The Most Radioactive Places on Earth

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  • čas přidán 16. 12. 2014
  • Who on Earth is exposed to the most ionizing radiation?
    Check out Audible: bit.ly/AudibleVe
    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/radiation/
    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.org/wiki/Health_e...
    www.rmeswi.com/36.html
    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"

Komentáře • 32K

  • @ESA-ce1nu
    @ESA-ce1nu Před 3 lety +5268

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

    • @TheCampercore
      @TheCampercore Před 3 lety +370

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

    • @ESA-ce1nu
      @ESA-ce1nu Před 3 lety +28

      @@TheCampercore lololol

    • @6apa6aw72
      @6apa6aw72 Před 3 lety +211

      Astronaut Smoker in Chernobyl:

    • @rosin_eater
      @rosin_eater Před 3 lety +22

      @@6apa6aw72 *oh no*

    • @PS4Shooter
      @PS4Shooter Před 3 lety +60

      @@6apa6aw72 Astronaut smoker in the radioactive basement

  • @tj07
    @tj07 Před 3 lety +5221

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

    • @moodyblues7144
      @moodyblues7144 Před 3 lety +157

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

    • @mistyseas
      @mistyseas Před 3 lety +13

      Katy w haha

    • @sutarisuresh6557
      @sutarisuresh6557 Před 3 lety +30

      When they eat banana....man 😉

    • @teal3af49
      @teal3af49 Před 3 lety +59

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

    • @sqeet7392
      @sqeet7392 Před 3 lety +114

      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!

  • @jhndrsn
    @jhndrsn Před 8 měsíci +88

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

  • @billdoolinofficial
    @billdoolinofficial Před rokem +333

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

  • @russellpair2327
    @russellpair2327 Před 5 lety +61987

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

    • @starman8853
      @starman8853 Před 5 lety +373

      crayfish wdym? He’s not realized it lol

    • @ifalone
      @ifalone Před 5 lety +98

      @@starman8853 yes he did

    • @nope110
      @nope110 Před 5 lety +121

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

    • @ifalone
      @ifalone Před 5 lety +51

      @@nope110 not edited yet, keyword: yet

    • @darealmvp3681
      @darealmvp3681 Před 5 lety +21

      MUDD MONKEY i know right. Wtf

  • @charlemagne996
    @charlemagne996 Před 3 lety +4387

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

  • @vishalreddy6879
    @vishalreddy6879 Před rokem +1355

    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
      @MKpixelfan Před rokem +12

      it's all cumulative.

    • @georgespaceagency9894
      @georgespaceagency9894 Před rokem +10

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

    • @f5tornado831
      @f5tornado831 Před rokem +2

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

    • @devkukreja2122
      @devkukreja2122 Před rokem +3

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

    • @DeepakKumardk99
      @DeepakKumardk99 Před rokem +5

      Will Geiger counter show more reading near a chain smoker ?

  • @jordanbaszner904
    @jordanbaszner904 Před 10 měsíci +29

    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.

  • @ky3518
    @ky3518 Před 3 lety +7705

    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
      @idkanameforthis Před 3 lety +7

      GIVE ME HATE on my videos ...

    • @mohit_panjwani
      @mohit_panjwani Před 3 lety +60

      @@idkanameforthis hi

    • @itsanupam3900
      @itsanupam3900 Před 3 lety +17

      hope liking it doesn't make me a smoker

    • @amiichii2728
      @amiichii2728 Před 3 lety +81

      The chernobyl nuclear reactor tragedy is still terrifying...

    • @theduder2617
      @theduder2617 Před 3 lety +21

      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?

  • @michaelgulo6014
    @michaelgulo6014 Před 4 lety +2512

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

    • @voxsq
      @voxsq Před 4 lety +1

      @@petejt pedophiles*

    • @sjoerdmanshanden5162
      @sjoerdmanshanden5162 Před 4 lety +20

      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
      @PsychoHenni Před 4 lety +11

      @@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
      @farrel_ra Před 4 lety +4

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

    • @Grubiantoll
      @Grubiantoll Před 4 lety +8

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

  • @hama1995_hama
    @hama1995_hama Před rokem +1194

    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〜

  • @adlerauge001
    @adlerauge001 Před rokem +385

    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
      @samuele8361 Před 4 měsíci +1

      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
      @srJaime98 Před 3 měsíci

      You still fucked tho

  • @ericsurf6
    @ericsurf6 Před 8 lety +44336

    Best non-smoking ad ever!!

  • @MemoryDestiny
    @MemoryDestiny Před 4 lety +7893

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

    • @KENNETHUDUT
      @KENNETHUDUT Před 4 lety +72

      That threw me too. Had no idea

    • @caui131
      @caui131 Před 4 lety +49

      well gonna stop smoking. They should run this on TV

    • @Gustav4
      @Gustav4 Před 4 lety +14

      It is not true that cigarettes are 160.000 micro sieverts.

    • @midas4057
      @midas4057 Před 4 lety +45

      @@Gustav4 he means annually the average smoker

    • @midas4057
      @midas4057 Před 4 lety +45

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

  • @sriharsha8386
    @sriharsha8386 Před 8 měsíci +10

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

  • @minhaj14d
    @minhaj14d Před rokem +31

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

  • @hipstarchild
    @hipstarchild Před 5 lety +14354

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

    • @bruhmomentos5203
      @bruhmomentos5203 Před 5 lety +1893

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

    • @datboyace13
      @datboyace13 Před 5 lety +1350

      Imagine if they were an astronaut.

    • @BigWordHole
      @BigWordHole Před 5 lety +86

      Bee JayGee LMAO

    • @fishussugon3215
      @fishussugon3215 Před 5 lety +184

      We need a story on this

    • @TokyoQuaSaR
      @TokyoQuaSaR Před 5 lety +168

      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.

  • @qcompressed1409
    @qcompressed1409 Před 4 lety +1826

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

    • @Ryan-mg5ve
      @Ryan-mg5ve Před 4 lety +29

      Guy who has an android HA

    • @GulabSingh-ql1xu
      @GulabSingh-ql1xu Před 3 lety +8

      @@Ryan-mg5ve flex Ha

    • @GrimReaper-lo1ut
      @GrimReaper-lo1ut Před 3 lety +11

      Thats 144p

    • @sterlingwebster174
      @sterlingwebster174 Před 3 lety +2

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

    • @uxleumas
      @uxleumas Před 3 lety

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

  • @bennettmylius1563
    @bennettmylius1563 Před rokem +90

    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
      @kissanjamm3583 Před rokem +4

      Im happy for you

    • @rudetoy8264
      @rudetoy8264 Před měsícem +2

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

    • @itsmekrazyy
      @itsmekrazyy Před 9 dny +1

      Good job, you did the right thing

  • @jeshr127
    @jeshr127 Před rokem +19

    Such a great detailed outlook on radio active radiation across the globe
    . Looking for something like this for sometime now

  • @atreidestw
    @atreidestw Před 4 lety +5773

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

    • @Sarah-cp4lp
      @Sarah-cp4lp Před 4 lety +97

      😂 I think I peed my pants

    • @Harry666cz
      @Harry666cz Před 4 lety +91

      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
      @katxiii3660 Před 4 lety +228

      @@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
      @eamh2002 Před 4 lety +51

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

    • @primozpotocnik1423
      @primozpotocnik1423 Před 4 lety +219

      3.6, not great, not terrible

  • @ginocontestabile8775
    @ginocontestabile8775 Před 4 lety +4072

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

    • @justagirlwithamustache9618
      @justagirlwithamustache9618 Před 4 lety +49

      omg fallout 4 reference

    • @Argoon1981
      @Argoon1981 Před 4 lety +124

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

    • @maxconfucamus
      @maxconfucamus Před 4 lety +91

      @@Argoon1981 kids these days...

    • @magicl3o
      @magicl3o Před 4 lety +10

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

    • @sangonomiyakokomelon6676
      @sangonomiyakokomelon6676 Před 4 lety +7

      Fallout franchise literally made me watch these kind of vids

  • @Soccer_lover986
    @Soccer_lover986 Před 8 měsíci +1

    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.

  • @rathnamala5372
    @rathnamala5372 Před rokem +1

    You are doing a wonderful job. So informative

  • @arthurvin2937
    @arthurvin2937 Před 9 lety +994

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

    • @rossmann9931
      @rossmann9931 Před 9 lety +25

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

    • @MictianHybris1
      @MictianHybris1 Před 9 lety +99

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

    • @arthurvin2937
      @arthurvin2937 Před 9 lety +47

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

    • @loganc1134
      @loganc1134 Před 9 lety +4

      😂😂😂

    • @Chrnan6710
      @Chrnan6710 Před 9 lety +66

      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.

  • @ponyphonic
    @ponyphonic Před 4 lety +1814

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

    • @blulere
      @blulere Před 4 lety +5

      Ynw ROFL

    • @ltcolrayquaza
      @ltcolrayquaza Před 4 lety +3

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

    • @asterism343
      @asterism343 Před 4 lety +1

      I was seriously just about to write the same thing

    • @eeiity8600
      @eeiity8600 Před 4 lety +1

      Chilling as in calming or chilling as in scary?

    • @plasmatree3132
      @plasmatree3132 Před 4 lety +1

      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

  • @sanskartamrakar5680
    @sanskartamrakar5680 Před 8 měsíci +4

    Content back then was gold .

  • @maisermajeed2363
    @maisermajeed2363 Před 4 měsíci

    Simply it's the most interesting video on CZcams i have ever seen.thankyou soo much sir

  • @veritasium
    @veritasium  Před 9 lety +24785

    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
      @extremeCookie101 Před 9 lety +3496

      challenge accepted

    • @Kevincooling1234
      @Kevincooling1234 Před 9 lety +475

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

    • @Widdizzles
      @Widdizzles Před 9 lety +239

      Absolutely amazing video.

    • @MatronCool
      @MatronCool Před 9 lety +69

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

    • @shashidharmamidipelli
      @shashidharmamidipelli Před 9 lety +55

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

  • @aminyashed2317
    @aminyashed2317 Před 4 lety +2003

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

    • @thecoolguy7403
      @thecoolguy7403 Před 4 lety +33

      put your phone away

    • @somedude8714
      @somedude8714 Před 4 lety +114

      Why me in particular

    • @GamerKeags_YT
      @GamerKeags_YT Před 4 lety +16

      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
      @ANEY-di1ts Před 4 lety +8

      @@somedude8714 😂😂😂

    • @hoodybox477
      @hoodybox477 Před 4 lety +27

      id think it would be a bomb or something

  • @seyer-leinadodnavo4250
    @seyer-leinadodnavo4250 Před rokem +1

    Thank you for this valuable information ❤.

  • @SuperiorAsain
    @SuperiorAsain Před 8 měsíci +5

    Never knew that bananas can scare me this much

  • @Luc-jc4dl
    @Luc-jc4dl Před 4 lety +2631

    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.

  • @l1mbo69
    @l1mbo69 Před 3 lety +1472

    Everybody gangsta till the astronaut start smoking

    • @stoopy9326
      @stoopy9326 Před 3 lety +100

      And they live in Chernobyl eating 60 bananas per day

    • @MegaPhill93
      @MegaPhill93 Před 3 lety +11

      okay this actually good 😂😂

    • @NegetiveRizz
      @NegetiveRizz Před 3 lety +4

      Im astronaut and i love smoking

    • @noobscoopsies1100
      @noobscoopsies1100 Před 3 lety +2

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

    • @prashantshukla231
      @prashantshukla231 Před 3 lety

      @@stoopy9326 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂

  • @akakico
    @akakico Před rokem

    God damn I love this video. I come back to it often. Best video ever to bring radiation to an understandable level. The gut punch at the end about smokers is so good too. So blunt. Not preachy.

  • @iamnotverybright2509
    @iamnotverybright2509 Před 3 lety +1299

    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
      @LawrenceMK2 Před 3 lety +12

      And those fearmongering “The Real Cost” ads.

    • @anotherfacelessname9270
      @anotherfacelessname9270 Před 3 lety +24

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

    • @himgeta
      @himgeta Před 3 lety +2

      @@anotherfacelessname9270 lol

    • @artyom2643s
      @artyom2643s Před 3 lety +3

      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
      @czr5145 Před 3 lety

      @@artyom2643s da ganja

  • @Devowerer
    @Devowerer Před 3 lety +2709

    I love the fact that he measures it using bananas XD

    • @kasyu1101
      @kasyu1101 Před 3 lety +74

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

    • @rakurai3999
      @rakurai3999 Před 3 lety +10

      @@kasyu1101 tl;dr POTASSIUM

    • @elbob099
      @elbob099 Před 3 lety +1

      Radioactive potassium banana's

    • @justsomeguy455
      @justsomeguy455 Před 3 lety +2

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

    • @mistyhughes45
      @mistyhughes45 Před 3 lety +7

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

  • @lifeeasier3462
    @lifeeasier3462 Před 7 měsíci +1

    Thanks for sharing this.

  • @JuhiSinha-0206
    @JuhiSinha-0206 Před 4 měsíci +15

    Gaurav Gupta sir❤❤

  • @user-ed3gk4sk3f
    @user-ed3gk4sk3f Před 5 lety +2876

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

    • @rexr3306
      @rexr3306 Před 5 lety +252

      Rice Cake child while wearing those firemen clothes

    • @rjfaber1991
      @rjfaber1991 Před 5 lety +79

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

    • @arandompenguin4489
      @arandompenguin4489 Před 5 lety +30

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

    • @StanleyMfYang2022
      @StanleyMfYang2022 Před 5 lety +24

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

    • @StanleyMfYang2022
      @StanleyMfYang2022 Před 5 lety +9

      @Devin Kitching everyone dies

  • @vin6665
    @vin6665 Před 3 lety +1392

    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
      @someaipretendingtobehuman3157 Před 3 lety +46

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

    • @science-y9209
      @science-y9209 Před 2 lety +14

      Bananas are not harmful though

    • @MANOFTIME
      @MANOFTIME Před 2 lety +46

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

    • @landingman2577
      @landingman2577 Před 2 lety +6

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

    • @MANOFTIME
      @MANOFTIME Před 2 lety +9

      @@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.

  • @alingondrozario
    @alingondrozario Před 4 měsíci +17

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

  • @agustinusgesu5744
    @agustinusgesu5744 Před rokem +30

    I would like you to talk about the milk that was distributed with high concentrations of radiation after the famous Chernobyl explosion and that is related to childhood cancer. Said explosion reached kilometers away where it was stored in the pastures that ingested cows and then sold to one country, and possibly more.

  • @grahamclarke846
    @grahamclarke846 Před 3 lety +6493

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

    • @guysumpthin2974
      @guysumpthin2974 Před 3 lety +123

      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
      @grahamclarke846 Před 2 lety +41

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

    • @serioussam209
      @serioussam209 Před 2 lety +29

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

    • @Mark-Wilson
      @Mark-Wilson Před 2 lety +58

      @@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
      @grahamclarke846 Před 2 lety +72

      @@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.

  • @just_abald_guy_who_love_to9324

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

  • @glenbereti5393
    @glenbereti5393 Před 9 měsíci +1

    You are amazing and you teach me lots of amazing things.

  • @rekarw1623
    @rekarw1623 Před rokem +1

    Thank you, this video is really useful.

  • @satisfiedjeremie3006
    @satisfiedjeremie3006 Před 4 lety +2876

    240 bananas/h.
    Not great, not terrible.

    • @TheLes1039
      @TheLes1039 Před 4 lety +95

      This joke is everywhere radiation related lol

    • @MagmaleV
      @MagmaleV Před 4 lety +159

      This man is delusional, take him to the infirmary.

    • @Ac3ofDr4gons
      @Ac3ofDr4gons Před 4 lety +33

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

    • @starsoffyre
      @starsoffyre Před 4 lety +15

      Scrolled down the comments to look for this

    • @Darryldlowe
      @Darryldlowe Před 4 lety +6

      You seen the miniseries

  • @No-uc6fg
    @No-uc6fg Před 2 lety +2082

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

    • @robertjanbout1437
      @robertjanbout1437 Před 2 lety +197

      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
      @19accountsremoved41 Před 2 lety +10

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

    • @JoicSeth
      @JoicSeth Před 2 lety +3

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

    • @robertjanbout1437
      @robertjanbout1437 Před 2 lety +33

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

    • @JoicSeth
      @JoicSeth Před 2 lety +8

      @@robertjanbout1437 oh yeah, my bad sorry

  • @arghyaganguly1287
    @arghyaganguly1287 Před 10 měsíci +2

    This video is timeless.

  • @roeungra510
    @roeungra510 Před rokem

    Nice To See You AnyTime ❤️❤️🙏🏻
    Very very happy to see you welcome 🙏🏻 To Siem Reap Cambodia 🇰🇭

  • @XGamersGonnaGameX
    @XGamersGonnaGameX Před 4 lety +1443

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

    • @mohamedameri360
      @mohamedameri360 Před 4 lety +27

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

    • @superiormusic
      @superiormusic Před 4 lety +12

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

    • @999124999
      @999124999 Před 4 lety +14

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

    • @uglychicken121
      @uglychicken121 Před 4 lety +2

      Ha
      Lol

    • @yukkireina
      @yukkireina Před 4 lety +1

      😂😂😂😂

  • @BossMan-xu7xj
    @BossMan-xu7xj Před 4 lety +1866

    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.

  • @-Ai3B
    @-Ai3B Před 3 měsíci +4

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

  • @Backyardmech1
    @Backyardmech1 Před rokem +8

    It took me watching videos like this and a little research to understand radiation to levels of understanding it better, so I’m not quite as freaked out about as others who don’t get it. I’m still learning about the different measurements of exposure, but I at least have the basic understanding.

  • @Bluedrake42
    @Bluedrake42 Před 2 lety +5321

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

    • @txtp
      @txtp Před 2 lety +433

      I mean… yes…?

    • @mainios126bobeats4
      @mainios126bobeats4 Před 2 lety +841

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

    • @dumcube
      @dumcube Před 2 lety +1062

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

    • @kamdeoray3573
      @kamdeoray3573 Před 2 lety +36

      Yes

    • @lordsenseye2164
      @lordsenseye2164 Před 2 lety +65

      well someone has to try....

  • @jackprows6913
    @jackprows6913 Před 4 lety +3330

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

  • @MissMonisonghosh9619
    @MissMonisonghosh9619 Před rokem

    Tqq Gourav sir...😌for telling us about this....

  • @kexcz8276
    @kexcz8276 Před rokem

    I didnt know that our czech mine Jáchymov was so important! :O Thanks for showing me, and visiting my country too! Greetings from Czechia- Ahoj! 👋😃

  • @boubertpaquin7077
    @boubertpaquin7077 Před 3 lety +1167

    *the most radioactive place in the world*
    Him: Alright, let’s go in there.

    • @runitsacow
      @runitsacow Před 3 lety +27

      Meanwhile he’s standing right near the reactor

    • @mablehavaji89
      @mablehavaji89 Před 3 lety

      i was your 1000th like

    • @dessiias
      @dessiias Před 3 lety

      @@mablehavaji89 i was 1007 like

    • @DVGSIBLNTHE
      @DVGSIBLNTHE Před 3 lety +1

      @@runitsacow first of all there is a concrete barrier around the reator

    • @DVGSIBLNTHE
      @DVGSIBLNTHE Před 3 lety +2

      Think of this, you were in the control room and the thing went boom the people in the room above died instantly the people below you the same the one guy looked into the reactor 5 mins later dead.

  • @robertdaleysr6062
    @robertdaleysr6062 Před 7 lety +999

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

  • @sigsin1
    @sigsin1 Před rokem

    A lot of work went into this non-smoking ad. Thanks for the info.

  • @humerakhanum9451
    @humerakhanum9451 Před rokem +1

    What an amazing video 👏🏻👌🏻

  • @big_gay_oofbering9920
    @big_gay_oofbering9920 Před 4 lety +3068

    *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*

  • @TEAMc0nfuSioN
    @TEAMc0nfuSioN Před 4 lety +3017

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

  • @DrJapan
    @DrJapan Před rokem +6

    Another great video.
    You should go to Fukushima again and test various places, soils, buildings, water, animals, sea water near the coast, or 2-5km from coast.
    I liked how you ended the video with the smoker's lungs :)

  • @xxxxbombie
    @xxxxbombie Před 3 měsíci

    Audible really is great!!

  • @JackOTheSoccerBro
    @JackOTheSoccerBro Před 5 lety +9803

    MrBeast would stay in that basement for 24 hours

  • @WhoWatchesVideos
    @WhoWatchesVideos Před 8 lety +596

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

  • @safamohammed5539
    @safamohammed5539 Před rokem

    I really like your content ❤

  • @GimmWolff_SL
    @GimmWolff_SL Před rokem

    I love your videos and channel...Subscribed :)

  • @CALISUPERSPORT
    @CALISUPERSPORT Před 4 lety +1588

    "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*

  • @RileyNiko
    @RileyNiko Před 4 lety +1638

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

    • @megetrongonzalez4456
      @megetrongonzalez4456 Před 3 lety +55

      karens be like

    • @davutsauze8319
      @davutsauze8319 Před 3 lety +10

      @@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
      @megetrongonzalez4456 Před 3 lety +15

      I dont even get the joke i made

    • @angelas1761
      @angelas1761 Před 3 lety +3

      The anti maskers of Covid related to that

    • @jorgepeterbarton
      @jorgepeterbarton Před 3 lety +1

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

  • @TiwariSaurabh
    @TiwariSaurabh Před 8 měsíci

    Very knowledgeable videos, a lot to know.

  • @blase1856
    @blase1856 Před 5 měsíci +2

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

  • @TensorWave
    @TensorWave Před 4 lety +2717

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

  • @michalpitner3657
    @michalpitner3657 Před 4 lety +3893

    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
      @farrel_ra Před 4 lety +91

      He is australian

    • @michalpitner3657
      @michalpitner3657 Před 4 lety +46

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

    • @dariqaa
      @dariqaa Před 4 lety +57

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

    • @nsarstafeenee9359
      @nsarstafeenee9359 Před 4 lety +25

      Michal Pitner would u use meters for radiation scale?

    • @Skreeze_Nuts
      @Skreeze_Nuts Před 4 lety +9

      Michal Pitner kinda bein racist buddy

  • @colbster12302
    @colbster12302 Před 8 měsíci +2

    The bananas was a really nice visual

  • @humerakhanum9451
    @humerakhanum9451 Před rokem +1

    The amount of hardwork u did to make THIS video 👏🏻👏🏻 appreciated

  • @catburglar4295
    @catburglar4295 Před 4 lety +1824

    “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
      @putin2918 Před 4 lety +22

      You’re Mr lonely,
      You have nobaaady!

    • @Enonymouse_
      @Enonymouse_ Před 4 lety +21

      Divorce attorneys are powered by plutonium.

    • @steezboss
      @steezboss Před 4 lety +4

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

    • @bobe9957
      @bobe9957 Před 4 lety +2

      Its cos others will fart on u lmfao

    • @emilyantus2025
      @emilyantus2025 Před 4 lety +1

      I feel this. Ahhh what a shitty time.

  • @evanyoung2919
    @evanyoung2919 Před 4 lety +580

    The Geiger counter gave me anxiety when it went off

  • @Nikki.Nasvytis
    @Nikki.Nasvytis Před rokem

    Love the surprising twist near the end!

  • @jatinpatil3976
    @jatinpatil3976 Před 11 měsíci

    Great work brother

  • @jaishreeramjaihanuman23
    @jaishreeramjaihanuman23 Před 2 lety +7793

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

  • @ehixxz
    @ehixxz Před 5 lety +702

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

  • @hkjon
    @hkjon Před rokem +9

    @veritasium Can you post a little explainer about how you calculated the smoker radiation? Like, how many cigarettes is that based on per day, what source you used for those statistics, etc. Would be interesting to see how you did that but also make me more comfortable telling this radiation fact to my smoker friends. Thanks!

    • @__s5079
      @__s5079 Před rokem

      160 mSv : Chronic dose to lungs over one year smoking 1.5 packs of cigarettes per day, mostly due to inhalation of Polonium-210 and Lead-210
      1 Sv : dose required to kill a human with 50% chances within 30 days
      (From wikipedia : Sievert) (1000 mSv = 1 Sv)

    • @rutnugget
      @rutnugget Před 9 měsíci +1

      He listed a ref at the description if that helps. Don't know if it mentions it though.

  • @_MUSKAN_06..
    @_MUSKAN_06.. Před 4 měsíci +18

    Gg sir ke kehne pr kon kon aaya he yha xdxd 😂😂♥️♥️♥️

    • @-Ai3B
      @-Ai3B Před 3 měsíci

      Here i am... Am also here bcz he talked about madam Curie... She is mine favourite ❣️

  • @anshikapandey274
    @anshikapandey274 Před 4 měsíci +7

    this was really a very nice and informative video
    our physics teacher @GauravSirPhysics sent us here while teaching nuclear fission

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache Před 2 lety +3757

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

  • @mathiasrjacobsen
    @mathiasrjacobsen Před 4 lety +532

    one of the smoothest non-smoking ads ever made xD

  • @user-qr3qv5yr6x
    @user-qr3qv5yr6x Před rokem +9

    最後にタバコの恐ろしさを教えてくれるのありがたい

  • @rota405flog
    @rota405flog Před rokem +1

    説明や構成がとても見やすかった。
    線量をバナナで例えてるのがわかりやすかった。
    広島や福島も取り上げてくださっていたし、メキシコの緑のガラスは知らなかった。
    勉強になりました。ありがとう。

  • @kevindst
    @kevindst Před 2 lety +1335

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

    • @hahafunnyfunnyhaha3943
      @hahafunnyfunnyhaha3943 Před 2 lety +18

      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
      @clarkalarcon4057 Před 2 lety +37

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

    • @kevindst
      @kevindst Před 2 lety +4

      @@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
      @clickthecreeper9463 Před 2 lety +13

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

    • @LordSevla
      @LordSevla Před 2 lety +12

      @@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.

  • @lordcrumbles5471
    @lordcrumbles5471 Před 3 lety +2908

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

  • @ajgmwtpd
    @ajgmwtpd Před 5 měsíci +6

    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

  • @user-qe6hu9rz3c
    @user-qe6hu9rz3c Před rokem +4

    7年前の動画なのにクオリティすご

  • @spec5158
    @spec5158 Před 2 lety +5171

    "if you eat 40,000 bananas, you'd die from radiation."
    "AH YES, the RADIATION would kill you."

    • @aniketojha45
      @aniketojha45 Před 2 lety +34

      Stupid banana has is non ionizing radiation.

    • @aniketojha45
      @aniketojha45 Před 2 lety +44

      It cant kill you nonsense

    • @wtf_is_this_handle_shit
      @wtf_is_this_handle_shit Před 2 lety +321

      @@aniketojha45 Yes they do, and yes they can. It's like eating a microscopic nuke

    • @aniketojha45
      @aniketojha45 Před 2 lety +2

      @@wtf_is_this_handle_shit no idiot nonsense

    • @zehomies_7135
      @zehomies_7135 Před 2 lety +62

      @@aniketojha45 dafuq its natural that it kills you if it has radiation but you need to eat them all at once. are ya stupid son ?

  • @humpty4205
    @humpty4205 Před 4 lety +1232

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

  • @quitteretlamour5219
    @quitteretlamour5219 Před rokem +1

    Thank you for your good video.

  • @user-uh3wh1nc3k
    @user-uh3wh1nc3k Před 5 měsíci +7

    やっぱりこの事故はとんでもなかったことが分かるいい動画