00:00Microplastics are in everything now.
00:02Plastic leaches a crap ton of chemicals.
00:04Even the smallest levels of exposure
00:07can have profound effects.
00:10Fertility worldwide is going down
00:13and it is tightly linked to chemicals
00:17that are commonly used in plastic.
00:19We have been trying to get pregnant
00:21for over ten years now.
00:22Twenty-two 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.
00:31This is a three-month intervention
00:34where we recruited six couples
00:36who have unexplained infertility.
00:39We look at measures of semen quality.
00:42The cutoff for fertile is about 40.
00:45You're technically subfertile, infertile.
00:47So that's kind of scary, right?
00:49Yes.
00:52The question is...
00:54If we lower people's exposure to chemicals
00:57that are in plastic,
00:59can we change their fertility?
01:02These chemicals not only affect your fertility,
01:05they also have other health consequences.
01:08These chemicals can contribute
01:10to early heart attacks and stroke,
01:12autism, as well as obesogens.
01:14Learning more about plastics,
01:16it's opening my eyes to how much bigger it is.
01:20Many people think the government takes care of us,
01:23but very few chemicals are actually banned
01:26from personal care products,
01:28and over 1,100 are banned in the EU.
01:33To have a child,
01:34I believe it is a fundamental human right.
01:37I think you'd be the best mom ever,
01:39and I really want to see that for you.
01:42Plastic doesn't have to come from a toxic petroleum basement.
01:46We can learn to do it other ways.
01:49It can change, and you can help with the change.
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