Why is There Plastic in Our Rain?

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Every year more than 1,000 tons of plastic rains down onto national parks and wilderness in the western U.S. Where does that plastic come from? And is it also in rain that falls on Washington, DC?
#microplastic #pollution #plasticrain
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Credits:
Executive Producers:
George Zaidan
Hilary Hudson
Producers:
Elaine Seward
Andrew Sobey
Darren Weaver
Writer/Host:
Sam Jones, PhD
Scientific consultants:
Michelle Boucher, PhD
Leila Duman, PhD
Christine Knauss, PhD
Jesse Meiller, PhD
Alterra Sanchez, PhD
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@ACSReactions 3 года назад

DDT isn’t the only chemical that’s bad for you that will stick to microplastics. Polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, which used to be in electrical equipment like capacitors and transformers, will also hitch a ride, as will PFOA, which we just so happen to have a video about: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-tqKEG5LxPiY.html

@mydroid2791 3 года назад

So where did you get that microscope system you used? Would it make a good gift for grade 11/12 student who's into biology?

@BitterTast3 3 года назад

So sad how desensitized to pollution we've become.

@平和-v1z 3 года назад

Special thanks go to Coca-Cola and Nestle for making this possible... Ugh...

@shesh32 3 года назад

Old of videos of this channel used to have atleast a million views, now it's in thousands despite good content. Why?

@ihabiano 3 года назад

I thought of that too. Maybe still early?

@shesh32 3 года назад

@@ihabiano No, it's not early. Checkout their other videos, all have 5-10k views that's all

@hartworks4571 3 года назад

I think it's because the channel name, back then reaction videos like pewdiepie are wildy popular and the algortim thinks this channel are synonymous to reaction videos. The algorithm are still struggling with ambigous term like bts(k-pop) and bts(behind the scene), so you can type "bangtan end game" and it will shows behind the scene instead of bangtan kpop

@lrham 3 года назад

@@hartworks4571 nah it means that generation nowadays don't find these stuff relatively fun or interesting. they always on tiktok now.

@shesh32 3 года назад

@@lrham No nothing like that. Checkout Veritasium's videos for example. His content is quite popular.

@doomsdaycupcake8659 3 года назад

There is a type of investigation and study called millipore that is used in manufacturing. It basically does what you just did. Collect a sample by washing a part and then drying it onto filter paper and then investigating what the debris could be. Lots of parts have "cleanliness" standards that feed into that investigation.

@jeffhochheimer7135 3 года назад

What is that digital microscope that you're using?

@FernandoJRodriguezFernandoJRM 3 года назад

As a chemist, I’m disappointed that you didn’t try some spectroscopy (e.g. micro Raman) to verify if those particles were micro plastics. But maybe that’s one thing for a follow up video?

@sebastianrede5577 3 года назад

Exactly! I am not a chemist but this wasn't scientific at all..

@willythemailboy2 3 года назад

She's doing it from home. If she was using a lab of some sort she could have used fluorescence to make the plastic bits light up under the microscope. The point of this video seems to have been that micro plastic is so pervasive you can find it this easily (even if you can't positively identify it).

@swansonchoo 2 года назад

When was this video made, who is this woman, and what is her background? (Ie., is she an environmentalist, biologist, etc.) She’s good!

@BackYardScience2000 3 года назад

2:20 , I love those GL45 bottles. I have tons of them for my business.

@philipphilips2045 3 года назад

Very informative

@theplanetrepairman9945 3 года назад

What magnification do you use there?

@ACSReactions 3 года назад

This was a digital microscope, so it's digital zoom at 50x-1,000x. Surprisingly good quality for digital zoom.

@theplanetrepairman9945 3 года назад

@@ACSReactions Right, thanks. I own a similar device. It's advertised as 1600X. Obviously I remain a bit sceptic about that, but it should at least give comparable results. I'm currently waiting for rain. ...waiting. ... Know of any good rain-dance perhaps?

@giovane_Diaz 3 года назад

@@theplanetrepairman9945 looking at how those researchers have to prepare a room for a rigorous microplastics study, you can just plug a coffee filter over a house vacuum cleaner and wash it with distilled water to get a lot of samples

@theplanetrepairman9945 3 года назад

@@giovane_Diaz I'll have a go at that. There's also an air-filtration system here (given the virus situation I thought that was a good idea), I may be able to wash something out of the Hepa-filter. But your Idea seems less of an effort.

@ms7820 3 года назад

This channel is all about humor and chemistry. My favourite channel❤️❤️

@_MaxHeadroom_ Год назад

- Don't leave it open too long because it could become contaminated by the air Proceeds to run her sample through a coffee press 😅

@manishashalini2515 Год назад

Wow just loved ur vdo…wanted some idea on micro plastic and it’s crystal clear now..Thank u😘

@trillaweirdo9460 Год назад

Every day I get more and more depressed about the route the human race has taken😒

@roland11 2 года назад

People, companies.. you f...ed nature up!!!!!! :-(

@lrham 3 года назад

my fav channel of all time

@1DangerMouse1 3 года назад

I just assume my water and food poisoned and so is my body. I will probably die an early painful death as a result. It sucks. We all die though, I guess?

@calvinkimin4316 3 года назад

I think that's your coffee on time 6:28 lol. Does this mean that we all gonna die of plastic/cancer

@jasondworkin6597 3 года назад

A control to understand the contribution of the press would have been nice.

@sweetwillow028_ 3 года назад

This is insane

@lupeestrada9021 2 года назад

@GuidoPerdomo 3 года назад

that Reaction (😏) at 4:42 is what science is all about

@davidhenryandthemysterons3220 Год назад

😁🤣🙂😄

@freebie808 3 года назад

Short answer: yes Long answer: also yes

@elgracko 3 года назад

sooo... only eat sardines?

@Iamrightyouarewrong 3 года назад

YES! forever.

@DogsaladSalad 3 года назад

I'm scared 😨

@gregoryrichardson508 3 года назад

Just wow

@lokesk9938 Год назад

The Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race. They have greatly increased the life-expectancy of those of us who live in “advanced” countries, but they have destabilized society, have made life unfulfilling, have subjected human beings to indignities, have led to widespread psychological suffering (in the Third World to physical suffering as well) and have inflicted severe damage on the natural world. The continued development of technology will worsen the situation. It will certainly subject human beings to greater indignities and inflict greater damage on the natural world, it will probably lead to greater social disruption and psychological suffering, and it may lead to increased physical suffering even in “advanced” countries.