Microplastics in Our Food and Body: Cutting Boards, Microwaves, More

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Roger Seheult, MD of MedCram explores the prevalence and implications of microplastics in our food and body. See all Dr. Seheult's videos at: www.medcram.com/
(This video was recorded on September 17th, 2023)
Roger Seheult, MD is the co-founder and lead professor at www.medcram.com/
He is Board Certified in Internal Medicine, Pulmonary Disease, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine and an Associate Professor at the University of California, Riverside School of Medicine.
LINKS / REFERENCES:
Microwaving 'Safe' Plastics Can Release Billions of Particles, Scientists Warn (Science Alert) | www.scienceale...
Assessing the Release of Microplastics and Nanoplastics from Plastic Containers and Reusable Food Pouches: Implications for Human Health (ACS) | pubs.acs.org/d...
Human Consumption of Microplastics (ACS) | pubs.acs.org/d...
Cutting Boards: An Overlooked Source of Microplastics in Human Food? (ACS) | pubs.acs.org/d...
Detection of Various Microplastics in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery (ACS) | pubs.acs.org/d...
BPA Free Plastic: Why It Does NOT Protect You | Harvard Professor Joseph Allen (MedCram) | • BPA Free Plastic: Why ...
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@Medcram Год назад

Here is a link to a study linking obesity to Microplastics: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34484127/ Some have asked about N95 masks. Here’s a study showing a reduction in inhalation of Microplastics 25 fold when wearing the N95 mask versus not wearing one at all. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7773316/ Silicone is better but not perfect: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37060672/ Join us medcram.com for more videos and continuing medical education

@MrRobertFarr Год назад

Thanks Doc !

@MrRobertFarr Год назад

And team !

@Sara-ry4vc Год назад

Ok so masks or no masks?

@MNkno Год назад

Endocrine disruptors upsetting our hormones, and microplastics affecting our llipid metabolism and causing obesity - I banned plastic containers and now use only glass containers; I've religiously moved anything to be microwaved into ceramics and glass. But more than that, I've stopped blaming obesity and gender dysphoria on the persons affected. We just don't know how badly we've sabotaged our health.

@Madasin_Paine Год назад

American Chemistry Council is the problem

@Danielle-zq7kb Год назад

I’ve been in the analytical chemistry industry for most of my career, mostly using microscopy. If I use a microwave, I use a glass or ceramic container for heating. I also store food in glass containers. I’ve told so many people about this and also that BPA-free is meaningless. Unfortunately I don’t have a platform to reach a lot of people outside my small sphere of influence. I am grateful for these MedCram reviews.

@djb3500 Год назад

But the plastic will be in contact with your food and ingredients from the first point of creation. I would be interested in knowing the baseline level before I even touch it. I only use glass or stainless steel for food (sometimes plastic in the refrigerator) but you get the impression this is pretty futile.

@laetitiavisagie-gg6kk 7 месяцев назад

Even if you have reached only a handful of people, it is a big step ❤

@Zeus-rq5wn 7 месяцев назад

Yes me too. Unfortunately meats, dairy and veg come in plastic now so i take them home and remove them immediately, placing them into glass. I've switched brands on sauces, condiments etc buying only glass or cardboard packaging where I can.

@MusicPhrase 7 месяцев назад

Unfortunately, all that effort is unlikely to help you much. It's estimated that the average human takes in tens of millions, if not hundreds of millions of micro and nano plastics per year through an infinite amount of sources, including through the air you breathe. You can solve one route, like your microwave or containers, but then there will be endless list of more routes to solve after that one. So, the next question is how can you avoid breathing in oxygen, since microplastics are everywhere in the air? Amazingly, humans are still living 75-100 years despite this.

@Danielle-zq7kb 7 месяцев назад

I did not mention here that most micro and nano mastics come from the clothing you wear - unless you wear all natural fibers. Every time they go into the washer these get into the water. Every time they go through the drier they get into the air.

@TonyTigerTonyTiger 7 месяцев назад

Very informative. This is how RU-vid should be used: spreading authoritative, helpful, meaningful information to the public.

@geminiecricket4798 Год назад

I remember milk came from our milk man in the suburbs. Circa 1956 in Fullerton, California in glass bottles. Later we started buying milk at the store in cardboard containers, then later plastic bottles. The glass was the best. 71 years old now and still missing the good old days of the 1950’s and 1960’s.

@dfresh1524 8 месяцев назад

Earthfare sells glass bottled milk from a company that will let you sell back their bottles. Granted the milk costs 2.5 times more before byback and this is not available to everyone. You can't blame manufactures to go to plastic. It is more available and cheaper

@kathleenking47 7 месяцев назад

I love the music from the 50s-late 60s Even in the 70s Most of local dairies 🐄went out, in the 70s, sadly

@xmyxymx 7 месяцев назад

In USSR, we had everything in glass up until early 90s.

@carolynhelmic1474 6 месяцев назад

We only buy Organic 1% milk in the Cardboard Cartons. Have been doing this for about 15 years. We try to stay away from Plastic containers as much as possible.

@DeathsGarden-oz9gg 5 месяцев назад

Love glass milk hard to find it was $5 for a half gallon last time I found it in 2021.

@bird.passion Год назад

I microwaved my food in plastic containers for many years and got kidney cancer and breast cancer. Now I no longer use plastic in the microwave.

@petrosortiz3828 6 месяцев назад

Same here … All glass( Pyrex )or ceramic

@petrosortiz3828 6 месяцев назад

Matter of fact … I did away with using paper disposable coffee cups …..because that too is lined With polyethylene .. so if I buy coffee ☕️ I bring my ceramic cup wit lid

@bird.passion 6 месяцев назад

@@petrosortiz3828 Good decision 👍

@jeffreykitchens6729 6 месяцев назад

Get rid of the micro wave. It literally zaps the nutrients out of your food.

@theDemong0d Год назад

I am very much enjoying how rapidly this channel has become a source of unbiased, high quality, evidence-based medical and health information. Not a huge fan of language like "mind blowing" but the reporting here is overall very solid

@adikosmoszula1416 Год назад

hahah yes Dr Schmelt cites a lotta evidence, somehow he never asks the question who funds that so-called evidence, he's frontman for pharma industry and once in a while he does a video like this

@yasmine4754 10 месяцев назад

@@adikosmoszula1416Simply wrong!!

@johnebrink342 8 месяцев назад

@@adikosmoszula1416How do you know this, or are you just a troll? Where's your proof?!

@Vroomfondle1066 7 месяцев назад

Funding source is of secondary relevance to the quality of the study - if the methodology stands up and the study is taken as a single addition to a comprehensive existing body of studies then the funding source is irrelevant. Skepticism is a useful trait, but unfocused paranoia is a liable to lead to errors as naive gullibility. @@adikosmoszula1416

@angeodeleo Год назад

Our complete life is endangered. Not only knowing this. Also air pollution, water pollution and food pollution.

@jayman7101 Год назад

Interesting topic. A couple years back, I put some ketchup on a slide, smeared it like a nurse would do a blood sample to feather out that ketchup, a packet I got from McDonalds, sample and found a TON of cork screw looking things. Some looked like a tight spring others like a cork screw. After a lengthy inquiry I discovered they were plastic shavings. I didn’t calculate the size but it did not require oil on that setting. Just the best zoom I had on the microscope without oil. If memory serves, it was about the size of a red blood cell, not 100% sure on the size, but hey. It was in fact plastic though. I may go back and check to see if I still have the original image I took.

@everhappy6312 Год назад

😱 😱😱😱

@emilyg9092 10 месяцев назад

fascinating and horrifying

@blueskysailing 8 месяцев назад

I noticed one day that there were small, clear plastic shavings in my Philadelphia cream cheese. I thought it must have been accidental or a one time thing but after buying a new one I found the same thing in that one. This is disgusting!! Are we being poisoned intentionally? 😡

@Skier_202 Год назад

Yep just as I suspected. I haven't used plastic food storage containers in over 20 years and even before that NEVER microwaved them. Thank you for doing this work!

@jonnymakers9560 9 месяцев назад

Same...this was common knowledge for over 20yrs...I dont understand why people are still doing this

@kerryburns6041 Год назад

There are many reasons I don't cook with microwave radiation (I´m an ex radar mechanic) and I always use wooden chopping boards because they are effectively anaerobic. I drink spring water from the town well, it is snowmelt which has filtered down from the high Spanish Sierra Nevada and contains no plastic. It also waters my fruit trees, orange, avocado feijoa etc, so they are free of plastic, as are the walnuts and chestnuts. I'm starting to fully appreciate how fortunate I am to live here.

@eugeniebreida1583 Год назад

Was there ever silver/gold mining, or other ore etc, in your region of Spain? (big fan of wooden cutting boards myself, and never owned a microwave/lived in a house with one in my 64 years... also never a television, life is good.)

@kerryburns6041 Год назад

@@eugeniebreida1583 The town next to mine is Órgiva, an old mining town, at its height in 1860. From my casa here above Lanjarón I look south to the Sierra Contraviesa and the Sierra Lujar, between me and the Mediterranean, and can see the spoil heaps from maybe 4,000 years of mining activity. The Greeks, Romans and later visitors found lead, copper (I think) and felspar. Mining continues to this day, and guided walks are sometimes advertised. I´d been here a few years before I recognised the spoil heaps, they blend nicely into the mountains. Try Google Earth maybe ? I have five avocado trees absolutely dripping with fruit, but when I have avocados - everyone has avocados, and I can hardly give them away. Same with walnuts, oranges, nispera etc. If I could get them to Waitrose I'd be rich ! Saludos desde Lanjarón !

@AZITHEMLGPRO 16 дней назад

Microwoods tho bro

@denebgarza 6 дней назад

IIRC there is no source of 100% microplastic free water on earth at this point. I'm sure some sources are cleaner, like yours, but we're past the point of no return already.

@curatedworldcuisine 11 месяцев назад

Thank you for this! I keep telling people I know I can taste the plastic in plastic bottles .. nasty. I avoid them and plastic containers as much as possible. I love that more types of containers are being changed. Maybe more hemp plastics? I use earthbreeze laundry sheets - all paper packaging - and wool dryer balls, both work better and offer my skin no itching or irritation! Next step is shampoo and conditioner bars to kick the shampoo plastics too! I think this could be simplified messaging into advertising; "goal to reduce plastic manufacturing, period... for healthy bodies, healthy businesses, healthy planet." Also, I saw somewhere long ago that wood cutting boards have a natural anti-bacterial effect, haven't used a plastic cutting board for years, and the wood is better to maintain the knife edge as well.

@OttoBoy Год назад

Can’t help but think about that scene from the 1967 movie, “The Graduate.” “I want to say one word to you - just one word. Are you listening? Plastics. There’s a great future in plastics…”

@Christian_Prepper Год назад

*WHAT??? So Alex Jones was right AGAIN! Hmm 🤔 is Dr. Seheult a conspiracy theorist?* 😮 No. 😂 So much conspiracy "theory" is being proven to be conspiracy fact. Sadly, even doctors and scientists that blow the whistle on these issues are being labelled conspiracy theorists. By the time so-called "reputable" experts and Legacy media makes it public a lot of disease and damage is done. Do the research, folks. (PS. Dr. Seheult, you're awesome and my wife and I continue to learn so much from you and we believe you saved us through recent threats.)

@LyndaColterBergh Год назад

Think about all the plastic clams that our fruit, vegetables, baked goods come in. It's insane.

@MichaelMerritt Год назад

My beloved rotisserie chicken

@tw8464 6 месяцев назад

@@MichaelMerritt exactly. I love those rotisserie chickens at the grocery store but after I thought more about them being cooked in the plastic bags and in the heat table for hours in the plastic, staying hot in the plastic, it is probably more microplastics "chicken" not rotisserie chicken.

@ivan55599 Год назад

My friend joked darkly, that in the end we all are going to be living LEGO figures.

@Medcram Год назад

We are becoming more like computers and they are becoming more human.

@MrRobertFarr Год назад

Yes , but it's a joke and well Lego figures are 100 percent plastic. Perhaps, bit by bit . Through bioacumulation and ingestion of plastic . Folks will become like plastic dolls ! Actually , this is a good mind set . I am Robert Farr BSc Hons, at your service People ! The good Dr. Mike Foster at Plymouth Nuffield Derriford Hospital suggested maybe, I can help out with some medical research. My opinion on , the Obesity and plastics, well it's difficult to explain. I can't be bothered right now . Let's see if anyone replies first ? 😁

@jessicatymczak5852 Год назад

Cool, I want to be a Lego superhero then

@DutchmanAmsterdam Год назад

More likely dead lego figures.😢

@MrRobertFarr Год назад

@@DutchmanAmsterdam Why so sad ?

@Geronimo122 Год назад

Prof. Allen from Harvard has many great insights and a excellent materials program underway-- needs to be adopted everywhere...asap. Great video.

@deryknorton1521 Год назад

It is disturbing that there is plastic transfer to food even at room and refrigerator temperatures. What about freezer temperatures?

@bluwasabi7635 Месяц назад

Frozen containers probably still leeches plastic. Have you ever kept bananas in the freezer until they go bad? Chemical reactiona still happen in the freerer. They just happen much more slowly.

@systematic402 Год назад

Can you look into the same issue but related to using the plastic “filters” like Pur? We run water through them to clean the water but is it also leaking plastics into the final filtered water? @Medcram

@Medcram Год назад

Excellent question

@Svitification Год назад

Water pipes are also plastic

@l.antoinetteanderson3736 Год назад

@@Svitification i believe it goes by PVC pipe and seems ubiquitous in US. My city water ( rural southcoast OR) tastes to me of chlorine but by son, who worked at a PVC factory for a few years, says it's the plastic compounds leaching into the water coming into house! And the pipes have many years been changed from metal to PVC pipe, so I'm thinking that this chemical "phenomenon" may continue "forever"! I can't stand the taste of the PVC (our source of the city-treated water is a river) so I've been buying water at grocery .... but after this very informative presentation, I will have to find another solution. And I don't think a Berkey filtration and others like that can filter micro- nano- particles - anyone know?

@eugeniebreida1583 Год назад

@@l.antoinetteanderson3736 I'm a member of 'ConsumerLabs' which reviews supplements, foods, fish oils AND wter filters etc for toxins such as plastics. They have great updated comps on Britas and Pur and Berkey filtration systems. As I recall Berkey (which I have) did very well in the removal of PFAsPFOs, etc (plastics) but did less well than I'd assumed all these years with chlorine and some other elements. In fact, it seemed if I first used a pitcher system and then poured into Berkey, I'd be all set. (btw, pipes? I had my old pipes replaced with ALL COPPER in my little house. They gleam happily to me, where exposed in the basement. I feel very content drinking water through them. I just said 'NO' to PEX (pretty sure that's the spelling of the ubiquitous new plastic used for domestic water supply (The PVC pipes should ONLY be used for waster water.... don't drink from it)

@ProlificSwan 7 месяцев назад

@@l.antoinetteanderson3736 a reverse osmosis filter and a re-useable stainless steel water bottle is probably your best bet. Carbon filters (most sink filters) will get rid of the most of the microplastics, but will miss some of the smaller particles, but probably OK as a budget buy. One thing to note is that many filters will remove healthy minerals, so you may need to add them back in. Some water filters have some options for this. At this point I'm thinking the wisest thing for my family is to find ways to just reduce exposure as much as possible.

@Albopepper Год назад

This is such excellent info! I've been using a glue-free bamboo cutting board for years. I cringe to think how much plastic I was chopping into my food before making the switch... 😩

@Medcram Год назад

Why bamboo. I’m fascinated

@Bob_Adkins Год назад

@@Medcram For 1 thing, it grows very fast and doesn't have time to accumulate heavy metals etc. like slow-growing trees. That may be offset by a polluted manufacturing environment in underdeveloped countries. I'll shut up now and let Albopepper give you the real reason.

@raptureready9983 Год назад

I was thinking I need a glass cutting board. But I wonder if it would be coated with something toxic. ??

@zenddoor Год назад

I once pulled away the rubber seal (the flappy bit that is) from the bamboo lid of a glass jar (that someone used to store coffee pads (talk about microplastics in those)) and noticed that all the bamboo pores hiding behind it were full with mold. 😁 Could have been bad washing and drying by the owner, but the discovery didn't help my natural scepticism towards bamboo-everything.

@zenddoor Год назад

@@raptureready9983 My mother uses one (for stuff that you don't want seeping into your wooden board) and I'm certain that one is not coated, it's a very hygienic choice in my opinion if you don't mind sharpening your knives more often.

@caliguy1260 Год назад

Hi Dr. Seheult. I have been following your MedCram videos for the last 4 years and you really put out amazing content. A good question to ask regarding the patient tissue samples in the ACS publication that discussed plastics in cardiac surgery is if any of those patients had undergone a total hip or total knee arthroplasty. Polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) is a type of plastic that is used to secure metal prostheses to bone in total hip or total knee arthroplasty procedures since it has an approximate Young’s modulus close to that of bone, and it has been used in that capacity for over 30 years.

@eugeniebreida1583 Год назад

Yes, fabulous question. Please help us know the downside of our frequently replaced knees/hips etc. Thanks MedCram! : )

@tracyau9122 Год назад

I notice in so many of those corner 7/11 shops. They often have all their pop and water right in front of the windows where the sun shines through on those plastic bottles all day long. I can't imagine how many particles degrade into the bottle's liquid. So scary. I've complained to the stores for years but they do nothing about it.

@Zeus-rq5wn 7 месяцев назад

My local supermarket just banned plastic bags but switched from foil lined paper bags to plastic for their hot roast chooks. Me thinks they're taking the piss out of us. 😂

@tw8464 6 месяцев назад

Exactly

@Margo5050 Год назад

Microwave safe plastics were never used by me. It defied logic. My coffee pot is all metal. I switched my spices to all glass. From days gone by I have a lot of dry goods stored in Tupperware 😏but have slowly changed to Mason Jars and glass containers. I do cook my eggs in a non stick Scanpan 😢. It’s so easy.

@jaixzz Год назад

Sea salt can include plastic pellets -- in 2018 I 'sifted' some out of a (spanish) supermarket 'own brand' bag...

@jaixzz Год назад

many thanks for this survey report.

@Zeus-rq5wn 7 месяцев назад

Non stick pans have come a long way these days. As long as you don't heat them to high.

@Margo5050 7 месяцев назад

@@Zeus-rq5wn Yes. Lie to medium heat. 👍

@davidgrimes4726 Год назад

Great video! I'm also quite concerned about microplastics and leached endocrine disruptors. Trying to rid them from our kitchen - it's slow going, but getting there. Hard to grapple with the fact that convenience is possibly diametrically opposed to health. Please consider doing another video looking at studies on directly consuming microplastics, esp from ocean sources: seafood, sea salt, seaweed, etc.

@ff7h Год назад

"Give me convenience, or give me death!" - Dead Kennedys

@eugeniebreida1583 Год назад

Yes, please, from consuming those sea plants and seafood like FISHES! (How are we really doing, eating our Omega Three Wild Caught Alaskan Salmon? Weekly/twice weekly?). Especially now that Fukushima water is now flooding back into the Western Pacific and wandering its merry way around the globe . . . part of our ever more 'challenged' hydrologic cycle. Will be raining on your backyard garden anytime now . . . (oops, apologies for getting so dark)

@srajandikshit7590 7 месяцев назад

@@eugeniebreida1583Fukushima water is totally safe. IAEA has approved its release. Stop falling for unverified claims

@blazed0utgamer 5 месяцев назад

Great comment. Very well put.

@olivia8979 Год назад

So frightening. Thanks for keeping us up to date on the studies being done. I am afraid we are destroying the human species.

@jovoorheescollinsmphbsnbch6245 Год назад

Thank you for this!!!! I need to share with my diabetes group. Lots of patients saying they are not losing weight and this might be why....

@raptureready9983 Год назад

Your video is above my head bc i dont know the difference between plastics (all the poly's) but if im hearing it right: get rid of plastic, use glass and stainless!!

@Medcram Год назад

That’s basically it. Do the best that you can. Realize that you can’t completely escape it. But you can reduce it.

@ChrisTopher-vs9zz Год назад

GREAT video! thanks so much! I just shared this with my Parkinson community

@michellec7386 Год назад

For years, I use a Pyrex glass container and glass cover to heat up my food with a microwave. I totally avoid using any so-called microwave-safe plastics.

@tw8464 6 месяцев назад

"Microwave-safe" for anything plastic ought to be outlawed as a marketing lie.

@tw8464 6 месяцев назад

I'm glad the microplastics and plastic chemical leaching into our food and bodies is finally getting the attention we need. Have you seen the new research that has found microplastics in our arteries? Keep up the good work and continue reporting about this. Important!

@peterzs011 Год назад

So which one to choose? PFAS from contaminated tap water, or microplastics from bottled water?

@qualqui 11 месяцев назад

Thak you for sharing this video Dr. Seheult, this reminds meofavideoby aCanadian RU-vidr, posted years ago in around 2012-13, I wasshared his video by a virtual friend here on RU-vid and he told us to do our own research but the info' he shared was priceless and to sum it up he said his research noted that the "safer" plastic that doesn't leach any harmful chemicals or microplastic particles is the plastic that is used as containers for paints, solvents, lubricants, and the plastic that is the most harmful, the one that is used to package our food, well, processed foods.🙄😖👍

@pnkbiankii Год назад

Consumers have all the power. Don’t like products packaged in plastic, and don’t want to own the empty container after the product is used up? Don’t buy it in the first place. Want products packaged in glass, ceramic or stainless steel? Be prepared to foot the bill for shipping cost and the associated environmental damage. Our food costs are so heavily subsidized by convenience and marketing. Very few who respond to this information with anger, fear or anxiety are willing to make substantive changes in personal convenience or expense. If you buy it, you OWN it. No whining.

@Medcram Год назад

First step: education

@eugeniebreida1583 Год назад

Great subject matter Medcram, thanks for the presentations. Plastic cutting boards should NEVER have been a 'thang' - Maple cutting boards have always been awesome, and almost any type of real wood (not bamboo, which is not from a tree) will be at least mildly antibacterial (how they keep bugs/fungi from eating them when they are alive), and perhaps even nutritious for your microbiome when eating in micro and nano portions off your cutting knife ; ). I think we should pressure car companies to quickly have After Market HEPA filter add-ons to our cabin air filtration to filter: brake liner dust, tailpipe emissions, wildfire smoke and urban pollution AND all that plastic outgassing of interior materials and leather/naughahide finishes. TOXIC SOUP inside our cars. Some people spend considerable time on those highways . . . and cart their kids and grandmas through it too (very sensitive groups). Cheers.

@1LaOriental 7 месяцев назад

What is wrong with Bamboo?

@eugeniebreida1583 5 месяцев назад

@@1LaOriental Nothing at all wrong w/bamboo. I was reminding that trees (with antibacterial/anti-pest/anti-fungal etc sap and bark) of various types actually EAT the bacteria your food leaves behind on the cutting board. Plastic accelerates that bacterial growth. Bamboo, a reed w/out properties of tree wood, is neutral… will not disinfect bacteria while you’re watching RU-vids ; ). Does this make better sense now?

@lindarichmond1197 5 месяцев назад

Extremely important and useful info. In the 1990's I stopped using plastic in the microwave when a breast cancer researcher gave a talk. She had noticed breast cancer cells became more active in heated plastic beakers. She asked her colleagues if they shouldn't make this known. They replied with concern for what this news would do to the food packaging and container industry! This was in the 1990's. Look at how much cancer rates have shot up. Are plastics and / or PFAS chemicals possibly related to increase in our children having more ADHD, more autism etc.?

@JohnSlack89 Год назад

So my biggest question is: how do we rid our bodies of these micro and nano plastics if they're in us? Fasting? Some protocol? How should we go about searching for this answer and testing it?

@tw8464 6 месяцев назад

You can't remove the microplastics once they're embedded in your tissues. They're like asbestos

@hiris1903 Год назад

I wonder about PEX tubing used for household water lines these days. Plumbers love it because it's easy to run lines, compared with rigid copper pipes.

@eugeniebreida1583 Год назад

As each years passes from the initial investment, I am SO happy I laid down the bucks for my shiny copper water pipes. I had not faith in PEX. Ugh.

@tw8464 6 месяцев назад

I wonder about that too. Why isn't the independent research about the plastics of plumbing widely available to the public? Does anyone know how much plastic the plastic pipes leach in all conditions? Maybe some research has been done. Maybe not. Either way, you never hear about it.

@tw8464 6 месяцев назад

Many have plastic pipes for hot water so it almost certainly must be leaching microplastics or chemicals

@miri-dz9oy 4 месяца назад

Depending on the ph of the water, metal pipes can also leach metals into the water. I'm not saying that I prefer one over the other. It is quite frustrating to be honest. Would love to have found a truly clean solution. Speaking of toxins: Most water faucets contain brass on the inside which contains various amounts of lead. There was a study done in Germany on water faucets and lead. The results were white saddening. That's why, no matter what you do, let always the water run for a few seconds before you use it. I'm from Germany and we have regions here where people ended up with kidney failure because the water was too acidic for the copper pipes. So things really depends on a lot of factors: the ph, the water filtration system, etc.

@paulwary Год назад

I'm thinking now about under-sink water filters. A lot of people use them to remove chlorine, particulates and organic contaminants from the water, and the filtered water certainly does taste better. But the filter fibers within them are very fine, and of course the housing is plastic too and is used for many years before replacement. Maybe these filters are producing nano-plastic soup instead of pure water.

@gate-gate6863 Год назад

Actually this was my first question that popped into mind when I saw the information.

@samlee7247 Год назад

There's also the pvc pipes in the houses too....

@Rose_amethyst 4 месяца назад

Plastic is unavoidable. It's also in the air we breathe. @@samlee7247

@suzannelooms7658 Год назад

Brilliant! I knew there was a good reason why I never used to microwave food in plastic containers/pouches. I no longer have a microwave. Bottles and boards were new to me. I wonder if this also affects oils in plastic bottles? Thank you.

@Medcram Год назад

Glad it was helpful!

@tracyau9122 Год назад

yes i watched this twice and was shocked about the plastic boards.

@sneakypress Год назад

@@Medcram Dear Professor Seheult, Please excuse the off-topic question, but I would like to know your thoughts on the safety of a standard lung x-ray in people with existing mitochondrial damage. Would you expect further deterioration and/or additional adverse effects? A typical google search, provided the following information:- ‘X-ray radiation at doses from 0.005 to 5.0 Gy leads to an increase in the mass of mitochondria by a factor of 1.5-3.8, which confirms the theory of an increase in mitochondrial fusion after irradiation [10,15].27 Dec 2021’ . ‘Ionizing radiation causes mitochondrial dysfunction by altering the activity of the electron transport chain complexes and ATP synthase, hence OXPHOS. Mitochondria seem to respond to such changes by increasing their DNA copy number’, (see section 2.3). Thank you in advance. ( P.S. From the point of view of a chemist, who would want to use plastic chopping boards. )

@sneakypress Год назад

Also, we absolutely love your RU-vid videos. Thank you. 😊

@eugeniebreida1583 Год назад

I hope it's obvious that oils leach plastics more easily than water, but perhaps not as much as highly acidic liquids? (meanwhile, I buy my organic peanut butter and olive oil, etc, in glass JARS & bottles, which I reuse often, and eventually recycle.) I wish I could beat the butcher, and purchase my meats prior to the cuts being wrapped in clear cling wrap, and sandwiched onto a plastic tray : (. Y I K E S.

@jacksonfour2965 Год назад

Has anyone looked into dental retainers and micro plastics?

@lyarcadia Год назад

Thanks for this very helpful information! It is good to know that, while micro-plastic is already everywhere, the choices we make still make differences...

@raymitchell9736 Год назад

A very interesting video! Thank you so much for putting it out there... Yes I do recall this video long ago, I wonder how far this work has gotten. So often I hear a hopeful message like that and then it falls apart... I hope not in this case.

@Zeus-rq5wn 7 месяцев назад

In Australia we were warned on the news about nano plastics and the unknown effects on our bodies and our environment. Mainly waterways. Here they even put them in our skincare products under the name of acrylates and other such rot to boast "non greasy" which in our hot steamy summers is highly sought after. This stuff is everywhere.

@Fair-to-Middling Год назад

My husband is 61 and has been an engineer in plastic manufacturing for over 30 years. So far, he is pretty healthy (knock on wood) and not on any medication. The other day though he did tell me that plastics have a distinct smell. I have always wondered if he is inhaling plastic. Now I know. 😟

@Medcram Год назад

Oh boy

@raraavis7782 Год назад

Would love for you, to look into the different water filter systems, available to end consumers. If there is any scientific data available. Most of the information out there is either from sellers or people sponsored by brands or dubious 'health' websites. I would love a clearer picture, about what they can and cannot do in regards to removing micro plastics and harmful chemicals from tabwater. I've made an effort, to avoid plastic at least in my own kitchen for at least a decade, but this was a good reminder, how serious the situation is. What a mess we're leaving the next generations 😢

@justgivemethetruth 5 месяцев назад

Thank God I've never used a plastic cutting board. This is so scary because for most people's lives this has not been on our radar. And all the prepared food and delivery foods come in these plastic plates and bags.

@Szu-Ping Год назад

This left us with only ceramic, glass and stainless steel as material safe to hold food/drink.....

@MWodenberg Год назад

I do not understand why the FDA mandates plastic cutting boards. The studies I have seen show that plastic cutting boards grow far more colony forming units than wood ones. I did my own experiment with a plastic and a wood cutting board from the same kitchen: the petri dish from the plastic board was covered in growth, the wood sample had half a dozen small spots grow out.

@Medcram Год назад

Interesting

@paolorossi5989 Год назад

Because FDA's real goal is to make you .... (Fill the blank space with the correct word). 😉

@MWodenberg Год назад

1993 University of Wisconsin Study: "Wood Cutting Boards Safer Than Plastic, Study Finds" Los Angeles Times

@MultiEviscerator Год назад

As usual thanks for your informative videos. I have a medical background, but even if I didn't and couldn't understand as much because of the terms and science behind it, I'd be able to trust your views/conclusions.

@maggieadams8600 Год назад

Thanks for educating us all on this subject, I'll spread the word!

@joolz5747 Год назад

I really like this channel. It’s informative for sure and it’s obviously trying to help us feel better and be aware of our lives more closely. We can control some stuff but not much. But knowing the data is very helpful. And you doctor are really good at explaining! I can tell you care. So thank you so much!

@funkymonk1882 Год назад

How does the medical industry make changes in regards to this information? IV’s, ports, catheters, stents, etc. can be administering micro-plastics directly into the bloodstream.

@kazaabitboll2026 Год назад

I wish to ask about silicone teats for baby bottles? If a mother is breastfeeding and expresses milk for another family member to give to the baby, are the silicone teats ok? I think you can still buy glass bottles. This really is a nightmare. I’m grateful to the wonderful doctor for this alert, he really has the wholistic approach covered.

@chocolatesheikh Год назад

I think follow up study where they look at ingested amount vs excreted amount is really needed before alarming the public.

@_m_K_. Год назад

Thank you. I think more research should be done on long term affects, rather than alarmist headlines research. Plastics are in everything, even medical supplies! IV's, plasma, blood, syringes... it's all plastic! I have emergency food and water. I have often wondered since I first heard about this 4 or 5 years ago how to store water? A metal bucket? Glass jars are extremely heavy and impractical, particularly if you have a situation where you need to exit quickly and throw water in a bag or box. So, I continue to just use plastic water bottles. We all are aware of that "old plastic water" taste or if its left in a car. Unfortunately, there are consequences to modern living. I think it's good to be informed, but ultimately I think this may be like "organic" vs conventional food. Not really a significant difference. Now particularly harmful substances should be excluded, but again what are the alternatives? Clay jars? Glass IV fluid bottles? Glass syringes? All glass bottles at the store. Can you imagine the carbon footprint of 100% glass being used to transport all liquids in a grocery store? It would add thousands of tons more weight to every delivery truck.

@tw8464 6 месяцев назад

@@_m_K_.Excellent points have thought the same things, especially the carbon use weight issue. The plastics are used so much because it's cheaper to make and also to ship. But I think the amount of plastics in the biosphere at this point is definitely getting into our bodies and tissues. Yes we need more research but the research already out there finding microplastics even in Antarctica and in fish and animal tissues almost certainly means the microplastics are getting in our tissues as well. The more plastics being produced the more is going to wind up in human tissues.

@leland12345 Год назад

the FDA should be focused on this.

@shindousan Год назад

I wouldn't be worried about microplastics in shampoos, but when it comes to food, it seems sensible to store them in metal containers, transfer food from a container into a ceramic dish plate when heating it up, using cutting boards made of wood, preferring tap water, and buying drinks bottled in metal cans or glass bottles instead of plastic bottles. But, above all, studies on the actual health effects of microplastics are urgently needed.

@tw8464 6 месяцев назад

Well said

@Molly-e1x Год назад

Thank you for looking out for us

@TonyTigerTonyTiger 7 месяцев назад

Probably not the origin, but it is the earliest I can remember. Most products used to come in glass bottles. I'm guessing in the late 60s or early 70s, Prell shampoo started airing a commercial where a female dropped a bottle of Prell shampoo and everyone was alarmed, because it was going to shatter. But ... good news ... Prell started using plastic for its bottles instead of glass, so no damage at all. I was a young child back then, but still remember the overall commercial. I think commercials like that made consumers immediately see that plastic was superior to glass. And when it comes to shattering it still is. But the devil is in the details, as they say. The plastic industry continue to spread propaganda when some faced with pushback ... like we've seen other big industries do.

@aenorist2431 Год назад

Yea, none of us currently-alive humans is gonna be anywhere near plastics free. I am still suiting my kitchen in ceramics, metals and wood and my clothes in natural fibres (as far as humanly possible, which is very hard). But that is also a luxury I have because I am not poor, and am educated enough to realize unnecessary plastic (which is 99% of it) is a giant problem, one of the biggest we face as a species.

@sheryl3268 Год назад

Yeah, I have been trying to do the same for decades, but not everything has other options, and some I don't want to be without (like a phone for instance).

@eugeniebreida1583 Год назад

@@sheryl3268 TOOTHBRUSH Bristles! and MouthGuards for sleeping/sports etc.

@user-ms7um1ge5j 7 месяцев назад

Alert: rinse your mouth very well after using dental floss. Notice the fraying of the floss. Where did it go? It is already finely divided filaments. You use it every day,

@RootDen. Год назад

Why exactly can't the body get rid of the plastic by itself? Are they too small to be filterered out?

@phillipproussier3723 Год назад

To some extent it can and it does. It does that by having a fever. High temperature of your body releases toxins through bodily fluids outside. Now ask yourself this question: "What do they teach you to do when you have a fever?" They tell you to do everything to stop your fever. Which is the exact opposite of the natural process. *Learn the trick and you'll know the game.* 🐑 😉

@emar779 Год назад

at this level we are getting into quantum mechanics, where the body is dealing with stuff like electron exchanges, bonding between different elements and compounds of those elements in order to create proteins, amino acids, stuff like that. So at this level, plastics are chains which may interfere with the body's processes and unintended carbons or hydrogens or whatever else may end up instead of what the body actually needed, which causes damage or chain reactions that eventually cause damage. So getting filtered out is one thing, before that we have to consider how micro- and nano-particles get embedded and trapped in the system. Plus, the body doesn't have much of a way to filter things out that haven't been 'recognised' over the billions of years of evolution. Think of it like musical chairs on a molecular or atomic level. It's hugely complicated so I hope what I wrote gave you some idea.

@RootDen. Год назад

@@emar779 wow! thanks man, really appreciate it. I hope more studies will adress the issue, but it sounds like it's already too late. It's in everything, drinks, food and what not. I wasn't sure if the plastic had any interference with the body, but you just clarified it does.. Quite a shock to read!

@emar779 Год назад

@@RootDen. Yeah I'm worried about things I bought that would minimise it but I'm afraid there is counter-evidence. For example, I bought a gallon jug to store water in the fridge, made of hard HDPE plastic that is usually used for storing water or chemicals because it wouldn't leach into the contents. And this temperature factor has made me consider if even boiling water in the electric kettle is safe or not, because even if the transparent part is glass, the rest of the body is plastic. And if it turns out the hard transparent part is not glass and is just plastic that is very similar in look and feel of glass ... gah!

@RootDen. Год назад

@@emar779 so true! it's also quite an eye opener for me aswell. First thing when i get home is throwing out my plastic cutting board and get something made of wood instead. All the stuff we thought was safe or at least OK to use, turns out to be extremely hazardous and dangerous for everything.. It's tough man

@aenorist2431 Год назад

15:00 We need governments to enforce prior testing and vetting for every new compound, at least to a certain baseline level (IV and some animal testing). There also needs to be far greater liability for products including substances that turn out to be harmful, if that harm could and should have been detected in internal quality control. We can't just let them replace it "from here on out" or pay a nominal fine ... we need fines large enough to wipe out shareholders and long prison time for executives who neglect their duty of care. With the money thus raised, some amount of restitution and remediation would actually be possible.

@shihtzusrule9115 Год назад

Thank you. I dislike plastic intensely. This is near and dear to my heart. Tossed my microwave a year ago and will never buy another one. I don't drink bottled water and quit tap water and hardly eat out. I have been drinking, brushing my teeth, rinsing my vegetables with Culligan RO water initially because we have Cryptosporidium in our raw water source and we (a podunk town in Kansas population 9,000) have a microfilter system (to get points to apply against any excesses in the EPA-required contaminants) and it failed several years back and they notified the city (and the hospital) on day 59 of what had to have been a 60-day period. The problem is, they've (Culligan) focused on BPA in containers and not the leeching of plastic containers. May consider switching to glass bottles like they used to be. You buy your own anyway.

@Truthseeker1-uq6wc 3 месяца назад

This seems extreme, we’re all gonna die, what a privilege to use “culligan “ water while so kuch of humanity dies of thirst, we’re so obsessed with our own lives, yet we’re all going to die forever

@ambientweets8408 Год назад

Dude, this is the best video. Thank you so much!!!

@Linda-nc1fu Год назад

I searched, but didn't find a video about scent? All the ways we're bombarded by scented products and how they really affect us.

@eugeniebreida1583 Год назад

We definitely need a video on the toxins loaded into FRAGRANCES and 'Natural Flavoring' and 'Essential Oils' (especially Lavender, which is an Endocrine Disruptor, most are unaware of)

@AminKhataee Год назад

What type of plastics are in the containers we use to (carbon) filter tap water?

@phillipproussier3723 Год назад

@@Medcram He asks "what exactly?", you reply "exactly".

@APR944 Год назад

Great piece thank you 💪🏽

@lulitmelake7534 Год назад

Thank you for this very important and helpful video. I’m a big bottled water consumer and the reason for that was to avoid all the contaminated on tap water - but I guess I was wrong Thank you - I enjoy and value your important message.

@Medcram Год назад

Glad it was helpful!

@jeremywootten Год назад

Very interesting. I'd be curious to see if there have been any studies done around any (potential) impacts of getting microplastics in the body Via (very much needed) CPAP machine usage? The tubes the Masks the Tank etc? Any thoughts or data that you know of around this by chance Dr.?

@Systematiclol Год назад

Thanks medcram love your work and have for years. You always bring solid information thats useful to us all. Keep up the good work and dont change please.

@giniaa2707 Год назад

People need to know as plastics are everywhere and have taken over in the last 70 years. We need to go back to different ways of packaging and cooking food.

@vthomas375 Год назад

If microplastics are in rain water as is the claim, then there's really no avoiding under the current system and structure. So yes, 'change the whole system' and the %=) - & £ structure. :)

@Medcram Год назад

I wonder about well water…

@sheryl3268 Год назад

@@Medcram I also wonder about irrigation lines too: PVC and drip, even garden hoses, etc... plumbing too (PVC, PEC, etc)... and Reverse Osmosis filter lines...and so on

@vthomas375 Год назад

@@Medcram Not sure how you will. reverse osmosis that but it can be your project :)

@johnatyoutube Год назад

Thanks for putting this together, Dr. Seheult. This was shocking and critically important! Time to go back to Corning Ware. And it's sustainable because it lasts a lifetime. I'm not sure what to use for cutting meat. Classic wood cutting boards tend to absorb food and grow bacteria. After thinking about this. I'm concerned about my car which is lined with plastics that cook in the summer sun. I'd like to see a similar study about automobiles. Also the interior of refrigerators are universally lined with plastic.

@Medcram Год назад

All good points

@joeserianz6205 Год назад

Colloidal silver is a powerful and natural disinfectant and I spray it on my cutting board to kill the bacteria. Works great.

@matth6299 Год назад

Put the meat in your stainless steel fry pan, and cut it there

@johnatyoutube Год назад

@matth6299 That's really bad for the pan and your knives. I did a bit of digging on the topic, and apparently the only soft and low microbial and low leaching material for cutting boards is natural latex rubber. Glass and natural stone (not formed quartz, which contains resins) are also both chemically and microbially safe but hard on knives. And glass can shatter. Untreated hardwood cutting boards are apparently good for washed vegetables but must be periodically treated with a chemically safe vegetable oil to keep them from absorbing foods.

@Christian_Prepper Год назад

@johnatyoutube The only reason this is "shocking" is due to great efforts to suppress information like this because for decades now there has been evidence that plastics are incredibly harmful. *WHAT??? So Alex Jones was right AGAIN! Hmm 🤔 is Dr. Seheult a conspiracy theorist?* 😮 No. 😂 So much conspiracy "theory" is being proven to be conspiracy fact. Sadly, even doctors and scientists that blow the whistle on these issues are being labelled conspiracy theorists. By the time so-called "reputable" experts and Legacy media makes it public a lot of disease and damage is done. Do the research, folks. (PS. Dr. Seheult, you're awesome and my wife and I continue to learn so much from you and we believe you saved us through recent threats.)

@iamanovercomer3253 Год назад

Got rid of the microwave years ago and got a nice size toaster oven

@tw8464 6 месяцев назад

Same

@tw8464 6 месяцев назад

Food tastes better from toaster oven too.

@toddlane4261 Год назад

It makes me wonder why, 25 years ago, I quit smoking.

@tw8464 6 месяцев назад

Science is going to find out the full evils of plastics and find out the plastics and plastics chemicals are as dangerous or even more dangerous than smoking. I can almost guarantee it. Cancer has risen in younger people, maybe not only because of plastics but I can bet plastics and plastics chemicals are involved. The cancer rates increase in tandem with the increase of plastics. No correlation is not causation. But it is pretty evident the modern environment has toxicity that can cause cancer. When just think of the sheer number of chemicals out there now, the colossal amount of plastics that has literally polluted the whole biosphere with microplastics and plastics chemicals leaching, more and more and more plastics in the food chain as more billions of tons of plastic produced more than ever, all the household cleaners, all the chemical stuff that we use that we breathe the fumes of and contacts our skin, etc. The average human today is constantly exposed to more plastics and more chemicals than any humans ever before and as video says no one knows the toxicity of all these chemicals being used for consumer products.

@stonecookie Год назад

If we had more public water fountains and water bottle fill stations we would have less need for plastic water bottles.

@eugeniebreida1583 Год назад

WINNING COMMENT! This is such a no-brainer . . . where is the Public part of our Public Spaces anymore? (Water, bathrooms, greenspaces witch benches under the shade of trees. Nope. A luxury.)

@pattyberryman3037 4 месяца назад

Thak you for your amazing work. We are forever grateful.

@silversurfer8818 Год назад

The gold platter with the solution could wrongfully associate the microplastics with any source of particles, they should have used an additional group, like porcelain or ceramic containers and compare the values.

@Medcram Год назад

That would have been nice.

@emar779 Год назад

Unable to access the paper which is frustrating as this kind of info should not be behind some wall. Nonetheless, does this mean that HDPE, which is recommended as a food-safe plastic for storing water, is no longer considered as such? Some quick searching around indicates there is leaching going on with HDPE as well.

@artists0 Год назад

What can you advise on dairy products sold in plastic containers?

@eugeniebreida1583 Год назад

I think we all know the answers, and they are not 'pretty'. Don't want to think about it, but think I will pay for glass from now on.

@yasmine4754 10 месяцев назад

Okay, so now that I realize all the damage I've done over time using all these plastic containers, I wonder does our body eliminate or metabolize some of those microplastics over the years or are they're going to just stay in my body for the rest of my life 🤔

@Cloudavi123 7 месяцев назад

The question is, is it that bad? I mean how much longer can we breath these in or eat these? There isn’t really anything we can do.

@debralarive 2 месяца назад

2 Questions: Once they are in the human body, how do we eliminate them from the body? Could this be the cause of autoimmune diseases like lupus?

@PixelEchoCreations Год назад

Ok, so there are microplastic in our bodies, but could you at some stage go through what sort of harms do they cause? I haven't seen a lot of that, just that people assume it causes a lot of harm. I think life without plastic could get very tough, but yeah we'll have to look at cost vs benefit.

@Medcram Год назад

There is emerging evidence: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34484127/

@b_uppy Год назад

Think it would make a great video.

@xophaser Год назад

I take my food/ take home or frozen and put it on a ceramic plate, and microwave it. I have been using a stainless steel pan, not Teflon. Just put some soap on the pan in the sink and things will come off.

@retaj00 Год назад

Years ago, I remember reading a review of bottled water that counted the plastic taste from certain brands as a positive. It seems rather ridiculous now.

@Medcram Год назад

Wow! Really?

@TheLordSheogorath 4 месяца назад

"I don't use shampoo, that's a bad example for me", okay that made me chuckle. Great podcast!

@Szu-Ping Год назад

Thank you so much for this important information!

@gklein4054 8 месяцев назад

I wonder how these micro plastics nano plastics actually impact our cells and specifically the mitochondria do they block or hamper the gold body and its function maybe dear Dr if you’d be so kind as to contact Dr. Lustig, which is also on RU-vid and I believe he’s out in California possibly the Hoover Institute or university of California not sure which, but then for the human side, maybe sees micro plastics that in my memory Please carry forward as always. Thank you.

@MichelleGarcia-fg2xq Год назад

What about the coatings on vitamins and minerals and pharmaceutical meds?

@TheDanEdwards Год назад

Gelatine? If you're a vegetarian you might complain, but if you're not a vegetarian what do you have against gelatine?

@eugeniebreida1583 Год назад

This is why I buy from good companies, the 'coatings' on mine are pure cellulose. Sometimes gelatin (am not a vegetarian) And when I can these are in GLASS containers, or are placed in glass bottles at my house.

@b6234 Год назад

They are everywhere but how toxic they are? Do they affect mood and brain? What organ is the most at risk of failure ?

@callingoz7466 Год назад

What about the use of plastic mesh to repair hernias and other surgical procedures ? these are forever inside your body. Typical surgery uses a very large piece of polypropylene mesh inside abdomen.

@beereal5107 Год назад

Thank you so much for sharing this with us ! I immediately shared it on my social media(s)

@Medcram Год назад

Thanks for sharing!!

@melusine826 Год назад

I hate plastic chopping boards... but i work in a cafe kitchen and thats what they use. I managed to convince my boss to buy some pyrex jugs for heating stuff in. So thats better than the old plastic they were using Ive blocked it out of my mind.... so thanks for bringing that back.

@Medcram Год назад

I’ve located some recycled wood products, and also bamboo is available

@bferrell1797 Год назад

I try to "keep up", but it becomes more difficult day by day! SIGHHHH 🥺

@kronos77 Год назад

So what are the safe plastics the professor is talking about? I went to his website and there is no information.

@zealman79 Год назад

Thank you for opening my eyes - goodbye plastic microwavable containers....ughh...

@SJ-xg1uf Месяц назад

I think it's time that we started treating microplastics like we treat asbestos or PFAS.

@carolynnmathisen8754 6 месяцев назад

Thank you addressing this

@grostig Год назад

Possible solution, just say no to eating anything sold / cooked in plastic. And watch out for those fading retail sale receipt slips (NCR paper)

@polaris911 Год назад

Rubbermaid makes glass "tupperwares". The lid is still plastic but just take it off when microwaving and it's safe.

@grostig Год назад

@@polaris911 Yes I got some years ago, too bad the lids are becoming fragile. They also changed styles and the lids don't fit each other. But I do like them.

@grostig Год назад

I forgot to mention that the cans of canned food is lined in plastic. I wonder about the produce bags and the shopping bags (cheap light plastic that always have holes or tear.)

@jetsetter8541 Год назад

How we would know without Medical Detectives like Yourselves. Great respect for your time and knowledge ! General public we knew that Nano plastic in sea is a BIG problem BUT it takes scientific genesis like yourself to get down to the bottom of the problem. 👍👍 Disturbing & interesting to be aware of about foods we love. Micro & Nano plastic particles in sea food ?!👍👍☝✌

@gate-gate6863 Год назад

So should I go to Costco and get wild caught cod and salmon today?😢

@beechua6829 Год назад

I wonder if silicone a better option to replace plastic or it's just as bad?

@sheryl3268 Год назад

I doubt silicone is as good an option as ppl seem to think. It is a plastic itself I beleieve. Silicone often smells more toxic than hard plastic to me, and I can't use it or even be around it unless it degasses for months--in the same way as with soft plastics or rubber these days. It could be due to additives or something, not sure. All I know is that I have a sensitive sense of smell which helps guide me away from toxins more than others...even when I don't know at the time it is toxic and look it up later.