The Most Radioactive Places on Earth

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  • Who on Earth is exposed to the most ionizing radiation?
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    I'm filming a documentary for TV about how Uranium and radioactivity have shaped the modern world. It will be broadcast in mid-2015, details to come. The filming took me to the most radioactive places on Earth (and some places, which surprisingly aren't as radioactive as you'd think). Chernobyl and Fukushima were incredible to see as they present post-apocalyptic landscapes. I also visited nuclear power plants, research reactors, Marie Curie's institute, Einstein's apartment, nuclear medicine areas of hospitals, uranium mines, nuclear bomb sites, and interviewed numerous experts.
    Notes about measuring radiation:
    Sieverts are a measure of 'effective dose' - that means they measure the biological impact of the energy transferred to tissues from radiation.
    Obviously I owe a debt to the fantastic chart made by xkcd, which inspired my visual approach to this video.
    xkcd.com/radiation/
    DOSES MAY VARY
    The level of radiation varies widely around the world depending mainly on altitude and geology (excluding nuclear accidents).
    Estimates of particular doses also vary. All numbers reported in this video should be taken as order of magnitude only.
    The most contentious claim may be that smokers receive the highest dose of ionizing radiation. This is not a whole body dose, but a dose to the lungs as specified in the video. References are here:
    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_e...
    www.rmeswi.com/36.html
    Special thanks to:
    Physics Girl: / physicswoman
    MinutePhysics: / minutephysics
    Natalie Tran: / communitychannel
    Bionerd23: / bionerd23
    Nigel and Helen for feedback on earlier drafts of this video.
    Music is "Stale Mate"

КОМЕНТАРІ • 32 тис.

  • @ky3518
    @ky3518 3 роки тому +7781

    This guy literally went to chernobyl just to tell people that smoking is bad. If that wasnt enough to make you quit smoking, i dont know what will.

    • @idkanameforthis
      @idkanameforthis 3 роки тому +7

      GIVE ME HATE on my videos ...

    • @mohit_panjwani
      @mohit_panjwani 3 роки тому +60

      @@idkanameforthis hi

    • @itsanupam3900
      @itsanupam3900 3 роки тому +17

      hope liking it doesn't make me a smoker

    • @amiichii2728
      @amiichii2728 3 роки тому +81

      The chernobyl nuclear reactor tragedy is still terrifying...

    • @theduder2617
      @theduder2617 3 роки тому +21

      IF there were testable evidence supporting the claim, perhaps we would lend some credibility to the claim.
      As of today, we only have statements made by a human, nothing more.
      Not to mention, Cali simply LOVES to add warnings to anything for almost any reason imaginable. According to them, life itself is toxic.
      If there were radiation as claimed, there would be a warning stating that very word on each and every pack, and Cali would never rest until it was printed.
      There are a LOT of actual proven risks with smoking. Radiation claims simply lack the proof.
      This is literally the entire gist of the claim as it stands at this second "Tobacco contains radiation".
      Well.. "I can fly by merely thinking it". See? Just because it was stated does not mean evidence supports nor even suggests the same. I'm not saying it is not possible. Just saying that science has yet to prove/disprove the claim.
      The use of the term trichomes does not lend credibility to any claim by the way. And that is all of the further information the site listed in the description offered.
      I would be more concerned about the pills gladly handed out by doctors, for they have a MUCH MORE MASSIVE body count than smoking ever will. In fact, one will find some pretty nasty toxins in so many man made drugs that I am constantly surprised at how many will choke the pills down, never once questioning any of it.
      And here we are, someone says tobacco and radiation in the same sentence and the masses go running full bore with it, yet again never questioning.
      You know, I have some magic rocks for sale. Rub them together 4 minutes past 1am and money shall come your way. Hey now, I said it so it must be true right?
      No? Then what's with the blind jump onto the radiation wagon?

  • @ESA-ce1nu
    @ESA-ce1nu 3 роки тому +5403

    Astronaut: 80000 microsieverts
    smoker: 160000 microsieverts
    Astronaut Smoker: it's time to die

    • @TheCampercore
      @TheCampercore 3 роки тому +375

      Astronaut comes to space station, asking if he can smoke.
      Captain says: "Sure, but we have fire alarms here, so go outside"

    • @ESA-ce1nu
      @ESA-ce1nu 3 роки тому +28

      @@TheCampercore lololol

    • @6apa6aw72
      @6apa6aw72 3 роки тому +211

      Astronaut Smoker in Chernobyl:

    • @rosin_eater
      @rosin_eater 3 роки тому +22

      @@6apa6aw72 *oh no*

    • @PS4Shooter
      @PS4Shooter 3 роки тому +61

      @@6apa6aw72 Astronaut smoker in the radioactive basement

  • @jhndrsn
    @jhndrsn 9 місяців тому +197

    Thanks! This video got me to finally quit smoking once and for all back in 2015.

  • @billdoolinofficial
    @billdoolinofficial Рік тому +398

    "50 thousand people used to live here, now its a ghost town"

  • @tj07
    @tj07 3 роки тому +5273

    Person: *falls into a pile of 20,000,000 bananas.
    Person: *dies*

    • @moodyblues7144
      @moodyblues7144 3 роки тому +158

      @•-Rosalina-• • 40 years ago they looked yummy

    • @mistyseas
      @mistyseas 3 роки тому +13

      Katy w haha

    • @sutarisuresh6557
      @sutarisuresh6557 3 роки тому +30

      When they eat banana....man 😉

    • @teal3af49
      @teal3af49 3 роки тому +61

      Then eat them. Don’t you think it would be an epic death if you died from bananas?

    • @sqeet7392
      @sqeet7392 3 роки тому +116

      Falling into a pile of 20,000,000 bananas is not a joke! It happened to my dad and it’s very insensitive, so please don’t joke about that stuff!

  • @russellpair2327
    @russellpair2327 5 років тому +62200

    This man traveled all over the globe just to make an anti-smoking add

    • @ifalone
      @ifalone 5 років тому +98

      @@starman8853 yes he did

    • @nope110
      @nope110 5 років тому +122

      @@ifalone Its not been edited though and its still spelled wrong...

    • @ifalone
      @ifalone 5 років тому +51

      @@nope110 not edited yet, keyword: yet

    • @darealmvp3681
      @darealmvp3681 5 років тому +21

      MUDD MONKEY i know right. Wtf

    • @luimaia234
      @luimaia234 5 років тому +513

      i was smoking one when he said that, now i'm considering just lighting up some bananas and hope that it gets me through the day

  • @hama1995_hama
    @hama1995_hama Рік тому +1197

    貴重な資料だな〜、
    それを一般公開&日本語で字幕出してくれてる公式さんや翻訳者さんには感謝しかねぇ〜

  • @jordanbaszner904
    @jordanbaszner904 11 місяців тому +44

    4:00 apparently, her notebooks are also radioactive. The are so radioactive in fact that they are too dangerous to touch and kept in lead box’s.

  • @michaelgulo6014
    @michaelgulo6014 4 роки тому +2584

    *throws cigarette down.
    *moves to Pripyat for cheap housing.

    • @voxsq
      @voxsq 4 роки тому +1

      @@petejt pedophiles*

    • @sjoerdmanshanden5162
      @sjoerdmanshanden5162 4 роки тому +21

      I'd like pripyat to remain a nature reserve. As I onderstand it nature is really doing well over there. Like the demilitarisation zone between the 2 korea's.

    • @PsychoHenni
      @PsychoHenni 4 роки тому +11

      @@voxsq "Paedophile" is a correct term, both words are correct, just depends on where you live. "Pedophile" is usually the spelling for Americans, whereas "Paedophile" is elsewhere like the UK

    • @farrel_ra
      @farrel_ra 4 роки тому +4

      @@PsychoHenni yup, like color (us) and colour (uk)

    • @Grubiantoll
      @Grubiantoll 4 роки тому +8

      @@sjoerdmanshanden5162 you are thinking too small, imagine, ww3 would result in world wide national park

  • @charlemagne996
    @charlemagne996 3 роки тому +4422

    Girl: come over
    Boy: can’t
    Girl: why?
    Boy: *you might expose me to 0.05 microsieverts of radiation*

  • @vishalreddy6879
    @vishalreddy6879 Рік тому +1379

    I had a mental sigh of relief every time he revealed the level of radiation to be far lower than harmful, even at places where I didn't expect like Chornobyl, Fukushima🙂

    • @MKpixelfan
      @MKpixelfan Рік тому +14

      it's all cumulative.

    • @georgespaceagency9894
      @georgespaceagency9894 Рік тому +12

      But as you stay there longer, it rises and would eventually harm you, that's why pripyat is still evacuated

    • @f5tornado831
      @f5tornado831 Рік тому +2

      Well, some places in the Chornobyl reactor will still kill you in less than an hour like the elephants foot.

    • @devkukreja2122
      @devkukreja2122 Рік тому +3

      But the radiation inside the plant , near the exploded reactor would be much much higher no ?

    • @DeepakKumardk99
      @DeepakKumardk99 Рік тому +5

      Will Geiger counter show more reading near a chain smoker ?

  • @adlerauge001
    @adlerauge001 Рік тому +395

    I had two CT Scans over the last 6 months and I was worried about the amount of radiation I was exposed to, but seeing that just one year of smoking is 22 times as much of radiation as one CT scan, makes me feel less worried.

    • @samuele8361
      @samuele8361 6 місяців тому +1

      Above 100 millisiverts per year is the lower limit where we can actually see some statistical effects on the general population. The amount you receive from a ct scan is nothing to worry about.

    • @srJaime98
      @srJaime98 4 місяці тому

      You still fucked tho

    • @kereal2591
      @kereal2591 16 днів тому

      @@samuele8361late but a ct scan is definetly something to worry about, especially if you are young. The chance of a ct scan developing a fatal tumor is about 5%, and 2 ct scans is probably double that. Theres a reason they dont let kids do CT scans.

  • @MemoryDestiny
    @MemoryDestiny 5 років тому +7921

    This must be the absolute best anti-smoke video i've ever seen!

    • @KENNETHUDUT
      @KENNETHUDUT 5 років тому +72

      That threw me too. Had no idea

    • @caui131
      @caui131 5 років тому +49

      well gonna stop smoking. They should run this on TV

    • @Gustav4
      @Gustav4 5 років тому +14

      It is not true that cigarettes are 160.000 micro sieverts.

    • @midas4057
      @midas4057 5 років тому +46

      @@Gustav4 he means annually the average smoker

    • @midas4057
      @midas4057 5 років тому +45

      @ademar9988 and some people never smoke but still die of cancer what's your point?

  • @ericsurf6
    @ericsurf6 8 років тому +44413

    Best non-smoking ad ever!!

    • @seaweed6668
      @seaweed6668 5 років тому +109

      Ericsurf, dude i love your videos

    • @isaiahking6068
      @isaiahking6068 5 років тому +31

      Small world. I mean UA-cam!

    • @Krystalmyth
      @Krystalmyth 5 років тому +36

      Yeah, that's why everyone vapes instead

    • @BiRDiEHere
      @BiRDiEHere 5 років тому +111

      How have Anti-Smoking Ad producers not thought of this information?

    • @therealkingrapcollection7426
      @therealkingrapcollection7426 5 років тому +8

      Send me a snack pack Eric

  • @BLUEDARTs
    @BLUEDARTs 2 місяці тому +12

    "1 hour of marie curie's door knob" got me cracking up

    • @RedBigz
      @RedBigz 8 днів тому +1

      it's an ancient torture method used by the curians

  • @bennettmylius1563
    @bennettmylius1563 Рік тому +96

    I quit smoking cigarettes. But I unintentionally have about half a pack left. I've had that unfinished pack of cigarettes for almost 6 months. The end of this video helped me douse it with water and throw it away

    • @kissanjamm3583
      @kissanjamm3583 Рік тому +4

      Im happy for you

    • @rudetoy8264
      @rudetoy8264 2 місяці тому +2

      It’s admirable to see a person overcome their addiction👍

    • @itsmekrazyy
      @itsmekrazyy Місяць тому +1

      Good job, you did the right thing

  • @aminyashed2317
    @aminyashed2317 4 роки тому +2017

    imagine being on a plane with some dude with a beeping little remote thing

    • @thecoolguy7403
      @thecoolguy7403 4 роки тому +33

      put your phone away

    • @somedude8714
      @somedude8714 4 роки тому +113

      Why me in particular

    • @GamerKeags_YT
      @GamerKeags_YT 4 роки тому +16

      Amin Yashed then your plane would be radioactive and also it’s not called a beeping remote thing it’s called a Geiger counter

    • @ANEY-di1ts
      @ANEY-di1ts 4 роки тому +8

      @@somedude8714 😂😂😂

    • @hoodybox477
      @hoodybox477 4 роки тому +27

      id think it would be a bomb or something

  • @Bluedrake42
    @Bluedrake42 2 роки тому +5329

    So if I ate twenty million bananas at once I would die?

    • @txtp
      @txtp 2 роки тому +433

      I mean… yes…?

    • @mainios126bobeats4
      @mainios126bobeats4 2 роки тому +839

      Something tells me you would die of other causes than radiation if 20 million bananas are in your stomach…

    • @dumcube
      @dumcube 2 роки тому +1069

      Phew, so i can eat 19,999,999 bananas without having troubles!

    • @kamdeoray3573
      @kamdeoray3573 2 роки тому +36

      Yes

    • @lordsenseye2164
      @lordsenseye2164 2 роки тому +65

      well someone has to try....

  • @sriharsha8386
    @sriharsha8386 9 місяців тому +12

    The world’s best anti smoking ad doesn’t exi-

  • @JuhiSinha-0206
    @JuhiSinha-0206 5 місяців тому +15

    Gaurav Gupta sir❤❤

  • @qcompressed1409
    @qcompressed1409 4 роки тому +1836

    “Every pixel here represents a banana”
    *Switches to 140p*
    HA

    • @Ryan-mg5ve
      @Ryan-mg5ve 4 роки тому +29

      Guy who has an android HA

    • @GulabSingh-ql1xu
      @GulabSingh-ql1xu 4 роки тому +8

      @@Ryan-mg5ve flex Ha

    • @GrimReaper-lo1ut
      @GrimReaper-lo1ut 4 роки тому +11

      Thats 144p

    • @sterlingwebster174
      @sterlingwebster174 3 роки тому +2

      x XGeneric420X x so i get less radiation with an iphone 11 pro max?! Sweet!

    • @uxleumas
      @uxleumas 3 роки тому

      i can just imagine the people going "tHaT's NoT gOiNg To ChAnGe AnYtHinG" if this was shown to a lot of people

  • @ginocontestabile8775
    @ginocontestabile8775 5 років тому +4080

    Pretty sure that Cola Cola in Fukushima vending machine turned into Nuka Cola right now

    • @justagirlwithamustache9618
      @justagirlwithamustache9618 5 років тому +49

      omg fallout 4 reference

    • @Argoon1981
      @Argoon1981 5 років тому +124

      @@justagirlwithamustache9618 fallout reference, Nuka cola has been on all games of the franchise.

    • @maxconfucamus
      @maxconfucamus 5 років тому +91

      @@Argoon1981 kids these days...

    • @magicl3o
      @magicl3o 5 років тому +10

      AHAHAHAHAHAH and the guardian of the area are now Ghoul😂🤣

    • @sangonomiyakokomelon6676
      @sangonomiyakokomelon6676 5 років тому +7

      Fallout franchise literally made me watch these kind of vids

  • @minhaj14d
    @minhaj14d Рік тому +34

    One of the best videos ever made by Derek. Watched it so many times. Hats off.

  • @Soccer_lover986
    @Soccer_lover986 9 місяців тому +1

    Ever since 2019, I’ve been rewatching this video almost every time it appears in my recommended. It doesn’t happen often but when it does the video is always interesting.

  • @hipstarchild
    @hipstarchild 5 років тому +14358

    imagine someone living near Fukushima and is a heavy smoker who enjoys banana sandwiches.

    • @bruhmomentos5203
      @bruhmomentos5203 5 років тому +1897

      And has a lab in which he does radioactive experiments in his house

    • @datboyace13
      @datboyace13 5 років тому +1353

      Imagine if they were an astronaut.

    • @BigWordHole
      @BigWordHole 5 років тому +86

      Bee JayGee LMAO

    • @fishussugon3215
      @fishussugon3215 5 років тому +184

      We need a story on this

    • @TokyoQuaSaR
      @TokyoQuaSaR 5 років тому +168

      Out of the exclusion zone the radioactivity of Fukushima prefecture is almost normal. I go skiing there almost every year and my friend's parents hold a sort of Bed and Breakfast in the mountains of Fukushima (kinda far from the nuclear plant) and they live there with no problem at all.

  • @satisfiedjeremie3006
    @satisfiedjeremie3006 5 років тому +2877

    240 bananas/h.
    Not great, not terrible.

    • @TheLes1039
      @TheLes1039 5 років тому +95

      This joke is everywhere radiation related lol

    • @MagmaleV
      @MagmaleV 5 років тому +159

      This man is delusional, take him to the infirmary.

    • @Ac3ofDr4gons
      @Ac3ofDr4gons 5 років тому +33

      So, 4 bananas per minute, or one banana every 15 seconds.

    • @starsoffyre
      @starsoffyre 5 років тому +15

      Scrolled down the comments to look for this

    • @Darryldlowe
      @Darryldlowe 5 років тому +6

      You seen the miniseries

  • @jeshr127
    @jeshr127 Рік тому +19

    Such a great detailed outlook on radio active radiation across the globe
    . Looking for something like this for sometime now

  • @IWannaDoEverything
    @IWannaDoEverything 14 днів тому +1

    I was extremely surprised by the fact that this was posted 9 YEARS AGO!? Damn, the quality is far from what I would expect but this video overall was very enjoyable and informative.

  • @atreidestw
    @atreidestw 5 років тому +5782

    The radiation levels in the Pripyat hospital were unreal. That geiger counter went bananas...

    • @Sarah-cp4lp
      @Sarah-cp4lp 5 років тому +97

      😂 I think I peed my pants

    • @Harry666cz
      @Harry666cz 5 років тому +91

      they are real, he went bananas cos its shitty counter, on boots is over 900 mSv (miliSievert) this counter can handle only 2 mSv

    • @katxiii3660
      @katxiii3660 5 років тому +229

      @@Harry666cz He didn't doubt that the levels of radiation were real. Saying the levels are "unreal" is a way of saying that they are insanely high.

    • @eamh2002
      @eamh2002 5 років тому +51

      Its not enough until you see snowflakes in the camera ;)

    • @primozpotocnik1423
      @primozpotocnik1423 5 років тому +219

      3.6, not great, not terrible

  • @Devowerer
    @Devowerer 3 роки тому +2711

    I love the fact that he measures it using bananas XD

    • @kasyu1101
      @kasyu1101 3 роки тому +74

      bananas are a versatile measurement device, capable of measuring size, time, and radiation.

    • @rakurai3999
      @rakurai3999 3 роки тому +10

      @@kasyu1101 tl;dr POTASSIUM

    • @elbob099
      @elbob099 3 роки тому +1

      Radioactive potassium banana's

    • @justsomeguy455
      @justsomeguy455 3 роки тому +2

      Will measure with bannanas if it means I won't use metric system

    • @mistyhughes45
      @mistyhughes45 3 роки тому +7

      so, technically if you eat 20,000,000 bananas, you don’t die from overflow- but from radiation 😳😳😳😳😳

  • @rathnamala5372
    @rathnamala5372 Рік тому +2

    You are doing a wonderful job. So informative

  • @l1mbo69
    @l1mbo69 3 роки тому +1479

    Everybody gangsta till the astronaut start smoking

    • @stoopy9326
      @stoopy9326 3 роки тому +100

      And they live in Chernobyl eating 60 bananas per day

    • @MegaPhill93
      @MegaPhill93 3 роки тому +11

      okay this actually good 😂😂

    • @NegetiveRizz
      @NegetiveRizz 3 роки тому +4

      Im astronaut and i love smoking

    • @noobscoopsies1100
      @noobscoopsies1100 3 роки тому +2

      And he are born from the mother that live on chernobyl before..

    • @prashantshukla231
      @prashantshukla231 3 роки тому

      @@stoopy9326 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂

  • @XGamersGonnaGameX
    @XGamersGonnaGameX 4 роки тому +1444

    Ok, so I shouldn't eat 20 million bananas in one sitting, thanks

    • @mohamedameri360
      @mohamedameri360 4 роки тому +27

      Friedrich Nietzsche You don’t have to eat them, you’ll die for standing next to a that stack of bananas.

    • @superiormusic
      @superiormusic 4 роки тому +12

      "God is dead... 'cus he ate too many bananas"
      -Nietzsche

    • @999124999
      @999124999 4 роки тому +14

      Damn good thing I only ate 19,999,999 bananas! If I had 1 more I’d be screwed!!

    • @uglychicken121
      @uglychicken121 4 роки тому +2

      Ha
      Lol

    • @yukkireina
      @yukkireina 4 роки тому +1

      😂😂😂😂

  • @user-uh3wh1nc3k
    @user-uh3wh1nc3k 6 місяців тому +7

    やっぱりこの事故はとんでもなかったことが分かるいい動画

  • @user-ci8ll6ks9e
    @user-ci8ll6ks9e Рік тому +72

    日本人としてあのような悲劇を忘れる事はない。

  • @arthurvin2937
    @arthurvin2937 9 років тому +1047

    I got so nervous when he told about smokers radiation that I had to smoke out two cigarettes to calm myself down.

    • @rateater420
      @rateater420 9 років тому +27

      I also learned on TV that it's more dangerous to be near a smoker than being a smoker

    • @MictianHybris1
      @MictianHybris1 9 років тому +99

      ***** So if I live with a smoker it's better to start smoking to get less damage? =D

    • @arthurvin2937
      @arthurvin2937 9 років тому +47

      Francesco Peleggi That's right, your health will improve immediately ))

    • @loganc1134
      @loganc1134 9 років тому +4

      😂😂😂

    • @Chrnan6710
      @Chrnan6710 9 років тому +66

      Arthur Vin And then you remembered that the cigarettes were radioactive and you needed even more cigarettes to calm yourself down from that. And then you remembered that the cigarettes were radioactive and you needed even more cigarettes to calm yourself down from that. And then you remembered that the cigarettes were radioactive and you needed even more cigarettes to calm yourself down from that. And then you remembered that the cigarettes were radioactive and you needed even more cigarettes to calm yourself down from that. And then you remembered that the cigarettes were radioactive and you needed even more cigarettes to calm yourself down from that. And then you remembered that the cigarettes were radioactive and you needed even more cigarettes to calm yourself down from that. And then you remembered that the cigarettes were radioactive and you needed even more cigarettes to calm yourself down from that. And then you remembered that the cigarettes were radioactive and you needed even more cigarettes to calm yourself down from that.

  • @WhoWatchesVideos
    @WhoWatchesVideos 9 років тому +598

    The radiation level in that basement was...
    Bananas.

    • @chrisstewart546
      @chrisstewart546 9 років тому +50

      *slow claps*

    • @FabiWann
      @FabiWann 9 років тому +39

      WhoWatchesVideos Over 9000

    • @scottyc3215
      @scottyc3215 9 років тому +1

      WhoWatchesVideos [*K*]

    • @Lexyvil
      @Lexyvil 9 років тому +14

      WhoWatchesVideos A lot of
      Bananas.

    • @TeamZelid
      @TeamZelid 8 років тому +11

      Ba dum tss

  • @alingondrozario
    @alingondrozario 5 місяців тому +17

    Thank you so much for this really amazing video Sir. Our Physics teacher Er. Gaurav Gupta Sir, his UA-cam Channel: "Gaurav Gupta Physics" recommended this video of yours to check out the current condition and radioactivity of Chernobyl Reactor. Good Wishes from India (IN) ❤

  • @lifeeasier3462
    @lifeeasier3462 8 місяців тому +1

    Thanks for sharing this.

  • @ponyphonic
    @ponyphonic 5 років тому +1821

    I never thought a screen full of bananas would be so chilling.

    • @blulere
      @blulere 5 років тому +5

      Ynw ROFL

    • @ltcolrayquaza
      @ltcolrayquaza 5 років тому +3

      Huh never thought i'd see you in random comments.

    • @asterism343
      @asterism343 5 років тому +1

      I was seriously just about to write the same thing

    • @eeiity8600
      @eeiity8600 5 років тому +1

      Chilling as in calming or chilling as in scary?

    • @plasmatree3132
      @plasmatree3132 5 років тому +1

      wait arnt you drscorpinx's sister
      and if so how he been cuz he vanished off youtube. or if it is a sensitive subject you dont have to tell me

  • @user-ed3gk4sk3f
    @user-ed3gk4sk3f 5 років тому +2876

    Smoking on an airplane that’s heading to Fukushima from Chernobyl while eating bananas

    • @rexr3306
      @rexr3306 5 років тому +252

      Rice Cake child while wearing those firemen clothes

    • @rjfaber1991
      @rjfaber1991 5 років тому +79

      Being a chainsmoking radiation worker from Fukushima, and then leaving that job to become an astronaut for JAXA...

    • @arandompenguin4489
      @arandompenguin4489 5 років тому +30

      You’ll probably be arrested before you get onto the plane because of the cigarettes............

    • @StanleyMfYang2022
      @StanleyMfYang2022 5 років тому +24

      @@arandompenguin4489 cigs are allowed its just the lighters arent when was the last time a dude got stabbed by a cigarette

    • @StanleyMfYang2022
      @StanleyMfYang2022 5 років тому +9

      @Devin Kitching everyone dies

  • @user-qr3qv5yr6x
    @user-qr3qv5yr6x Рік тому +9

    最後にタバコの恐ろしさを教えてくれるのありがたい

  • @sanskartamrakar5680
    @sanskartamrakar5680 10 місяців тому +4

    Content back then was gold .

  • @veritasium
    @veritasium  9 років тому +24846

    For those who are wondering... Yes, this means eating 20 million bananas at one time might kill you due to radiation exposure. But let's face it, if you're eating 20 million bananas, the radiation is the least of your worries.

    • @extremeCookie101
      @extremeCookie101 9 років тому +3505

      challenge accepted

    • @Kevincooling1234
      @Kevincooling1234 9 років тому +476

      thank you for all of these awesome learning videos! I really enjoy watching you! and keep up the good work!

    • @Widdizzles
      @Widdizzles 9 років тому +240

      Absolutely amazing video.

    • @MatronCool
      @MatronCool 9 років тому +70

      Hi from Chile! Nice videos!!!!!!!!

    • @shashidharmamidipelli
      @shashidharmamidipelli 9 років тому +56

      Awesome work dude..! Good Luck for your tv doc.,

  • @jackprows6913
    @jackprows6913 4 роки тому +3332

    This video taught me more in 11 minutes than 7 hours of school

  • @maisermajeed2363
    @maisermajeed2363 5 місяців тому

    Simply it's the most interesting video on UA-cam i have ever seen.thankyou soo much sir

  • @seyer-leinadodnavo4250
    @seyer-leinadodnavo4250 Рік тому +2

    Thank you for this valuable information ❤.

  • @just_abald_guy_who_love_to9324
    @just_abald_guy_who_love_to9324 3 роки тому +2527

    Hats off to Marie Currie for going that deep to get her materials

  • @Luc-jc4dl
    @Luc-jc4dl 4 роки тому +2637

    You know you are in trouble when your Geiger counter stops beeping and starts screaming.
    Edit: I'm sorry, this so just my most liked comment. It's just rare for me to get even a mild amount of clout. Pretend this edit doesn't even exist.

  • @arghyaganguly1287
    @arghyaganguly1287 11 місяців тому +2

    This video is timeless.

  • @rekarw1623
    @rekarw1623 Рік тому +1

    Thank you, this video is really useful.

  • @big_gay_oofbering9920
    @big_gay_oofbering9920 4 роки тому +3077

    *takes mask off*
    "the mask is a little bit over kill"
    "but its to prevent radioactive dust from getting into my lungs"
    *S N I F F*

    • @Sumtrip799
      @Sumtrip799 4 роки тому +30

      Ya!! But he's a smoker 😂😂

    • @boris2512
      @boris2512 4 роки тому +3

      🤣🤣

    • @divaanddeets3463
      @divaanddeets3463 4 роки тому +2

      @@Sumtrip799 he is ?

    • @Sumtrip799
      @Sumtrip799 4 роки тому +7

      @@divaanddeets3463 no, he's never smoked 😂😂

    • @carolynnance9617
      @carolynnance9617 4 роки тому +9

      BiG_gAy_OoF bering Aight lemme just snort some radon here..

  • @iamnotverybright2509
    @iamnotverybright2509 3 роки тому +1301

    This is the type of anti-smoking ad I would actually watch. Not those cringe-y teen smoking ads that try too hard to be informative by adding memes.

    • @LawrenceMK2
      @LawrenceMK2 3 роки тому +12

      And those fearmongering “The Real Cost” ads.

    • @anotherfacelessname9270
      @anotherfacelessname9270 3 роки тому +24

      @@LawrenceMK2 The onion's "smoking makes you gay" ads were pretty effective

    • @himgeta
      @himgeta 3 роки тому +2

      @@anotherfacelessname9270 lol

    • @artyom2643s
      @artyom2643s 3 роки тому +3

      yeah, I was smoking while he was talking about how much radiation a smoker's lungs take and I froze for a sec...
      then I continued

    • @czr5145
      @czr5145 3 роки тому

      @@artyom2643s da ganja

  • @user-qe6hu9rz3c
    @user-qe6hu9rz3c Рік тому +4

    7年前の動画なのにクオリティすご

  • @user-ge7oo4zs5v
    @user-ge7oo4zs5v 5 місяців тому +2

    大野駅は避難指示が解除された瞬間、速攻で更地にされたな。今では電線と病院しか残ってない。
    商店街自体が結構広くて全部見るのに一日かかったけど見た甲斐あった。一番街から細い路地まで...ちょうど夕暮れで、文明があった頃を思い出してた。

  • @michalpitner3657
    @michalpitner3657 4 роки тому +3892

    Europeans: Over the last few hundered years, we've made and perfected this thing called the 'metric system'
    Americans: "Let's use a banana for scale"

    • @farrel_ra
      @farrel_ra 4 роки тому +91

      He is australian

    • @michalpitner3657
      @michalpitner3657 4 роки тому +46

      @@farrel_ra yea, and he lived in canada, I know

    • @dariqaa
      @dariqaa 4 роки тому +57

      1 banana is 1 microsievert. It's for radioactivity, not length. #fyi

    • @nsarstafeenee9359
      @nsarstafeenee9359 4 роки тому +25

      Michal Pitner would u use meters for radiation scale?

    • @Skreeze_Nuts
      @Skreeze_Nuts 4 роки тому +9

      Michal Pitner kinda bein racist buddy

  • @BossMan-xu7xj
    @BossMan-xu7xj 4 роки тому +1868

    Interesting story... My grandfather was a firefighter in Ukraine, working in a firefighter department about a hour away from Chernobyl. But 2 weeks before the eruption, he quit his job....... Well all of his firefighter mates passed away.

    • @junetwenty2835
      @junetwenty2835 4 роки тому +10

    • @ricardohoang8452
      @ricardohoang8452 4 роки тому +18

      I don't know if your grandpa could smoke a lot during that time!

    • @BossMan-xu7xj
      @BossMan-xu7xj 4 роки тому +7

      Ricardo Hoàng My grandpa never smoked. Or what do you mean by smoke???

    • @ricardohoang8452
      @ricardohoang8452 4 роки тому

      @@BossMan-xu7xj Yeah litterally smoking tobaccos!

    • @BossMan-xu7xj
      @BossMan-xu7xj 4 роки тому +3

      Ricardo Hoàng No, he never smoked

  • @blase1856
    @blase1856 6 місяців тому +2

    You know time flies when an 8 year old video is high quality and well edited

  • @SuperiorAsain
    @SuperiorAsain 9 місяців тому +6

    Never knew that bananas can scare me this much

  • @vin6665
    @vin6665 3 роки тому +1393

    You don't know how many lifes were changed while watching this video. I just can't look banana as i usually i did anymore..

    • @someaipretendingtobehuman3157
      @someaipretendingtobehuman3157 3 роки тому +46

      Don't worry we exposed to radiation every time , everywhere.

    • @science-y9209
      @science-y9209 3 роки тому +14

      Bananas are not harmful though

    • @MANOFTIME
      @MANOFTIME 3 роки тому +46

      @@science-y9209 you don't know when them bananas will take over, just saying.

    • @landingman2577
      @landingman2577 3 роки тому +6

      @@MANOFTIME they already hit us, i had to sneak out of my holding cell to post this comment

    • @MANOFTIME
      @MANOFTIME 3 роки тому +9

      @@landingman2577 how old are they, when out of tree after 6 days they are at their strongest and most dangerous it scares me to think people can actually defeat and eat them at when at their strongest. wait 12 days when out of tree (when they are at their weakest) and escape, all the best man/women/attack helicopter.......may the odds be ever in your favour.

  • @RileyNiko
    @RileyNiko 4 роки тому +1640

    "The mask is probably overkill"
    yeah makes sense
    "Just prevents radioactive dust from getting in my lungs"
    sir what

    • @megetrongonzalez4456
      @megetrongonzalez4456 3 роки тому +55

      karens be like

    • @davutsauze8319
      @davutsauze8319 3 роки тому +10

      @@megetrongonzalez4456 I see I'm not the only one watching that video again after a very long time
      PS: I mean after like a year or so, I was too young to understand a single thing when this video actually got uploaded

    • @megetrongonzalez4456
      @megetrongonzalez4456 3 роки тому +15

      I dont even get the joke i made

    • @angelas1761
      @angelas1761 3 роки тому +3

      The anti maskers of Covid related to that

    • @jorgepeterbarton
      @jorgepeterbarton 3 роки тому +1

      @@megetrongonzalez4456 they be like "dispose of that banana how dare you eat by my precious self i could be pregnant although i am not"

  • @-Ai3B
    @-Ai3B 4 місяці тому +4

    Gg sir's team here ...
    Feeling proud that am learning physics from him ❣️

  • @ajgmwtpd
    @ajgmwtpd 6 місяців тому +6

    日本からです
    最後の喫煙は驚きましたww
    最初から最後までとても
    ワクワクする見ていて
    楽しい良い動画でした
    やはりチェルノブイリは
    凄かったです見ていて
    圧倒されました
    動物実験もされているらしく
    私も大人になったらいつか
    行ってみたいです

  • @No-uc6fg
    @No-uc6fg 2 роки тому +2081

    8:52 That Geiger Counter saying OVERLOAD is one of the most disturbing things I've seen.

    • @robertjanbout1437
      @robertjanbout1437 2 роки тому +198

      Luckly it says overload, the ones at tsjeronbyl got up to 3 mS/h and keep that number. When fighting the fire they looked up and it was only 3mS/h. So they decided it was really safe, not knowing the meter maxed out. In reality it got maybe well over one full Sievert/hour. Only one of the small mistakes in the history of the disaster.

    • @19accountsremoved41
      @19accountsremoved41 2 роки тому +10

      The units are stupid small this guy knows as much as you do. Trust me

    • @JoicSeth
      @JoicSeth 2 роки тому +3

      @@robertjanbout1437 it actually went above that when he was on the plane

    • @robertjanbout1437
      @robertjanbout1437 2 роки тому +33

      @@JoicSeth no that was 3uS/h, 1000 times less.

    • @JoicSeth
      @JoicSeth 2 роки тому +8

      @@robertjanbout1437 oh yeah, my bad sorry

  • @grahamclarke846
    @grahamclarke846 3 роки тому +6496

    As a smoker, I could never have guessed i was getting that much more radiation. Interesting and another good reason to quit smoking.

    • @guysumpthin2974
      @guysumpthin2974 3 роки тому +123

      I've seen the HUGE difference in the destruction of the materials used inside cars smokers vs non-smokers . They both get the same uv , but add cig smoke and the breakdown is 10x to 100x the rate . True for the surface and the foam & glue behind the surface .

    • @grahamclarke846
      @grahamclarke846 3 роки тому +41

      @Xinfei Huang I could lie and say yes.. so I'm gonna lie and say yes.

    • @serioussam209
      @serioussam209 3 роки тому +29

      @@grahamclarke846 what a shame ,may I ask why do you smoke ? what's so interesting about smoking ?

    • @Mark-Wilson
      @Mark-Wilson 3 роки тому +58

      @@serioussam209 its nto easy to quit bpd when you smoke your body depends psychologically and physiologically on nicotine so its very hard to stop but also its kinda dangerous at the start if ehs topped suddenly I would ecommed taking it slowly and reudicing thee amount over time and eventually do little to no smoking and then boom

    • @grahamclarke846
      @grahamclarke846 3 роки тому +72

      @@serioussam209 I've quit before but I've been smoking for almost 13 years. It's hard to stop. I don't want to smoke but the addiction to the nicotine and the habit of smoking is too strong.

  • @sigsin1
    @sigsin1 Рік тому

    A lot of work went into this non-smoking ad. Thanks for the info.

  • @EnterChannelName517
    @EnterChannelName517 Рік тому +3

    "because its still safe to be here"
    *Geiger counter in the background* NO STOP WHAT ARE YOU DOING

  • @robertdaleysr6062
    @robertdaleysr6062 7 років тому +1001

    i would like to credit this video with being the last push i needed to quit smoking... 20 months without any nicotine ... thanks Veritasium

  • @TEAMc0nfuSioN
    @TEAMc0nfuSioN 5 років тому +3017

    Sooo if you are Born in Fukushima, become an Astronaut and are a smoker, do you glow at night ?

  • @glenbereti5393
    @glenbereti5393 10 місяців тому +1

    You are amazing and you teach me lots of amazing things.

  • @Nikki.Nasvytis
    @Nikki.Nasvytis Рік тому

    Love the surprising twist near the end!

  • @CALISUPERSPORT
    @CALISUPERSPORT 4 роки тому +1588

    "Tell me how a nuclear reactor works or I'll have one of these soldiers throw you out of the helicopter"
    *Draws a row of bananas*

  • @TensorWave
    @TensorWave 4 роки тому +2718

    A smoker who was an astronaut lived near Fukushima and he once had a CT scan. His favorite fruit was a banana🍌

  • @agustinusgesu5744
    @agustinusgesu5744 Рік тому +30

    I would like you to talk about the milk that was distributed with high concentrations of radiation after the famous Chernobyl explosion and that is related to childhood cancer. Said explosion reached kilometers away where it was stored in the pastures that ingested cows and then sold to one country, and possibly more.

  • @GimmWolff_SL
    @GimmWolff_SL Рік тому

    I love your videos and channel...Subscribed :)

  • @GamerPro132
    @GamerPro132 9 років тому +203

    When he scanned the fireman's clothes I said. "That shit is bananas."

    • @TyroPirate
      @TyroPirate 9 років тому +23

      B-A-N-A-N-A-S!

    • @samuelalexander8030
      @samuelalexander8030 9 років тому +1

      TyrannousCheese You seem like a holla-back girl...

    • @mrlindsay123456
      @mrlindsay123456 9 років тому +9

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      (Click ctrl + f then press 9)

    • @rubberduck9759
      @rubberduck9759 9 років тому +1

      Alexander L nice 1.. you found the "9" button

    • @Mr78nine
      @Mr78nine 9 років тому

      Alexander L I thought it was pretty cool

  • @aryankhatri1805
    @aryankhatri1805 8 років тому +456

    A smoking astronaut living in fukushima eating bananas.

    • @canadiansniper9117
      @canadiansniper9117 8 років тому

      Ahaha

    • @TheSkyrimmaniac
      @TheSkyrimmaniac 8 років тому +31

      aryan khatri That's bed is Chernobyl Firefighter clothing.

    • @aryankhatri1805
      @aryankhatri1805 8 років тому

      Isak Svensson of course i forgot

    • @azfam
      @azfam 8 років тому +1

      +aryan khatri and he had chest x ray

    • @aryankhatri1805
      @aryankhatri1805 8 років тому +11

      keep it coming, lets see how radioactive we can get this guy

  • @anshikapandey274
    @anshikapandey274 5 місяців тому +7

    this was really a very nice and informative video
    our physics teacher @GauravSirPhysics sent us here while teaching nuclear fission

  • @Saliraza2912
    @Saliraza2912 5 місяців тому +10

    Who came here after GAURAV SIR PHYSICS

  • @kexcz8276
    @kexcz8276 Рік тому

    I didnt know that our czech mine Jáchymov was so important! :O Thanks for showing me, and visiting my country too! Greetings from Czechia- Ahoj! 👋😃

  • @ehixxz
    @ehixxz 5 років тому +702

    Seeing so many bananas on one screen has given me a new kind of anxiety

    • @Chickenman2334
      @Chickenman2334 5 років тому +1

      TWITTYMITTY - what is it

    • @S1mcard
      @S1mcard 5 років тому +6

      @@Chickenman2334 it's called beeing a pussy

    • @Ok-ny9hx
      @Ok-ny9hx 5 років тому +21

      @@S1mcard nice spelling there buddy.

    • @Cybinetic
      @Cybinetic 5 років тому +2

      TWITTYMITTY - LMAO

    • @birbsmovies3642
      @birbsmovies3642 5 років тому

      Same

  • @kaisar6290
    @kaisar6290 3 роки тому +5220

    “The mask is probably overkill” that aged well

  • @MissMonisonghosh9619
    @MissMonisonghosh9619 Рік тому

    Tqq Gourav sir...😌for telling us about this....

  • @roeungra510
    @roeungra510 Рік тому

    Nice To See You AnyTime ❤️❤️🙏🏻
    Very very happy to see you welcome 🙏🏻 To Siem Reap Cambodia 🇰🇭

  • @humpty4205
    @humpty4205 5 років тому +1232

    "They should put that on the cigarette packets"
    - - Valery Legasov

  • @JackOTheSoccerBro
    @JackOTheSoccerBro 5 років тому +9798

    MrBeast would stay in that basement for 24 hours

  • @brianfick616
    @brianfick616 Рік тому +2

    Radioactivity measurer: Get the hell outta here
    Veritasium: *mutes it*

  • @user-je7sq4mn9g
    @user-je7sq4mn9g Рік тому +14

    福島どうなるんだろうなあ
    ここまで取材してくれる人は初めて見ました。貴重な映像ありがとうございます

  • @henrymckean8248
    @henrymckean8248 6 років тому +1161

    they should switch the radiation "OVERLOAD" to "GTFO"

    • @melchwa7472
      @melchwa7472 6 років тому +7

      Dr. Oxide Omg 😂

    • @habibh42069
      @habibh42069 6 років тому +2

      What is GTFO?

    • @83HondaPrelude
      @83HondaPrelude 6 років тому +50

      Habib GTFO="GET THE F*** OUT"

    • @jimmys
      @jimmys 6 років тому +30

      I get it. Cause the radiation would seep into your body then in about 1hour you will die. So GTFO does make sense.

    • @Star-vh4cs
      @Star-vh4cs 6 років тому +2

      Hahahahahhaha lol

  • @lordcrumbles5471
    @lordcrumbles5471 3 роки тому +2906

    "The mask is probably overkill."
    Famous last words.

  • @pondeko3
    @pondeko3 Рік тому +6

    福島のところまだ住めねえんだな。初めて知ったわ

    • @tracksray9542
      @tracksray9542 Рік тому +1

      8年前なので少なくとも今はもう少しマシになっています

  • @Backyardmech1
    @Backyardmech1 Рік тому +8

    It took me watching videos like this and a little research to understand radiation to levels of understanding it better, so I’m not quite as freaked out about as others who don’t get it. I’m still learning about the different measurements of exposure, but I at least have the basic understanding.

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 2 роки тому +3757

    I wonder how many people out there were actually dissuaded from smoking after watching this.

  • @vipulsingh3142
    @vipulsingh3142 5 років тому +702

    he went around the globe to make this video .

    • @ivanandfrancisco4756
      @ivanandfrancisco4756 5 років тому +18

      it was also a lesson about no smoking

    • @mt_300-2
      @mt_300-2 5 років тому +16

      so he went around the globe and made this video

    • @domrepp8056
      @domrepp8056 5 років тому +1

      😂

    • @mvmo11
      @mvmo11 5 років тому +2

      Marquis De Sade this is actually snipits of that documentary, it’s on Amazon TV

    • @dddmemaybe
      @dddmemaybe 5 років тому

      he made this video so he could justify going around the world. in 80 days.

  • @akakico
    @akakico Рік тому

    God damn I love this video. I come back to it often. Best video ever to bring radiation to an understandable level. The gut punch at the end about smokers is so good too. So blunt. Not preachy.

  • @catburglar4295
    @catburglar4295 5 років тому +1826

    “You’re exposed to more radiation if you sleep next to someone”
    And that ladies and gents, is why I’m single
    ...Lonely, I’m so lonely...

    • @putin2918
      @putin2918 5 років тому +22

      You’re Mr lonely,
      You have nobaaady!

    • @Enonymouse_
      @Enonymouse_ 5 років тому +21

      Divorce attorneys are powered by plutonium.

    • @steezboss
      @steezboss 5 років тому +4

      Same... Too bad I'm a smoker...

    • @bobe9957
      @bobe9957 4 роки тому +2

      Its cos others will fart on u lmfao

    • @emilyantus2025
      @emilyantus2025 4 роки тому +1

      I feel this. Ahhh what a shitty time.

  • @ky3518
    @ky3518 3 роки тому +806

    I've never been this terrified seeing that many bananas

    • @alb9520
      @alb9520 3 роки тому +17

      Nightmares are made of this stuff

    • @ntk2610
      @ntk2610 3 роки тому +6

      I have once...

    • @Zaintrix
      @Zaintrix 3 роки тому +4

      funee monkee's go brrr

    • @nob7268
      @nob7268 3 роки тому +1

      @@ntk2610 same

    • @frostigamer9740
      @frostigamer9740 3 роки тому

      😂

  • @humerakhanum9451
    @humerakhanum9451 Рік тому +1

    What an amazing video 👏🏻👌🏻

  • @jatinpatil3976
    @jatinpatil3976 Рік тому

    Great work brother

  • @dzhibari
    @dzhibari 9 років тому +487

    the radiation in some places is just bananas