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  • Trevor breaks down the growing concern over the uses and health risks of PFAS, a.k.a. “forever chemicals.” #IfYouDontKnowNowYouKnow #IYDKNYK #TheDailyShow
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  • @nahman7763
    @nahman7763 Před 4 lety +537

    Hi I studied these chemicals for about three years now. This is not just a PFAS problem. This is a US chemical regulation issue. The US allows chemicals to be manufactured and used in consumer goods with an "innocent until proven guilty" attitude. It relies on self reporting of research conducted by the companies. If they find an adverse health effect of a product they make theyre supposed to report it to the EPA. This leads to companies just not conducting health studies. No one can conduct independent research on them because their chemical makeup is "confidential business information"... even to the EPA (this has to do with the EPA-Industry revolving door but thats a whole other issue if youre interested)!
    Best example out there of how US chemical policy fails the American people is Asbestos. DID YOU KNOW ASBESTOS IS NOT BANNED IN THE USA? You know it causes cancer, you see the ads on TV. Well The EPA had over 10 years and 100 pages of research supporting Asbestos causes cancer and due to the way TSCA is written, the EPAs role is not only to prove a chemical causes unnecessary harm to the American population, but it also puts the burden of proof on them to prove "banning the chemical is the least burdensome alternative". Ultimately the EPA was unable to prove banning asbestos use was the “the least burdensome means” when regulating against such risks and the courts ruled against them.
    Not only that, but PFAS is a large class of chemicals (hundreds of them exist). The big manufacturers of PFAS agreed to a voluntary phase out of 2 of the most common PFAS, PFOA and PFOS. This voluntary phase out creates two big problems. First, the company scientists simply move a few molecules around and technically it is a "new chemical" though it is still in the PFAS class. Second, without federal regulation on the chemical it severely limits the benefits contaminated communities can receive under the Federal Superfund Act (The law that is supposed to make polluters pay for the clean up of their pollutants). If a chemical was never deemed unsafe or banned by the EPA, how can the federal government force a corporation to be accountable for the cleanup of land contaminated with that chemical?
    This issue extends much farther than just PFAS. Anyways thanks for coming to my TED talk

    • @jimmehjimmson8876
      @jimmehjimmson8876 Před 4 lety +30

      Most insightful comment

    • @skys6655
      @skys6655 Před 4 lety +1

      👍🏽

    • @santsuma
      @santsuma Před 4 lety +25

      @ Nahman .,... Thanks for the "TED-text" brother.
      Comments like yours are what keep me reading comments on YT, despite the 90% of BS texts.
      Long text, meaningful, real information... that's what you did. Tks.
      Please go on writing long comments, they matter.

    • @alexanderjoseph22
      @alexanderjoseph22 Před 4 lety +11

      Absolutely. Dark Waters (2019) with Mark Ruffalo is a really great movie about this.

    • @markorbit4752
      @markorbit4752 Před 4 lety +4

      Your comment makes my youtube visit today worth it. Very informative.

  • @faaug
    @faaug Před 4 lety +1484

    Isn’t that what the Mark Ruffallo’s “Dark Waters” movie talked about the DuPont scandal?! By the way it’s a GREAT movie that everyone should see.

    • @MacShrike
      @MacShrike Před 4 lety +42

      Yes indeed it was! And, somehow in the EU, especially in the Netherlands form some reason, Dupont still managed to drop a huge plant in the middle of the country. Now everything is covered in it and we can't even scoop up dirt (like when building stuff) without getting it airborne and .. yeah cancer.
      And that is AFTER! the scoops with Dupont in the US. If I ever get my hands on the %$%^hole lobbyist that took money for that I'll put my PF up his ass! (Pick something for PF yourself.. perhaps Prickly Fruit (Pineapple seems appropriate)

    • @maxxmittelstadt4979
      @maxxmittelstadt4979 Před 4 lety +25

      Yup, the movie was good. Big companies will hide whatever they can to make the money.

    • @aritrachoudhury3269
      @aritrachoudhury3269 Před 4 lety +13

      Ikr the ending was really good . And that solo speech he gave about the system

    • @Palashvadnere
      @Palashvadnere Před 4 lety +3

      @@FlameOnTheBeat yes Mark 🙌

    • @Malphordion
      @Malphordion Před 4 lety +12

      Wait so i wasnt wrong that mark ruffalo portrayed the lawyer who fought this case for quite a long time
      such a great movie

  • @presidentoneday6634
    @presidentoneday6634 Před 4 lety +308

    Imagine being in flint Michigan and hearing this.. not only is your water terrible, it also has extra chemicals in it. 👍👍👍👍

    • @ayden6137
      @ayden6137 Před 4 lety

      President Oneday soundcloud.com/raymi-ashley/mi-amor-velso-2/s-kxJs9

    • @ashtton_tapiwa
      @ashtton_tapiwa Před 4 lety +4

      Super mutants are bound to come out of Flint

    • @superblondeDotOrg
      @superblondeDotOrg Před 4 lety +2

      imagine being jeff bezos and getting a blood transfusion every day because he can afford it and wants perfect blood

    • @SiscoTheKiddHollard
      @SiscoTheKiddHollard Před 4 lety +2

      Most Midwestern cities have lead in their water, not just Flint

    • @darianbarber3763
      @darianbarber3763 Před 4 lety +7

      Oh If you think flint is bad wait till you hear about the problems that fracking presents, then learn that there are few regulations on it....

  • @marymarsella9050
    @marymarsella9050 Před 4 lety +137

    This sort of story used to be on nightly news. Now it’s on Comedy Central.

    • @superblondeDotOrg
      @superblondeDotOrg Před 4 lety

      cant count on impeached trump for discussing real news when he gets better ratings still ranting about hillary and obama..

    • @brycegaudette5916
      @brycegaudette5916 Před 4 lety

      I mean, Hillary is going to jail, so that's that. Obama is no longer even President, that's that. Trump was technically impeached, but the Democrats failed to send it over to the Senate, thus the impeachment being a complete hoax, that's that.

  • @BG-jj8zd
    @BG-jj8zd Před 4 lety +491

    Watch Dark Water staring Mark Ruffalo. It's a movie about this subject exactly. Its disgusting what Dupont did and covered up.

    • @JimGEDDIS3000
      @JimGEDDIS3000 Před 4 lety +11

      I saw that movie, stunning to find out.

    • @iamvaydon007
      @iamvaydon007 Před 4 lety +14

      Will watch

    • @earth8515
      @earth8515 Před 4 lety +5

      lady 214324 is that what turned him into hulk

    • @BG-jj8zd
      @BG-jj8zd Před 4 lety +2

      @@earth8515 LMAO🤣🤣🤣

    • @Richard_Nickerson
      @Richard_Nickerson Před 4 lety

      Starring*
      Also, you got the right it's the first time, but not the second time.

  • @hawkeye3938
    @hawkeye3938 Před 4 lety +69

    I see he finally got around to watching Dark Waters...

  • @russellhinton9272
    @russellhinton9272 Před 4 lety +183

    Life was never intended to be this convenient and the silent choices we all make will be our legacy, good or bad

    • @finnslibrary2189
      @finnslibrary2189 Před 4 lety +6

      Preach.

    • @stevenpaul3878
      @stevenpaul3878 Před 4 lety +3

      wooooaah man. thats like sooo, deep.

    • @matthewfairchild3846
      @matthewfairchild3846 Před 4 lety +8

      @ChambersofSiege I like how your statement is totally irrelevant to what the OP said. People died in their 40's because of a lack of medical advances. Lmfao

    • @cannibalbananas
      @cannibalbananas Před 4 lety

      Says who? If our species has always invented new ways to make someone's life easie, then this is the natural result.

    • @brianaburnette3400
      @brianaburnette3400 Před 2 lety

      Humans are lazy and plus its just so many mouths to feed its the real reason why corporations dont have time to change anything about their cancerous products

  • @etiopisk4life
    @etiopisk4life Před 4 lety +187

    It’s Teflon. Watch “The Devil We Know” on Netflix. It’s all about this. It will make you angry, scared, and makes you think twice about how and where your food is cooked and packaged.

    • @sdfkjgh
      @sdfkjgh Před 4 lety +18

      etiopisk4life: You got the title wrong. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Devil_We_Know

    • @suyashwaghmare3911
      @suyashwaghmare3911 Před 4 lety +5

      telfon is alot diff than pfa teflon is polymer of fluroethene not containing any carbonyl group

    • @abram730
      @abram730 Před 4 lety +1

      I know!! dems are in trouble if Trump start doing things like this for the American people. Hitler did that, and nobody cared about the Reichstag fire after that.
      Fascism wins when they grab the left. Many such things are also wildly popular on the right too though.

    • @ReapeX
      @ReapeX Před 4 lety +3

      @@abram730 Que?

    • @skie6282
      @skie6282 Před 4 lety +1

      Thats what got me off nonstick shit

  • @T_1.5
    @T_1.5 Před 4 lety +246

    When you live near flint and the gov starts talking about water standards

  • @michaeladams6847
    @michaeladams6847 Před 4 lety +82

    That Dupont lady will now haunt me in my dreams 😂😬

    • @Somd55
      @Somd55 Před 4 lety +4

      Michael Adams - 😄 true

    • @Quicksilver0922
      @Quicksilver0922 Před 4 lety +3

      I don’t trust anybody that doesn’t blink

    • @mlouwagie
      @mlouwagie Před 4 lety +1

      her black rings of chemical toxicidity(sp)i see a lizard under the skin(could be true)(haha)

  • @pharaohbubbles1547
    @pharaohbubbles1547 Před 4 lety +79

    I love how our country is doing way more about a virus, rather than something like Flints Water Crisis

    • @Squintis
      @Squintis Před 4 lety +3

      Byron Box they’re barely doing anything about that either. We only did 500 tests and the cdc sent a faulty test. They don’t close anything. Why? Cause if you get sick here, you’re gonna have to pay for it. Other places pay for you. Why privatization of health care is a grey area. And they’ll risk us all dying to stop their stocks from falling.

    • @daves9379
      @daves9379 Před 4 lety +3

      Once you poison the water it's too late🏴‍☠️🥱

  • @christianschoff2490
    @christianschoff2490 Před 4 lety +61

    The fact that everyone has them is strangely comforting.

    • @bmaze944
      @bmaze944 Před 4 lety +15

      Only reason it's comforting is that the Duponts also have them so they are just as fucked as the rest of us. One downside to that is they have enough money to get the best healthcare in the world

    • @abram730
      @abram730 Před 4 lety +8

      We almost all die of cancer. That isn't comforting.

    • @christianschoff2490
      @christianschoff2490 Před 4 lety +4

      No, it's comforting because it's been around for 80 years and there are plenty of old people walking around.

    • @sheilameyers152
      @sheilameyers152 Před 4 lety +1

      @@christianschoff2490 seniors living a long life!

    • @winecrimesfoodandtime7119
      @winecrimesfoodandtime7119 Před 2 lety +1

      @@christianschoff2490 it will show more in people dying younger like they do now

  • @probablynotabigtoe9407
    @probablynotabigtoe9407 Před 4 lety +408

    Is it bad to be stabbed by a metal spike?
    serial killer: There are lots of metals in our body.

    • @acevehe
      @acevehe Před 4 lety +11

      Hahaha

    • @RabblesTheBinx
      @RabblesTheBinx Před 4 lety +9

      If that's what a serial killer would say, and you thought of it, does that mean that you're a - oh, hey, look, a birdie.

    • @jomar564
      @jomar564 Před 4 lety +9

      He just giving you extra iron tho

    • @RabblesTheBinx
      @RabblesTheBinx Před 4 lety +5

      @@jomar564 who said the spikes were iro- oh, shit, you too?

    • @4OURTANK
      @4OURTANK Před 4 lety +1

      Lmfao 😹

  • @happytimeharry363
    @happytimeharry363 Před 4 lety +116

    Dow developed it. And, when they discovered that it was harmful to humans, their rationale for using the chemical regardless was that any alternative they might come up with, could be worse. That is a matter of public record.

    • @annaeeee7516
      @annaeeee7516 Před 4 lety +2

      Wtf

    • @Gahundledack
      @Gahundledack Před 4 lety +13

      They also voluntarily phased it out of production. And as soon as they ramped down production, DuPont ramped up.

    • @jokemiri
      @jokemiri Před rokem

      @@Gahundledack Isn't Dow duPont now?

  • @jessiiep
    @jessiiep Před 4 lety +25

    There’s a documentary on Netflix about this called “The Devil We Know”. Check it out.

  • @Fifthelement203
    @Fifthelement203 Před 4 lety +91

    When someone says “we do not believe” it’s a MFin lie. Period. Btw everybody watch the movie “Dark Water” excellent film about this subject

    • @ELI323
      @ELI323 Před 4 lety

      Word

    • @sbs5130
      @sbs5130 Před 4 lety +3

      "We have chosen to disregard evidence to the effect of... "

    • @beckybertish7841
      @beckybertish7841 Před 4 lety

      There's also a doc on teflon, it's called the devil we know. Also atomic homefront. Both are very good documentaries and make you think.

    • @sudazima
      @sudazima Před 4 lety

      the C8 science panel did some terrible p hacking work, their study is not proof of anything and its unlikely any of this causes cancer. further more they are not forever chemicals, thats just some media term thats made up.

    • @Fifthelement203
      @Fifthelement203 Před 4 lety +1

      Sudazima you must work for DuPont. Or ur a flat earthier smh

  • @Krotha
    @Krotha Před 4 lety +66

    PFAS can be broken down by certain bacterium living under optimal conditions. Provide more funding for research and development and we can solve this issue.

    • @ExorcistX999
      @ExorcistX999 Před 4 lety +13

      What bacteria and under what optimal conditions? Are the bacteria safe for us and the environment? Are those "optimal conditions" achievable in a way that doesn't do more harm in the end? Even if this was true, doesn't make it any better for us.

    • @jjildo
      @jjildo Před 4 lety +1

      That is not true. Pls provide source

    • @Krotha
      @Krotha Před 4 lety +5

      @@ExorcistX999 Acidimicrobium bacterium A6, please reference this article published in "Environmental Science and Technology" and available via ScienceDaily, www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/09/190918083218.htm

    • @Krotha
      @Krotha Před 4 lety +6

      ​@@jjildo There was a study published last year that demonstrated reduction in specific PFAS constituents using the bacterium Acidimicrobium bacterium A6. Here is the article that contains the source you requested. www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/09/190918083218.htm

    • @Krotha
      @Krotha Před 4 lety +7

      @@ExorcistX999 Many municipal water and wastewater treatment systems use bacteria to consume the loading of excess nutrients that persists in our waste. Typically this involves a basin of wastewater where bacteria is grown under controlled conditions to cultivate a healthy population of microorganisms or "bugs" to eat all the nutrients from our waste. The bugs populations will change in concentration based on the different types of nutrients that comes through the sewer system. These bugs are separated out and reused as a biosolid for fertilizer which makes sense considering all the nutrients those bacteria just ate.
      So for removing PFAS we can look for bacteria that is capable of using PFAS for food but that can also degrade the substance. This study is a proof of concept so supporting research in this area will help further develop and optimize this method of treatment. The next study could be how do you scale or speed the process up? Reach out to the people who worked on the study and learn more if you are really interested in the work.
      Hope this helps!

  • @whyyouwannaknowmyname4598
    @whyyouwannaknowmyname4598 Před 4 lety +10

    Woah, wait a minute! @5:47, that was in 2003, why is the government only doing something about it now!? Why am I only hearing about this now!? That was 17 years ago!

  • @WeenieHutJr06
    @WeenieHutJr06 Před 4 lety +5

    I work at an analytical lab that tests water, soil, tissue for these compounds. If we ever see a blood sample come out clean we immediately rerun the sample to confirm. At this point we've all come in contact with PFAS

  • @naomiaden
    @naomiaden Před 4 lety +76

    Learned about this from the movie “Dark Waters”. The world is crazy man! Who knows what else we’ll know about within the next ten years.

    • @SicMundusss
      @SicMundusss Před 4 lety

      Mmm Naomi

    • @superblondeDotOrg
      @superblondeDotOrg Před 4 lety +5

      how about GMO food's which many people warn about yet 'experts' say ohhhh dont worrrrryyyy...

    • @hjalmar8550
      @hjalmar8550 Před 4 lety +1

      "Who knows what else we’ll know about within the next ten years."
      IF we live that long!

    • @brianaburnette3400
      @brianaburnette3400 Před 2 lety

      The devil lives in America

  • @lr4189
    @lr4189 Před 4 lety +122

    I know this wasn’t part of the “Is This How We Die” segment, but is this how we die? 🤔

    • @ziau.s9283
      @ziau.s9283 Před 4 lety +7

      Probably... 😒

    • @szabobali88
      @szabobali88 Před 4 lety +9

      If you die from the corona virus, your death was Made in China

    • @berengerlefort8612
      @berengerlefort8612 Před 4 lety +1

      but slowly and with pain, chronicals diseases.

    • @ziau.s9283
      @ziau.s9283 Před 4 lety +1

      @@szabobali88 😂😂like everything else

    • @brokenking5044
      @brokenking5044 Před 4 lety

      We all gonna die one day anyways, and honestly, unless you are a billionaire, this world isnt that great or fun to begin with. Start skydiving, go out on your own terms

  • @toadjiang7626
    @toadjiang7626 Před 4 lety +102

    With all this toxic chemicals in the environment and insane medical costs and no universal healthcare, no wonder life expectancy in the US is the lowest among all wealthy nations, and it's even lower than many poor nations such as Cuba.

    • @slylockfox85
      @slylockfox85 Před 4 lety +4

      Only problem with that is that the main killers of people in the U.S. are obesity related diseases. But who needs facts. Not defending corporations, but people aren't taking responsibility for their own health.

    • @joannajamerson35
      @joannajamerson35 Před 4 lety

      I know😢😢😢😢😢

    • @AndiDuck
      @AndiDuck Před 4 lety +4

      Well that and the fact any moron who wants an AR-15 can get one .

    • @hawkeye3938
      @hawkeye3938 Před 4 lety +1

      It’s actually in the whole world. In Dark Water they explain that 98% of the worlds population has PFOA/PFAS in their blood.

    • @PAS2010D
      @PAS2010D Před 4 lety

      @@AndiDuck ar 15s save way more lives than they take. Then again, facts suck and hurt my fee fees. 🙄 you anti gunners blow my mind spouting this shit without looking into anything. The ar 15 even with mass shootings account for about 0.000034 percent of gun violence.

  • @Jason-nosaJ
    @Jason-nosaJ Před 4 lety +4

    Because you could doesn't mean you should. Human beings are our worse enemies.

  • @scottpeterson7500
    @scottpeterson7500 Před 4 lety +36

    It’s like listening to the tobacco industry all over again. And the lead industry.🤮

    • @MegaNancyLover
      @MegaNancyLover Před 4 lety +1

      And yet when people complain about Mercury, Formeldahyde, aborted fetal cells, etc within vaccines, all of a sudden they’re demonized and labeled as “anti-vaxxers”, even though the vast majority of these people are pro-vaccines and simply want to get rid of these unnecessary substances.
      And brain-dead sheeple fall victim to the propaganda of these people being against vaccines no matter what, period. They begin to ridicule and shun these people without even *LISTENING* to their concerns.
      It’s like calling people “anti-water” or “anti-cookware” just because someone refuses to drink water from the tap or use teflon cookware....

    • @mercyetgracerealtors7996
      @mercyetgracerealtors7996 Před 2 lety

      O yes, another big company,corporate invented killer diseases.
      Tobacco, Asbestos,now Dupont PFass chemicals, also known forever chemicals.
      The list goes on, we haven't seen the end of all these kind of diseases; as will have new future inventions to make life easy, to our detriment,and detriment of our lives and health.
      ✌️

  • @FosterBaba
    @FosterBaba Před 4 lety +31

    One sec, I need to apologize to the crazy street corner guys who said the water was poisoned

    • @messianic_scam
      @messianic_scam Před 2 lety

      every water is poisoned you should see the running water we have here the smell of the chloride

    • @michaelconners2805
      @michaelconners2805 Před rokem

      They always have the straight scoop !

  • @foorene
    @foorene Před 4 lety +265

    Go see the movie call: Dark waters, that all begins

    • @lenawagenfuehr53
      @lenawagenfuehr53 Před 4 lety +5

      So, this segment was nothing more than a commercial?

    • @brightonzongondi8413
      @brightonzongondi8413 Před 4 lety +15

      Just watched it yesterday. I am shook they are still allowed to continue. America is doomed.

    • @ReapeX
      @ReapeX Před 4 lety +1

      @@lenawagenfuehr53 no

    • @graceblondell7320
      @graceblondell7320 Před 4 lety +7

      Brighton Zongondi Same reaction, i thought for sure based on the movie it had been resolved by now. disgusting how some human beings have no regard for anyone and anything besides money. and then anyone who tries to stand up for it on larger scale is considered crazy and dramatic. smh. where do we even go from here.

    • @viraltoday2
      @viraltoday2 Před 4 lety +5

      Just shows how corrupt the US is, if your a large corporation you just pay a small fine and continue doing it and keep the profits rolling in

  • @smoothjazzfails
    @smoothjazzfails Před 4 lety +228

    Me: *casually reading the comment section*
    Everyone in the comment section: “WATCH DARK WATERS NOW, OR YOU BE PUNISHED FOR YOUR SINS.”
    Me: ok ok ok

    • @stevenpaul3878
      @stevenpaul3878 Před 4 lety

      thats just mark ruffalo promoting his movie that didnt do well in box office.

    • @stevenpaul3878
      @stevenpaul3878 Před 4 lety

      @@OmnivorousOtter101 it probably is im just making stupid jokes about all the people in the comments saying its great watch it.

    • @shinigamikouryu
      @shinigamikouryu Před 4 lety +1

      Me: Ok ok ok... (And ended up not watching it still.)

    • @smoothjazzfails
      @smoothjazzfails Před 4 lety

      shinigamikouryu please don’t tell the people in the comment section.

  • @hadjdaoudmomo9534
    @hadjdaoudmomo9534 Před 4 lety +27

    This was the subject of Mark Ruffallo’s “Dark Waters” movie! such an incredible movie, i recommend everyone to watch it !!

    • @stevenpaul3878
      @stevenpaul3878 Před 4 lety

      yes we know, mark. you dont have to fill the comment section with promotions for your movie mr. ruffalo.

    • @arditshytia9974
      @arditshytia9974 Před 4 lety

      @@stevenpaul3878 fiksfare

    • @aminejadid2702
      @aminejadid2702 Před 4 lety +1

      Awesome movie

  • @shotakikuchi4405
    @shotakikuchi4405 Před 4 lety +15

    My favorite news anchor!!!

  • @Still_blessedlouise
    @Still_blessedlouise Před 4 lety +47

    When he pronounced Pfass I literally spit out my taco. 😂😂😂

  • @elainejohnson6955
    @elainejohnson6955 Před 4 lety +23

    My friend was heartbroken when his parrot died because it was on his shoulder while he was cooking with a nonstick Dupont pan. I thought he was nuts when he told me it was the pan, but I looked it up online and found out he wasn't just messing with me!

    • @hanah3401
      @hanah3401 Před 4 lety +2

      Elaine Johnson That’s sad and scary. I’m throwing away all my none sticks cooking pans 🍳

    • @danieljordan4320
      @danieljordan4320 Před 4 lety +7

      Hana H you miss the big picture - this stuff is in everything and everywhere. It’s on your rain coat and boots, in tour fast food wrappers, in the ground water. There is no avoiding it

  • @SamanthaDiane
    @SamanthaDiane Před 4 lety +14

    "Do you enjoy chocolate cake and water?! Well, you dead now."
    4:38

  • @gloric8
    @gloric8 Před 4 lety +4

    Love love love you Trevor! You entertain and educate us all at the same time. Love you man💜

  • @ShoganDaNinja
    @ShoganDaNinja Před 4 lety +42

    Nothing will ever happen to dupont over this. They are 1 of 6 major families who took over the manufacturing industry in America after world war 2. An supposedly saved us from the great depression.. altho arguments can be made that the 6 families caused the Great Depression to start with..

    • @mhouse1115
      @mhouse1115 Před 4 lety +4

      Do you have links to good resources in this? This is not to undermine your message. I want to start building a database if articles related to all of this. We need more accountability in the US. I want to see how long and how deep these things have persisted.

    • @katara2021
      @katara2021 Před 4 lety +4

      @@mhouse1115 Best of luck. 💕 Its a great idea.

    • @mhouse1115
      @mhouse1115 Před 4 lety

      @@katara2021 Thank you!

  • @Richard_Nickerson
    @Richard_Nickerson Před 4 lety +9

    2:30
    That monster is using a metal utensil in a nonstick pan!

  • @babalolababatunde6974
    @babalolababatunde6974 Před 4 lety +1

    My favorite Trevor show, i so much love " if you don't know, now you know" episodes

  • @massimookissed1023
    @massimookissed1023 Před 4 lety +129

    This just in: tRump appoints head of Dupont as new acting head of EPA.

    • @Ruby321123
      @Ruby321123 Před 4 lety +15

      I would not be surprised...

    • @sirmoonslosthismind
      @sirmoonslosthismind Před 4 lety +5

      actually, both of trump's epa directors have been coal industry guys, not that that's any better.

  • @MarioRafaelM
    @MarioRafaelM Před 4 lety +14

    I love Dupont thanks for Agent Orange, DDT and PCB as well.

    • @yanxiqpoof7368
      @yanxiqpoof7368 Před 4 lety +1

      Worked on Obama. He is as brain dead as that DuPont Zombella! 😅

  • @biggerdoofus
    @biggerdoofus Před 4 lety +20

    It'd probably help to include the nuance that the issue with teflon itself only occurs when it's heated too much (above 500 degrees fahrenheit). Most of the issues being discussed here are issues with the chemicals used to create teflon, which is why the problems they're looking at are with the water supply rather then the products actually using teflon. That's why the spin person can say teflon is fine.

  • @myself047
    @myself047 Před 4 lety +99

    Seems the "greatness" Is seeping into every American body.

    • @luluseatowngetdown6251
      @luluseatowngetdown6251 Před 4 lety +3

      World wide.

    • @bern9642
      @bern9642 Před 4 lety +1

      Not just Americans, it's very popular everywhere.

    • @blakemeans7366
      @blakemeans7366 Před 4 lety +1

      Yeah it came about as soon as trump came into office. Goof.

    • @paulwinegardener8407
      @paulwinegardener8407 Před 4 lety

      nah, mein kampf talks about fluoride in water to dull the populace. and their is science that fluoride causes mental issues like autism.. also, america is the only country to still make vaccines with fluoride and the studies say even the most minute amounts are dangerous to be ingested and they only help teeth topically but, actually hurt them by ingesting it. lol this world is capitalist corruption. just accept it or lets rise up and start real REV/SOLUTIONS! cause we just letting it happen by working our 9-5 everyday and feeling powerless. “let them eat cake!” used to make people rise up for revolution when it didnt have chemicals and just wasnt as healthy as bread! we are a weakened populace by war, corporate greed and lies.

    • @paulwinegardener8407
      @paulwinegardener8407 Před 4 lety

      oh...and everyone is more concerned about their personal feelings and winning these bs gender wars over things that actually matter to EVERYONE!

  • @TaiwanisMoving
    @TaiwanisMoving Před 4 lety +33

    Anyone else annoyed seeing that metal spatula on a non-stick pan?

  • @thatjillgirl
    @thatjillgirl Před 4 lety +3

    This makes me very curious from a chemistry standpoint. How do you clean these things out of the environment? It sounds like it might be hard to trap them if they resist forming bonds with most other materials. And then when you do, what do you do with them? Is there really no way to break them down? No chemical reaction that could be safely performed to break them up? It's a pretty interesting chemical conundrum.

  • @squirrel00713
    @squirrel00713 Před 4 lety

    EXCELLENT coverage, Trevor and team. Thank You.

  • @concrete490
    @concrete490 Před 4 lety +9

    And that is why we need free healthcare for all.

  • @johndoe3485
    @johndoe3485 Před 4 lety +35

    Bruh, DuPont needs to give everyone on planet earth reparations. I want whoever is the next President of the UNITED STATES to on day one pass legislation to make DuPont pay everyone on planet earth reparations.

    • @essenceofcha4765
      @essenceofcha4765 Před 4 lety +2

      The closest thing you gone get is #AndrewYang. Many of us #YangGang voted for him in the primaries. He was pushing for $1000/mo Freedom Dividend
      Human-centric Capitalism
      Learning how to value our intrinsic values as human beings etc.
      You can now make a difference. Learn how here 😌🙏🏾
      movehumanityforward.com/

    • @ikeekieeki
      @ikeekieeki Před 4 lety +3

      these corporations massively owe the people of earth. all their wealth is built at the expense of our actual lives.

  • @DPowered2
    @DPowered2 Před 4 lety +28

    Well im sure that companies will fight the legislation to regulate eventually like that always do. I mean pesticides that harms kids got back in use.

  • @saucywench9122
    @saucywench9122 Před 4 lety +2

    We have had an issue with this in our rivers in NC for years. We've been fighting to get of it. It's coming from all the industry upstream. Mark Ruffalo came here about it a few weeks ago before heading to Raleigh to discuss it in a forum there.

  • @cyndielake4092
    @cyndielake4092 Před 4 lety +3

    Du pints slogan since the 30’s was “Better living through Chemistry” they even sponsored a radio show dedicated to stories about scientists and inventors.

  • @Ravi_Raj_Gupta
    @Ravi_Raj_Gupta Před 4 lety +125

    Why do 50 people post first? Come on guys, the comments deserve better..

  • @maxxmittelstadt4979
    @maxxmittelstadt4979 Před 4 lety +74

    We can’t even make home cooked foods anymore.

    • @ReapeX
      @ReapeX Před 4 lety +8

      Yeah you can just don't use non-stick cookware. Go stainless steel, etc. This was in the 1940s, people cooked for centuries without needing non-stick cookware.

    • @graceblondell7320
      @graceblondell7320 Před 4 lety +4

      ReapeX did you not hear it’s in the water

    • @graceblondell7320
      @graceblondell7320 Před 4 lety +3

      and all of our blood in america already

    • @koilamaoh4238
      @koilamaoh4238 Před 4 lety +1

      Not like it matters, with medical science and improved foods like gmos, people have been living past their life expectancy. Considering human limits hit around 120ish.. Nothing better lol, not like its nice to even live beyond 80, cause age degenerative diseases set in. So life is good in merica. Only people who take serious offense are these new age hippy hollywood trenders trying new age diets, organic foods, and other BS. Impossible to starve to death with the abundance of damned food, while people in africa still starve to death cause they like to reject gmo food donations(sometimes) which is funny as hell, they rather die lol.
      Even in the past with organic food methods in the old days, they used organic chemicals which were more harmful, and those organic food they ate, life exp was around 40-60 yr, even now, when people buy organic food they are still ingesting dangerous organic pesticides in which farmers dont want to make the switch to science.
      Evolution is hitting its point with us humans, the next step is robot head and AI, trying to escape that linger death and ego, knowing that death is watching us.
      My mom and grandma relied on that dupont shit black chemicals, they made it past their 70s without any drugs or mental health issues. or having to use health insurance.

    • @peelfreshvita4212
      @peelfreshvita4212 Před 4 lety +1

      @@koilamaoh4238 @koila maoh Wow you are so cool and smart that you don't mind a bit of what you consume even if it's poison.
      Sounds so intelligent to me.
      I wonder why people don't cut off their arm and claims insurance since they could reattach it later with the advancement of science. Hopefully with some leftover money obtained from insurance, they could have a better life ahead.
      And i wished science improves so much that i can grow a pair of wings cause walking is so old fashioned.
      And i hope i'm not being delusional.

  • @RobertHosein
    @RobertHosein Před 4 lety

    Great video! Keep up the good work! Informative and funny!

  • @overpassing-jumpsuit6080
    @overpassing-jumpsuit6080 Před 4 lety +5

    There is a movie that came out recently starring Mark Ruffalo called “Dark Waters” about DuPont and this very subject. It’s a great watch and I highly recommend checking it out.

  • @nabil9772
    @nabil9772 Před 4 lety +49

    Scientists: You all will have have cancer through forever chemicals.
    No one: ...
    Trevor: that’s so romantic.

    • @abram730
      @abram730 Před 4 lety

      "will have have cancer through forever chemicals."
      Trump: We are going to do something about this.
      Dems: F**k

    • @EmeraldMara85
      @EmeraldMara85 Před 4 lety +2

      @@abram730 I really doubt Trump will do anything to deter these companies seeing as his earliest actions were canceling the ban on various chemicals thrown into drinking water which we all know these chemicals cause cancer. Also he reversed the tests on leaf vegetables that could detect E.coli from mandatory into 'voluntary'. Can't forget Trump also defunded CDC by 20% and Trump only allowed 35 million $ extra funds for the US in the rural states which of course is so cheap to even cover those states.

    • @youarein1ov3
      @youarein1ov3 Před 4 lety +3

      Abram Carroll Trump will never do anything that requires taking the side of people over companies don’t kid yourself

    • @Carewolf
      @Carewolf Před 4 lety

      Nothing lasts forever.. Except Teflon in your blood.

  • @elviajove8289
    @elviajove8289 Před 4 lety +4

    “Dark Waters,” still showing in lots of theaters. Mark Ruffalo produced and starred in this dark but excellent film. Go see it.

  • @giwrgoshmm9430
    @giwrgoshmm9430 Před 2 lety

    these kind of shows give alitle hope to these dark dark days we live in...

  • @dbbgba
    @dbbgba Před 4 lety

    Most informative episode ever!

  • @danpan7175
    @danpan7175 Před 4 lety +5

    Before DuPont solves PFASs issue in my water pipe, I hope someone could fix the lead poisoning problem.

  • @wvuwhat
    @wvuwhat Před 4 lety +15

    I encourage everyone to watch "Dark Waters." Amazing movie and even better message.

  • @Youmatter2boo
    @Youmatter2boo Před 4 lety

    Thank you Noah!!!!!!

  • @amanarora4360
    @amanarora4360 Před 4 lety

    Lol that ad idea is awesome

  • @tedmcfly9483
    @tedmcfly9483 Před 4 lety +19

    That Dupont commercial at the end is basically neoliberalism in a nutshell: socially liberal, but economically conservative/corporate.

  • @ShainAndrews
    @ShainAndrews Před 4 lety +19

    I"m surprised the EPA is taking any position in this political environment.

    • @ShainAndrews
      @ShainAndrews Před 4 lety

      @Larry Byrd Good possibility. Which is conflicting because it needed to be implemented.

    • @sirmoonslosthismind
      @sirmoonslosthismind Před 4 lety

      the professionals are still trying to do their jobs. trump's political appointees are primarily from the coal industry, so protecting that industry from regulation has been their focus. sometimes other things can slip thru.

  • @hks2377
    @hks2377 Před 4 lety

    Military families & communities near bases have been worried about this for years, too. It’s also used to fight aircraft fires, so when firefighters trained with it, it got into the water supply, because so many bases didn’t take precautions to contain it. The Army stopped using it in the ‘90s. The Air Force & Navy continued, until enough of their firefighters ended up with cancer.

  • @MEXTguide_yoyo
    @MEXTguide_yoyo Před 4 lety

    At least we can laugh through all this pain thanks to people like Trevor😂😂😂😂

  • @Intrepido.s
    @Intrepido.s Před 4 lety +16

    You guys should watch the new mark Ruffalo movie " dark waters "

  • @robertmelvin5203
    @robertmelvin5203 Před 4 lety +5

    Interesting, this was presented in a true story movie last year (2019) called "Dark Waters" with Mark Ruffalo. You should see the movie; some of it was like a Stephen King movie, the cows, the cows - meanwhile DuPont says, don't worry.

  • @onepackjackfpv5906
    @onepackjackfpv5906 Před 4 lety

    Always funny as hell !!!

  • @sbu1prince
    @sbu1prince Před 4 lety +1

    Impressive how comedy can make you laugh even when you are dying 😂😂

  • @AndiDuck
    @AndiDuck Před 4 lety +5

    Wash the top of soda and beer cans before you pop the lid and drink and the same for any can before you open it .
    The detection of rodent contamination by black light is based on the phenomenon of rodent urine showing blue-white to yellow-white fluorescence when viewed under black light. The fresher the stain the more blue . Rodent urine is on almost every can you buy .

    • @Ce-wz1bq
      @Ce-wz1bq Před 4 lety +1

      Is better not to drink anything from cans!

    • @AndiDuck
      @AndiDuck Před 4 lety +1

      @@Ce-wz1bq I agree --- get a glass !

  • @sollusmarkis5463
    @sollusmarkis5463 Před 4 lety +11

    "like-oh... CAnCeR"

  • @LadyKhadija2423
    @LadyKhadija2423 Před 4 lety +2

    😂😂😂😂"Guuurl, I wanna be your forever chemical 👽" damn trevor 😂😏

  • @thekaiser4333
    @thekaiser4333 Před 4 lety

    Wonderful!

  • @anaklusmosgreek3198
    @anaklusmosgreek3198 Před 4 lety +26

    FIRST CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT IS NEEDED FROM ALL AMERICANS

    • @thisisntsergio1352
      @thisisntsergio1352 Před 4 lety +1

      That won't ever happen unless some assholes put out advertisements to LITERALLY EVERY AMERICAN saying shit like those "if you or a loved one suffers from mesothelioma then you could be entitled to compensation" commerici- oh wait.
      Brb guys... I'm gonna go... Uh. Take out the trash. Yeah.

    • @evilqueen13
      @evilqueen13 Před 4 lety

      @@thisisntsergio1352 Everyone will get 5 bucks by the time they have to pay all of the people around the world.

    • @cdmp777
      @cdmp777 Před 4 lety

      They have been running ads on tv about calling lawyers and possible compensation due to Monsanto poisoning affects.

    • @mhouse1115
      @mhouse1115 Před 4 lety +1

      @@evilqueen13 as long as they lose all money and influence, maybe it's worth it

  • @shantanupagare7141
    @shantanupagare7141 Před 4 lety +5

    DUPONT: Chemicals and Cancer for everyone
    Audience: Whoooooooooooooo

  • @BlackBoxStudiosGh
    @BlackBoxStudiosGh Před 4 lety

    Love your taste in humour. I'm gonna make my show soon and its gonna get weirder than that.

  • @turd.burglartrufax4206

    Lol the commercial at the end

  • @freemanz4051
    @freemanz4051 Před 4 lety +8

    Screw teflon... Iron properly used, is no-stick!

    • @abram730
      @abram730 Před 4 lety

      Giving blood reverses iron poisoning, as that Iron goes into new red blood cells. Iron and steel work.

    • @williefixxx963
      @williefixxx963 Před 4 lety

      A scour pad will clean an iron skillet

  • @ulrichfodze355
    @ulrichfodze355 Před 4 lety +4

    the "F" in the chemical formula clearly stands for "forever"

  • @inkchip7351
    @inkchip7351 Před 4 lety

    Ooooh I remember studying these

  • @gurkanfalan
    @gurkanfalan Před 4 lety

    Tonight show format.. Nice.

  • @angieweathers7180
    @angieweathers7180 Před 4 lety +55

    Lesson learned: never underestimate conspiracy theorists ever again.

    • @laurent1144
      @laurent1144 Před 4 lety +4

      Conspiracy theorists talk about flouride in the water, which isn't harmful at the levels we have it at. In fact it's beneficial for our teeth.

    • @waffleboomerang6643
      @waffleboomerang6643 Před 4 lety +5

      @@laurent1144 I supported your comment until you said it's better for our teeth lmao. It makes no difference to our dental health show me an article that says otherwise.

    • @donotpursuelubu9179
      @donotpursuelubu9179 Před 4 lety +1

      @@laurent1144lol no

    • @Timbo5000
      @Timbo5000 Před 4 lety +1

      @@laurent1144 Fluoride in water may be damaging to people who also take certain medicine. There was a huge trial in my country over whether the water companies could add fluoride or not and the outcome was they can't and need to provide clean water without additions

    • @mlouwagie
      @mlouwagie Před 4 lety

      b u l l s h i t laurenT

  • @BuildingCenter
    @BuildingCenter Před 4 lety +4

    So, these PFAs are everywhere ... already? And I'm still alive?
    Pass the chocolate cake and water, folks. I gotta get my coronavirus immunity up.

  • @surfk9836
    @surfk9836 Před 4 lety +2

    Another reason our life expectancy is starting to go down. For the first time in human history.

  • @Jayeeyee
    @Jayeeyee Před 4 lety +1

    I see Trevor finally saw the movie 'Dark Waters'

  • @nadimsarieddine9835
    @nadimsarieddine9835 Před 4 lety +36

    Is it bad to get shot?
    Murderer: There is lots of lead in our bodies

    • @sbs5130
      @sbs5130 Před 4 lety +1

      "Is it *good* to get shot?"

  • @pacifica.5640
    @pacifica.5640 Před 4 lety +7

    Got some lyrics for my girl now; “I wanna be your PFA”

  • @manojramesh4598
    @manojramesh4598 Před 2 lety

    Finally this channel got some useful.

  • @ceno10101
    @ceno10101 Před 4 lety

    This video made me really hungry with all the talk of food.

  • @effahfred
    @effahfred Před 4 lety +4

    This is what the movie Dark Waters is all about.

  • @sbs5130
    @sbs5130 Před 4 lety +11

    "We do not believe there are any adverse health effects."
    "Is that a good thing to have it in your blood?"
    Honestly, if you ask a stupid followup question, you'll get a stupid answer...
    No one is saying that its presence in the bloodstream is a good thing.

  • @grimd8788
    @grimd8788 Před 4 lety

    WMUR on The Daily Show? Never thought I would see that.

  • @kristamonae
    @kristamonae Před 4 lety

    Man who raised this man. He’s amazing !!!!

  • @rayceeya8659
    @rayceeya8659 Před 4 lety +18

    Never thought Trevor was the kind of guy would date a Stacy.

    • @sunylou3992
      @sunylou3992 Před 4 lety

      So you thinking he had a thing for Stacy's mom?

  • @czskateralexn1ke
    @czskateralexn1ke Před 4 lety +11

    people refuse to wake up

  • @RebelRoseAngel
    @RebelRoseAngel Před 4 lety

    I was just reading a book about this!

  • @xianxi3tyix149
    @xianxi3tyix149 Před 4 lety

    7:14 I can't stop laughing 😂 the way he said look at me reminds of the joker😂

  • @myrahj1482
    @myrahj1482 Před 4 lety +3

    And this my friends is how everything works. Chemicals, illnesses & years of BS govt info affects us all so we may as well get along. One❣✊🏽

  • @robertmerritt3504
    @robertmerritt3504 Před 4 lety +3

    "LOOK AT ME!!! I AM FROM UGANDA, AND I AM POISONED!!! 😃 LOL

    • @TheFAndison
      @TheFAndison Před 4 lety

      That guy makes me wanna get poisoned also😂 All that energy

  • @felicious6384
    @felicious6384 Před 4 lety

    Hearing of PFA Chemicals, I'm now very thankful for the "Trinkwasserverordnung".

  • @pgpgaming154
    @pgpgaming154 Před 4 lety

    Best show ever