston ship channel. We can't swim in the water. The air always smells like like a chemical but always a different chemical. The pipelines and plants run throughout the entire town. We did tornado, fire, and chemical plant EXPLOSION drills starting in elementary cuz there are plants within walking distance of every single public school and daycare. Instead of petrichore before it rains at night we smell rotten eggs cuz that's when they do burn offs with the logic that less people will be outside and the rain will "wash it away".... and right into our soil and water.
I have an estimated 10 yrs left to live and I'm not alone. Myself and my childhood friends are all sick or infertile. The women raised here in the 50s and 60s all developed cancer.
We're dying down here.
I grew up near Dow Chemical Company and I have a similar story.
Heartbreaking. I'm sorry this country failed you and your community :(
Sorry to hear about your condition. I sincerely wish the best for you.
This sounds like a 5th world country what you're describing..... 😢
You all need to get together… hire a big law firm which specializes in damages,& enact a class action lawsuit !! Corporations have no conscience…& only by taking their profits will they change their ways !! At least get restitution… for yourself,& other people who have damages from this industry !! God bless you,& your family,& friends …💕🙏🏼🌻💕
Glass is infinitely recyclable, why do we need this crap
we don't, but it helps rich people make more money
It is also heavier and can be more fragile. But I agree. I go out of my way to make sure I am not using plastic water bottles because in a place where tap water is generally potable there isn't much of a reason for the average person to use them.
It's cheaper to make.
Because glass is dense and fragile. How was that not obvious?
@@custos3249nope
Corpos make more money with plastic than they make with glass, there, eat your heart out
If something is more fragile, if it makes more money for corpos, they will use that
You, as the "consumer", don't matter. You can't choose anything else if the corpos get the entire market under their control
It's so funny when companies complain about a lack of births and a lack of consumers. They know what's causing the problems. They don't care. The dissonance between what these companies want and what they are directly causing is ridiculous.
Because the multi-millionaire and billionaire leaders will fuck off to their bunkers in New Zealand and other places when things get bad enough, or they're old enough to die before facing any real consequences. I don't advocate for actual eco-terror but if I read something in the news about them being threatened legally/physically to force them to change, I wouldn't be sad.
Nah but they're solving it by taking away women's rights to turn them into brood mares /s
Fun fact: Donald Rumsfeld worked for the company Searle that made aspartame. It was denied approval until he was put on the board of the FDA.
Rumsfeld. Dude probably caught more bodies than Adolf H.
There was an animal feed worker on tic-tok who was fired for filming what was happening at his plant. Stores and food corporations were getting credit for lowering their food waste while in reality the food was just getting ground up, plastic packaging and all, and getting formed into chicken, hog, and cattle feed pellets. No freaking wonder we all have it in us.
“When the Last Tree Is Cut Down, the Last Fish Eaten, and the Last Stream Poisoned, [We] Will Realize That [We] Cannot Eat Money“
pffff, throw some ranch and some bacon flavored microplastic on it. im sure its high in fiber
Ah, Monsanto. We meet again when there's horrible news.
Man this reminds me of what VICE used to be 😄
Yep. Plastic needs to be designated as hazardous waste just like oil which it is made of. And they should be made responsible for cleaning up their nurdles.
Monsanto has done nothing for the public good. What a horrible corporation.
Lobbying should be outlawed!
Unfortunately the Supreme Court ruled that corporations are people and have speech rights, and money = speech. We’re f*cked.
Floor wax people
This isn't even remotely "micro".
It's MACRO! 😤😤😤😤
MAKE. THIS. ILLEGAL!!!!
They'd just get away with it for even longer if it were truly micro. These are pellets, though. I suspect they're using the "microplastics" terminology to lessen the appearance of how damn bad it is.
It really feels like it's too late. They operate with complete impunity.
Our government will never change until we stop the lobbying shenanigans
This is extremely worrying for our environment and our health!!! We need federal regulations NOW.
Plastic is perfect for an AI world! It's good for robots and other unliving things!
Bahahaha, like the “government” is going to help. They’re in on it. Don’t you see?!
@@RosieOs101 yes, the rethuglikkkans will do any thing for the corporations that fund them,, democrats support most health regulations...
we as a society need to collectively boycott so much crap
Wake up FDA! why is Europe ahead of us in food safety?
They're trying to kill us
They aren't and that's part of the problem. They also allow quite a few destructive business practices.
Republicans are trying everything to destroy the epa and fda because rules hurt profits...
@K4R3N Europe doesn't allow free speech. How could you possibly know if they actually do what they say?
It isn't
monsanto at the scene of the crime again ..
Bring back glass bottles and containers.
Ok, but glass is a real pain to recycle, too. The wrong type of glass, the shards gums up the machines
Prefer vastly that folks use cans for beer, less injuries and flat tires
@@ndjubilantwell, if it were regulated to specific types of glass to lessen that problem, it could work.
@@ndjubilant I hate to break this to you, but aluminum drink cans are lined with plastic.
use and re use aluminum
I tried discussing this with my 70 year old mother recently, and her response was "well at least there isn't broken glass and crockery everywhere anymore." I didn't even know how to respond. I just explained how we are slowly going extinct, and she couldn't even process it.
Boomers 🙄
It's just so... frustrating. These aren't "bad" people but- I dunno, it feels the same with my mum
@@Bloo2314 dont lie to yourself- you cant be good if you never knew how. this lack of alarm may not be a conscious decision but it naturally excludes her decisions from ever being right. this is why teachers ask you to show you the work- cause understanding and trivia are not the same and getting the right answer the wrong way will set in bad habits. stupidity is a cousin of evil- and often the more dangerous side of it.thats why we get exponentially more mad with a mansluaghter Drunk driver than an impassioned murder. making sense emotionally goes along way with empathy- even if the logic isnt really sound. and the same vice versa- empathy just not a great tool its limited by distance- crossed and misunderstood communications and loyalty. its wrapped up all pretty but its not that virtuous its neutral. hell ive known people with legit 0 empathy yet they were the most helpful person around (turns out even antisocial people can sus out how dumb or self destructive violence may be). to them it was all logical but ironically that made their loyalty to good acts alot more solid, not the imagined robotic or antisocial traits we arbitrarily assume will be (turns out even antisocial people can sus out how dumb or self destructive violence may be). i think humans are just not capable of society. by pursuing big identities weve only ruined the world on the way. happy enough with masterbatory comforts.
I am 81 years old. No all of us old people are that stupid.
@CamilleBluestein everyone without exception is dumb. Were animals limited by our form. To do good we have to learn the language of reality which we just barely scratched the surface of and will prolly never get past some issues. Everyones dumb just we chose to get smarter about a few things. The sifference between anybody is what those thigns are.
This environmental activist lady is amazing. Great job
Diane Wilson
@robynliteracy7057 thank you
Acrylonitrile polymers are still in use today, just not in beverage containers. We know them as ABS and ASA, and the former is the primary ingredient in Lego bricks; both formulations are used in plumbing pipes, mainly drain pipes.
They're also available as 3D printing materials, but they require either ventilation or significant air filtering because they off-gas styrene and particulates during printing, more than PLA or PETG.
“This country has socialism for the rich, rugged individualism for the poor." -Martin Luther King, Jr.
Still as true as ever today.
This gets posted on every single post from this channel
Nope
@@spr6577 mostly it's VERY applicable, so yes, quite often at least.
Is Jewish ppl involved in this conspiracy???
@@spr6577because it's always relevant.
Wow, Miss Diane is out here doing the work that is necessary and putting in the action. What a brave woman, if you're reading this Diane, you inspire me to stand up for what is right ❤
The cow pooping at 7:17 while making eye contact with the camera guy.
😂 as equally uncomfortable as when you accidentally lock eyes with your dog as they poo
😂 fresh fertilizer
They def timed it with the 'falls to the ground'. Love that attention to detail
What a power play... lock eyes while pooping to assert dominance.
why am i watching this when i know it’s going to harm me mentally
Because you want to do something about it
Be educated. Tell others.
because ignoring it wont save you or your kids or grandkids . and you want to do the right thing . We're with you !
❤
oh, Monsanto made the first plastic water bottle, that makes a lot of sense actually. The harbinger of the end times
This world uses so much plastic where it doesn’t need to
Now this woman is what I would call a patriot.
Need a class action like what was done against big tobacco.
This is f**king sickening
Savings passed on to the consumer?
Ha! That's a good one. 😂😂
She should keep going, and get them all to pay out. Thanks for raising awareness.
my wife just died from aggressive pancreatic cancer..came on in months. her family has a history of long lived individuals. we are the Teflon generation, one big experiment.
Those that argue for less regulation literally only have profits insight.
and they are brainwashed by faux news
9:22 We need more people like her not just taking justice in their own hands but also stopping the assholes that were going to intervene to kick her out.
Greed is not the desire for more, it's the desire for more at the expense of others.
thats a fucking bar. im gunna use that
@@sampanchishin1087 please be my guest. Use it like it's soap!
'The world has enough for everyone's need, but not enough for everyone's greed.' - Gandhi
stop reposting this.
Reporting this as spam from here on out
This is so heartbreaking. This has also got to stop.
This is why I’m a marine biology major. Even if I’m just cleaning beaches everyday, I can pass on content with that
My God! Need to support local, ethical industry, businesses. Stop buying plastic products, supporting big businesses.
Let’s remember that plastic you can see is macroplastic the stuff you can’t see is the microplastic that should scare you
Too much money not only ruins people... It ruins the world.
yep.
Humanity never needed money to live.
Humanity needed money to destroy all life.
A while back, one of Formosa's plants actually released pollutant chemicals into the sea, basically where it was stationed in Taiwan. It didn't make big news, but the chemicals were released into the ocean, and many of the beaches had dead fish wash up onto Vietnam's shores. There is a video of this on UA-cam, where I watched it originally. It will not be in english. My mom paid attention to it mainly because she had family in Vietnam still. She called them up and told them not to eat the dead fish washing up shore, as it was probably really dangerous. I'm sure there were some people who still ate and sold the fish sadly. Formosa denies these allegations, and small countries really can't do anything about it.
Wow who would have thought a massive company is shitting on everything and everyone it comes in contact with and it will
The average person ingests a mind blowing credit card's worth of plastic each WEEK.
Holy bots botman.
We're so cooked as a species
Meanwhile, every time I recently tried to talk in detail about current understandings of the confluence between biology and environmental factors impacting intelligence _per my own damn field of study,_ I was ironically silenced by yt. It'll be amazing if even this stays up.
@@custos3249ofc it doesn't stay up, they want us to be stupid
@@custos3249 TikTok's been getting mad (making me apply for a repeal my comments every time, for violating community guidelines; they approved it once I submitted my request) at me because I've been saying we could've evacuated the Floridians if we had the train infrastructure like we used to!
We need to demand a cleanup job of our water ways paid by the people, like CEO’s” who make extraordinary bonuses and are responsible for how their companies operate and keeping things mum.
Few years ago I was doing some equipment inspection for a utility company and I found myself behind the Cryovac/Sealed Air plant in Duncan, SC. Turns out that at least a couple acres behind that plant was used as a dumping ground for all sorts of unused or unsold plastic products; grocery bags, tons of pellets, rolls of plastic film. They had covered it up with dirt but it eroded and it was like the ground was entirely made of plastic underneath your feet. I don't know how deep the plastic went but there was so much of it I got the sense it probably went down a few feet at least. I happened to know someone who worked at that plant for 20 years in the 80's and 90's, and he knew all about it, so the type of plastic is almost certainly the old toxic stuff that was full of harmful, leeching chemicals.
Right below that area is a stream that is a tributary to one of the largest rivers in the region.
Endocrine disruption for sure. I was aware of this potentiality and I've been on a crusade against plastic for many years for my own reasons. So many young people are having health issues that seem out of proportion.
It's crazy how many hidden yet HUGE, DISASTROUS PROBLEMS there are in today's society, and 99,99% is MAN-MADE. 😢😤
AND THE PERPETRATORS NEVER FACE ACCOUNTABILITY. 😤😤😤😤
the thing is, plastic doesn't have to be made from oil. it can be made from hemp, or even corn or soy.
Yes, but that doesn't address the problems outlined in this video. We can't just switch to plant-based plastics... we need to massively reduce our consumption of any type of plastics. Then we could consider using plant-based plastics on a much smaller scale. As one example, the monoculture crops of soy and corn are already hugely problematic, so we don't want more of them. We must reduce unnecessary consumption.
We use plastic for everything. We dress ourselves in plastic. We then wash those plastic fibers in machines, and pump all the water (full of tiny fibers) through our sewage treatment plants and out into the ocean. So much plastic everywhere in our lives and we redistribute it into our environment.
Why so much plastic? Because it is light to transport our food and consumer goods, and it is cheaply produced and makes money for petrochemical companies. Petroleum companies skim profit from every single part of our lives.
@@fionnagrant6636 When various kinds of wood and grass fibers would have worked, for so many things...metal and glass for the rest.
I wish more people would try their best to stop buying plastic clothing. Polyester, nylon, acrylic, rayon, spandex, etc. We have amazing natural fibres from wool and cotton and flax to bamboo and hemp.
Our paid government representatives, that no longer give a darn about We The People, are spending their time doing WHAT??????????????????
Don't paint everyone with that brush. Generalizing is another form of ignorance.
@@robynliteracy7057 , you may be having a bad day that you did not properly read or understand what I said. No where did I say or imply 'every one'. Also, hold your horses, as the day is very soon coming that you will probably ask yourself, ' how the hay did our once great nation so completely fall?'. I truly wish you a very good day beginning with a beautiful 🌅.
@@isthatallthereis7541
They are spending all of their time and fundraising, I mean accepting bribes in the form of donations
The creation of the corporation will go down in history as the beginning of the end of the human experiment
I hope we all know that it doesn't matter who is in the 'top job' because this is a systemic problem - greed. We have allowed many of our economic sectors, to take advantage of the American people. It's disgusting and frightening for the future of our country. My husband and I will be retiring in the next two years n another country. We are absolutely worried that SSI will no longer be funded. we'll have to rely on his pension, a 403 (b) and a very prolific Investment account with my Tracy Britt Cool Consulting my FA. Our national debt is bloating and expanding every month. Our government needs to get spending under control and cut the federal budget.
I'm headed to Thailand or the Philippines in 4 years. What country you moving too?
I know this FA, Tracy Britt Cool Consulting but only by her reputation at Goldman Sachs; even though she's now involved in managing portfolios and providing investmnt guidance to clients. I have been trying to get in contact since I watched her interview on WSJ last month
Her name is Tracy Britt Cool Consulting.
You can glance her name up on the internet.she's renowned and has quite a following. So it shouldn't be a hassle finding her.
@@MammeMassaert-i2mI have a sister in Sri Lanka, should be easy for me to settle in
First BPA now microplastic 😢
Do you know car tire dust is everywhere? It's in the water you drink and the food you eat. It's in your blood right now.
I don't see any hope fixing it.
you only told about pellets, but microplastics are even smaller and dificult to remove
Great work with this investigative journalism! There is a huge irony with the new information coming out on nanoplastics and microplastics that shows they have permeated everything (including our bodies) and it's made from oil. Oil in turn, also known as petroleum, comes from the remains of ancient organisms, primarily microscopic marine plants and animals like algae and plankton, which decomposed over millions of years under intense heat and pressure deep within the Earth's crust, transforming into the hydrocarbon mixture we call oil. So our bodies, our drinking water, food, even our brains are infused with tiny plastic particles that are the remnants of individuals that lived on this planet during the Mesozoic Era, which spanned from roughly 252 to 66 million years ago! We are just beginning to understand the scope and impacts of this problem, and it seems unlikely the damage can be mitigated!
This world uses so much plastic where it doesn’t need to be
I work at a poultry plant and the cutting boards that we use to cut almost every piece of breast meat is plastic and although they will get new ones when needed, the old ones take quite a lot of abuse and a lot of scratch marks are made everyday hundreds of thousands and thousands at a time It's just one location. The stuff goes way deeper than I think the average consumer realizes. It's just like all of your aluminum cans of soda typically have a plastic liner so it's not completely aluminum and you're drinking plastic even when you're drinking out of aluminum
im surprised they wouldn't use wood as its antibacterial
is bitter irony that the petrochem industry is using Superabsorber plastics to clean up oil spills in the gulf
We need to stop allowing them to "clean up" their own spills. They're obviously going to do the worst job possible. The government should contract someone else, and send the spillers a bill.
There are bacteria that eat petroleum spills. They may be a genetic modification (I can't remember) but why not experiment with that instead of more plastic?
Our corporate overlords have been making a killing selling us their trash. From plastic to canola oil
"a little just falls on the ground" over and over and over in transporting & abuse of nurdles for plastic. What the @!# for? Don't just kick Mosanto out of Texas, they clean their mess or we shut em down & refuse their import/export worldwide.
westerners still stuck with massive plastic use while people in the smaller asian countries uses glass
The only way to remove plastic from water is reverse osmosis. That is going to be costly but damn it needs to happen
Just plain old Osmosis would work...though in either scenario the solution is going to come equilibrium with equal amounts of plastic- FYI...but maybe you could try to work in the word centrifuges ... that’s a cool word
I love how a Tiawanese company is putting their plastic manufacturing in the US... Doesn't their island get dumped on enough already?
"Reality paints still life.
Catastrophes are called natural, as if nature were the executioner and not the victim,
while the climate goes completely mad, and so do we.
Today is World Environment Day.
A good day to celebrate Ecuador's new Constitution,
which in 2008, for the first time in the history of the world,
recognized nature as a subject of rights.
It sounds strange that nature would have rights,
as if it were a person.
On the other hand, it seems perfectly normal
that large corporations in the United States
have human rights.
And they do, by decision of the Supreme Court, since 1886.
If nature were a bank, it would have been saved already." E. Galeano
I live in the Florida Keys, if you pick up a handful or a shovel full of dirt and throw it into a bucket of water the Plastics float, well at least a lot of them some do stink but you will see a scary amount of plastic. You don't have to stare, you'll see every sizing shape
That woman is gangster. Real recognizes real!
Everything around me is turning into plastic - siding, flooring, tables, you name it.
The factory I worked at use the pellets . They just threw them in the trash when done.
That makes no sense, if by weight every pellet is money, and even damaged it could be recycled. Point being discontinue its manufacture, degrade to conclusion and glass replacement. Pay & encourage businesses to boycott nurdles and create safe alternative.
And youre told to remain docile and accept it. What are you gonna do, vote it away?
Now, what about aluminium?
I am ashamed of humanity.
This is like if I pissed on the bathroom floor instead of walking over to the toilet. They don't have to make drastic changes if they just stopped dumping it.
I’ve been watching your UA-cam videos for the past week, and they’re really great! You’re doing a fantastic job as a content creator. How long have you been on UA-cam, and what challenges have you faced with your channel?
George Carlin was right, it's "the Earth plus plastic".
So many lies... there's no thought about ourselves as humanity. Just comfort of personal self... disgusting.. It's depressing
If there was a plastics manufacturing union. This video would have never been made.
Good job guys.
Make it go viral!
Plastics manufacturer scientists: "Plastic is safe." "Trust the science, you science deniers."
Not sure why they dont start a petition for people to sign.. They do it for animals
Monsanto is quite possibly the most evil company on the planet.
I just recently noticed that my every day ritual of drinking a coffee (paper cup) after buying groceries got spoiled, after hearing that those cups release an armada of mikroplastics.
Enjoyment done😐
The cooperate greed of irresponsible people should be opposed.
Kudos to those activists👍🙏🐄
This is sickening!!!
This is a problem that needs to be not widely known
This won't stop until we all boycott as much as we possibly can.
Increase funding for the EPA and IRS. And give them real power
No one will ever have more power than Global WTI. It's worth more than 35 trillion dollars.
EPA doesn't do shit to big corporations. Like the airlines. They rather send lawsuits to automotive performance shops over tuning devices that allow you to program your car to run cleaner and at peak performance.
If fermosa is "following optional safety guidelines" they should have absolutely no problem if they were made mandatory
Not only that, but most clothing nowadays is made out of plastic! Every time you wash it, those microplastics get into the wastewater system. Plastics are killing us, but they are nearly impossible to avoid.
I do my part by avoiding plastic where possible, but it sucks that most food is ONLY available in plastic.
There's some crazy lines in here. It has some natural ingredients like water and air. That lady feels safe giving her 5 year old soda.
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It is. Petrochemicals, heavy metals and mold are xenoestrogens.
The plasticene
I was wondering if you possibly cover it in the near future since this popped up recently and we’re in American football season but a private equity firm lead by former Disney Executives known as Smash Capital has proposed to the to athletic directors in the POWER 5 (ACC, Big 12, SEC, Big Ten, and PAC-12) the concept of a Super League in Project Rudy.
This will make a super league of 70 of top football teams in the country, mainly in the Power 5 (ACC, Big 12, SEC, Big Ten, PAC-12, and Notre Dame) and all of them will be under one single media deal BUT there will be Tier distribution of revenues and the 70 teams in the super league CAN’T PLAY TEAMS IN NON-POWER 5 CONFERENCES (expect for Notre Dame) AND FCS SCHOOLS.
This league will disenfranchise 3/4 of NCAA schools, funnel more money to the top FBS football schools from non FBS or non football talented school and overall, ruin college football , sports, and the NCAA as we know it.
Sadly, there other proposals for this super league and I really hope this gets covered. College sports are really one of the last bastion of pure competition and homegrown pride.
Guess Frank Zappa was prophetic with ♫ Plastic People ♪
Humanity is doomed, kids. We deserve a 'reset'. World needs a human enema.
Fun fact, a nurdle is also the glob of toothpaste that comes out of the tube onto your brush
Reject modernity (Plastics) embrace tradition (glass) 😅
It’s even in house DUST!!!!
The nurdles are coming !!! The nurdles are coming !!!