00:00Microplastics are in everything now.
00:02Plastic leaches a crap ton of chemicals.
00:04Even the smallest levels of exposure can have profound effects.
00:10Fertility worldwide is going down and it is tightly linked to chemicals that are commonly
00:17used in plastic.
00:20We have been trying to get pregnant for over 10 years now.
00:2222 months.
00:23Two and a half years?
00:25Say what you always call yourself.
00:27Ah, I say, you know, Julie, I'm not a human dildo.
00:32This is a three-month intervention where we recruited six couples who have unexplained
00:38infertility.
00:39We look at measures of semen quality, the cutoff for fertile is about 40.
00:45You're technically subfertile, infertile, so that's kind of scary, right?
00:49Yes.
00:52The question is, if we lower people's exposure to chemicals that are in plastic, can we change
01:00their fertility?
01:01These chemicals not only affect your fertility, they also have other health consequences.
01:08These chemicals can contribute to early heart attacks and stroke, autism as well as obesogens.
01:14Learning more about plastics, it's opening my eyes to how much bigger it is.
01:20Many people think the government takes care of us, but very few chemicals are actually
01:26banned from personal care products, and over 1,100 are banned in the EU.
01:33To have a child, I believe it is a fundamental human right.
01:37I think you'd be the best one ever, and I really want to see that for you.
02:08Let's pray.
02:08To be continued...
02:09To be continued...
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