I Got Tested for Microplastics

Microplastics are in our brains, balls, and ovaries. The emergent science suggests that microplastics in our body are not good, at all, for any of us. Together, we’re going to create the world’s largest dataset of microplastics and then begin experimenting together with the best things to lower them in all of our bodies. Get your test today.

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Chapters
0:00 - The problem
0:30 - My first microplastics test
0:51 - How plastic gets into your body
1:38 - 1. Water
2:57 - 2. Food + containers
3:33 - 3. Kitchen
3:57 - 4. Home + personal care
4:30 - Test your microplastics levels
5:27 - What next?

[gavinbarragan]

It’s official, I don’t have enough money to be watching this Channel.

[yunggolem]

1. Robot vacuum & a large standalone air purifier. A lot of household dust is plastic. This is a larger part of the problem than is being properly measured, especially with all the vinyl plank flooring, urethaned wood flooring, plastic carpet, & epoxy sealed concrete that's common. Basically if you're not on tile, you can count on plastic being rubbed off of your floor from foot traffic.
2. Avoid liquids in plastic. NEVER heat liquids in plastic or put hot liquids in plastic. Plasticizers transfer to liquids FAR more readily than solids, especially when heated.
3. Limit plastic containers to dry storage, this will eliminate the overwhelming majority of the interaction between food & plastic. Reducing temperature basically eliminates plasticizer transfer, so dry storage in fridge is fine IMO. I also like to put a paper towel down under any dry things I put into plastic storage containers. Barrier between food & plastic, reduces cleanup later, & helps absorb any residual moisture instead of condensing on interior of container.
4. Currently repurposing my plastic containers to non-food storage & replacing all my food storage with glass containers & jars.
5. Threw away any t-shirts & underwear with plastic in the weave. Anything with direct skin contact or near my face, I go all natural materials.
6. Outer layers I've switched to using a wool sweater & a wool peacoat when it's truly cold, as well as an alpaca wool beanie cap, but they are bulky so I keep my nylon-based jackets & shells around for situations I need packable cold weather gear. Weight to warmth ratio is one thing natural materials just can't compete on. They are always going to be heavier.
7. Cotton & linen in the heat. I've removed basically all plastic outside of elastic waistbands from my summer clothes too by upgrading to higher quality cotton shirts, wearing shorts, & using linen for long pants. Where I'm at the summers are brutal with heat & humidity, it's too much for jeans so finding a good linen pant was huge for me. Does take some ironing to keep it looking good, but it actually feels much better & breezier than the blended cotton/plastic pants I was previously using that claimed to be highly breathable.
8. All cotton sheets & wool blankets. No blends. Because your face is so near them it's especially important for these to not contain any plastics.

[Shoamly]

My partner is working on an advanced degree working focusing on nanotechnology enabled water treatment for point of use water filtration systems. Their work is meant to be selective for contaminate removal. Some of the people in their lab are working specifically on removal of micro plastics from drinking water. Really interesting stuff.

[oloxhossono]

i’m tired of making avoiding it such a significant part of my lifestyle. I want production of these products to stop and I want to come up with something that removes it from our bodies, this is completely unacceptable of our government and it really pisses me off tbh

[frid]

The problem is when we throw out the plastic from our homes, it ends up in nature, and it returns to us in our food, water and the air we're breathing.
We need a safe way to take care of plastics, so it doesn't end up in nature.
We need to find materials that has the same water resistant effect as plastic, but doesn't harm us, animals, or nature.
There are garbage bags that turn to water, when burned, instead of microplastics, for example.
I'm glad to see that you are engaging in the problem! It has been denied way too long!
😊❤

[roathripper]

this will send people's OCD through the roof!!!!

[chrissif]

Already doing all this. By the way, here in Germany it’s forbidden to use receipts containing BPA since 2020!
I think we generally are more aware of health and environmental topics than in the US.

[evans]

I was quite surprised that you would get plastics from metal cans. So I did a couple of google searches. Apparently the cans are coated with (usually) epoxy to prevent a metal taste from being acquired by the foods especially in acidic foods. Epoxy and some other variants are the ones leeching the plastic into our foods. California as usual is pushing the envelope on this front and requires labeling. Which means some companies are switching over to non- plastic leeching chemicals.

[meanderthalensis]

I’m not aware of any studies showing reliable microplastics testing with such a small amount of blood. Bryan, can you provide proof this is not Theranos 2.0

[UnrealMatter]

The whole blueprint stack is in plastic containers😬

[JaredPresnell]

I ordered a blueprint stainless steel shaker (the same as the one in the video) and was surprised to find the lid was made of plastic (polypropylene). If you look at the lid under a low power microscope, you can see many flakes of plastic ready to come off where the shape was milled. The "stainless steel water container" is still plastic...

[cachaça_baby]

Microplastics remind me of what happened to ancient Rome when they were contaminated by lead in the pipes

[Evgeny-pf]

Guys, Bryan... did you check the research on this?

The partner (PLASTIC TOX, arrow lab solution) providing this test has some serious study flaws - they can't really prove the method works.

It's all out there in their "Discovery and quantification of plastic particle pollution in human blood" paper. Anyone can find it online and see that they struggle to properly detect microplastics in blood.

[VudrokWolf]

We humans lack vision, I can't believe in the system we leave, so blind, so short-sighted, money money money, they don't care, we are artificial at this point, a sad reflection of what we used to be, filled with chronic illnesses and horrible routines.

[AussieBrainGuyLukeStarbuck]

Bravo for bringing this to more people. This has been brewing for decades and I'm glad to see it getting into the public eye.

[terezadegroff]

Love how productive Brian is! Doing something good for the world.

[Jamie-Loves]

Bryan, I have a filtration system for water in my home, here's the thing, the system itself uses plastic for the filters. have a look under your sink. just a thought. love you soooo MUCH!!

[CriticalTechReviews]

So happy to be here with you too! It may sound silly but genuinely nice people like you make the world feel less claustrophobically shitty

[JohnnStr]

Thanks Bryan! I thought I knew how the health industry worked until I read The 23 former doctor truths by Dr. Lauren Clark. No wonder they don’t want people talking about it

[thomasbartkovsky]

yo i love you so much bryan. im 17 and have been saying this stuff for close to 2 years now, and i do all of these things. recently got my 100% cotton sweatshirts for christmas finally which, believe it or not, are ridiculously expensive. i also i have had a reverse osmosis system in my house and ONLY drink from my steel bottles. i also got a new bottle for christmas too. and guys trust me this stuff is real and its scary. ever wonder why the worldwide fertility rate is slowly declining? this is why. microplastics are endocrine disruptors and mess up your bodies big time. love you all, and merry christmas!