The Most Radioactive Places on Earth

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/radia...
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.or...
www.rmeswi.com/...
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"

[@ericsurf6]

Best non-smoking ad ever!!

[@seaweed6668]

Ericsurf, dude i love your videos

[@isaiahking6068]

Small world. I mean KZbin!

[@Krystalmyth]

Yeah, that's why everyone vapes instead

[@BiRDiEHere]

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

[@therealkingrapcollection7426]

Send me a snack pack Eric

[@russellpair2327]

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

[@ifalone]

@@starman8853 yes he did

[@nope110]

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

[@ifalone]

@@nope110 not edited yet, keyword: yet

[@darealmvp3681]

MUDD MONKEY i know right. Wtf

[@luimaia234]

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

[@MemoryDestiny]

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

[@KENNETHUDUT]

That threw me too. Had no idea

[@caui131]

well gonna stop smoking. They should run this on TV

[@Gustav4]

It is not true that cigarettes are 160.000 micro sieverts.

[@midas4057]

@@Gustav4 he means annually the average smoker

[@midas4057]

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

[@jhndrsn]

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

[@manasyadav1993]

nice

[@kaunghlamyat]

Nice!!!

[@CyclingfanF145]

Very nice

[@phoenixthings]

Congrats! I may be an internet stranger, but I'm proud of you!

[@chrissharry774]

Very Nice!

[@veritasium]

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]

challenge accepted

[@Kevincooling1234]

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

[@Widdizzles]

Absolutely amazing video.

[@MatronCool]

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

[@shashidharmamidipelli]

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

[@ky3518]

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]

GIVE ME HATE on my videos ...

[@mohit_panjwani]

@@idkanameforthis hi

[@itsanupam3900]

hope liking it doesn't make me a smoker

[@amiichii2728]

The chernobyl nuclear reactor tragedy is still terrifying...

[@theduder2617]

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?

[@atreidestw]

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

[@Sarah-cp4lp]

😂 I think I peed my pants

[@Harry666cz]

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]

@@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]

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

[@primozpotocnik1423]

3.6, not great, not terrible

[@billdoolinofficial]

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

[@dunnoking8691]

But the ghost also got vaporized

[@some_cool_random_guy]

- Captain Macmillian Pripyat, Ukraine 1996

[@TheResilient5689]

Oi, Susie!

[@BaoDoDuy-zg1eu]

@@TheResilient5689

[@isabellabarrera1416]

Ah ghost town so loud can’t hear a sound

[@michaelgulo6014]

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

[@voxsq]

@@petejt pedophiles*

[@sjoerdmanshanden5162]

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]

@@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]

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

[@Grubiantoll]

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

[@charlemagne996]

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

[@drippyphilip8813]

Lmao

[@GoldDominik893]

Lmfao

[@averageforzaplayer1048]

- Mr. Monk

[@bluemarineboy3091]

I'm not at home

[@idkanameforthis]

GIVE ME HATE on my videos ...

[@ponyphonic]

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

[@blulere]

Ynw ROFL

[@ltcolrayquaza]

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

[@asterism343]

I was seriously just about to write the same thing

[@eeiity8600]

Chilling as in calming or chilling as in scary?

[@plasmatree3132]

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

[@jordanbaszner904]

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.

[@iamnotverybright2509]

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]

And those fearmongering “The Real Cost” ads.

[@anotherfacelessname9270]

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

[@himgeta]

@@anotherfacelessname9270 lol

[@artyom2643s]

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]

@@artyom2643s da ganja

[@just_abald_guy_who_love_to9324]

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

[@hasinikalva4802]

Salute

[@thomasfrecklington6799]

That’s what she said

[@gaypirateassassin6923]

That’s what she said

[@winnerd6772]

She is a pure legend ❤

[@ultralinguistics3083]

@@theeternal1766 Now that, is what she also said

[@ESA-ce1nu]

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

[@TheCampercore]

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

[@ESA-ce1nu]

@@TheCampercore lololol

[@6apa6aw72]

Astronaut Smoker in Chernobyl:

[@rosin_eater]

@@6apa6aw72 *oh no*

[@PS4Shooter]

@@6apa6aw72 Astronaut smoker in the radioactive basement

[@vishalreddy6879]

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]

it's all cumulative.

[@georgespaceagency9894]

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

[@f5tornado831]

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

[@devkukreja2122]

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

[@DeepakKumardk99]

Will Geiger counter show more reading near a chain smoker ?

[@Luc-jc4dl]

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.

[@samred007]

*screams in plutonium*

[@shrummitscult7911]

*Screams in irradiated graphite*

[@RudraDirtTrails]

Procrastinating in a lead

[@mmxvii-17]

*screams in uranuim*

[@dharmikgandhi3223]

*screams in imagine dragons*

[@aminyashed2317]

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

[@thecoolguy7403]

put your phone away

[@somedude8714]

Why me in particular

[@GamerKeags_YT]

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]

@@somedude8714 😂😂😂

[@hoodybox477]

id think it would be a bomb or something

[@grahamclarke846]

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

[@guysumpthin2974]

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]

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

[@serioussam209]

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

[@Mark-Wilson]

@@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]

@@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.

[@hama1995_hama]

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〜

[@tirepancake]

そうやなぁ

[@hama1995_hama]

@@tirepancake はい☺️

[@roshanantony64]

do you live near Fukushima

[@hama1995_hama]

@@roshanantony64 no

[@hama1995_hama]

@@roshanantony64TOKYO

[@BossMan-xu7xj]

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]

[@ricardohoang8452]

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

[@BossMan-xu7xj]

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

[@ricardohoang8452]

@@BossMan-xu7xj Yeah litterally smoking tobaccos!

[@BossMan-xu7xj]

Ricardo Hoàng No, he never smoked

[@l1mbo69]

Everybody gangsta till the astronaut start smoking

[@stoopy9326]

And they live in Chernobyl eating 60 bananas per day

[@MegaPhill93]

okay this actually good 😂😂

[@NegetiveRizz]

Im astronaut and i love smoking

[@noobscoopsies1100]

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

[@prashantshukla231]

@@stoopy9326 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂

[@vin6665]

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]

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

[@science-y9209]

Bananas are not harmful though

[@MANOFTIME]

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

[@landingman2577]

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

[@MANOFTIME]

@@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.

[@BLUEDARTs]

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

[@RedBigz]

it's an ancient torture method used by the curians

[@ATbear0912]

Lmao not the curiens

[@KRI-k3q]

One hour next to Marie Curie’s knob with smoker lungs in space wearing the basement clothes

[@evergreensweetnesslavender]

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

[@rexr3306]

Rice Cake child while wearing those firemen clothes

[@rjfaber1991]

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

[@arandompenguin4489]

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

[@StanleyMfYang2022]

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

[@StanleyMfYang2022]

@Devin Kitching everyone dies

[@ginocontestabile8775]

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

[@justagirlwithamustache9618]

omg fallout 4 reference

[@Argoon1981]

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

[@maxconfucamus]

@@Argoon1981 kids these days...

[@magicl3o]

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

[@sangonomiyakokomelon6676]

Fallout franchise literally made me watch these kind of vids

[@hipstarchild]

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

[@bruhmomentos5203]

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

[@datboyace13]

Imagine if they were an astronaut.

[@BigWordHole]

Bee JayGee LMAO

[@fishussugon3215]

We need a story on this

[@TokyoQuaSaR]

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.

[@adlerauge001]

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]

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]

You still fucked tho

[@kereal2591]

@@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.

[@tj07]

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

[@moodyblues7144]

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

[@mistyseas]

Katy w haha

[@sutarisuresh6557]

When they eat banana....man 😉

[@teal3af49]

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

[@sqeet7392]

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!

[@qcompressed1409]

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

[@Ryan-mg5ve]

Guy who has an android HA

[@GulabSingh-ql1xu]

@@Ryan-mg5ve flex Ha

[@GrimReaper-lo1ut]

Thats 144p

[@sterlingwebster174]

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

[@uxleumas]

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

[@No-uc6fg]

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

[@robertjanbout1437]

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]

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

[@JoicSeth]

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

[@robertjanbout1437]

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

[@JoicSeth]

@@robertjanbout1437 oh yeah, my bad sorry

[@bennettmylius1563]

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]

Im happy for you

[@rudetoy8264]

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

[@itsmekrazyy]

Good job, you did the right thing

[@jackprows6913]

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

[@CyberThe1st]

First name Last name or a week of school

[@kai4435]

Or all 13-14 years of school

[@muresanalvaro3270]

School is garbage

[@stopjaystation4444]

School is just gay

[@dylanblack8714]

Turbo Jumper alright receptionist calm down

[@Devowerer]

I love the fact that he measures it using bananas XD

[@kasyu1101]

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

[@rakurai3999]

@@kasyu1101 tl;dr POTASSIUM

[@elbob099]

Radioactive potassium banana's

[@justsomeguy455]

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

[@mistyhughes45]

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

[@Bluedrake42]

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

[@txtp]

I mean… yes…?

[@mainios126bobeats4]

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

[@dumcube]

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

[@kamdeoray3573]

Yes

[@Utubesensation]

U will probably die from overeating before the radiation hits u 😕

[@Rainiermix]

the sound the Geiger counter made when it said overload, made my heart stop.

[@robertdaleysr6062]

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

[@ilmevavi1112]

acid boom congratulations!

[@buttersquids]

acid boom Well done!

[@tf3confirmedbuthv54]

acid boom congratulations!

[@spicyweasel]

Good job brother!

[@abhijitpamarty2060]

Awesome!

[@catburglar4295]

“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]

You’re Mr lonely, You have nobaaady!

[@Enonymouse_]

Divorce attorneys are powered by plutonium.

[@steezboss]

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

[@bobe9957]

Its cos others will fart on u lmfao

[@emilyantus2025]

I feel this. Ahhh what a shitty time.

[@RileyNiko]

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

[@megetrongonzalez4456]

karens be like

[@davutsauze8319]

@@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]

I dont even get the joke i made

[@angelas1761]

The anti maskers of Covid related to that

[@jorgepeterbarton]

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

[@minhaj14d]

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

[@satisfiedjeremie3006]

240 bananas/h. Not great, not terrible.

[@TheLes1039]

This joke is everywhere radiation related lol

[@MagmaleV]

This man is delusional, take him to the infirmary.

[@Ac3ofDr4gons]

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

[@starsoffyre]

Scrolled down the comments to look for this

[@Darryldlowe]

You seen the miniseries

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

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

[@doefagtohd]

OH

[@chaitanyamahajan3324]

....

[@kass5892]

Found you

[@Muhammad_Waleed]

One Day I will also become Just a guy who Comments for Fun...

[@justaloser101]

Found you… AGAIN

[@billylardner]

Really appreciate all the effort you went to in making this video, you’ve put a lot of time and effort in.

[@veritasium]

Thank you! I was filming a three hour documentary when I wasn’t shooting this...

[@sriharsha8386]

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

[@CALISUPERSPORT]

"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*

[@olivialewis9341]

Haha from the show😂

[@ellawinters4346]

Lol that’s from the show

[@nepale2262]

Press AZ5

[@luismaman9236]

Nepal E why wouldn’t you? I know of no reason why an RBMK reactor would explode.

[@hi...5293]

Lol

[@mathiasrjacobsen]

one of the smoothest non-smoking ads ever made xD

[@evanyoung2919]

The Geiger counter gave me anxiety when it went off

[@blase1856]

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

[@arthurvin2937]

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

[@rateater420]

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

[@MictianHybris1]

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

[@arthurvin2937]

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

[@loganc1134]

😂😂😂

[@Chrnan6710]

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.

[@GamerPro132]

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

[@TyroPirate]

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

[@samuelalexander8030]

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

[@mrlindsay123456]

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[@rubberduck9759]

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

[@Mr78nine]

Alexander L I thought it was pretty cool

[@TEAMc0nfuSioN]

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

[@PuneetMehra]

Lol. You sir must be a teacher of Correlation.

[@erikarnesson2056]

Yes you do

[@musti346]

Only if you get a CT scan along the way

[@walkerdaniells9537]

obviously?

[@joejeans7913]

eat some bananas too. then maybe

[@IllusivePrime]

9:00 Try going into Reactor 4. The Elephant's Foot is the most radioactive object ever. Doubt you could stay in that room for more then 3 minuites without getting radiation poisoning.

[@XGamersGonnaGameX]

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

[@mohamedameri360]

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

[@superiormusic]

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

[@999124999]

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

[@uglychicken121]

Ha Lol

[@yukkireina]

😂😂😂😂

[@ehixxz]

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

[@Chickenman2334]

TWITTYMITTY - what is it

[@S1mcard]

@@Chickenman2334 it's called beeing a pussy

[@Ok-ny9hx]

@@S1mcard nice spelling there buddy.

[@Cybinetic]

TWITTYMITTY - LMAO

[@birbsmovies3642]

Same

[@TensorWave]

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

[@isaaccarter9007]

Oh my god

[@throwawayaccount8866]

and he visited the basement of the hospital in pripyat ukraine-

[@nayas6739]

he also eat sandwiches evey morning

[@antaresqlapard]

He never existed :)

[@nut_shell1364]

He grew up to be the hulk

[@Soccer_lover986]

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.

[@big_gay_oofbering9920]

*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]

Ya!! But he's a smoker 😂😂

[@boris2512]

🤣🤣

[@divaanddeets3463]

@@Sumtrip799 he is ?

[@Sumtrip799]

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

[@carolynnance9617]

BiG_gAy_OoF bering Aight lemme just snort some radon here..

[@kevindst]

Smoker: Oh my goodness this video makes me so stressed out *Proceeds to smoke a cigarette to calm down*

[@hahafunnyfunnyhaha3943]

I don't understand why there's so many people hating on smoke but then supporting weed like it doesn't have the same consequences as smoke

[@clarkalarcon4057]

@@hahafunnyfunnyhaha3943 probably because its bad for everyone. Don't blame them though

[@kevindst]

@@hahafunnyfunnyhaha3943 Well they are both bad but many don't think they are that bad that should be banned by the law I guess.

[@clickthecreeper9463]

@@hahafunnyfunnyhaha3943 that’s because it doesn’t.

[@LordSevla]

@@hahafunnyfunnyhaha3943 Weed isn't as bad as tobacco. I mean _smoking_ weed is kinda bad but smoking anything is bad, even incenses are bad for our health. At least you can use weed without smoking it which is healthier for your lungs.

[@thomasbrunkle8389]

A smoking astronaut who lives near Fukushima, works part time in Chernobyl, travels regularly, has a health issue that requires him to do X-ray scans regularly, and loves bananas. Radiation level: Legend

[@atsuda8541]

radiation level: Dead

[@divyanshjoshi2965]

Lol

[@salahsaid9491]

Radiation level: HARDCORE

[@pokechannel9758]

Why will an astronaut work part time at chernobyl. And he don't have time that he will travel regularly. Also as most of the time he is in space he won't be near fukushima regularly.

[@pokechannel9758]

One more thing astronaut cannot smoke in space so as he is mostly in space he is also away from smoking.

[@WhoWatchesVideos]

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

[@chrisstewart546]

*slow claps*

[@FabiWann]

WhoWatchesVideos Over 9000

[@scottyc3215]

WhoWatchesVideos [*K*]

[@Lexyvil]

WhoWatchesVideos A lot of Bananas.

[@TeamZelid]

Ba dum tss

[@vipulsingh3142]

he went around the globe to make this video .

[@ivanandfrancisco4756]

it was also a lesson about no smoking

[@mt_300-2]

so he went around the globe and made this video

[@domrepp8056]

😂

[@mvmo11]

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

[@dddmemaybe]

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

[@vladratcu]

This video made me quit smoking 3 years ago. Thank you so much!

[@MS-cx7nf]

... the question is, will it blend? This didn't made them quit using nuclear power plants. Cure the symptom, but not the cause. Aaaand the winner is the USA, exactly where the tobacco grows. Coincidence, i think not.

[@kuro19382]

I'm pretty sure this also made a lot of people think "i really don't wanna start smoking". I was already on that boat so this is just another reason to the list, but i bet this saved a few lives/lungs.

[@ricardohoang8452]

@@MS-cx7nf HOTEL? TRIVAGO

[@MS-cx7nf]

@@ricardohoang8452 150 Mark? O.O @.@ >_>

[@phillblcc]

@Vlad Ratcu congraz bro!

[@alingondrozario]

Thank you so much for this really amazing video Sir. Our Physics teacher Er. Gaurav Gupta Sir, his KZbin 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) ❤

[@AnnoyingBush]

**walks inside of a volcano** “Yeah, it’s safe.”

[@O.M-]

**walks through the digestive tract of a whale or a dragon** "Yeah, it's safe"

[@kennarajora6532]

*smells volcanic sulfur dioxide fumes* "The mask is probably overkill"

[@mortenfrosthansen84]

?

[@jaishreeramjaihanuman23]

Ordinary people: How does he get access to every place he wants to go.

[@ojust4fun960]

He famous

[@rosethz2474]

Yes because he has 9.14 mil subs Jk

[@i-dislike-handles]

A little thing called *breaking and entering*

[@divyanshuverma4253]

Im new viewer so can u tell me how ?

[@KirbyMobile1]

The secret ingredient is crime

[@soldier72]

If you wanted me to quit, mission successful. I'm going to my doctor to talk options on quitting. Well done sir. Wish me luck.

[@spaghettinick121]

You should read Allen Carr's "The Easy Way" if you have the chance, it changed my whole mindset on smoking

[@amethystklintberg7436]

Good luck 👍

[@saltycade9063]

Vaping will help u edge off then you use low nicotine to get off

[@divishatewari7612]

all the best

[@magicreborn3720]

Goood for you my friendd

[@世紀末な自由人]

日本人としてあのような悲劇を忘れる事はない。

[@RefinedDegenerate]

Exam: how many microsieverts are US workers limited to? Me: *Starts drawing tiny bananas*

[@sigma_krab7593]

If you sleep next to a 2 hundred you will die from radiation

[@mustangman3769]

Generally its measured in mSv which would be 50. Even though its just a conversion. -rad worker ;)

[@enividhottie28]

Your profile pic made me thought that I had a piece of hair on my phone

[@prahadishsrinivasan4783]

Enividhere that’s why you switch to dark mode 😂

[@Koozul]

If I eat 2 million bananas I can die?

[@humpty4205]

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

[@lovepreetsinghbirdi]

@Jonathan EanesBecause Graphite is cheap.

[@PiwiKiwi9]

The hero that lives on forever

[@Overneed-Belkan-Witch]

@Jonathan Eanes lies

[@XTCreationz420]

@Jonathan Eanes Well sir.. I'm not sure myself.

[@flaminmongrel6955]

Why worry about things that are not goin to happen.

[@elli003]

Put a radiation symbol on cigarette packages - the pregnancy warning has lost its impact.

[@georgetreduen4502]

elli003 look at german cigarette packages

[@marktheprussian]

They should make a little speaker onto it that makes the tactical nuke sound effect whenever u open it xD

[@-_-DAVe]

Smoking can make you pregnant?

[@therealspongebob9272]

Da ve yes

[@-_-DAVe]

the real sponge bob gonna open a clinic for ppl who want to get pregnant where they get tought how to smoke or do you do something else with the cigarettes?

[@IWannaDoEverything]

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.

[@joyjellyface4231]

Takes mask off: “This is just to stop radio active dust from getting in my lungs no biggie”

[@topcraft2844]

*S N I F F* s

[@vexari_]

*mmm yes very good air* *ded*

[@БогданКрименюк]

*Smelly*

[@kevinnguyen552]

HOSQDQDQDWDEOSNHEE**(#/#;EPEJWBQFQFQFXFXCIf&fg4f&*JUJUJ&’ndhsL&f&g*gFg*(

[@chernille4916]

If you think about it, it's like wearing a mask next to an active smoker. Yes, it is overkill.

[@uilsoum875]

“The mask is probably overkill. It’s just to stop radioactive material to enter my lungs” DEREK THAT’S NOT OVERKILL

[@mycosys]

It really is - there are places with natural background radiation that high and there are no signs so far that it causes any ill health

[@goddamnmaddog2024]

@6:16 "the amount of radiation is actually not that high" @6:19 lie detector notices :-D

[@tyskbulle]

@@mycosys Probably still a good idea to at least wear a face-mask. You never know when you might kick up a lot of dust or touch your face.

[@mycosys]

@@tyskbulle sure - in the same way it would be a much BETTER idea to wear a mask like that plus VOC filtering (very common masks) every time you are near any cars or combustion. Cos honestly they are a VASTLY bigger risk to you. I dont - do you? Honestly with 20ks of no pollutants from 'civilisation' - the air is probably awesome. Do you have any idea how many people die every year from the effects of combustion products?

[@tyskbulle]

​@@mycosys All I am saying is that If I went urban exploring Fukushima. Id feel much better with a mask. Same thing goes for Beijing.

[@JackOTheSoccerBro]

MrBeast would stay in that basement for 24 hours

[@balisong_cowboy]

lol

[@jusslucxs3169]

Jajaja C Mamo🤣

[@beastwolf2278]

I bet he would even try the clothes on

[@joshua13seetaram45]

Lmao😂😂😂😂😂

[@dearest6263]

Lets not give him ideas

[@-Ai3B]

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

[@husselbruss5124]

Smoking Astronaut who lived in Chernobyl, who'd fly to their job everyday to mine uranium and used to eat banana's everyday who now lives in Fukushima and gets CT scans.

[@reibean9542]

That person would be dead by now.

[@jihadulislam3686]

Lel

[@70ki70]

Aka Chuck Norris

[@PaintHerWhite]

I think he GIVES ct scans.

[@priyansha1950]

That sound like the most cancerous thing to happen XD

[@bolt11200]

Smoking Astronauts, the amount of radiation they would get kinda scares me.

[@pyree5568]

+Bolt1120 Smoking nuclear power plant workers eating bananas hahah

[@bolt11200]

+Tajniak Huehuehue

[@matiasdamian4698]

Smoking fukushima natives working on a spacial plant eating bananas while taking a CT scan

[@bolt11200]

+High Voltage Well then uuuuh

[@matiasdamian4698]

+Bolt1120 Worker suddenly explodes*

[@michalpitner3657]

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]

He is australian

[@michalpitner3657]

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

[@dariqaa]

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

[@nsarstafeenee9359]

Michal Pitner would u use meters for radiation scale?

[@Skreeze_Nuts]

Michal Pitner kinda bein racist buddy

[@みほちゃん-e8w]

最後にタバコの恐ろしさを教えてくれるのありがたい

[@vilvero]

I'm amazed how much you have traveled for this video

[@yegoniam5558]

+Simon Öhman he teleported

[@WarpedFlayme]

+Simon Öhman Actually, he used a lot of clips from his travels while filming a documentary for PBS about radiation called "Uranium: Twisting the Dragon's Tail". I picked up the DVD on Amazon for $15. Worth watching if you're interested; very interesting and he's a great host.

[@WarpedFlayme]

+Simon Öhman Actually, he used a lot of clips from his travels while filming a documentary for PBS about radiation called "Uranium: Twisting the Dragon's Tail". I picked up the DVD on Amazon for $15. Worth watching if you're interested; very interesting and he's a great host.

[@damonfitzo8741]

+GarethCavendish I Watched that documentary, it was great

[@ManMythLegend123]

+Maluko808 wouldnt you want a paycheck for visiting radioactive places on earth? I would anytime of my life starting this instant

[@harryspex1808]

When I was 15 years of age, 17 years ago, something happened in my life and made me pick up smoking. Soon after anxiety problems occurred and I was subject to stress more than I could handle on my own, turned into a depression, so the smoking got worse, I mean I needed something to calm my nerves.. I became a chainsmoker at this point, I guess. I just didn't care anymore. Jumping to last few years I slowly learned again about joys in life and somehow felt like I was starting to crawl back up. Smoking was still something I would do by habit. A few months back I discovered this channel and ever since I've been watching the content you put out whenever I have the time. Learning is something I've always appreciated. Then just this morning I saw this video, and just by the end of it... wondering who on God's earth would experience more radiation than astronauts... For the first time in my life I threw away my cigarettes and somehow I finally feel good about myself, those cigarettes were such a burden and a shame to bear. You have no idea how proud I actually feel having thrown away the tabacco I had. Thank you so much for all the content you make.

[@namyanima]

Congratulations!!

[@JHANSI_REDDY]

Really appreciate it 🙏

[@solimity7620]

That's amazing!

[@evilisdeath]

That's awesome!

[@anxiousoul7807]

Have you started it again yet?

[@robertstevensii4018]

if I kill a smoker is that self defense?

[@cristianverdugogalaz8725]

i don't think it works like that

[@MHScrat]

I guess technically they are causing you harm...It would actually be interesting to see if that would go to court and if that could work xD

[@staxenheimer1404]

Robert Stevens II yes, you are saving humanity one person at a time!

[@princessmariam5502]

R Stax

[@pavelvodnar3206]

yes, so as banana eater

[@sanskartamrakar5680]

Content back then was gold .

[@ky3518]

I've never been this terrified seeing that many bananas

[@alb9520]

Nightmares are made of this stuff

[@ntk2610]

I have once...

[@Zaintrix]

funee monkee's go brrr

[@nob7268]

@@ntk2610 same

[@frostigamer9740]

😂

[@maezaranimations]

When he said "3 years since the (Fukushima) accident" I was very confused till I realised that this video was made 6 years ago

[@N00B283]

And I can't fathom that it was 6 years ago I watched this video, in my second year of highschool damn..

[@ShiroLumina]

9 yrs ago maybe?

[@Itz_Ukyy]

Paradox

[@lemardofash9176]

I actually watched this video before but idk when, still a bit terrified

[@rosin_eater]

@@N00B283 damn.

[@DarthAdii]

I literally had Goosebumps, when he entered Marie Curie's office.......

[@bhardwajparth]

Watch the Chernobyl documentary on hotstar or telegram it'll give you much more goosebumps 😁

[@MatthijsvanDuin]

@@bhardwajparth There's no Chernobyl _documentary_ on hotstar, do you maybe mean the Chernobyl _drama_ miniseries?

[@bhardwajparth]

@@MatthijsvanDuin yes I'm sorry for using documentary the miniseries is just too real to give a feel like documentary 😅

[@MatthijsvanDuin]

@@bhardwajparth But it's important to remember it is _not_ a documentary. It does not accurately represent events, people, or how radiation works.

[@fatal6850]

Maria SKŁODOWSKA-Curie!!!

[@ajgmwtpd]

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

[@RobGavagan]

I just ate like 30 bunches of bananas. I just moved a car with my mind. I has to put it in drive and stuff first but man I'm superhuman!

[@jeramieivey]

Science!!!

[@Boborbot]

Rob Dyke good to see you here!

[@mathewj5133]

I didn't know KZbin stars used their KZbin accounts to watch KZbin videos.

[@samuelalexander8030]

***** It's weird to see.

[@_JS96]

***** Stars? Rob never said he was a star, nor did he ever want to be one as far as I know.

[@lordcrumbles5471]

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

[@dallasmadefadi8343]

lol

[@niranjankharade5779]

😂

[@blablawhiskassache]

@Blank Gaming loved that character

[@thotusmaximus971]

GMM?

[@chrjstiann]

@TechnicNukeYT lmao your pfp is perfect for this

[@colinnoble8234]

the clicking of a geiger counter has to be one of the creepiest sounds you can hear

[@storm8498]

Yeah lol

[@TheGlowingBeansGuy]

Its even worse when it shows on the meter: OVERLOAD

[@thaias9654]

Imagine being alone and hearing it behind you. You look around but you can’t see anything that could cause the sound. It slowly gets louder and faster, until it’s overloaded and it sounds like it’s behind your ear. And then-

[@marioandmichellesantiago2509]

@@thaias9654 fooooo stopp🥶

[@Karma_8413]

@@thaias9654 you ever watch the Chernobyl mini-series?

[@Marleys4]

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

[@jimmychan4917]

I can count how many times I’ve been to Chernobyl on my fingers, 14

[@libbyblattner2305]

this should have more likes😂

[@richardosond8858]

Its not even funny. Only disrespecting the victims of that disaster

[@yanceyboyz]

Richard Osond you shouldn’t be on the internet if you’re that easily offended. 😂

[@matt391]

N i c e

[@SeeItLikeItSub2It]

😂😂😂😂

[@VezixHaikal]

this is the most terrifying use of the banana image

[@matijabauer2802]

Bananas are radioactive, thats becazse he uses it. Just type in google.

[@dafoex]

BackWard Adventures bananas are radioactive *because* he uses them to explain sieverts?

[@matijabauer2802]

@@dafoex Dude, search on internet, bananas are radioactive because of its nature... It is not harmful but they are more radioactive than others fruits...

[@roseCatcher_]

@@dafoex lol...he meant the opposite btw...but r8 now i am rolling in laughter...

[@questionminecrafter]

My banana is even more terrifying ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@aryankhatri1805]

A smoking astronaut living in fukushima eating bananas.

[@canadiansniper9117]

Ahaha

[@TheSkyrimmaniac]

aryan khatri That's bed is Chernobyl Firefighter clothing.

[@aryankhatri1805]

Isak Svensson of course i forgot

[@azfam]

+aryan khatri and he had chest x ray

[@aryankhatri1805]

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

[@insanemlmillion3637]

what a video . last awareness was very nice

[@dzhibari]

the radiation in some places is just bananas

[@veritasium]

love this!

[@ArtemisFowl180]

so the entire meltdown was a government coverup for a mass burying of bananas... MIND BLOWN

[@nikki0601lucas]

=/

[@ksonsouchou]

.

[@Motshidi]

🤣🤣🤣👍

[@neoasura]

"The removed the radioactive topsoil, and dumped it....somewhere" That is a comforting thought.

[@bigtime9597]

You wanna know what's even more comforting? The Elephant's Foot, the most radioactive object in the entire planet, which is partially nuclear material that melted in Reactor 4, is eating away at the ground underneath it because, not the heat it generates, but the radiation itself. And if it eats through the ground, it'll drop right into an underground river that leads to the ocean, which will spread the radiation like wildfire.

[@georgebarlowr]

nice

[@iscander_s]

Do not create a panic, it's cooled off a long time ago, it's not going anywhere.

[@Aleuvian]

Искандер Сайфуллин It is actually still melting through the concrete, but at a rate so slow that it will completely 'cool' before it ever reaches the water tables. (And by melting through, we are mostly talking micrometers at this point. it's basically negligible at any rate.)

[@dogcomb47]

It was probably dumped in the ocean. That is where Russia dumps its Nuclear waste.

[@maxe3110]

He really took 3 years off his lifespan to make a no smoking ad

[@pardeepgarg2640]

And still people don't leave smoking lol

[@icyski1594]

@ᴄᴏᴠᴏɪᴅ • joke

[@Frontier327]

@ᴄᴏᴠᴏɪᴅ • its a joke

[@Kookaburr-a]

​@ᴄᴏᴠᴏɪᴅ • r/whooosh? J O K E

[@joe_pinch]

@ᴄᴏᴠᴏɪᴅ • J O K E

[@EnterChannelName517]

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

[@bijotitus3251]

"Cigarette causes more radiation..... " 'US drops 4tons of virginia tobacco on Hiroshima '

[@infroma6745]

Graphite*

[@richardsibi3150]

@@infroma6745 what graphite? You're delusional

[@MS-cx7nf]

To rise the efficiency, they could start to grow tobacco also in california and nevada. Wait a minute, didn't they started to grow weed there?

[@BrandonBarbera]

@@richardsibi3150 "You didint see graphite on the roof your lying!"

[@Wabibis]

Marlboro Bomb.. No, Lucky Strike! xD