00:00Well, I really hope that all the other countries that have also banned single-use plastics,
00:22not just plastic straws, will not follow suit of what the Americans are doing, what the
00:27US Americans do.
00:29And I don't think they will, because I think there are so many people in this world that
00:32really care about our environment, there is so much awareness that has been created in
00:36the past 10 years, and there's also something called consumer demand.
00:42And I don't think that we will get back to where we were 10 years ago, thank God, because
00:47I really think that the video, for example, that I published with a sea turtle that had
00:51a plastic straw lodged in its nose, was helping that people understood that even just one
00:58tiny piece of plastic can cause a lot of pain and suffering.
01:02Mr. Surgeon.
01:03Well, we're shortly after that actually cutting off a piece and investigating it, and then
01:12we're like, wow, that's plastic.
01:13So the executive order that was signed is, of course, right now just for plastic straws.
01:20But the thing is, with plastic straws, it is one item of single-use plastics, which
01:25is a massive problem.
01:27We already have a plastic crisis at hand.
01:29We have way too much plastic on our planet, we're producing more and more, and we're using,
01:36or we're overusing plastic, because it is a material that is meant for eternity, and
01:41we're using it for things, for example, to drink, which will only take a few seconds,
01:47and then it will last on our planet forever.
01:57So the thing is that we've been trying really hard for the past 10 years to, well, really
02:03create awareness amongst people how dangerous plastic is, not just for wildlife, but also
02:09for us humans, human health as well.
02:12And so it's just also the symbolic meaning of the executive order, that really the government
02:19right now is not really caring about the environment, not caring about human health, and it's a
02:24little bit silly, really, to go for the plastic straws, because there's so many other things,
02:29you know, I think that are way more important right now.
02:44Now that we're studying plastic, we know that plastic is also very dangerous for us humans.
02:50We have found plastic in our brains, we have found plastic in the testicles of men, and
02:56we know they're causing cancer, we know they are, well, creating problems with our hormones,
03:02and so all of that, you know, even if you don't care about sea turtles or our ocean,
03:07we should care about human health, and I really think that caring for our environment should
03:11not be a political issue, really.
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