PFAS: The secret toxins in your body
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- What does a rain jacket or a pan have to do with our health and environment? A lot. They can contain "forever chemicals” or PFAS, which are seriously harmful and never degrade.
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READ MORE:
Robert Billot’s next lawsuit on behalf of everyone in the U.S with PFAS in their blood:
theintercept.com/2018/10/06/d...
Roland Weber's summary of PFAS in drinking water:
blogs.biomedcentral.com/on-hea...
Companies and products that (partly) banned PFAS:
www.pfasfree.org.uk/current-i...
Author: Tim Schauenberg
Video editor: Cem Adam Springer
Supervising editor: Joanna Gottschalk
Editor's note: Unfortunately, we made a mistake. Robert Bilott spells himself correctly, as shown here, not as shown in the video. We apologize for the error.
Pretty sure covid is a pretty big pain in the rear invented in a lab. Just saying.
LET THE LAWYER EXPLAIN THE ISSUE.
Clearly we need to attack them one by one! Like in Make-up and things associated with Food, and than things in our Houses and Onward! One by One!
U know that coming to light with these subject right now. Is also related to the filthy politics agenda. I can explain as said by my activists. So brexit is completely counter the narrative of the European Union contaminated with these idea . With chlorinated chicken. Gmo..... that is why we are learning of these chemicals now.
Probably not the only error!
We should start a whole magazine like Forbes, but we talk about the evilest companies in the world and rank them every year.
Do it
While also running their ads unironically
@@kyodante THIS^^^^
Let’s do it
Great idea!!!
My first job after high school was spraying Duponts liquid telflon(Soil shield) on furniture. My daughter was born a few years later disabled, she is now 25 years old in a staffed home, with the same rare birth defects as the lab rats that caused a chemical in liquid telflon to be banned that year 1996.
Please file a lawsuit! I hope you and your family are okay.
Damn bro.
@@xDKuatemoKxD The furniture store went out of business and the lawyers said Dupont isnt liable because they had warning labels on thier 50 gallon drums. The furniture store is liable because OSHA came and fined the company$ 20,000 for not having ventilation and a dedicated spray room....2 years after I had been spraying Teflon in the corner of a furniture warehouse. The store went out of business, bankrupt 20 years ago.
@@pcb8059 Really sorry to hear of this. Who knows where good lies? Only God. Sometimes you might start a lawsuit, hoping for justice, only to be completely annihilated by the system, who is not prepared to help, but there may be other legal or activist routes that are worthy. Secondly, when we experienced such disaster, seemingly without hope of a worldly remedy, or after we have tried but that matter seems finished, then, as Muslims and believers in God and his innate goodness and ability we remind ourselves that nothing happens without the all knowing will of God, and that it is not necessary that the wisdom behind God's acts are known in this world, and that God is not unjust, but ever Merciful. Of course, this does not prevent us from seeking justice in this world, but it does prevent us from becoming embittered to the day we die, and that is ultimately more important. It also helps us see the disaster and pain as an opportunity to get closer to God and to help our fellow humans, such as family or others in society. Praying for you and your daughter.
@@methree3821 Thanks, Im a huge fan of islamic Sufi music and find value in thier unitarian ethics. Im a 50yo american musician who threw away all his western music to pursue eastern music theory and quarter tones of persian, turkish, indian music)
But meat eating(=unessesary suffering for selfish reasons) ... is kind of the Test for me if someone is claiming religous or spiritual mentalities. But i appreciate your kind words.
I am a former Marine Corps firefighter that is doing a presentation for my guys at our next reunion about these chemical compounds. Once you start going down the rabbit hole of information about this, one tends to get either more terrified, or more pissed off. The latest "safe" drinking water level is between .002 and .04 parts per trillion (means nothing to most, but you can get the idea of how toxic it is). There are military bases where the contamination is in the 1000's parts per trillion. The firefighting foam and protective gear firefighters use is loaded with it. A recent study showed that ONE service of wild caught freshwater fish (not the farm-raised fish you get at the market) is equal to 2400 times the "safe" drinking level. There is information out three for everyone to read about how to lessen the exposure to this.
Be sure you read it for you and your family.
Do you care to share the source or reference for the "study" mentioned above?
Please share...
I'm wondering about Coconut Oil?
Would it decrease or increase the dangers of PFAS?
& Charcoal??⁉️
@@Seek_Him I found no references with those. I was studying more on firefighter specific information to start. I am doing updates on our site, so if you find anythung, please let me know
@@cmc8176 Of course!
Citation:
Nadia Barbo, Tasha Stoiber, Olga V. Naidenko, David Q. Andrews,
Locally caught freshwater fish across the United States are likely a significant source of exposure to PFOS and other perfluorinated compounds,
Environmental Research,
Volume 220
To quote:
"U.S. EPA fish testing in 2013-2015 had a median PFAS concentration of 11,800 ng/kg."
"The U.S. EPA's interim updated lifetime drinking water health advisories for PFOA, at 0.004 ppt, and PFOS, at 0.020 ppt, are calculated from human serum levels associated with harm to the immune system"
Mabye my math isn't correct, but 0.004ppt should be about 4ng/kg; 0.02ppt about 20ng/kg. Thus, the measure of 11,800ng/kg in the fish is between 590 and 2,950 that limit.
To fact check the rest of the comment:
(1) I don't know if he's a former Marine.
(2) The statement about drinking water is true (see study above).
(3) According to The Guardian's article "At least 12 military bases contaminating water supply with toxic PFAS", there are military bases with the stated contamination.
(4) And yes, there are, quote, "extremely high levels of PFAS" in foam used by firefighters. I'm not sure if the same is true for protective gear.
(5) The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has a page "Meaningful and Achievable Steps You Can Take to Reduce Your Risk". One should be sure to read it.
Not to piss you of or anything, but if you google "fish pfas" the first article (titled "Toxic PFAS found in freshwater fish" by the website Chemical & Engineering News) has a link to the study literally in its first line. I'm always happy to help, but a little bit of own work would be nice too see. After that, you could provide others with the information found to help everyone understand the danger of PFAS.
How are coconut oil and charcoal related to PFAS?
I replaced my Teflon coated pan long time ago with carbon steel pan, because it is more durable. That or cast iron pan, both are good. Back then I didn't know about the risks of PFAS, but now I'm more glad I stopped using it. There has been more and more discussion about the dangers of PFAS chemicals during this year and I hope many people become aware. And yep, say also goodbye to plastics in kitchen. No more plastic spatulas or containers touching my food. It is only glass, wood and steel now.
Make sure it’s bpa free glass or else you’re just adding more chemicals to your food 😂
@@triotrip7813 BPA can be found in plastic, not in glass
Very smart decisions! Congratulation. In my kitchen you don't find anything from plastic. Glass containers, wooden spoons no glad wrap ever! No Microwave.
@@PG-3462 Exactly!
Dr. Grundy says to throw out the cast iron pans.
This just goes to show that we should only use traditional materials to cook with (stainless steel, cast iron, glass/ceramics) let alone the food we consume. All the processed foods and man-made materials that do not breakdown naturally are killing us.
They know that, future customer. Pharma says hello.
One of the jobs I picked up to help pay bills was being a dishwasher at local restaurant. I noticed that the non-stick coating on many of the skillets was peeling or waring off and brought it to the attention of the chef, as if he didn't see it for himself, and he said don't worry about it, that it poses no harm.
I can't believe that. That makes no sense but god forbid they would stop using the cookware, hell no, the attitude is ' shut up and wash the damn thing '.
I can't wash off the contamination that's in that chemical that is peeling off the skillet. You and I know that it is getting into everyone's body that eats the food that has been prepared in that skillet. I think about the pregnant woman that eat the foods from that skillet and wonder if the Teflon they ingest has any effect on the fetus of the child they carry. I wonder about myself. I just finished receiving radiation and chemo therapy for cancer and can only guess what specifically caused me to have cancer. I'll never know, Teflon has been around for years. It was invented when I was about 7 . When I am riding my bicycle and get a whiff of automobile exhaust I think, how much time from my life did that just knock off. We can't go through life thinking of each and every little situation like that but it's all adding up. I will be 66 in a few weeks so I'm ready to go anyway, I feel my body breaking down, little by little. I hope the end is fast, quick,as comfortable as it can be and most of all PAINLESS !
But I know I can't dictate that, well, I can but I'm not going that route.
Stainless steel can contain chromium, Id stick with ceramics and glass whenever possible.
The pervasiveness of these toxic substances makes cancer a disease of high likelihood for every modern human, you and me included. How sad.
@@Chet_Brinkley I am age 30 this year and I will not be surprised if I get cancer sometime in the future. Toxic substances are just so pervasive nowadays. We modern humans have access to many advance technologies but we are also highly exposed to all kinds of nasty artificial chemical substances. Sigh.
Worked 5 years in a factory that I was exposed every day to PFAS nobody was saying anything about it’s danger. No body was willing to take the job in that section now I know why we have no baby for years.
I'm sorry... 😞
It takes up to 6 months to a year to get the body back to normal my oh have to change diet, food, job and environment
@@naawakweoseindizhinakaaz2052 yes I left my job 10 years now I got 2 kids
Don’t need no more babies I dunno why anyone would want to bring a child into this fucked up world
Can I ask you if you did some analyses? I'm from the part of Italy which has been affected and I've been told that my hypothetical child could have health problems
I live in a small village in Denmark. A city where Dupont was also located. (Now called IFF)
In the 70's they dumped chemicals in the city rivers and grounds and today we see a highly amount of people in the city getting the horrible sickness ALS which is much deadly, and this year the city will be checked to see if there is a link between this and Dupont. So scary i even live in that city...
Well, technically that business wouldn't be in IFF currently. So, Dupont and Dow merged several years ago and the split up again reorganizing business. They split out into 3 new companies one still called dupont which kept both enzymes and specialty additives, one called Cortevea that was agriscience, and one called Dow that kept most of the bulk chemical manufacturing. The Dupont branch of that split off then further spun off it's health and Biosciences division to IFF. The companies that would still be putting this kind of stuff out would be a much earlier spinoff from the original called chemours, and likely the new DOW. Possibly still some in the new "dupont ".
@@sether255way to miss the point
@seitanbeatsyourmeat666 I think the point they are making is how difficult it is going to be to place blame for poisoning the citizens and environment. We are facing the same issue in Wilmington nc.
did they check? what was result
The modern society, proud to be based on science - checking if there's a correlation only after half of the city gets the same, rare disease..
I always wondered how even when I was thin I had good immunity as a child but from the years we switched to Teflon pans en all I started getting sick often and starting 2020 I was diagnosed with Lung cancer stage 4. Till today I was unable to find what caused it despite having no one in my family history of any type of Cancer.
Thank you so much DW. I will be sharing this video to as many of my connections as possible.Atleast they should not go through what I am going through now.
Hi Priyanka, sorry to hear that. Hope there is a way for you for recovery. ❤ Good to know that you found the video helpful.
It's only the tip of the iceberg really. Millions of tons in PCB's and dioxins were also illegally dumped in the 'good old' days. Whenever they are cleaned up, they are just transferred to a new dump site.
Italy has become Europe's most favored dump site, there shouldn't be any reason why these companies are still allowed to exist. Yet they do.
Yeah, I laugh, all the ones complaining probably have 3 cars in the driveway. Honestly. Bunch of hypocrites.
A very similar problem in Poland, but the police at least started to fight the problem. It seems there's a huge "rubbish" mafia in Europe and I'm not surprised Italy is also a place where they make mess
Very very thanks DW. There is a very low chance that I would've otherwise known it.
Look up Erin brockovich!
@@diannh2894 that is hexavalent chromium from coal burning, not a chemical additive
@@htopherollem649? What
Its been going on since the 1960s.
I’m doing my Master’s Thesis on these chemicals. They’re more or less the emerging contaminant of our time. Akin to PCB’s throughout the 20th century.
The thing that‘a scary is I’m sure there’s about 100 more things like PFOS that are toxic in our everyday life that we either don’t know about yet or we do know, and it’s just too difficult to phase them out.
Listen to the signs from God and genuinely trust. This is all we can do. My dad died of cancer on January 1st 2023 with my entire family singing a Christian song and I played guitar, we knew it was coming. I now work at the same place as he used to, and I inspect and ensure that packages going through our system aren’t overtly murderous or at least I’ll natured. Every package I touch I’m asking myself how it could’ve given him cancer bad enough to kill him at 51. The radioactives are the only ones that really scare me on an existentially spiritual level though, so I’d like to see this content creator elaborate on Radiation and how our seemingly casual jobs can brutally expose us to it time and time again. He was FedEx security, and I don’t even know how many hidden dangerous goods radioactives he could’ve potentially had to deal with, but now I’ll never know.
Big ones are flooring furniture paint in the walls. They emit fumes every day for decades.
🤣 Imagine if our clouds a n d weather were also made of hazardous chemicals.🤔
Most of the worst ones we willingly apply on ourselves, because spending money on self-care makes us feel more worthy
Modern-day living comes at a price. It boggles the mind how careless we could be with our drinking water.😑😭
where we should get clean water?
So much stuff that we can't live without, only to find out that we can't live WITH it!
Wow... just wow.
LOL...So 7 billion plus people aren't living on the planet today?
@@DelbertStinkfester Sure they are. I counted every last one of 'em.
Oh, wait, yours was a rhetorical question because you think asking it will automatically make people question the validity of the information. The only ones who'll do that are the ones who don't think for themselves, and you deserve them.
@@hotflashfoto Interesting
@@DelbertStinkfester you got got. If you're phishing for replies and trolling, I'd recommend you stick to political videos.
@@Day100 I do what I want
I did my bachelor thesis on this stuff. I was able to shorten its chains but actually the shorter ones are even more toxic so fuck this stuff
The hennep plant is the only natural plant that can change soil/ air without infecting itlself with toxins.... from my knowledge.. maybe cool for your next project thesis, someone wrote about that already 20 years ago... clean the nuclear site in Oekraïne by planting hennep and let the natural corse of nature do its job... though you may like that input... keep us update
@@tancosta1286 do you know where I could read this study?
I got a good tip for you, just make the chain longer.. thank me later
Is it possible to rid the body of these? I mean if you were to strictly control your diet and environment, is your body able to flush these PFAS out of your system naturally?
@@WestOfEarth no, once you get it (jab) you cant undo it , the synthetic material spreeds into vital organs and lays there until the body starts showing that cant fight it or work with it , different forms of cancers , shut down of the biological immune system of the human body, good exempel is the residu on spike protein in the femal overies, when it natural protein the femal body converts it into food for the own system, with the synthetic material it does not, it accumulates into the point that it cant reconise the good protein, long therm : infertility, overy cancers , and that is just for starters. Its all by disign. Depending on the toxins and amount, some your body will get rid of , take care of your body and your body takes care of you.
Stories like this are important. We need to know and understand. It also freaks me out. Humans have done a great job with polluting an entire planet.
They've even polluted space. Earth's orbit, more precisely.
It's not like that pollution will have drastic consequences on the planet in the long run. It'll survive far longer than we will
@@iluvbewbies23 No, it won't. It'll have drastic consequences for humans. The planet's be here for billions of years.
Don't blame this 💩 on everyone. All that trash is due to Europeans. I don't see Native Americans trash floating up in the great garbage patch, I don't see Africans spreading nuclear waste everywhere.
This is a European created problem.
@@iluvbewbies23 I thought that too but theses PFAS chemicals came to stay. we are talking about a time frame similar to the time life is possible on earth. also they never occured naturally. its crazy to think about that for a second. what other chemical is not found in nature at all? it really troubles me
My sincere appreciation for your time, and understanding of a Toxic environment we live among,
Take care all.
Much love from New Zealand
This needs to be pinned on the front page of CZcams. Needs billions of views.
This video should have millions of views. It’s so sad how we allow corporations to poison us for profit.we keep taking their bait on social issues but it’s all a cover to install judges that will prevent reform.
Thank you for this! I'd like to suggest the film 'Dark Waters' should be required viewing for all. Keep up this great work, your videos are so important.
I came here to make this comment. Great movie - a real eye opener.
10 years ago I was at a duping plant and a worker told me they poured a ton of the worlds most dangerous chemicals down the drain. Of course it was illegal. He said it so casually
Companies like this shouldn't exist. Should be closed forever instantly. (Would not give a second chance).
thats horrible....
People get concerned that the vaccines have had inadequate human trials when there are things we use every day that don't have human trials at all.
Good point!!
Just like 5g, we are the test subjects. Before someone tells me it's non-ionizing, I know. Exposure to lower levels over long periods of time is not yet known, which mean it may cause issues down the line especially for younger people
doesn’t matter we should continue to just accept it? refusing the shot is step one of standing up against the corrupt corporations and globalists. the more we refuse to participate in their experiments, the less we fund them, the more we can fight against them.
I think both things are wrong. Human experimentation in general used to be looked down on once upon a time. We the public need to fight for our safety and stop putting our trust into corporations that only care about profits.
I still won’t get it!
But hey, let’s keep mocking people that look for “clean” “toxic free” alternatives when shopping, because “eVeRyThiNg cAusEs cAnCeR”
Cancer is a disease that is inevitable for humans. I choose to not worry about it as I will live a life. May it be short, may it be long, I know it will be good. Ignorance is bliss after all. We will cure one thing and another pops up. Think Covid. Think cancer. Think anything new. Humans play god for too long so nature is stepping in.
Humans must die. Humans will die. The longer we live, the worse it will be.
@@Andrew-my1cp u gotta be slow eat healthy live healthy all i gotta say bot
@@Andrew-my1cp it’s not about living forever, it’s about the quality of the living
@@Andrew-my1cp it's true, getting cancer is inevitable, it's just a question of when not if, it's a question of probabilities, when you're old you probably have some form of cancer.
However it's a good idea to bring those quotas down so that younger people get spared. if your 80 and get cancer it sucks but probably won't hurt you bevause you will earlier because of natural causes. Getting it with 50 is a different thing and it will steal you many years of a happy life
@@Andrew-my1cp You are aware that things will pop up even if we don´t cure anything. Can´t see why it would be good to stop curing things. And nature isn´t stepping in, we are poisoning ourselves. Even worse: companies have done and will do this knowingly in regards to the planet and our bodies. Sry but i don´t get your mentality at all.
Great work. Thanks for shedding the light on this dilemma humanity is faced with. Accountability is key. They knowingly contaminated the planet.
But will blame it on us and usher in changes of control you will not be able to fathom in the near future, hence why you’re beaten over the head with the climate agenda daily now, backed the same people who poisoned us and the planet
spiderman no home< yes
Too little to late for some...but I'm glad they are finally shining the light on these cockroaches. And oh corporations are NOT people. Plenty of blame and accountability to go around.
So many people just seem to have accepted defeat and can't even imagine that a better world is even possible.
Hence the reasons we get people that think things like this are no big deal or "inevitable".
We're a very subdued, defeated society.
Requiring products to disclose that they contain PFAS is a great step! Similar to California’s product labels that disclose that the item contains ingredients that may cause cancer
I was listening with interest until 3 minutes 33 and then, pop! Your credibility has decreased severely. I you believe that the MRNA shot was a vaccine and the Cow vid just a natural virus you can count me out!
You mean how every single product you own says it causes cancer in California
Which items?
@@thomasbarlow4223almost everything can increase risk of some cancers
@@thomasbarlow4223 everything causes cancer when you stop and think about it.
Thank you so much for educating us, DW.
This message needs to get out there. Thank you for your work
Great job DW! I love your videos! Thank you for your hard work!
Is it too late? I mean it's already everywhere.
First time hearing about PFAS. Thanks DW
As some comments attest, it's the manufacturing spraying process that is most dangerous to workers, followed by disposal of liquid product into water to people and animals exposed downstream, above the final product in solid form to consumers.
it's very EARLY actually!!......while it's been around for a while, it wasn't used in everything until recently.......so just because it's "everywhere" doesn't mean harm or death....it's the BUILD UP that is dangerous. So if they hurry and stop using it, we will be fine.
@Ty Dye maybe too late for the natural world overall, but its not too late for people to take measures to clean their own water etc.
So why would DuPont still be in business
because corrupt elites are still profiting through them.
Dupont, Bayer, Monsanto, those are Zionists' industries, and no matter how much harm they cause, they are here to stay. Vaccines are also a huge scam.
Did you JUST arrive to this planet?
Becouse customers buy things made by Dupont
$$$±
I have never used nonstick pans but have used photo chemicals and waterproofing materials. I also grew up in a rural, farming area where every spring farmers would spray something on their fields (no idea what). I do know one potato farmer whose land is contaminated because he would dump whatever all over the place to get rid of it. When i lived in Brooklyn, i lived within a few miles of not one, not two but THREE superfund sites. It's amazing that im as healthy (so far as i know) as i am, relatively speaking
Like someone here already said, we must demand them to disclose that the items are produced with toxic chemicals!
Former 3Mer who was in corporate research and new product development divisions. There's going to be a lot more of these types of chemicals but it'll take you 30+ years to prove it. Glad to be out of that place.. But not without permanent brain damage from chemicals that I got no compensation for.
What happened to you?
maybe you could leak that information to a journalist, more knowing they did so much damage to you
I hear you. I worked for Daikin, at the joint venture with 3M in Decatur Alabama during the start-up. We took all the precautions we knew to take. I have a lot of health issues that started before I left there. I was in my late twenties. Now I am in my fifties and things are really escalating. My family genetics would normally indicate a life expectancy of 90 to 100. I doubt I will draw Social Security. Hospitalized in my twenties with overall body edema following an explosion in a "contained" building where I monitored the air quality afterwards to determine when it was safe to enter the building (with full body suit and supplied air). My dad had to carry me into the hospital. I could not get my feet into my shoes or stand. Two of the doctors that examined me were from India. They compared it to Bhopal.
The Americans in charge of the plant let me go shortly after that (the Japanese were confused and concerned and kept calling me to check on me, Daikin was a Japanese company). I never sued or tried to sue. Shortly after I left, three people were killed. Down through the years several more have been killed there. During the past two years, at least four have died from exposure and there are others with permanent lung damage. This is the location where EPA/OSHA have now handed down the largest ever fine and a cease production order. There have been lawsuits that supposedly help the community but nothing for current or past employees or for individuals living nearby.
What I will say is this. I did know that everything we handled was dangerous and could kill you if not carefully handled or if a "runaway" reaction occurred. We were trained and trained on what to do, how to react when things went wrong, how to contain and control, and the short-term consequences that were known at the time of exposure. I also knew of some long-term exposure consequences. However, a lot of what is in the news now, was not in the training I received and I do not believe it was known or well-researched at the time. It has been thirty years since I was there, so there is much more known now. I do not believe that either company was "evil" and set about to kill or harm people. I do believe that these chemicals are like the nuclear energy problem. Nuclear energy generates lots of power once it gets going and with little fluctuation (no surges to damage your electronics), but what do you do with your waste???? Similarly, the production of the polymers containing fluorine, they are very useful, but you cannot make them without also making side-products that are problems. So what do you do when there are not other products that can readily replace them? Many medical devices must be made out of them. Also, many industrial applications need them. It is just like oil and gasoline. It would be nice to say, "No more fossil fuels", but that just is not a reality at this time.
But having said all of the above. Always take every precaution when handling any chemical. Especially something you may be inhaling or get on your skin. Wear protective clothing (extra layers, Tyvec or similar coveralls, goggles or safety glasses, respirator or at least a mask, gloves, boot covers). Always shower immediately after use, rinse your mouth and nasal cavities. Rinse your eyes. Drink a glass of milk. Better to be a nerd and alive than "nobody is going to make me wear a.....fill in the blank" and sick or dead. These are things that are in your own control.
I was not aware as a young man what the danger was@@jamierichardson9981
Now i am sick and the doctor thinks i am crazy.I don,t know what to do anymore.They are going to check my blood but i dont think it is visible after 15 years.That stuff is in my brain and organs now i am scared.for many years no mask no gloves refilling fighting foam.They said it was not harmful.I was told to spray it in a ton and the content down the sink.thousands of them
It’s videos like this that keep me advocating that you tube is a hands down blessing for free education that’s useful and applicable in real world day to day living. Thank you from the bottom of my heart from a very lower class poor recovering opiate addict that’s new addiction is knowledge. Your giving me amazing doses of my much needed fix lol.
"This world is dangerous place to be alive not because of evil people but those who see it and do nothing about it" Albert
I stopped using no stick cookware 30 years ago. Sad to see it is still around and used even more
The sad part is this is just one of many many venues through which we are inadvertently poisoned every day.
Mostly through our mouths by foods like sugar, alcohol and tobacco...
inadvertently really ?
@@Fomites sugar is natural and necessary, tobacco (real tobacco not cigarette) and alcohol aren't very bad if taken with moderation, however corporations added shit to tobacco to make it a lot more addictive.
This is where I get furious at wealthy climate activists blaming average citizens for pollution as if we made the choice to use plastics or move plastics overseas because it cheaper than recycling. It's Coca Cola, Nestlé and Dupont to blame.
You said that some EU countries, including Germany, want to ban all PFAS by 2030. Why not immediately? Fear of big companies' pushback? Isn't 40 years of poisoning people enough? This
topic needs follow-up. Find out if any progress has been made, any more companies agreed? If a year
has passed, do a new investigation & find out which companies are not cooperating, let the public
know so we can boycott their wares. We need more transparency! Thank you .
Every chemical company should be mandated to make public statements on statistical modeling of what their products will do to the environment and ecosystems if produced commercially. PFAS, among countless other industrial chemicals used to produce consumer goods that we know are carcinogenic, should've never left the lab setting. Loose regulations make for greedy corporate owners to do as they wish.
Okay - so yesteday PFAs was on the news and it was the first time I had heard of it. Thank you for providing this educational video and bring awareness.
DW, thank you for this informative topic on PFAS.
Shared with my clients immediately...🙏 Thanks for the video...
What have we done? Our world has become irreparably dystopian and claustrophobic.
We done nothing, while someone or something planned all this
Mmmmm sweet sweet money
Who?
The industrial revolution and it's consequences have been a disaster for the human race
Don't pass the blame to the people, it's ONLY the greedy corporations' fault
Very informative and useful. Such toxic substances should immediately be banned.
They are banned in the majority of countries just not the USA.
@@Demopans5990 no proof of that at all.. speculative. Sperm counts by some estimates are higher in some studies. In fact inverse did a far reaching account of a bunch of studies and found evidence that sperm counts are not falling and that that is a myth.
DuPont should be closed immediately just for their lies alone!
@@Demopans5990What about bisphenols and phthalates?
Too late
Yup, we are in lots of ways both in & out ! 🙏
Wow this is so very informative. Thank you!
20 year legal battle
That's dedication
I saw videos about this years ago and decided to use only stainless steel pans, replacing plastic for glass or wood, not microwave, etc and I told this to many relatives and friends how dangerous is teflon, plastic, microwave used in our food but the majority of them never change and still buying or using all this as when I go to the markets all this materials are everywhere as people buying it. If you check all the videos of cooking in youtube now, they use teflon and plastic to prepare their food.
"You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink". You have done well. "forewarned is forearmed."
@@cmc8176Agree.
The main source of contamination is through the food and water you consume. There is nothing you can do. It's in the soil (plants). It's in water sources, rivers, seas. It's everywhere. It's ok. People pollute the planet driving to work. Nobody cares about that?
Not the consumers fault.
An awesome piece! I am wondering thou, are BPA and Phthalates also PFAS?
Please try to reduce flashing in videos, it’s not very accessible for people with photo sensitivity or sensory processing problems.
Yeah I get aura migraines and I was just saying to my husband this video was too much because of all the flashing.
Dying from an old age sounds like a luxury...
Informing consumers that a product contains a permanently dangerous ingredient is not enough.
It is rightly expected that the decision about the fate of the biosphere is not given to each and every end-consumer, but that instead the usage of such substance is controlled by regulations, or its synthesis outright banned!
I grew up in Parkersburg. Ive drank, bathed, brushed my teeth in that water for 30 years. It worries me what is to come to this day
Do you or your friends/family have issues now with health?
Thanks! Your information is really great! Other broadcast are interested in profit, DW in information and knowledge. Thank you.
Why would these be “secret”?
I have been reading for years various chemicals (and other types of pollutants) mankind uses has ended up in our environment, in our food sources, and in our bodies.
Reasearch how China gets rid of their toxin waist... You will never look to food, medical pills, clothes and toys the same way... just to name a few
It's not an absolute 'secret', but I guess the use of the word is due to the relative low knowledge about this topic compared to the widespread use of these chemicals
But if you hadn't been reading about it and actively seeking out this sort of information, would you have ever known?
I get what you mean though.
It's just not talked about enough.
It's not reprimanded, or protested enough to bring change to the many multinational companies unethical and dangerous output of "make money today, see the side effects tomorrow" outlook.
And it may never be with all the money they make.
@@Day100 the articles just pop up, once upon in newspapers and magazines , and now online newsfeeds. But it can get scary when you think about all the various chemicals that we ingest.
From maybe our cookware, product packaging, various sorts of vehicle pollution, and numerous industries pumping out pollution that will eventually make its way into our food supplies and our bodies.
There is a healthy alternative !! ... use ceramic coated nonstick cookware like invented by GREENPAN ... stronger, better and unharmfull !!
@@vinaynk True ! .. But if we all stop buying such products, the producers won't sell anything anymore and will have no other choice than looking for alternatives...
alledgedly, don't trust any company that easily
Just use steel or cast iron. It’s what restaurants use. It’s what our ancestors used. It’s completely safe.
@@TheDrumanchu how far ancestors?
Cooking is actually not old way to eat. History is mixed woth big lies.
Depended were one lived.. but raw food from wilderness have been always nr.1
Raw food from own garden second...
Cooking was very rare and more over cold period.
Our ancestors new the truth.. cooking kills 80-100% of nutritions and vitamines your boody NEEDS!
@@Maakyo oh my goodness...
Yeah whatever... whatever....
Lies through centuries, in last 3 so intensely that no space for the truth left for now...
You have been deeply brainwashed... like most of humanity, so don't feel low.
You have that right to believe in whatever or who ever you want.... in mainstreem history full of lies mixed with some twisted truth , in educationalsystem, in politicactors or in rmainstreem puppets, etc.
Ignorance is a choice!
Have a happy life!
DuPont seems to be involved in almost every nasty chemical problem around the world, or at least in the US. It's scary that most people don't realize they're washing microplastics down the drain every day. Just look up all the ingredients in cosmetics & hygiene products.
That's pretty sad. In a recent article showed it's even at toxic levels now in rainwater!
Is there a way I can get tested for toxins? Is there blood tests or urine tests ..etc...??? And who would I ask for such tests? I'm sure average Primary Care Drs dont know past the average basic blood tests....
There are many medical centers that test for toxicity, etc.. Just try Google to find a doctor or medical center near you.
You don’t need to be tested. I can guarantee you have a few nanomoles in your blood.
My question would be, what can you do after getting tested??
If nothing, then what’s the point of being tested?
Poison is poison no matter the amount.
We clearly see who is responsible for this.
From this video, I got to know very little about what perfluoroalkanes definietly do to me, and when it happens to correlate with the symptoms. Probably because PFAS is not a thing but a term, as you said.
What I didn’t like in your video is labeling all perfluoro chemicals harmful and calling them alkanes. For instance out of the two chemicals you brought up one was a perfluorocarboxylic acid, and one was a polimer, and none were a perfluoroalkane, hence why most sources say perfluoronated chemicals/substances.
It seems pointless to argue about names, but in organic chemistry you don’t even need to change the sequence of the atoms in a molecule to achieve vastly different effects of human exposure. N-hexane is known for having carcinogenic metabolites, but just one less of one more carbon in the chain and it isn’t a carcinogen.
My point is that people should not think that all the different hemicals under the definition of PFAS are harmful without proper evidence. And one chemical being harmful to many of your organs in an unknown mechanism (most of the time) proves exactly nothing about other chemicals.
Now imagine these same people
Claiming they care about your health
Forever chemicals ... how anyone could have thought them to be a good idear in the first place is quite mindboggling to me. Sure those executives which saw good opportunities to make money, which i guess it boils down to is also the handicap in removing them from the market again, as lobbyists and lawyers are paid to keep them in the productlines.
To exacerbate the problem, many extraneous chemicals are used to create new products to sell to industries. Nothing go to waste!
Excellent work guys, appreciate the information.
Ty
We have a Dupont factory in the neighbourhood too. It's a big polluted area...it's everywhere...
i didn't know something that keeps me alive by heating food could kill me
Everyone is cluless about it i heard about the blue forever chemicals 3 years ago they are now blood testing fire firghters for pfas because they are exposed to it through their job
@@kathylesnewski5442 yes, because FIRE FIGHTERS WORK FOR PRIVATE companies. Yes, or No? Just my wild guess.
@@kirstinstrand6292 what does working for a private or public company have to do with pfas
Its either you died by brain/flesh eating bacteria in weeks or died slowly by harmful chemical
Pick wisely..
@@sn5301679 bs
Very helpful and informative video. Thank you so much!
First of all, thank you very much for this HIGHLY informative video. But why did you say at the end that we should avoid frozen vegetables? Is the packaging of frozen food also coated with PFAS? I did try to google this before writing this comment - but I didn't find anything very informative and would be very grateful for some links with more information on this...
All plastics are harmful. One more PFAS for humanity to deal with until our end. See the book, "A Poison Like No Other: How MICROPLASTICS Corrupted Our Planet and Our Bodies" --- by Matt Simon. He said in the book, microplastics represent a cocktail of toxicity: plastics contain at least 10,000 different chemicals. Those chemicals are linked to diseases from diabetes to hormone disruption to cancers.
Also, you may want to watch "Dark Waters" from 2019, a film with Mark Ruffalo based on one lawyer's fight against Dupont over PFAS. I am starting an online club, new year, on health and wellness for the layman. You may be interested in joining when I get it up and running.
Lastly, Cancer News from Johns Hopkins:
-- 1. No plastic containers in Microwave Oven.
--- 2. Water bottles in the freezer.
--- 3. No plastic wrap in the microwave.
Johns Hopkins has recently sent this out in its newsletters. This
information is being circulated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
Dioxins are highly poisonous to the cells of our bodies. Don't freeze
your plastic bottles with water in them as this release dioxins from the
plastic.
So much more can be said. Bye for now.
A lot of frozen vegetables have cooking instructions on them staying to microwave it in the bag to fully cook it so I'd imagine thats why. Curious though, too.
would be interesting to find out
what you do to the environment, you do to yourself but nothing will get done until it hits home
Italian Prosecco grows on the most pfas polluted ground of Italy.
🥂🍾
Well, looks like I'm throwing out a bunch of stuff. Good thing I have plenty of stainless and cast iron cookware.
I have seen this one before when it was released and again today! damn important documentary awesome work guys!
We knew about PFOAs in the early 1960s, everyone who had birds knew not to cook with Teflon, or to keep the birds well away from the kitchen, as the fumes would kill them. Talk about your canary in a coal mine!
Why didn't DuPont research that toxicity?
You don’t think they didn’t know?
I'm sure they don't give a rip.
Just like Prof. Thomas Goem said the main problem is that we might accumulate an acute dose of PFAS over the years.
Maybe extracting 2 liter of blood a year will solve the problem :P
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A very good idea, especally if You are a blood donor without conscience !.
@@ezzovonachalm9815 @Potatoes but wouldn't it be a bit hypocritical to donate blood which is already contaminated with these PFAS?
- I mean sure, your blood concentration of PFAS would decrease, but it wouldn't be such a happy story for the receiver 😅 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@@tanjo4 Is the blood checked for PFAS when donating? I don't believe.
In Germany, Altötting, blood donations were even not allowed, don't know if this is still the case.
they should have warned when they sold teflon about dangers of it and how to use it properly without scratching them
If IKEA is removing them from their products, why do they still have pans with Teflon classic coating here in the Netherlands and even promote it as being safe for you since it passes trough your body. I remember there being a sign at the pan section that said this, not more than 1,5 yrs ago and the pans can still be found on their website.
Gives me Dopesick vibes as in the TV show.
It’s time we start prioritizing our health above making profit.
I watched this video one day after I bought a teflon pan....it is amazing how humankind is so harmful, and how naive we are
omg throw it away now ! buy iron cast or granite 100%
Do not use coated pans you will be eating chemicals.
The problem is that we the consumer don't know chemistry. All we know is that our food wont stick in the pan (which isn't true after about a year or if you scratch the coating) and it'll be easier to clean it. We assume the government has done their job and made sure the products we have available to buy are safe to use. An alternative is the pans from gotham steel. They use ceramic though they are more expensive. So far as I know there aren't any of these chemicals but I have no idea for sure.
@@ADobbin1 I agree!! We, as consumers, buy products because we expect them to be safe, as we expect government guarantees it. But no! Government approves products just for minimum of safety and an amount of politically correct decisions. ..... :/
Well ......some of us are naive and the rest of us are selfish, greedy, and completely dissociated from our conscience
If only we could all agree to clean up our world and live with the understanding that the health of all living beings is most beneficial and pleasing for our peace of mind. If we just would turn off media distractions, silly entertainments and focus on how to live a simpler life then we could actually be happy and die content when our time would come.
I try to live like that, but if you don't consume the same as everyone else you are an outcast.
@@fueyo2229 well there's always either a family member or a friend who'll hang out with you. I don't care if I do or do not fit with a certain crowd because I can enjoy the things I do, my hobbies and thats fine with me.
@@thinkinoutloud.1 I'm happy that you found someone, but I, don't, I don't have friends to hang out with, I tried to hang out sometime but they only wanted to go to and shopping centre a go shopping, do people fricking know how to have fun these days?
@@fueyo2229 walk to the library and find out what adult programs they have. People can join a book club, Learn to play cards, just inquire.
@@thinkinoutloud.1 Oh, would I wish to have a library, I live in a very isolated town that has zero libraries, public transit or whatever and only 1 member of my family can drive, I enjoy the nature but it's boring somtimes.
Here in Wilmington, NC; they have found PFAS even on the 🍯 honey.
I thought I was smart by just buying drinking water filtered by reverse osmosis. But, it spreads in all the area by many other ways as water is the core for every living creature including insects.
First time hearing about this, glad to know but at the same time worry about what am I doing to my self this whole time.
Thank you so much for this information. Everybody should know this!
Great piece! I hope they make a whole DW documentary about it. Don't forget we also use it in sunscreen, make-up and firefighting. So, they are everywhere unfortunately.
Sun screen and make up? :O It's just everywhere, isn't it?
@@nellgwyn2723 yep! Whereelse not?
spiderman no home< yes
DW Planet A team is the best !!
Thanks for this valuable information.
Another great DW documentary. I just found this channel today! Subbed! Liked! Smashed the notification bell!
Thanks a lot much appreciated!
We are already screwed. This is so much worse than people realize.
More content like this should be viewed
0:25 - with all the strangely shaped pipes- what is that a photo/video of?
The RAAF Tindal PFAS Contamination lawsuit I believe is still going in Australia… Pretty much the whole of 1 small town in the Northern Territory of Australia cannot drink its groundwater. There is also spots in Darwin, Australia (NT) that also cannot be swum in due to PFAS contamination. This is a huge deal, and a concern to me, my friends and family.
If we are able to completely eradicate PFAS, how do we eradicate the damage already done to our lands and water supplies? Our Bodies even?
The damage of our planet It is already done. I don't thing we can do something...the popolation it's to high to suport the quality of our life on this fragile planet...
Thank you very much for this video!
The topic is really quite important.
I got exposed to high levels of simliar chemicals at a former workplace, and now it's virtually impossible to find a waterproof jacket that doesn't make me feel ill, and the same goes for a lot of textiles and cleaning products.
That's probably just placebo/nocebo though
@@cyan_oxy6734 you don't have any proof to back up your statement z while the documentary has. Do I'd rather believe proof rather than words.
You know, belief in science rather than belief ;)
thanks bro i had almost a siezurre with that PFAS text on start of the video...
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And the CDC says it “may cause development issues and delayed learning in children” and coincidentally there has been a very significant rise in children with autism.
We as people of Earth need to unite together and stand up for our lives and our Earth! We need to come together and speak up against these mega corporations, ruling class elite, corrupt politicians! It will be a bloody day but we need to change this for our futures and for the next generations! This can no longer just been brushed off because if we do millions will continue to suffer and die from this ignorance. Please let us stand together as humans we can do this!
As long as capitalism is still a thing. That will never happen. Capitalism is the source of all problems we have in everyday life
I think I will be using my cast iron pan and glass cookware that bit more often after this.
Not that it's going to make a huge amount of difference - sounds like this stuff is inescapable. Apart from this PFAS, DDT, Strontium 90 and lead (from petrol), I wonder what other persistent substances blight our entire environment?
Hi Debbie, great idea! 🍵 Also, have you already seen our video "Why you're putting fossil fuels in your face?" czcams.com/video/268yY4bvPlc/video.html. Please let us know you're thoughts in the comments. 🌸
THANK YOU!!!
OK. Getting rid of all my non stick pots. I'll stick to my stainless steel & cast iron. Not much I can do about the containers food comes in, but I can use glass for short term storage & waxed paper for the freezer.
It is in waxed paper. Anything that is non stick.