Microplastic Dangers? [How to Avoid Microplastics] - 2024

Microplastics and Nanoplastics are everywhere! You can not hide from them, you can only minimize your exposure. Microplastics have been found everywhere in the human body that we have looked. Nanoplastics are on every continent, in every home, and will eventually be in every body, even yours.
Little research has been done on the health effects of microplastics in our bodies. The potential danger is very real and here's what you can do to protect yourself and your family. What are the long-term effects of microplastics in the human body? Unfortunately, only time will tell...
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[@melissal3383]

My dad worked for a DuPont subsidiary. He opened up chemical plants during the 50,60’s & 70’s. He would bring home cool plastic cups & little tv trays. I’m sure I’m LOADED with microplastics. He lived to be 94. But died with or from Leukemia. When I looked into his type of leukemia, it’s usually due to chemical exposure. He DID exercise & stayed 10 pounds under the recommended wt for height. What really helped him was his walking regiment. Daily 5 miles. In the mountains. Walked to post office, grocery store, everywhere. He could move unassisted up until the week before his death. At the end, he lost all interest in food so it was obvious his organs had stopped functioning. Zero pain as well. Thankfully

[@john99776]

regimen

[@Querencia7779]

What a great man!

[@Magneticlaw]

Plenty of people would be fine with living to 94

[@bloozedaddy]

No one gets out alive.

[@shellyburris5918]

@@john99776 Really?

[@Um3r1000]

This guy is a hero, no selling products no marketing, just educating people 👏

[@bobbyadkins6983]

I'm pretty sure he gets paid for this.

[@brianwalker1933]

​@@bobbyadkins6983 What makes you so sure? Do tell.

[@Metarig]

​@@bobbyadkins6983 It's true that he makes money through KZbin ad revenue if you mean that he earns from it.

[@wickywills]

@@bobbyadkins6983 Yeah, from KZbin. Over 3 million subs provides a decent income..

[@TruthMatters9674]

Unlike Dr. Burg "buy my supplements".

[@jpjp3873]

I can’t handle ONE MORE thing to worry about. I’ll just die when I die.

[@lindamyers953]

I agree! Every day/hour it's something new thrown at us!!

[@ToriLynnH]

Back to high fructose corn syrup for you.

[@kathyfanchi2557]

We can all just try to do our best. Doesn’t help to simply surrender. Baby steps. Hod bless you.

[@TerriblePerfection]

Worry is another danger. Just look around your home and make small changes. Replace your plastic food containers with glass containers. Stop buying liquid soap and shampoo. (My Italian bar soap lasts 2 years! Seriously.) Stop using scam products like deodorant, sunscreen, deodorant, mouthwash (which removes useful bacteria). Buy water in bottles. You can actually do a lot!

[@VisionCapitalist]

Don't watch the news - KZbinrs also like to get clicks. Not in the 1980's anymore

[@StyleshStorm]

Finally a famous KZbin doctor is pointing this very real threat out. So many people are ignoring this!

[@loriegosnell9355]

@@Semprasectum I LOVE ducks😗

[@jaketrat3725]

A great obvious option is doing what he said but that’s not enough you can just inject testosterone that’s the best option

[@jeffwolf8018]

Sadly this is only going to get worse and worse the more we get into the future.. as they're breaking down more each day. And I'm sure there's a level below nanoparticles that they're probably already part of. That crap is in everything animals the are the rain the plants

[@robkocol5664]

R/O water filters are great however, I don't think they do much to remove the 'forever chemicals' produced in the manufacturers of plastics. The answer to that would be a countertop, water distiller. Heat destroys those chemicals but I think the heat with the distiller, would only melt the micro and nanoplastics. I would love to hear more on that!

[@nsudatta-roy8154]

It's not that this is being ignored. Those folk haven't quite figured out how to monetize a solution, as this will be disrupt how vast fortunes are made. In addition to what Doc has laid out, using immune strengthening protocols that detoxify at a cellular level should be foundational. There is quite a bit of clinical papers on this. Chiefly among them is getting cystine/cysteine directly into the cell. Another area would be focusing on dna methylation and Krebs cycle.

[@bellaclyde]

I don't think people realize how much plastic we are surrounded by. I live on a farm and I pick up so much plastic from the side of the road so it doesn't end up in your food. It's my small step. Farmers on big farms can no way do what I do so the plastic just ends up in your food. It's just a small example of plastics in our lives.

[@mastalee1776]

Sadly it's too late. It's everywhere. Air, the ground, and water. It's in our soil where food is grown. Not much cam b done

[@s.s.4170]

I do all that I can. It's very difficult. I hate synthetic fibers. I've somehow known this for years. I'm not a genius. It's common sense.

[@MrCiaranm]

Unfortunately, that produce you try to protect from plastics, gets wrapped by plastics for retail distribution. Sometimes a ridiculous amount of packaging.

[@matthewwilliams3827]

Need to fine the f outta these litter bugs, it's getting ridiculous

[@Debbie-henri]

At least you are acting responsibly and trying your best to limit plastic contamination. Where I live, it is the farmers themselves that are responsible for much of the plastic contamination. They remove plastic sheets from bales and let it blow into the streams and rivers. I've pulled plastic bottles to do with feeding lambs from a sack thrown in a river. Car tyres, plastic sacks of feed, plastic feed buckets. It's terrible to see so much waste that is 100% needless and careless. Go to the local beach, and I find plastic oil drums that get washed (or thrown) over the sides of fishing boats, plastic nets,plastic floats. We really are in a plastic waste crisis right now, but supermarkets seem to be wrapping produce in more of it, not less.

[@dharma__3]

Microplastic dangers have been known FOR DECADES -- and now they've made them totally unavoidable.

[@TXplowgirl]

And here I thought I was being a little OCD on trying to limit the plastic stuff and try going back to the old ways of glass, stainless steel, wood, cotton fabric, etc. Family has been making me feel like I was being too paranoid. I can now show them the research and tell them to leave me the hell alone.

[@Jenna-rl4cu]

Me too. Have been switching to glass storage containers. Then I look over and see my gallons of distilled water in plastic. The less we use plastic the better right?

[@homesteadgmad8223]

It IS rough being the maverick of the family!! At least HERE you have camaraderie!! 🥰

[@stuartgregory6848]

That's not being OCD, that's just being smart. Cheers.

[@scoobtoober2975]

Don't let it go. I was hesitant to it and then hear the research and now i'm on board. My wife was betting that drum years ago. All plastic preparation things are gone. No plastic wrap. we use foil. No heating of food in plastic. Minimal soaps, non scented. Non scented shampoo. Salt deodorant block, no commercial ones. Keep at it.

[@teamtwe]

Boom 🎉

[@lauranewberry2329]

Im a nurse and cannot think of hardly anything that isnt packaged, stored, or used thats not plastic. 😢

[@bethsaritha4390]

Sim! Luvas cirúrgicas....

[@Youttubeuser20932]

It’s also not really conclusive that it’s that big of a deal. Mostly correlation, at this point.

[@jackworster6129]

The reason why they're finding harm in amphibians is because it's in the water

[@coweatsman]

As are all manner of pharmaceuticals which are excreted into the environment. Eventually we will all be being medicated by everything with who know what effects, and animals too. That is the end of useful pharmaceuticals.

[@jac1797]

I'm old enough to remember when plastic started showing up more and more. I hate plastic and do my best not to have any in my house. But they wrap meat in it. I bought a quarter beef and have them wrap it in paper. We lived just perfectly without plastic for eons. Reject plastic in every form.

[@dclaet1135]

Is the keyboard that you are typing on plastic? How about your mouse? It is everywhere!

[@wally6193]

@@dclaet1135 no it's made from cardboard, haha. We can't just get rid of plastic unless people want to go back to the flintstones way of life.

[@bowwow7505]

@@wally6193you can control what foods you buy stored in plastic or how you store food would be a start or don’t

[@Kay-hg2vo]

Alot of our clothing is plastic, are eye glasses are plastic,refridgerators are loaded with plastic, your vehicle is loaded up with plastic. It's everywhere!!!!

[@borispetkau1246]

Does your meat get frost burn in the freezer?

[@robbiedejonge8613]

Do NOT use dish washer soap that comes in pods. Do NOT use laundry soap that comes in pod form. Using the straight liquid or powder form.

[@D4rkBl4de]

Dishwasher is only pods if I'm not mistaken right?

[@ShalimarPicasso]

@D4rkBl4de in the UK you can still get it in powder form, but you need to look for it

[@bombardier3qtrlbpsi]

​@@D4rkBl4deno

[@deedieducati2272]

​@@D4rkBl4de laundry & dishwasher both have pods filled with detergent.

[@TiredEmpath]

I never understood the pod thing and never bought them. Have we become so lazy that we can’t measure and pour liquid or powder? lol

[@Sheryl777]

Meat at the grocery store is almost always wrapped in plastic, and usually is sitting on styrofoam in the package.

[@eugene9000pro]

besides meat not being food or healthy

[@Sheryl777]

@@eugene9000pro It's probably not as healthy as if it had been wrapped in paper, but that's the only bad thing about it is that it's wrapped in plastic.

[@tuulalu5181]

​@eugene9000pro You need to listen to a lot more of Dr Berry.

[@Sheryl777]

@@tuulalu5181 👍

[@mattspon9725]

@@eugene9000pro i disagree. I have had massive increases in health, as evidenced by blood work and also relative energy, by switching to an all meat and dairy diet since thanksgiving. I suspect that the standard American diet is absolutely terrible for human health. So i would agree that vegetarian would be better than that. I would also agree that animal based diet is superior to that, as well. But calling meat not food is totally blind to nature. Look outside, watch animals. This isn’t complicated.

[@Mowkade]

At my age, I can’t generate any energy towards this issue. It’s quite literally already too late for me and everyone else around me.

[@SurfingFLA]

I've been progressively eliminating plastics from my food supply for the last year. One neat thing I discovered; the food products in glass containers typically have healthier ingredients.

[@Baptized_in_Fire.]

You get meat, cheese, and butter in glass?

[@SurfingFLA]

@@Baptized_in_Fire. I wrote a big, long reply, then accidentally hit some key and it disappeared. Meat and Cheese used to be wrapped in paper. Butter still comes that way.

[@Baptized_in_Fire.]

@@SurfingFLA oh yeah. You're right now that I think about it

[@dasfahrer8187]

We dumped all of the plastic we could years ago. Glass food storage containers, glassware and such, wood cutting boards, try to buy food products that are in glass containers instead of plastic, etc. May not be much, but every little bit helps.

[@MrCiaranm]

I have been doing the same most of my adult life. I started after I reheated some pasta in a plastic food storage container, I noticed the tomato sauce damaged the plastic, I figured this process was going in both directions. I started to use glass storage, alum foil. I opted for food items that came in glass or cans. One thing I notice is that I seldom have to take my trash to the curb. I guess a lot of our trash is the plastics we discard. It is very difficult to avoid plastic packaging but I agree, every little bit helps.

[@puggirl415]

Yikes! plastic cutting boards. I'm glad I never liked those. I wonder about the hard plastics vs the soft ones. I wonder if the harder plastics don't shed as much micro plastic when used properly such as a hard plastic cup or measuring device.

[@marlenecardinahl9346]

I too use as much glass as I can

[@TERRY-cb2ku]

I get my drinking water from a spring on my property and it is delicious.

[@marlenecardinahl9346]

I get my drinking water from country wrlld cause I get ill from city water- My kids bring it from their wells

[@tutnixzursache5267]

I knew some of these things before, but today I decided to throw away my plastic kitchen equipment. I bought a lot of things made of glass, wood and steel for my kitchen. Thank you for reminding me, Dr. Berry!

[@farmgirl4958]

After reading, Dr. Anthony Jay‘s book, Estrogeneration , I am working at getting plastics out of my life! I’ve actually found that storing things in glass in the refrigerator actually works better than plastic. It’s been interesting to research what they did before plastics.

[@MamaBaer54]

I am using glass containers but they have plastic lids. I like to buy meat on sale and vacuum seal to freeze. How can I store meat in freezer without plastic?

[@yokotubene]

Becareful. There's research showing that microsteels, microwood, and microglasses may be a thing as well. Jk.

[@jpjp3873]

@@yokotubene Not a joke!😂

[@jackiedelvalle]

​@@MamaBaer54Baking paper?

[@nicholasfrisch244]

Corporations are more worried about being woke than about micro plastics.

[@matthewwilliams3827]

Yeah they’re just money and power to the end.

[@susanbrynt]

Substitute the word “woke” with “money” and I agree with you.

[@MalleusDei275]

Being money....?😉

[@jeniferjohnson374]

No I think the government likes the idea of what nanoplastics are doing and want to get paid for it

[@loriegosnell9355]

@@susanbrynt nope… WOKE works just fine!

[@MikeAndNary]

I'm sure the pharmaceutical industrial complex will have a pill or vaccine for that.

[@inmyopinion6836]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🙃😉

[@LaLa-River]

Don’t take Pharma Crap

[@karenwilson3968]

😂😂😂cute sarcasm. But probably true 👍

[@thelmanavarro6156]

No lo creo

[@kellyt5341]

💯 😂. Jab through plastic tube and a pill in a plastic container. 10 yrs later, well it didn't eliminate any plastic but you are not doing to good with that experiment they gave you.

[@__-bc4bs]

There are some cool bacteria that eat petrochemical elements like oil and plastics and poop out water, Great use in solving tankership accidents, maybe they could help out in medicine too.

[@opharrah6599]

Yes! I had a microbiology professor years ago that was involved with the Exxon Valdez clean up using microorganisms.

[@rouxchat6033]

This is where technology can help clean up our willful and ignorant polution.

[@sarahlantto8913]

Interesting...worth looking into. Plastic is from nature, so nature can probably take care of the problem itself. God has a plan !

[@jirislavicek9954]

Oil is mixture of simple hydrocarbons, bacteria don't love them, but they will metabolize them. Plastics are very long chains of polymers, they are much harder to break.

[@lorena92966]

Transfer anything in a plastic container like spices, refrigerated products such as yogurt, cottage cheese containers etc. start collecting jars from your neighbors. Become known as the “glass jar” person in your neighborhood.

[@dclaet1135]

Hasn't the damage already been done before transferring the items? How many months did the spices, etc, sit in plastic?

[@internetopinion3043]

Grow your own herbs and dry them. Health food stores sell herbs and spices in bulk and often offer paper bags to fill them

[@puggirl415]

Agree! I got into canning so much I switched to using glass jars for everything. There is still some hard plastic in my kitchen but I just like how the food seems to keep and taste better in glass and stainless steel.

[@michelleguzman5039]

I read an article that microplastics were found in 6 out of 6 placentas! 😮 This topic is such a great concern! I’ve stopped buying plastic water bottles. I’m in the process of removing plastics from our lives as much as possible. I think if we go back to “ old school “ living, it would be of great help. Like Dr Ken says, we can’t remove it 100% but let’s do what we can to reduce.❤

[@kathleenking47]

I remember when those 5 gallon water bottles were made out of glass..it made boys stronger to lift it😂gave them muscles🤗 I use a hydroflask for my water bottle So...it could be a reason why voices of men, are getting less "manly"? Listen to most media males

[@inmyopinion6836]

Yes, BUT, it is in the air, water, food, clothing, soil, animals ...................... A water bottle redux won't help, sad!!!

[@jackiedelvalle]

​@@kathleenking47Nah, media males = recruitment. Males' voices haven't changed generally.

[@autistic-lutheran-carnivore]

I am a Ronald Regan Gen X conservative and I am now realizing most of the Industrial Revolution was a mistake even though it did give us cool electronics and cars. Dupont (see the movie "Dark Waters"), Big Food, Big Pharma, etc. has resulted in so much harm to not only us, but everyone on this planet. I am like Lt. Exley in LA Confidential after he and Bud White get into a fist fight. Bud White asks Exley, "The Night Owl made you. You want to tear that down?" Exley replies "With a recking ball. You wanna help me swing it?" Don't get me wrong. I am still for Capitalism, Free Markets, and Christian values. It is just that I hate the harm companies did fooling around with chemicals. "Better living through Chemistry." BS!

[@winniecash1654]

Chemistry can be safe and clean. The offenders were and still are negligent.

[@LadyBGoode-gr8wm]

The Industrial Revolution was the first step in making people unimportant. People who were vital to the local economy were replaced by machines. Now here we are with most jobs available to us are with some corporation. We are the slaves…again. Different era, same dynamics.

[@buckjones4901]

I am willing to bet maybe those planes who spray often before it rains might have something to do with it, we don't know what they are spraying, no they are not contrails, those are different. The fact they find this stuff in places where man doesn't even live says it is being carried in the air.

[@Flitalidapouet]

Your mixing together two things that are separates 1- industrial revolution has saved billions of people from death 2- CORPORATIONS and specifically INC. types are killing millions. You 100% can have positive industries if you don't give them in the hands of huge corporation who don't care one second about humanity. Don't throw the baby (ind revolution) with the dirty bath water (Incorporations) The worse thing that happened to humanity, is the British inventing the corporations without PERSONAL consequence for the board for the company they are controlling.

[@rouxchat6033]

​@buckjones4901 Yes, these are deadly. They've been doing it for years. I am encouraged to hear some states are banning it. The Gates of Hell is behind this. That fact alone reeks of death. So much must change to ensure a truly healthy environment and good health to all. Dr. Berry said it will take all of us, and he is right.

[@thingsIlike-rd1sp]

Don't worry. Since it's impossible to get rid of, they'll just come up with studies telling us it's good for us.

[@sarahlantto8913]

Lol right. 😢

[@SoundJudgment]

"You're drinking it wrong!" 😋

[@geoffoutdoors]

We bought a water-distiller and are now distilling ALL our drinking and cooking water with our distilled well water (remineralizing with Redmond real salt in small dissolved amounts to create trace amounts in our now awesomely clean water). We store all our water in glass jugs!

[@gracejohnson52]

I've been doing the same thing for 3 years. I store the water in 1/2 gallon ball jars in the fridge.

[@geoffoutdoors]

@@gracejohnson52 NICE! It really is the only way to go anymore to ensure clean drinking water.

[@trekketoo]

What distiller are you using? I've looked for one, but pretty pricey and slow production of water.

[@healthconscience4931]

@@trekketoo I have a counter top distiller that makes about 4 liters at a time. A lot cheaper than the big ones.

[@danajones760]

Thank you 💪 Winning is a choice! You are the power! Choose well with wisdom, knowledge, and understanding for the best you are possible. Be Limitless and Unlimited. All is possible with the desire for all good. Thank you for your water processing solution. God blesses you. ✌️

[@jollygoodman7049]

Much microplastic exposure potentially comes from the bags for fresh vegetables in grocery stores and food wraps. In the laboratory work I do, we use various microscopic equipment like scanning electron microscopes. When a sample comes in for analysis and it has been wrapped in common plastic or put in a sandwich bag, under magnification we see it covered with plastic particles. Oftentimes the sample can not be analyzed properly because of the plastic contamination all over it from these common wraps. We eat vegetables that have been wrapped and transported in these materials.

[@melcarnivore60]

Thank you for this information!

[@lindajane8962]

One more reason not to eat veg, but would the same apply to plastic wrapped meat from the grocer?

[@ToriLynnH]

​@@lindajane8962yes

[@rubyhampton8245]

@@lindajane8962 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂of course…jeeeez

[@euhdink4501]

​@@lindajane8962 I fear you are correct. The paper is also covered with plastics.

[@rachelrichards8312]

Also, think about bedding...we spend a lot of time asleep. I am gradually swapping my bedding for natural fibres. Already have all 100% cotton sheets and wool blankets. Eventually I will change my synthetic pillows, but I'm stepping forward slowly. I would love to get a non-toxic mattress, but they are expensive.

[@dclaet1135]

Even on cotton bedding, the coating used to make them flame proof, contains plastic.

[@screenname88]

Totally. Cotton linen all the way.

[@eringo-bragh4243]

I could be wrong, but when I heard about this I asked the tech that was doing an ultrasound on me & he said "Oh yeah, you can see the plastics in your blood." I just kept thinking "This can't be good."

[@homesteadgmad8223]

Wow! That's very freaky!!! 😬

[@renahurst4743]

Thank you Dr. Berry I saw my neurologist today and he was amazed to the point he wished he could video me today because the positive change in my Dystonia. He of course did not listen to me saying I had change my diet recently but felt I had just found my sweet spot. He said you were the person with the worse case of Dystonia that I have seen to wow you look normal. Do not get me wrong I still have Dystonia but was amazingly improved. More to the story but thank you for convincing my husband and I to follow the PHD.🎉🎉🎉🎉. I will challenge him with my diet at my next appointment in 12weeks. It was so exciting to see him so surprised with me.

[@iamfaithfullyhis]

At 62 & 64 I guess we are now a Barbie & Ken!😂

[@scottorgan2255]

It's a plastic world

[@kathleenking47]

I like the original 1960s-70s Ken..over the post 80s Ken

[@dessaarnold7540]

If I could just stay in that shape lol

[@lesliea.m.5392]

@@inmyopinion6836I believe it’s called humor, we all are going to need to have it in the future , lol

[@alisaharwood7077]

Lo.l 😂

[@jeannetruman4380]

Also be aware that most clothes and fabrics ( I'm thinking sheets towels etc) have a coating to prevent stains and wrinkling. Also plastic. It's everywhere 💩

[@jazzfreek54]

Think about all the carpeting in all the houses in all the world... Plastic!

[@dclaet1135]

Vinyl flooring?

[@jazzfreek54]

@@dclaet1135 Yep! Vinyl chloride, a precursor for PVC. How about the plastic water pipes being used instead of copper or iron in home construction? It's everywhere, from the blankets you sleep with, modern facric, even "wood" paneling & trim used in modern construction. Use a CPAP machine? Plastic from one end to the other.. Car interiors that get hot & offgas? It's everywhere!

[@jamescalifornia2964]

😩 My coffee maker is plastic ☕️

[@gentleoldmoviefan5680]

and Bromides, which Dr. David Brownstein talks about. It's a toxic haloid that accumulates in the body.

[@Debbie-henri]

That's why most of my flooring is either wood or vinyl. We have a couple of small carpeted areas, but we did a lot of throwing out of carpets when my husband got sick with cancer. Near the hospital, there was this cancer advice centre giving patients advice that wasn't being given out in the hospital itself. The first thing patients were told was - throw out your carpets. They give off formaldehyde. Even if you've had them a while, they will still give off a little, and this is one cause of cancer.

[@wendywertz8828]

No make up or hair dyes for me ! I’ve always believed in natural beauty but sadly most ppl feel they need it to feel good it’s sad

[@justsuzy321]

Just let others be to do theirvown thing. Live YOUR best life and focus on you. The info is there for others to see/read/research. They chose to stay ignorant. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@texassissy9845]

Please don't judge...I have terrible scars on my face and use make-up.. I also filter my well water... reverse osmosis is the best. Thanks Doc!

[@underated17]

We can use natural makeup when we can and natural hair dye

[@Debbie-henri]

Same here! Glad to know there are other women who don't subscribe to spreading make-up all over their face. I did it as a teen, 40 years ago, and only when going out to nightclubs. But as I started work as a gardener, make-up is just too inconvenient. I got to like being without make-up much better, and haven't worn it since (except on my wedding day. And considering my husband was my 5th marriage proposal, and the only one I accepted, I'd say that men are just fine with women relying on their own 'natural beauty'). One thing I 'did' do for the last few years, much to my regret, was to use spray deodorants with aluminium in the ingredients. This made me sick for a while and I went on a heavy metal detox diet for a while. It took 2 weeks for me to get right again. I've now found a deodorant without aluminium, but it comes in a plastic container. Looks like I might have to think about somehow making my own out of beeswax or something.

[@autopeep24]

Wow, every this in a hospital is plastic cleaned with chemicals

[@wendywertz8828]

We only use wood / stainless steel / glass / we watch very closely any products we use on our bodies as well

[@Flitalidapouet]

How do you freeze meat without plastic bags? would appreciate ACTIONABLE tips. ♥

[@sanjayb299]

And yet your body and environment are still full of microplastics.

[@rickysens597]

Yes!! We have thrown out all the teflon cookware...buy yourself a good set of cast iron...if the food comes from a box or bag it is NOT food.

[@inmyopinion6836]

@@Flitalidapouet Mason jars! Learn to can!

[@Flitalidapouet]

@@inmyopinion6836 Mason jars works in the freezer?

[@kasch7574]

I love seeing Dr. Berry going natural hair color. Good content. Greetings from Germany

[@elliotwalton6159]

NIH "Covid-19 face masks: A potential source of microplastic fibers in the environment?" 2020 Jun 16

[@jamescalifornia2964]

😒 I still see people here in Los Angeles walking around wearing a "covid mask" ... 😷

[@lyndamedley543]

Still do on Michigan too if your around health care ...

[@marycarty5879]

And they think they are safe 🤣🤣

[@HODLGENG]

A BIG ONE!

[@QAlba1074]

Those blue masks are toxic and people don't even know!!!

[@eileencarroll6418]

Huge need for factual, research based information about plastics and PFAS type forever chemicals. Switched to dry laundry detergent sheets and glass food storage containers but that is small impact. But if people stop putting plastic in the dish washer that might help stop putting small particles into the waste water. Hand washing plastic is much less abrasive than dish washer detergent. Education! Also get a good water filter. I am confused about boiling water to drop plastics out of suspension but then what type of filter will work? Will a coffee filter remove those particles. Getting rid of my coffee maker because of plastic coffee basket. Switching to a glass water kettle and a stainless steel mesh basket "pour over" filter. Most air fryers are plastic but a few available in stainless steel. Also confused about ceramic non-stick coatings; are they PFAS free? So much to discover. So much to learn... So much to discern!!!!!!

[@janiecehamblen933]

I have called my representatives and told them instead of going for our cars, they need to get rid of plastic for food etc. But they do not care.

[@user-uz8sn1qv8y]

as long as there's a buck to be made off the 'little people' meaning, the working poor, the poor, the elderly, and the disabled, things will NOT change

[@swim4life3210]

In college, I would store everything in plastic containers and microwave them for lunches and dinners. I was sick every other week. Finally switched to glass and used wooden cutting boards and haven’t been sick since.

[@miketranfaglia3986]

The utter insanity of drinking bottled water may very well be the cause of most of this exposure. Even if you don't ingest much actual plastic from one bottle of water, that bottle ends up in the waste stream and generates all the little bits of plastic that subsequently get into everything. Drink well water if you can and filter it as much as you can.

[@bowwow7505]

That’s my dilemma, I have to buy bottled water. Just the waste of the plastic bottles thrown in the trash. Where I live they don’t do recycling nor do I have access to well water. In fact when my county converted to city water they made well owners close their wells up. That in itself is crazy, never disrupt a water supply.

[@Nakona0062]

They are dropping from the sky every day in the CHEMTRAILS😢😢😢

[@Baptized_in_Fire.]

Mostly metallic salts

[@robertroemer4233]

Pex, cross linked polyethylene, tubing is used in household plumbing now instead of copper tubing. Doesn't showering, washing your hair & hands allow your body to recieve these particles from the supply lines even if you don't cook with house tap water. Most medicines come in & are stored plastic bottles

[@puggirl415]

I think it does that is why I have a strong berkey shower filter. Originally I just got it to get rid of the chlorine and cloramine in the water because breathing in the chemical steam was aggravating my asthma. Now come to find that these filters can filter nanoparticles. I predict this will become a marketing and selling point for filters like this in the future.

[@juneallen4926]

Where do you find a shower head and filters for your math room?

[@lowellcrabb151]

Everything we buy is either plastic or wrapped in plastic. Redmond's real salt was in a plastic bag. Stainless mugs, Yeti or otherwise have a plastic lid. Big problem to deal with.

[@nerdinium]

Rayon synthetic carpeting fibers - switch to ceramic tile. Wooden floors have plastic polyurethane coatings/stains. If you have the old linoleum have that removed too - sometimes it was made with asbestos - mesothelioma. Get rid of vinyl flooring. Get HEPA air filter, good quality furnace air filter changed regularly.

[@kellycholman]

For most people, eradicating plastic from our lives immediately is impossible. Certainly for myself, The effort would cause more stress and harm to health then it's worth. We need to know what are the worst sources of contamination to focus on. For example, heating food in plastic is much worse then cold food in plastic containers. Cutting food on plastic is worse than scraping a spoon against plastic because the knife causes more damage. Some types of plastic are more harmful than others. I would like to see a lot more research on risk levels of all different variables.

[@jackiedelvalle]

Agree. I'll definitely get rid of plastic storage bowls, but obsessing about every last thing will cause stress, which is also very bad for health, as you've said.

[@richardmathews8250]

Well this brings lots of things to mind. I love fish, but fish swim in a sea of mico plastics, so what about eating sardines and salmon? We have plastic plumbing pipes in homes now, even the water filter is made with a plastic housing.... We are avid campers, we use a Brita water pitcher, made of plastic, worse, the fresh water holding tank of our trailer is made of plastic....

[@uptone12111]

Great subject! Thanks for covering this.

[@robinkleinsteuber5217]

I use steel utensils, ceramic dishes, wooden stove utensils, but I still have a nonstick pan to chuck out and replace with either a cast iron or stainless steel skillet. I have some new stainless steel sauce pans, etc. Most of my food is nonprocessed, whole natural food. Thank you!!

[@karlya1736]

Thank you for speaking out about this!!

[@rhondae8222]

Thanks for sharing, Dr Berry.

[@MC1RPOSITIVESusieQ]

I have to think about Adidas how they recycle plastic from the ocean to make tennis shoes, but my brag about it …..and then you wear the shoes and you get hot and sweaty during a run or just a relay wear and tear on them seeps into your skin topically and then into your blood…. Same with plastic shower poofs you’re in the hot water scrubbing your skin with plastic…..😳 I use everything cotton/ glass/ metal if I can

[@TiredEmpath]

Loofahs or a wash cloth works fine in the shower. Natural bristle brushes too.

[@jpjp3873]

Steel wool is kinda rough on the skin though!😂

[@nataliegist2014]

I have been trying to find boots with Leather soles like the old Justin Ropers. My feet didn’t hurt when I ware them it wasn’t until I joined the service, and had to ware there horrible boots with Synthetic soles,that my feet started hurting.

[@jeniferjohnson374]

Thank you thank you Dr Berry❤❤❤

[@jessieg2527]

Don't forget that if you are a parent, all of the plastic toys that sometimes end up in our little ones' mouths.

[@jackiedelvalle]

But then wood harbours germs (important where toys are shared, eg, nursery, or outdoors).

[@Baptized_in_Fire.]

Sometimes noses too. Sorry gi Joe lol

[@tonyhall8495]

Brilliant video, 👏 thanks Dr. Ken

[@dmfaith]

Thank you for caring and sharing.

[@kieronwalters3120]

We're all doomed. Keep up the excellent work.Thanks a million Dr Berry.

[@dennisryan9097]

Many carnivores advocate for sous vide (boiling in plastic bags) cooking. I have always been reluctant to have anything to do with heated plastics and food. Thoughts?

[@user-vp7vj8ht2r]

I believe the same as well.

[@KenDBerryMD]

Sous vide ONLY in glass or silicone please

[@euhdink4501]

That first time I saw someone cook rice INTO the plastic bag ... well, I didn't eat the rice anyway 😆

[@farmgirl4958]

I’ve thought the same thing, never went there because of that!!

[@tammivandyke2889]

Wow😢 thanks for sharing. We appreciate you.

[@annierodenberg2327]

Excellent information on this subject.

[@c.daubz.5386]

1st) before we worry about it, what severe health effects have been proven (not possibly but factually proven) from nano/micro plastics? ,2nd) plastics are everywhere obviously so why should average people stress? ,3rd) eat natural animal based proper human diet stretch & walk daily in nature helping live less stressful life & you’ll be healthier than majority of society today, “thanks for the informative video Dr.Berry”

[@locoemutwo4872]

thank you

[@paulkoza8652]

Thanks Doc for making this video. Very helpful and to the point.

[@jimmymalone3494]

Thank you Dr.Berry for sharing with us.

[@johndsmithkoipondgarden.878]

The good news is plastic has a 1000 year life, the more we become plastic the longer we will live. The bad news is, there is no escaping this , plastic is our life. But like the doc says eat real food and hope for the best, worry, worry, worry is not going to change anything.

[@tiffanylubeck3505]

That's the best advice, less stress and jogging helps too. lol :)

[@jackiedelvalle]

Worry, worry, worry = excess cortisol which causes a myriad of negative health issues. I'm sticking with keto etc and I'll _reduce_ plastics where it's easy to do that, but I'm not going to obsess about it unless it's literally causing me health issues.

[@johndsmithkoipondgarden.878]

@@tiffanylubeck3505 yes a good diet and a little exercise is what we all need to do.

[@johndsmithkoipondgarden.878]

@@jackiedelvalle true , I have enough worries already, I do not need to add on more.

[@ericaulbach]

I just got rid of my plastic air fryers that also had fn Teflon.

[@edcat6587]

Thanks for telling people to contact their representatives,and take action in every way possible.

[@brucewallagainsttheodds1740]

Appreciate this video & appreciate you being realistic with your audience

[@joefw2446]

Thanks!

[@marjoriehuyett8803]

What about all the plastic tubing in medical treatments like respiratory therapy, CPAP, oxygen therapy, tubing for blood & IV transfusions and all of these things? What was used before these products came on the market? Super scary!

[@jeanetteburdo3264]

Shared! Thank you so much Doc... always love learning from you!

[@dorothypuntarich784]

Thank you Dr. Berry❤ you are a gift to humanity

[@HappilyCarnivore]

Lobbying should be illegal.

[@wendywertz8828]

We use a reverse osmosis in our home and only drink mineral water from glass bottles

[@ACjunkie1]

Same, the only problem is that my RO unit is totally plastic with plastic tubing. 😫😫

[@FinnCh979]

@@ACjunkie1it’s fine. I pour the filtered water out immediately into glass jars. Plastics need time to go into the water. Just gotta minimize that contact as much as possible

[@paulinedawber3306]

Thank you so much Dr Berry for your willingness to tell us that we need to do something about this.🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@modemore1732]

Thank you svm for this very vital information👍

[@heavychevy4616]

thank u sir

[@ladyhammer8188]

What about all the chemicals they are spraying in our sky????

[@GabrielleCarbonneau]

Thank you for your straight talk and great info!!!

[@christinegalysh7433]

Thank you and all the best.

[@KetoMama777]

Cut what you can fast often and just live your life as healthy as possible as long as you are allowed.

[@RowanFey]

I wonder how bad it is for me working in a plastic factory

[@nancyludlum2646]

Thanks for your input.

[@carolinegray7510]

Thank you, Dr. Berry for bringing up a fearsome yet critically important subject .

[@ObiMomKenobi13]

There us no way to avoid microplastics. Absolutely none. It is everywhere.

[@toriwolf5978]

Agreed just enjoy your life don’t live in fear❤

[@vanmamawannabe6360]

So does that mean because we can’t eliminate all of them, we shouldn’t try to eliminate the ones we can?

[@jpjp3873]

@@vanmamawannabe6360 yes.

[@jackiedelvalle]

​@@vanmamawannabe6360No, do that. But the STRESS brought about by obsessing about trying to avoid plastic that is LITERALLY EVERYWHERE is probably more damaging than the plastic itself.

[@NoMercy.62]

ban plastic.

[@davidsimpson3275]

Yep

[@eatmorebeef824]

Great video!

[@grandmasmiles7955]

Thanks for informing us!

[@lauranewberry2329]

Lobbying ahould be illegal. No under the table money passing. Most of the senators and reps would quit and maybe good, honest people with a heart for our Country and People would fill their seats.

[@MollieC-uc1fk]

The one thing we can do is quit buying the products put in plastics and also styrofoam. Wear natural fibers, they are higher frequency. This crap is in everything but if eating fish, eat smaller fish since they aren't in. the oceans as long as the larger ones. It's hard for the body to secrete. Corporations need to quit putting products in plastic bottles. Even if you recycle, we don't know where a lot of that goes and I think it was put on barges and then dumped in the oceans where some of it breaks down into tiny particles that fish eat and then goes through the recycle system to rain down on the earth and getting into everything. Everyone should do a parasite cleanse and metal detox and overall detoxing of the body. Shop around the edge of the store and pay attention to your meat as well or buy local. Grow your own food, start a garden. The deletes who have been running this earth have been doing their best to destroy humanity with toxins, this isn't the only thing that's been going on with our air, water and food due to the soil/GMO and all of it. I quit buying anything from the big corporations several years ago and yes, they and our governments are one big ole family of control over the masses. I don't use the microwave anymore either. I use filtered water and don't buy bottled water, buy a water filter system, less expensive.

[@Veronica_Ellen]

Thank you, Dr Berry ❤

[@parrotheadstx]

My wife has been onto this micro and nano plastic issues for several years now. Thank you Dr. Berry for bringing this to the masses. This is huge and we ALL need to pay attention. Now!!

[@oldtimerdh]

Can someone point me out in the right direction about water filters? They are all in plastic containers!

[@MC1RPOSITIVESusieQ]

Houses nowadays are using pecs in place of copper pipes

[@stepheneverhardt4731]

What are pecs?

[@suzannedeans9762]

​@@stepheneverhardt4731I think they meant PVC plastic pipes

[@MovingInMN]

⁠@@stepheneverhardt4731I think they meant pex, which are flexible plastic tubes. They may be uncolored or you may see them in red and blue (to easy denote the hot water line and the cold water line).

[@seadragon1456]

Pex pipe is what most homes are made with these days. The red and blue plastic pipes take water to the sinks and showers. Pex also comes in grey plastic… they are the tubes that take water to your sink facet in your bathroom. If your kitchen sink has a removable sprayer it has Pex tubing also.

[@stepheneverhardt4731]

@@seadragon1456 thanks for the info.

[@mikoo1991]

never heard of this. thanks for making us aware!

[@matthewconner463]

Everyone needs to hear this

[@carolyncarlon9870]

Had an “incredible” experience recently! I bought a bunch of organic bananas and it was wrapped in plastic! Bought them since there weren’t even regular bananas for sale. I think I left the plastic on overnite and next day all banana skins were splitting and ripening! Overnite!!! They were basically inedible. Took them back to store the next day…related my story to manager. Got new bunch for free! Manager later told me that the banana supplier was low on staff and this processor decided to wrap bananas in plastic to speed up packing process. Incredible, huh? Organic plastic-wrapped bananas!!

[@andidonaghy1405]

And people are worried about their LDL?

[@55tmilam]

Because everything we are told is lies! Everything is a lie!!!!!! Everything! Our history,diet,news and on and on.

[@CarnivoreScott]

Right!

[@kathleenking47]

LDL? wasn't harming people, as much as what cigarettes/2nd hand smoke did..along with excess carbs and seed oils

[@andidonaghy1405]

@@kathleenking47 totally agree. Dr Berry and many of his guest doctors have opened my eyes to the truth about cholesterol. Just another way for Big Pharma to cash in on our (bad) health. I haven’t taken the time to graph this out but I wonder if the sharp increase in Alzheimer’s and dementia would also track along with the advent of the “low fat diet”. Our brains are primarily fatty organs and need cholesterol to function. As does every cell in our body.

[@stephaniet.2462]

👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 Way to go dr. Berry!

[@mr8966]

Thank-you for this.

[@jakemelinko]

Paper cups are also lined with it. Dryer sheets are FULL of it and stink, btw