Your Gear Is Poisoning You #shorts

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[pcgaminghelp]

He started out as a backpacker, and ended up as a citizen activist and scientist

[Quewe-jt]

Dude I’m a firefighter and everything about our gear has pfas and causes cancer, it’s great!

[cateyenebula]

I love how more and more people are raising awareness for this. Keep it up!

[HenryCrick]

For anyone wondering the movie talking about Du Pont and Teflon and these forever chemicals specifically is called Dark Waters… well worth a watch

[Iamme-sd]

At this point, I truly give up. EVERYTHING is poison nowadays.

[sweetdrahthaar]

I’m 70 and I’ve been using Gore-Tex garments since they were introduced. I was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer a little over six years ago and am one of the few who have survived. If anybody knows what caused it, no one is saying.

[curly__]

I used all the modern wonder tech clothing going back to the early 90's. I use very little of it now and have been going back to natural fibers for about 10-12 years now. There is just no comparison in most cases. Gortex is horrendous and doesn't work, it soaks you with condensation and sweat, it is far more dangerous than cotton, i have had gortex raingear almost kill me half a dozen times over the last 30 years here in the western rockies. I've used it in gortex boots as well and it holds all the mosture in and rarely keeps it out causing the worst blisters I've ever had. Either lighter weight, tight weave, waxed, cotton canvas rainwear or light weight S25 amazon ripstop nylon panchos are the only way to go for me for rain gear and with wool layers and crushable down puffys for warmth. Nylon is excellent for all kinds of ultralight backpacking gear and your are only exposed to it while hiking, backpacking, so that is not really an issue. But i cannot stress enough, stay away from goretex.

[sophiac]

Wow! I can’t believe your video is still up and you haven’t been challenged by that company. Thank you for your work. I know some people are saying it doesn’t matter if it’s in the water it’s not getting into your skin, but every little bit that gets into our skin stays in our system and builds up over the course of our lives. Thus it seems wise to avoid these things getting into our system in the first place. And of course, think about all the runoff from all the clothing and all the manufacturing that is happening.

[kaboomsihal]

A substance washing out of a material doesn't mean you're actually absorbing it, you're absorbing it in the right route or you're absorbing it at a concentration that is relevant.
This is a good first step. Out of maybe a dozen you'd need to actually make this worth its time.
As is, this is like fear mongering about the incredibly toxic Na in all of our food.

[tatiananaugolnykh]

You are very wise ! Please, stay safe and awesome ! Chemicals are all around us, for sure !

[patrickdyer]

These compounds are very in vogue for study in the toxicology community. Important to remember the dose and route of exposure. Personally, I would not be concerned about wearing this product. However, I would be concerned to work in factories that produce it. While many compounds are carcinogenic, other factors weigh more greatly in the overall picture of my health. I enjoyed this piece of citizen science!

[gme]

Now we need to hold these companies and the retailers that sold them like REI, accountable. They need to come up with a way to properly dispose of these hazardous products, and offer some sort of reimbursement to the consumer who spent millions of dollars unwittingly purchasing them.

[besteven]

Love that you thought to look into this, then followed through with legit testing. I don't know what the 'acceptable' limits are, but I know for certain this is only one exposure we're getting from the vast assortment of materials we're exposed to every day. Thank you for doing this.

[LUCKY_LARRY]

Pfas is in lots and lots of things. If they outlaw products that contain it, the companies remame it and keep selling it.

[Casperski]

In the military world right now there's a couple little things called the "Gulf War Syndrome" and "Burn Pit Exposure". The leading theory is soldiers and contractors were exposed to exotic chemicals leading to all sorts of horrible symptoms.
Any guesses as to who makes all our water proof gear?
I'm starting to wonder if it had less to do with where we were and more to do with what we were wearing.

[SupercriticalGear]

Thank you for your research into very loosely regulated garment industry. Reminds me of fire retardant impregnated clothing. Decades later we start noticing what companies knew all along - b😅ttled water is loaded with endocrine disrupting microplastics. Wonderchem-treated garments aren't making us any healthier except getting more outdoors.

[Eviljesterking]

You know why this video didn't take off? Because humans overall don't care, we lack empathy for others, much less for the environment (i think it's an awesome video btw that deserves better recognition than what has been given)

[oxpack]

Goretex has been a total ripoff for decades. You can have a fabric breathe or be waterproof - not both and often neither. Just the label gets the manufacturer a huge price bump for nothing.

[TrueHelpTV]

There is a reason one of the test certifications is called a "10x post-wash" because chemicals shed off and the fabric loses it's waterproof properties.

[Mackham]

Goretex is used in reconstructive surgeries as well. Say if someone severely injured their rib cage they can replace sections with goretex. So many people have this inside their bodies.