Doctor Ali Mattu | Do You Have Plastic In Your Brain Right Now? #TeamSeas @drali | Uploaded October 2021 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
For #TeamSeas I uncover what plastics are doing to our brains.
Help us clean up the oceans: https://teamseas.org.
Learn more:
- Microplastics in the Environment: Intake through the Food Web, Human Exposure and Toxicological Effects: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8473407
- Microplastics are everywhere — but are they harmful? nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01143-3
- The plastic brain: neurotoxicity of micro- and nanoplastics: particleandfibretoxicology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12989-020-00358-y
- The problem with all the plastic that’s leaching into your food: vox.com/science-and-health/2018/9/11/17614540/plastic-food-containers-contamination-health-risks
- Detection of Various Microplastics in Human Stool: acpjournals.org/doi/abs/10.7326/M19-0618
- First evidence of microplastics in human placenta: sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412020322297
- Mouse study shows microplastics infiltrate blood brain barrier: newatlas.com/environment/microplastics-blood-brain-barrier
- Microplastics found in human blood for first time: theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/24/microplastics-found-in-human-blood-for-first-time
Topics discussed:
0:00 - What is TeamSeas?
0:55 - What are plastics doing to our brains?
1:30 - Plastics will outlive us
3:09 - Plastics are everywhere
4:19 - Plastics get inside of us
6:01 - The blood-brain barrier
7:37 - What could happen?
8:48 - What you can do
10:44 - Go TeamSeas!
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This video was edited by Dominique Taylor.
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THE PSYCH SHOW! Creating mental health videos that educate, entertain, and empower! Produced and written by clinical psychologist Ali Mattu, Ph.D. Edited by Diana Chang (https://www.changdiana.com). All videos are provided for informational purposes only and do not constitute clinical advice.
If you or someone you know needs help immediately, you should take one of the following actions:
- call 9-1-1 in the United States or your country's emergency number: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
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- go to your nearest hospital emergency room
For #TeamSeas I uncover what plastics are doing to our brains.
Help us clean up the oceans: https://teamseas.org.
Learn more:
- Microplastics in the Environment: Intake through the Food Web, Human Exposure and Toxicological Effects: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8473407
- Microplastics are everywhere — but are they harmful? nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01143-3
- The plastic brain: neurotoxicity of micro- and nanoplastics: particleandfibretoxicology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12989-020-00358-y
- The problem with all the plastic that’s leaching into your food: vox.com/science-and-health/2018/9/11/17614540/plastic-food-containers-contamination-health-risks
- Detection of Various Microplastics in Human Stool: acpjournals.org/doi/abs/10.7326/M19-0618
- First evidence of microplastics in human placenta: sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412020322297
- Mouse study shows microplastics infiltrate blood brain barrier: newatlas.com/environment/microplastics-blood-brain-barrier
- Microplastics found in human blood for first time: theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/24/microplastics-found-in-human-blood-for-first-time
Topics discussed:
0:00 - What is TeamSeas?
0:55 - What are plastics doing to our brains?
1:30 - Plastics will outlive us
3:09 - Plastics are everywhere
4:19 - Plastics get inside of us
6:01 - The blood-brain barrier
7:37 - What could happen?
8:48 - What you can do
10:44 - Go TeamSeas!
Join The Psych Show's Discord community: discord.gg/S2X3YAJxbM.
Thank you to my Patrons:
Tyler DeWitt
Arnt Richard Johansen
Imran Maskatia
Elizabeth smith
Sam Duritza
Anna Hindley
Collin Pavelchik
Eric Earley
Evan Alvarez
Ryan Landoll
Neuro Transmissions
BrainCraft
Aaron Freedman
Marisa Hilliard
Steve Mazza
Bryan Thien
Samuel Anderson
Jennifer Case
Shanda Wells
Saleem Hue Penny
Sri Santhanam
Denise Johnson
Emily Walter
Samar
Lars Bußmann
Julie Herrick
Rebecca Erde
Mariana de Morais
Karl Schwirz
Cesalie Stepney
Christy
BobC
Sam J
Sya Remiel
Meka Huggins
12tone
Boone Greenly
XP
Farid Chakhssi
Heidi Højgaard
Jinaveve Kruger
Max Byck
Jenn
大輔 中浦
Bratati Basu
Nick Bulman
Emily Alice
George Hadley
Susan R. Roggendorf
曦文 张
Eliza Lindus
Brittney Okorocha
Cindy Koenig
Sheina Godovich
Catherine Griffin
Learn how you can help me make The Psych Show and get exclusive behind the scenes access in return at Patreon.com/ThePsychShow.
This video was edited by Dominique Taylor.
Connect with Ali:
Discord ► discord.gg/S2X3YAJxbM
Twitter ► twitter.com/alimattu
Facebook ► facebook.com/thepsychshow
Instagram ► instagram.com/alimattu
TikTok ► tiktok.com/@alimattuphd
Patreon ► patreon.com/thepsychshow
Email ► ali@thepsychshow.com
Website ► alimattu.com/
THE PSYCH SHOW! Creating mental health videos that educate, entertain, and empower! Produced and written by clinical psychologist Ali Mattu, Ph.D. Edited by Diana Chang (https://www.changdiana.com). All videos are provided for informational purposes only and do not constitute clinical advice.
If you or someone you know needs help immediately, you should take one of the following actions:
- call 9-1-1 in the United States or your country's emergency number: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
- call the Lifeline at 1-800-273 TALK (8255) in the United States or a global crisis hotlines: http://www.iasp.info/resources/Crisis...
- text START to 741-741 in the United States or visit http://chat.suicidepreventionlifeline...
- go to your nearest hospital emergency room
