Why Dust is the Scariest Thing in Space

[@SciShow]

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[@bihaniparth1995]

Hey guys, great video but just wanted to inform you that there was a spelling error at 4:00, It says Saraha in the video instead of Sahara

[@filonin2]

Dust is just effort free food.

[@AniBAretz]

Cute: Pneumoconiosis, not pneumo*no*coniosis. Starting at the 5:36 mark and repeated quite a few times thereafter.

[@filonin2]

"Ohio, US" As opposed to the other Ohios?

[@user-pr6ed3ri2k]

22rhl thlike,4+1thcomenter

[@sheilathepotter6636]

As someone that works with clay every day, I have to be careful to avoid silicosis. Always clean areas with wet sponges. Never sweep the floor, always mop it, etc.

[@veryberry39]

I never thought about that before. It's not something I really ever have to worry about, but it's still good to know!

[@Wingedshadowwolf]

At work(road construction and grounds maintenance) we have to be careful around dust. We do yearly testing, have fitted masks and try to avoid stirring up dust. We have to wet the shop floor to clean it.

[@michaelberresford4291]

Asbestos removalist, need I say more?!

[@sydney-ke2fh]

As someone who’s worked with clay before for chunks of a week at a time in the summer, I was taught this was the reason I had to clean the counters with water.

[@salt-emoji]

I clean dust for a living, a really good trick to reduce silicate intake is wetting a large square bandana, tying it so it forms a bag. You don't want it tight, it should expand and shrink as you breathe. It's not comfortable. But it's muuuuuch cheaper than respirator filters 👍 But not as affective

[@RickySTT]

Sahara dust reaches the Americas every summer; in fact, it’s a major source of micronutrients in the Amazon basin. Here in the Caribbean, it occasionally reduces visibility to 5 or 10 miles. It’s just that in 2020, the dust took a turn northward and made its acquaintance with the mainland USA.

[@jaqihegland6232]

It was also a much bigger dust cloud than normal, caused by the unusual lack of hurricanes, or so I remember reading.

[@eduardbass839]

The Sahara’s dust is a fertiliser without it the amazon forrest would actually be significantly less dense. There was a paper on it based on nasas satellite observations the places the dust settled on had higher density and more overall plant-life.

[@sybilknight]

Yes! I remember the same article when Michael said it happen in 2020... I was... wait a minute... I remember this happens every year! It is more like in 2020 was so big that we pick it up in satellites...

[@corybantic126]

They also discussed this on the Netflix (I think?) docuseries “One Strange Rock”, where you can see spectacular footage of this phenomenon with your very own eyes!

[@AnnoyingNewslettersPage6]

I thought it was more that the dust from the Sahara gave water vapor something to form water droplets around, providing the *rain* for the *rain* forest.

[@RobertSaxy]

Yes but the amount of dust is the key to what they’re talking about here, just like a bit of rain might be nice for the soil and such but a boat load of rain might drown you

[@TimesRyan]

@@AnnoyingNewslettersPage6 you're right.

[@Joel11111]

As someone who worked in a chemistry lab for about a year and had to frequently work with pure crystalline silicate for column chromatography, the potential health effects of that years from now keeps me up at night sometimes.

[@binaryhelix101]

I know what you mean, worked in a lab for few years with nitric acid, the amount of NOx Ive breathed in is probably equal to a life times worth from car pollution.

[@JourneyLi]

I just worked with this today… and pretty much everyday before today … and now I’m not sure if I’ll sleep tonight

[@borttorbbq2556]

What I mean as long as you have proper PPE on I think you should be fine but I can definitely understand the worry

[@gl15col]

If they didn't take proper precautions, I would personally start assembling proof and write down everything you remember and start looking into lawyers...

[@Joel11111]

@@borttorbbq2556 No PPE but we were instructed to only work with it in a fume hood.

[@Chris-op7yt]

a few years ago i replaced our ducted heating filter, made of woven stuff, with a mesh screen. made a huge difference in amount of dust in the house, not because the mesh is heaps better but, original filter was actually a source of dust/fibers, spread readily by ducted heating system.

[@jacksonstarky8288]

I'm asthmatic with allergies to dust and pollens, so most of this was already very familiar to me, but I learned some new details. I've heard stories about the effects of flour "dust" on the lungs of people who worked in bakeries for a long time. Maybe a starting point for a sequel to this video?

[@samuilzaychev9636]

I'm just confused how flour bypasses every "security system" of the lungs.

[@kgrfirdjy]

There is a video on that lung condition, known as Baker's Lung, on a different channel about historical jobs and food preparation from centuries ago.

[@MermaidMakes]

Alright, poop breather Lol I'm kidding... But not really. I have asthma too, but more seriously I get extreme dermititis, my downstairs neighbors keep a ton of pets, small rodents and rabbits. Animal hoarders basically. I'm very allergic to rabbits. I wish I wasn't. But I'm getting asthma attacks and these really nasty rashes all the time from them. My husband once brought up a bunch of Magic cards they threw out and I had a huge breakout. They're filthy. So we have a rule now that none of their stuff is allowed in our place, no matter how valuable it is....unless it can be thoroughly washed and I have to be out of the apartment.

[@userMB1]

I don't like cleaning my house until i actually see the dust. This video is motivated me to dust regularly. I needed this so thanks

[@thaliacrew1]

Great piece, and kudos, Michael, for pronouncing "Appalachia" correctly. :) Exposure to silica dust is a growing problem in coal mining, and needs more research and preventative exposure controls.

[@harishuskic7270]

Lol I just read that right before he said it and am proud I read it right.

[@harishuskic7270]

Wonder if people can pronounce Loughborough or river des peres. last one is river deh pair on how it's pronounced.

[@paulfenton5673]

But demerit for adding an extra syllable to pneumoconiosis.

[@Faliat]

Man, this is so annoying to know. Because for the past 2 years my apartment has been plagued with concrete dust because I've not been able to get flooring down. Thankfully I have an air purifier to slightly reduce the risk but it's getting really bad and mopping and vacuuming isn't enough to keep it in check.

[@PLuMUK54]

Here in the UK we regularly get "red rain". I've just looked outside and my car is covered in a very noticeable red layer of dust from the Sahara, but as life is too short to have a clean car, it can stay until my black car turns red!

[@DennisMartinezCalifornia]

Here in Los Angeles California we had N95 masks in our cars before covid hit because of the wildfires. I keep an extra cabin filter on deck too.

[@arthas640]

Had to start doing the same in washington since the massive wildfires are going from a once a decade thing to an annual thing. Theres been a couple years where we barely had a summer where I live since the smoke was so bad it blocked out the sun for most of our short summer so we basically went from 9 months of clouds and cold to 2 months of warm and smokey, a month of summer, then 9 months of cold rain again

[@popenieafantome9527]

I was close to one of those fire and its quite the experience. Sun turned red and so did the sky. Ash EVERYWHERE, very little people outside, and the haze of ash made it look like an apocalyptic scene.

[@Dusk_Shade]

This entire video, he did not once mention _human skin_ as a common dust particulate - though granted, it's not a very common allergen.

[@gl15col]

I guess if you were allergic to your own skin, it would probably be game over at birth...

[@macaylacayton2915]

dust can be anything in powdered form, human skin in powdered form, GRAIN in powdered form, rocks in powdered form, insect poop, basically anything that can be 'powdery' most likely can be considered dust

[@michaelblosenhauer9887]

Cocaine in powdered form. What? Everyone was thinking it.

[@macaylacayton2915]

@@michaelblosenhauer9887 i meant fire wise, geez

[@Netsuko]

I recently got a new vacuum that has a laser that illuminates dust on the floor. You’d be utterly surprised about the constant layer of dust on a hardwood floor.

[@EnergyTRE]

yes the static charge it collects is quit annoying as well. especially on sensitive sensors. fresh cut grass is only thing kicks my allergies up. im lucky i guess lol

[@Master_Therion]

Dust. It's nothing to sneeze at.

[@mrhyney1]

Thanks!

[@anyascelticcreations]

I found that I'm allergic to some pelleted cat litter. (Even unused) But one brand sells it in a form that clumps. I'm not allergic to that brand. I also found that I'm allergic to crickets. Or probably their poop. I used to keep a cricket terrarium in my home. It looked pretty and provided a very soothing white noise. Plus, the crickets were fun to watch. But I sneezed every time I got near the terrarium. So, no cricket terrarium or non-clumping pine litter for me.

[@JeevasJerico13]

Underrated video, it's absurd. It's been watched by so little people, but it's super interesting!

[@Stoddlez]

I do 3d printing and I really don't want to inhale any of the dust from the nylon or polycarbonate that gets used! No one talks about it but 3d printers make a ton of dust.

[@gl15col]

That stuff has got to be bad, plastic in dust form scares me.

[@GetTheFOutOfMyWay]

Mine is in an enclosure so I'm assuming I'm good. Well... until I open the door that is.

[@lilycheese4]

I didn't know the stuff about woodworking but it didn't surprise me. I have both asthma and seasonal allergies, and I worked in lumber for seven years having to breathe in sawdust close to daily. I always had these but they did both seem to get worse over time. I'm surprised I never made the connection until now.

[@zaubermaus8190]

I hate space dust. It's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere. ...^_^°

[@jus7040]

Nice comment! What would Padmé say?

[@gothboschincarnate3931]

I concur...

[@waynejohnson1786]

I was looking for this comment 😂

[@DaveSomething]

without the dust, how will I draw and write on the furniture when I visit mom?!

[@lisam5744]

Saharan dust coming across the Atlantic is a common thing. During hurricane season, it helps to keep storms from forming by drying out the air. It's not the 'OMG, look what happened in 2020' thing shown here.

[@alertsquirrel]

Makes me think of one of my favorite useless words (useless in that it was invented for a crossword and doesn't actually have a distinct meaning from the original word): pneumonoultramicroscopicsilovolcaniconiosis!

[@fvckyoutubescensorshipandt2718]

From my hardwood floors I'd say I'd have maybe 500g per sqm. That's definitely an average, outside the path from my bed to my PC chair it's like 1cm thick (can't even see the floor anymore and would need a shovel to clean up at this point). My vacuum robot broke down 10 years ago and I never bothered replacing it. Oh well, if it doesn't kill me it will just make me stronger.

[@hayatosymons8384]

Lol, I read the title as "5 reasons to dubstep, Even in space".

[@davidmedlin8562]

What about people who work in warehouses with cement floors and lifts driving everywhere making dust

[@SportfanisCOD]

Absolute facts I was thinking this the whole time, I work in a warehouse on a forklift and the dust from inside the trailers , rubber dust from the tires and the inhalants from the propane and freight will most likely catch up in my health soon.

[@calebsalyards8076]

Okay, so today I've learned that even the most unassuming things are absolutely not good for your lungs.

[@jessost1788]

Hi, just letting you know that there's a typo at 3:58, says saraha

[@charlesmills6621]

Well, it's very obvıous that the only solution to the many problems inherent in breathing is simple, but fatal.

[@ramprasada2682]

Hold my breath until the end of this episode. Now I avoided some dust.

[@allbymys3lf831]

25 years of cutting wood for a living and this is the first I'm hearing of this...

[@sylentlight6771]

Looking around at the layer of dust over literally everything in my apartment since I work so much I don't have time to clean.... Thanks Satan! lol

[@Evistopheles]

Funny that I am watching this while sneezing my brains out from dust

[@ChrisRyot]

So you might say astronauts dislike lunar dust because it's abrasive and it gets everywhere...

[@aholiabtegar3036]

Sure, next time I breathe I will think about the dust!

[@EyesOfByes]

So anyone with OCD shouldnt watch this…

[@pyronac1]

everything you touch and breath is covered in poop

[@melaniestarkey7868]

Uh-oh too late. I sure did get crazy cleaning after that.

[@missvalval96]

Because of the dust stuff...or the spelling mistake?

[@mktemple476]

I'm in Central Texas. We get Saharan Dust blown in EVERY year.

[@aizabielgo8459]

tfw when you get reminded of pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis 7:04

[@aizabielgo8459]

which is a synonym of silicosis iirc

[@Cora.T]

I work with horses, we use straw as bedding, whenever we're putting the straw in the stables I try to let my nose run in the hope the mucus stops as much dust as possible

[@KasSommers]

Thanks for this. Now I may never breathe again!

[@hugoalvord2779]

With that deadly dust space sounds !!FUN!!

[@georgesos]

The complete name of the disease is "Pneumono ultra microscopic silico volcano coniasis " , or PUMSVC. PUMSVC was also the name of a Greek rock band of the 80s.

[@sogerc1]

How reassuring, thanks.

[@MermaidMakes]

"everyone, take a deep breath 😮😤" ........ "You just breathed in poop"

[@dieselexhausted]

Michael: Dust can be hazardous to your health, especially in certain work conditions or hobbies, so clean up and be careful. Me: Pneumoconiosis sounds like an abbreviation for "pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis" and I'm too emotionally attached to a 45-letter word to be okay with that.

[@bruggetje]

am I the only noticing that on 3:58 it says "Saraha" and not *Sahara"?

[@MarcelKumer]

Yes

[@jus7040]

Si, señor.

[@ooooneeee]

No.

[@NintendoPolitics]

You are now manually breathing!

[@Blaxjax21]

if you want an example of how fine dust can get, go to the suez canal. That sand got in to everything

[@walterschneider8033]

My local environment is quite abnormal. If its beneficial or harmful i cant tell. Surplus ant grain, molds, mice activity, spider colonies, rabbit fur and hay.

[@Swishy_Blue]

Even in space? >especially< in space!

[@Bluesmudge]

OMG How do I get all the dust out of my house?! I clean every day, but even fresh out of the dryer, my sheets poof dust all over the place!!

[@Kammerliteratur]

4:00 wait, what's the "Saraha"?

[@peterjf7723]

I think it was 2013 that we had a lot of Sahara dust in the southern UK, that really triggered my asthma.

[@philanderingwhitecollartra8281]

welders have heavy metal vapours..

[@scienceislove2014]

I spend 99% of my time in my room ... Studying and doing stuff .. this kinda scares the heck outta me

[@brynd.7485]

You've got a little typo at 3:58 lol

[@glennbabic5954]

If you run a magnet through sandy ground you will pick up meteorite dust grains. There's lots of it raining down constantly.

[@anyawillowfan]

I just moved and still coughing from the dust I most likely inhaled from packing and cleaning.

[@SameAsAnyOtherStranger]

I've climbed the mountain to return with the ultimate truth- life is killing you.

[@shugadaddy4841]

I have never not liked you guys until you pointed out that I'm breathing in BUG POOP! 💀💀💀

[@hdpotatogameplay9226]

TYPO AT 4:02 OH MY GOD

[@turingtestflunker]

there's a typo. Sahara spelled Saraha

[@earthrocker4247]

Nice pause Michael. *** drops drumkit ***

[@christheroux4077]

3:57 Sahara is spelled Saraha

[@impendio]

After experiencing the saharan dust waves in the americas of 2020 and 2021, I moved to Morocco so now _all dust is Saharan dust…_

[@samwill7259]

Even a toenail, can cut off my head, flying at orbital velocity!~

[@sybilknight]

I ❤ SciShow

[@aivrh8502]

I'll remember to dust next time I'm in space

[@brandonmtb3767]

Me: watches video Me: stops breathing

[@bijanajamlou5152]

Lunar dust would require its own episode since the electric currents on the moon is making it much more dangerous.

[@alto7183]

Los filtros de las naves espaciales del futuro serán buenos filtradores para poder con este tipo de entropia y evitar acumulación de materia orgánica en la nave y los filtros, obvservacion personal.

[@MsEriKaT]

Whoa whoa whoa... I did NOT know I was going to learn about dustmites poop and cockroach poop 😬🤯😟😳

[@Chris-op7yt]

3:58 typo..."Saraha."

[@livenandlove1980]

This video just told me to dust RIGHT NOW!

[@adorazagora]

Just putting it out there that at 4:02, Sahara is spelled Saraha? Deliberate and just a different spelling or a mistake? Otherwise, very good video!

[@frankjones5770]

I'm ok with striking 2020 from history

[@salt-emoji]

I make $25 de-dusting wharehouses, sever rooms, and factories. And it's soooooooooooo easy.

[@anyascelticcreations]

I wonder how bad diatomaceous earth is for the lungs. From what I know about the shape of it at the microscopic level, I'm guessing it's pretty bad. I've used and breathed a lot of that.

[@Sam2kay]

Am I the only one who noticed them putting "saraha" desert in the typed words on the screen around 4:12? Yes? Just me? Okay then

[@ag135i]

That's why I don't like dusting powders.

[@teeski693]

Get a whole home air purifier my people!

[@71.218-westshed]

I regret watching this while eating.

[@marco8060]

scishow: "HUMANS.... STOP... BREATHING!!!!!"

[@Rubrickety]

There's more than one difference between Seattle and New York City? Name two!

[@Marine_Veteran_Vegan_Gamer]

Dusted my fan and got sick for a little over a week. Lol

[@misophoniq]

Yeah... telling me that it's not all dust but some of it is poop didn't really comfort me after my initial disgust...

[@SirPigglezWorth]

Imma ogo door to door and offer to dust for people. Little do they know imma lick all the dust up. I will be come DustSlorper

[@dominicellis1867]

Couldn’t you at least dust buster I no does buster anymore. Fine, I’ll dust buster.

[@user-ld5wn5hv1v]

How do I destroy dust

[@dr.fancyngandwe4129]

We need more allergens the cleaner get the more over reactive to allergens. Here in Africa there are allergens but less allergic reactions. Too clean syndrome

[@lillianmoffatt2668]

This is not entirely true. Allergies often develop from overexposure. For example, the kids in NYC with cockroach allergies.

[@dr.fancyngandwe4129]

@@lillianmoffatt2668 that's the thing 1 Time exposure or on few occasions......but where am from rats mice pests and pets of all kinds I see almost a cockroach a day but in my 25yrs I have come across anyone with allergies to cockroach or pollen or pets

[@borisv1283]

Fun videos to watch while smoking in a garage 😃👍

[@NicolasMendoula]

I think....I'll clean my appartement...like right now

[@Superskeet420]

yep they dump water on the streets here in Omaha to keep the dust back in the Missouri where it belongs

[@God-ld6ll]

for justice

[@mainstream2226]

*screams internally*

[@illiengalene2285]

It also contains diamonds and gold!

[@stephaniemomma]

But pine smells so amazing, how can it be bad for us 😩