You Eat Plastic Every Day. Here's How To Avoid It.

Microplastics are everywhere, including in your body. I spent 24 hours doing everything I could to avoid ingesting them. It shouldn't be this hard.
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Huge shoutout to my wonderful patrons for helping make this video possible, and especially to Krista Steichen, Craig Guy, Mariia Smyk, Sönke Schlüter, Gregory Baute, Melissa Bedford, Neil, and Ben McGill.
I made another video where I avoided touching plastic. It will also surprise you: • I Went 24hrs Without T...
Links:
Abundance of microplastics: www.nationalgeographic.com/en...
Microplastics and health: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1...

[@ScopeofScience]

I post a lot about the environment over on instagram: instagram.com/kbaute/

[@i_am_a_real_cat1443]

Kurtis Baute where is your hair?

[@itachi2011100]

To save earth eat seafood instead of bovine meat. To save yourself from plastic don't eat seafood. Natural conclusion: Just eat avocado, bananas and oranges.

[@nikosnikolaidis713]

Hey Kurtis, can i translate the video with Greek Subtitles because I want to send it to my chemist professor who doesn't know English? Thanks a lot. 😊

[@eSKAone-]

Plastic pullover + plastic shoes, leaving plastic everywhere he moves.

[@TheUnholyPosole]

Whats your take on air fryers, that are made from plastic?

[@JOEGGGJOE]

Wish we would just go back to glass.

[@LL-zw1dq]

JOEGGGJOE Yeah. Its extremely sustainable and better for the environment

[@spaceisalie5451]

JOEGGGJOE You'd rather eat glass?????

[@patriotwave3975]

@@spaceisalie5451 yes.

[@mikeicee]

Not possible. Americans need vegan leather (oil), plastic containers (oil), plastic clothing… even most “soap” is not soap anymore. Like Dove is a beauty bar not a soap… we are a nation of oil consumers.

[@Crequidum]

Hey Kurtis, not enabling ads is a pretty cool thing to do! But unfortunately it also diminishes your reach within the platform since KZbin doesn't get money from your vids, so the algorithm favors you less. Just thought I'd let you know.

[@ambulocetusnatans]

I've been trying to teach the algorithm. I go over there to the "up Next" feed, and click "not interested" on all the BS videos. I don't know if it helps, but it can't hurt.

[@ValeriePallaoro]

@@ambulocetusnatans my youtubes updated itself and now I can queue up next to my liking; so I just take from fave channels, where ads are low. This one is doing it for the fans

[@shinren_]

I got this recommended though xd

[@philm5380]

Yeah, honestly, it's probably hurting him more than it's helping. If it leads to his video getting less views because it's not monetizeable then the message is reaching fewer people.

[@sliceofbread2611]

@@ambulocetusnatans so now, instead of just seeing videos of stuff we like, we are spending time teaching an algorithm to stop being so capitalist?

[@sad_boi_]

kurtis: *looks at every single grain of salt through a microscope to make sure it doesn't contain any plastic* r/madlads

[@bloomfilms]

r/ihavereddit

[@coyotedomino]

BloomFilms r/ihaveihavereddit

[@ozancanca9740]

Yoey Schwab r/ihaveihaveihavereddit

[@zacjohnson452]

Ozan Canca r/ihaveihaveihaveihavereddit

[@blu3ntv]

When u realize tiping "r/madlad" on yt does nothing but u do it anyway. r/madlad

[@Grunge_Cycling]

Meanwhile wearing a polyester hoodie

[@jokujou]

A week? I can eat a credit card in 10 seconds

[@ScopeofScience]

Challenge Accepted! Wait, no, that's not what this is...

[@connorfrey8597]

mind and eat it before the expiry date .

[@kemchobhenchod]

I think you'd be surprised by how difficult it actually is to eat a credit card.

[@brunosco]

😂

[@daruween1398]

yummy 😋

[@jeremyg9323]

That moment when you realize that plastic fiber probably came from his sweater

[@skinnypete8928]

Jeremy G lmao

[@colekeller]

Ya he was wearing plastic clothing for sure.

[@jmc8076]

Maybe but whether you choose to believe it or not micro plastics are everywhere esp in our water in our food chain. This is fact.

[@yesno7889]

@@colekeller most clothes do have traces of plastic fibres tho

[@bodyofhope]

Yep, polyester is plastic and his mattress & couch may have been made of poly as well. It leaches in sadly.

[@Mimi-zc8ri]

I'm only in my teens and everything like this always has me overthinking 24/7, this stuff scares and worries me. I wish I never had to worry about this. Ever. I have heard and seen many ways people are trying to fix this issue and it makes me happy hoping fresher, better water and food, air in the near future.

[@eatrawfood1]

We know that plastics are endocrine disrupters really do we need to say more.

[@brunosco]

Yeah, this « we don’t have studies yet » is so silly. No need for a study to show me eating plastic is not exactly healthy !

[@maritachikuge]

'Video number two' - I see what you did there, Kurtis!

[@PabloPerroPerro]

I don't get it, explain pls

[@mozkitolife5437]

@@PabloPerroPerro 1 = wee wee 2 = poo poo 3 = you don't want to know but you do if you have kids

[@gerRule]

Jason Axford is 3 incest?

[@mozkitolife5437]

@@gerRule 👍🤷‍♂️ 😂😂😂😂

[@Tryinnosaurus_Rex]

Awe man... how did I not notice that 😂👌🏼

[@moonchild8733]

I'm so sick about this. I cannot believe this is happening to all of us. I do not eat seafood and I'm so happy I do not now. I eat & drink alot of stuff in plastic and breathing it as well. I'm so sick now I do not know how I'm going to do this. Lord have mercy on us.

[@dodaexploda]

Did you also make sure there was no plastic in the clothes you wore? My understanding is that can be a big source of the plastics in our body.

[@shitlordflytrap1078]

Of course, it is, but then again. It's impossible to do now.

[@ScopeofScience]

I made a video where I didn't touch/wear plastic for 24 hours. I wasn't mad enough to do both of these challenges simultaneously though. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jpinanyqo6eEqaM

[@christianl151]

He's wearing plastic sunglasses so

[@harrysurette7209]

Derek D and the sunglasses he wore

[@zacjohnson452]

THE MICROSCOPE PROBABLY HAS PLASTIC TOO!

[@MrMayex]

All recorded on plastic camera 😆

[@jefferyshaw3990]

You saying you don't record stuff by etching it into a rock? Weak

[@BeccaGarner05]

I was wondering why he was wearing plastic on his eyes with the sunglasses lol

[@RC-qu8xg]

How about that magazine as well?

[@MedlifeCrisis]

You are the best kind of KZbinr. I like watching people do things 99% of us wouldn't do, go that extra mile. Great stuff. But. A WHOLE CREDIT CARD WTF

[@ScopeofScience]

In the alternative universe version of this video I ate a credit card in a single sitting.

[@panchocoyote3608]

That seems a bit much. I'd say a tenth of that.

[@jamestortellini5740]

Are you scientist panch?

[@domainofscience]

This was really well put together, thanks Kurtis, really great video!

[@ScopeofScience]

Thanks Dom!! :D

[@RytisLikeThatLikeThis]

And now they found it in our Blood as of 2022 You were ahead of your time !

[@yoshikochikuni1247]

Kurtis: “I’m living in a hut in the middle of an island so I don’t swallow the plastic in the air. Also Kurtis: *[Wears plastic sunglasses]*

[@DJVARAO]

That alone exemplifies the silliness of virtue signalling and pretended self-awareness. Famous people self-promoting how they avoid plastic bags for the environment usually are the same ones travelling on private jets for a sandwich... or a KZbin video.

[@obscured9414]

@@DJVARAO spoken truth !

[@Ab_someone]

The same myopia that's causing everybody to pollute and non accepts they are doing it too

[@HiBye-yt2xb]

Yoshiko Chikuni ..not to mention all the plastic in his hoodie, shoes, etc🤣

[@martinlarsson8947]

It’s easy to knock.

[@samconcklin]

This is incredible. I had no idea there was plastic in the air like that! Thank you Kurtis for making these pure videos and giving us honest, bite-sized looks at issues like the plastic crisis. I look forward to your next adventure, and I wish you and Sir Stabbington the best.

[@loreleihillard5078]

Me: *eats wrappers off of sweets occasionally* Kurtis: "You eat plastic everyday" Me: "Well, Duh"

[@Mike-mm8gg]

What

[@DarkCrusade]

bruh

[@juliesentman4029]

Hi! I'm an undergraduate researcher at UMass currently studying the effects of microplastics in soil and in our waste management systems! I'm writing up a report and wanted some inspiration to get me started, and this was a wonderful video! The experiment I just ran was looking at the size and number of microplastics in soil and how that would impact lettuce growth and the soil rhizospheres and such. It definitely had a large impact, which was expected, however because there is so little research, as you said, we have to do these basic experiments to show it because they've never been done before. Of course, this was with pristine plastics (as we'd have to degrade our own plastics, which is a very difficult thing to do- we recently found a way to do it but it's not perfect by any means. Only a few small change in the structure of the plastic) so we're going to run it again with degraded plastics if we're able to. Personally, I believe that there is no avoiding plastics at this point and I hope to do more research on the chemically damaging aspects of microplastics in our own bodies. Microplastics are toxic (at certain levels, as is any pollutant) but no one really knows what it does to our bodies. Of course, this research would require another few organic chemistry classes (the bane of my existence) but it'll be worth it for science. Love your content!

[@janedoe1015]

Plastic: it's for the synthetic people who prefer convenience over nature.

[@maximturcan1722]

Which one do you prefer?

[@maximturcan1722]

@AHOB Oktober we tried that with gays, now they have their own pride month. I do not want a vegan pride month in the future.

[@jen9774]

Try and live without it.

[@freshencounter]

Thanks for verifying what I already knew, and tell people all the time! And you just really supported me with storing everything in glass I just started that this past month and I appreciate it! Unfortunately, I’ve been getting sick from fish over the past 3 years. Which means I’ve had it about 3 times. Between the plastic in the water and the ongoing Fukushima leak that’s not talked about any more; the oils spills on the East Coast, I should know better. But I love it! 💛 But now, I’m committed to flax seeds! 😁 Please keep doing what you do!

[@tolga1cool]

3:22 Remote parts of the world like - the Alps? You've never been to the Alps have you? Literally every single valley and every single hillside is populated

[@MeredithHoo]

also skis are plastic

[@bassskirtgirl]

tolga1cool and they put everything in plastic

[@NitroJonScience]

Wonderful stuff you're doing, and honourable that you're disabling ads, and by extension, your KZbin income, to support human and environmental health. You are truly awesome.

[@fireballfoxtrot6663]

mm delicious plastic it tastes like capitalism

[@superaurae]

Im reading this in snufkin's voice and honestly, fits very well

[@baumkuchen6543]

This is like asking for 10page long wannabe politics/philosophy expert comment. Is the popcorn ready ? :D

[@felixsrm3357]

@@baumkuchen6543 ein Baum Kuchen Kommentar zählt auch ;)

[@masomidd319]

Føxtrøt 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@julianunyabiz2193]

Found the political autism

[@whatistheirface]

Your channel is so, so well produced and informative. Its a crime that you don't have a bigger following.

[@hynesie11]

Your hoody is 90% polyester.

[@saram2533]

Eoghan Hynes the blue micro plastic from the salt was from his hoody

[@richNfit4life]

Wow, 90% polyester? I guess the upside will be no wrinkles as I age.👏😃

[@laytonpratt]

Goes to remote island to avoid plastic. Wears plastic glasses and clothing containing plastics.

[@joexg50]

We can not avoid it anywhere we go... Tiny particles have been found floating in our highest peaks the ALPHS.. WHAT we really need to is cleaning it up and stop dumping it in our Oceans!!! Plastics are all around us. We don’t need Russia, N. Korea nor Iran to nuke us, in a short time we will/ are killing ourselves.. Come back in 10,000 or so years it might of heald it self by then..

[@samreynolds3789]

And ISLAND Beach has GARBAGE EVERYWHERE , even in FISH , etc….. you catch !🤣😂😅😂🤣😡🤬😫😭

[@MrAnticamp]

Great video bringing more awareness to the severity of the plastic issue.

[@nataliaregina3094]

ah yes, the caffeine withdrawal headache, I chuckled too much at this! Thank you for producing such a lovely helpful and informative video. I think the more videos like this help to draw education and discussion to this global issue, the more we can all begin to start effecting change, a healthier life for all of us starts with recognition, Our Poor Earth!

[@julianjaffe8739]

Your comment about ads restored some of my faith in humanity and made me smile. Thank you for being a decent human being!!

[@Ulnarevern]

I'm thankful you proposed a video for Tom Scott's vacations and got selected. Of the many science/knowledge channels I'm subscribed to (some English ones and mostly French stuff), you're probably the most original one I know of. You keep surprising me with these projects seemingly coming out of nowhere (especially since I'm not following you on other medias). You always base your videos on experiments, which isn't a norm (at least for the channels I'm following). You always go all the way to illustrate your point, and I enjoyed each and every video you made since I subscribed. Thank you for being an awesome person :)

[@ScopeofScience]

Well this comment made my day. Thanks!

[@mickeybuzzkill]

Kurtis, you're incredible! Thank You!

[@JasonBlack66]

wow, I have never hated plastic as much as I do right now. Thanks a lot! I mean I have always known about the issue with seafood (including heavy metals too) but I never realized just how unavoidable it really is. Sadly it all makes sense. But I am not prepared to make such drastic changes to my diet, so I must continue eating food laced with plastic at the same time know what I am doing how bad it must be for my Stomach, Bowels, and Body :( I feel a little down right now. I was going to make Smach Burgers (Ultra Cheese Burgers) but now I think I will just have a hearty meal of nothing :/

[@phuckyu7501]

5:04 Hopefully some lab will answer the call of doody.

[@braeburnhilliard8340]

Thank you for the wonderful research you do. I enjoy watching your videos and I too take as many measures as possible to consume little or no plastics, whether it be eating or in everyday use.

[@EEVENEEVEN-vb5qy]

My wife is mostly plastic

[@huntertankersley1726]

Starting around 0:39 he starts moving his camera slowly, he switches hands at 0:49, and he did it so smoothly. congrats my dude that deserves some appreciation.

[@StoneCoolds]

A few thousand years from now: Human 2.0: wow, it seems primitive humans use to eat plastic on a daily basis, it must be ceremonial!

[@samnewman3123]

more like 70 years from now

[@gauravsingh6355]

Your efforts are really appreciable.

[@ivenxmusic]

You are one of the amazing people we need. Love you for what you are doing❤

[@masomidd319]

literally one of the best you tubers out there very inspirational and joyful i love it i would love to say more but it's 2:30 in the morning

[@selkouni7614]

Kurtis, Thank you so much for doing this. Not just this project, your channel and a whole! I'm a person who currently pursues a job in Graphic Design, since it was the most affordable associate degree I could go for right now at my country. But my heart and passion has always, always been science - From agriculture to microbiology, physics and ecology. Your videos make me reconnect with that part of me that awaits the moment it can sprout. Despite not having the most stable mental health, I do and I will work hard, and I believe that I'll be able to study abroad In less than five years! But, your channel, is among those that truly inspire me most. Your sincerity, your trust, and your passion outshines anything I've ever seen in this platform - Thank you.

[@ScopeofScience]

Thank you, kind soul. Hope you have a fantastic week. :)

[@maxxxy910]

I've never thought about this, thank you for the video!

[@jimmysgameclips]

Every one of your videos is so profound and excellent, thankyou!

[@sakki8889]

We also don't know if the microplastics we ingest has an effect on our health. Scary stuff.

[@eveneeee]

In water, hydrophobic molecules tend to stick together. Most plastics are hydrophobic so they can potentially accumulate hydrophobic toxins. If this gets into the body and into our tissue, I wonder what kind of effect this would have. Especially if hormone mimicking compounds gets into our system.

[@gf3506]

It is certainly bad. Especially for your testosterone levels.

[@balkanblackpillvideosandmo8456]

They want to destroy men

[@eveneeee]

@Greg Fom I do not know exactly about this, but there is probably effects which we have some clue of and some we do not know about. I guess as time goes by we will get a better picture of the long term effects of single substances and these cocktails of chemicals, since this is all pretty new. There is a lot to read on Nature if you are interested in what that is currently going on.

[@MasonOfLife]

This is where natural selection kicks in and the ones with the genes that are the best at dealing with micro plastics survive and reproduce May fortune be ever in your favour

[@harvest-min1825]

Thanks for your experiment because I said years from the beginning of the use plastic that it could be unhealthy and we should continue using bottles. Although, glass was fragile it was easier to clean and use. Hope to see it used more now they have discovered new findings about plastic. I'm old school I feel we should study things longer before using them among the people.

[@DanielLeeDrones]

Good Video! Thanks for getting this information out there.

[@talori5417]

This is plain crazy! I love it! ❤️

[@andrewjames643]

I am in admiration of your decision to disable ads. It’s so selfless to do that. keep up the good work on your videos.

[@russbuss98]

This is why everyone was an absolute Chad 200 years ago.

[@luciebardos]

This is a great video! It's so cool that you took a stand and disabled the ads on this channel. Not many people would go to those lengths. I'm glad to have stumbled upon it. That cob house looks like it's somewhere in BC! Is it AinBnB-able perchance?

[@MegaSaanch]

I love your channel.. I don’t want to sound bad but I really wish your channel remains like this, unpopular, simple, unexplored.. I would like to at the same time wish you a lot of success and growth!

[@bige8549]

It's now in the clothes we buy, which makes it extremely difficult to avoid.

[@Tomary]

Great video! You REALLY should provide a link to your Patreon site especially if you talk about it :)

[@_A4A]

I so appreciate you Kurtis!... This video really puts the worlds plastic epidemic into prospective for those that watch it and the message is spreading my friend!...

[@meaganshkwarek7440]

Unfortunately it's not just seafood. Plastic is commonly added to livestock feed as a biproduct of trying to reduce food waste in landfills. Eat Vegan, buy low waste, buy fresh spices and condiments, filter your tap water and buy North Sea salt.

[@BeasTboye]

Your hoodie is probably synthetic fibers (i.e. plastic). 😤

[@benbry942]

This is just mind-blowing. kinda sad to be honest but I guess this is the start of a whole anti-plastic revolution:)

[@AB-gt8ci]

Thanks for no ads .

[@ext1013]

you are so awesome. i wish i have your lifestyle. thanks for the info and btw, you intro background is awesome too.

[@inuyasha]

The only way to avoid plastic is going underground or in to space.

[@andreasleonlandgren3092]

inuyasha haha he Will find out in time..

[@danielgorzelniak3209]

Good luck living in space without plastic haha

[@samreynolds3789]

It is in SPACE SHIPS !

[@Corporis]

So when can we expect that coffee song on Spotify, ehh?

[@rokozaki]

this

[@melissak.8385]

awaiting vid #2! hahaha. Loved when you were finally able to get your coffee! That's my go to brotha! Informative info on our consumption and over use of plastic. far reaching...what it's doing to our earth and all life forms. what does it mean for the future...

[@KaySeminomadic]

Interesting video. Thanks for sharing.

[@CassyKrammer]

He: "Why am I here?" Me ".... Just to suffer? Every night, I can feel my leg..." I watch to much KZbin ....

[@pranavbhagat926]

Your clothes whose fibre is synthetic is mad of plastic

[@ahd9456]

This video popped up perfectly for me in suggested vids, thanks

[@marinadelocean]

Surprisingly what's good for the planet is also good for us

[@MrCanal2012]

could we get a video about the different types of plastic, like food grade?

[@Ofmyownvolition]

there is no such thing as “food grade” plastic, plastic is literally cancer for the earth.

[@emppu-tech6065]

@@Ofmyownvolition Stop writing false information. You clearly dont know anything about plastics.

[@oO_ox_O]

If it has a F or a C in it then it's probably especially bad?

[@mackk123]

Food safe means it wont degrade into your food as quickly as other plastics

[@eobard1328]

Great video man

[@nairamounilo1451]

Loved the coffee withdrawal song. 🤣💕

[@ANMA133]

Unfortunately even fruits have plastic in them according to recent studies

[@KingJellyfishII]

Hey, where is that place? It looks a little like where I live actually. Not exactly, too nice weather lol.

[@squeakers27]

Your videos are so scientific but so fun and interested thanks so much

[@wooof.]

I read a study which said ~45% of microplastics come from rubber tires! We don't talk about it because it's impossible for us to change our society to this

[@winstonjanus3377]

This is pretty interesting!

[@BasedChad1]

How the elites lessen life spans of surfs.

[@giddy7079]

Legit the next KZbin ad I saw after this was for evian. "Purity uncompromised." Hmm. Not so sure about that anymore.

[@serenarossi8480]

In the air.... that's a shock!! That house Is goals, btw.

[@jojojorisjhjosef]

should've started the video with "you're breathing plastic, right now" that keeps people watching.

[@greendragon0009]

At least until the plastic gets them.

[@goodyKoeln]

Two most effective things I was told elsewhere: - Drink tap water (if it’s recommended where you live) - Con’t cut food on plastic Who has another low hanging plastic fruit?

[@Coccinelf]

Don't microwave your food in plastic.

[@mozkitolife5437]

@@Coccinelf I keep telling my wife this. Doesn't seem to sink in.

[@amyrlin026]

@@mozkitolife5437 maybe it's time to buy new microwavable storage containers so she has the convenience of microwaving leftovers in glass? I dunno, just an idea.

[@mozkitolife5437]

@@amyrlin026 Good idea, but that requires taking the food out of the plastic packaging and into another container. Too inconvenient for her.

[@goodyKoeln]

@Coccinelle Thanks, I’m already following this, but good one. 👌🏻

[@jubsology]

Thank you for removing ads of plastic

[@yoursubconscious]

wow! simply said, well put. 🤜🤛

[@daruween1398]

"I look through every grain of salt under a microscope" madlad Kurtis

[@geoffshelley2427]

I heard somewhere that plastics (particularly certain kinds) affects hormones in the body. I'm not an expert, so can't say with certainty, but this could possibly explain some anomalies we see in behaviors outside traditional social norms, if you get my drift. just saying, it could be a possibility and I wouldn't be surprised if it was an explanation.

[@sijsu]

Wow, awesome video!

[@aIanreid]

Great video, earned a new sub 💚

[@StacksFacts]

::cackles:: video #2. A thing I wonder about: what about things like milk cartons and tetrapacks? I know they use LESS plastic which means they're probably better than plastic milk jugs, but how does the plastic that they do use affect recyclability?

[@difflocktwo]

Most plastics/composites are down-cycled. The more you process these materials the worse performance you usually get.

[@sunnyjoy229]

Solution: Ban plastics.

[@nessaj4522]

Bright information!! Thank you. 2021

[@richardshane2080]

I have one kidney that has become cancerous, I've lived off off plastic water bottles for 30 years... be aware

[@elmo319]

Don’t worry, it’s food safe plastic 🤪

[@lpbaybee4942]

"Video number 2" - I see what you did there

[@KJensenStudio]

Thanks for the video, Kuris. Will you tell us please where this was filmed? What a lovely cob house, it looks like the Pacific Northwest. Sad about all the plastic though.

[@5100eliska]

Hey, i love your channel! I don't think disabled ads will do anything and you lose money that way. And in my opinion, it would be money well earned because you do so many great things! Most of us hit that skip button without caring what those ads are about

[@konst1]

funny to see this now that they found micro plastic in human blood

[@inboxterapie5608]

*Had plastic sunglasses on his face half the time*

[@spring7643]

Thank you for sharing!!

[@empath2freedom550]

Amazing! Thanks so much!🌸🌼🌞🌻🌞