Why You Should Care About the Plastic in Your Poop

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A recent study has concluded that people all over the world are probably ingesting microscopic plastic all the time. Now scientists want to know where this plastic is coming from, how it ends up inside of us, and the damage it could do to our bodies and our world. Hosted by: Stefan Chin SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at https://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters: Greg, Alex Schuerch, Alex Hackman, Andrew Finley Brenan, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, الخليفي سلطان, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, Scott Satovsky Jr, Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://d3lifzor4hvny1.cloudfront.net/fileadmin/user_upload/images/Press/UEG_Week_2018_-_Philipp_Schwabl_Microplastics.pdf https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/microwaving-food-in-plastic-dangerous-or-not https://storyofstuff.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/IUCN-report-Primary-microplastics-in-the-oceans.pdf http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.05.030 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2008.0205 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2009.0053 http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es800249a http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.178.4062.749 http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.175.4027.1240 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2018.02.069 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marenvres.2010.10.001 http://dx.doi.org/j.envpol.2016.12.013 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0025-326x(87)80020-6 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0141-1136(83)90011-9 http://dx.doi.org/j.envpol.2013.12.013 http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/es0010498 https://doi.org/10.1038/srep03263 https://setac.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/etc.4268 http://science.sciencemag.org/content/360/6384/28 https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/from-fish-to-humans-a-microplastic-invasion-may-be-taking-a-toll/ https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2018/10/news-plastics-microplastics-human-feces/ https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2016/11/04/canadian-government-moves-to-ban-plastic-microbeads-in-toiletries-by-july-2018.html https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/affichTexte.do?cidTexte=JORFTEXT000034154540&dateTexte&categorieLien=id https://www.beatthemicrobead.org/results-so-far/ https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2015/12/28/statement-press-secretary-hr-1321-s-2425 https://www.gov.uk/government/news/world-leading-microbeads-ban-comes-into-force
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