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To be fair I think a couple of people on the forum have raised this as an issue.
It’s an hour long but interesting. Thanks for the link.
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Is there a quick sufficiently detailed precis available for those who prefer not to watch for an hour?
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I’m guessing Teflon
Stuff used in making teflon, teflon itself is so inert it’s effectively harmless.
Our entire world is soaked in yet more chemicals over used by “Big Chem”.
Thanks for saving me an hour - you are better value than a youtube vid!
I had the same thought. However, for me, it is an hour well spent.
The solution seems to be leeches.
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And thanks from me too. Video isn’t my preferred method of information gathering as it’s too slow for my attention span, especially YouTube where content creators really like to drag it out. Give me reading any day.
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A good video can be easier than reading - but I emphasise good which is usually not synonymous with YT - too long, too waffly, if you don’t have ads killed all too often interrupted and having to listen to the soundtrack not great in a work environment.
As to the subject matter - there seem to be any number of chemicals which persist in the environment for long periods with the result that the planet is awash with them - to uncertain harm in some cases (eg glyphosate). in terms of cancer, maybe a few tens more cases per 100,000 - hard to separate out from the noise.
As the video said - there is a scale of harms and this is not at the top.
Microplastics, however…
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No, Pfas, the forever chemicals that are planet wide.
Depends on your viewpoint, just humans, or far wider impacts. So many endocrine disrupting chemicals in products that all together these things outstrip our immune systems ability to cope. The rate of all cancer numbers has and still is increasing.
I watched a film a while back which was on the original farmers court case, yes over dramatised so some people with short attention spans would stay focussed and how that same lawyer in this video pieced together the evidence and the constant denials from Dupont and 3M. Not to mention the nasty behaviour by both.
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The written word can often backfire 
I was watching a run of a based on true events run of films, I just wonder if others turn off films and watch the trailer and film notes synopsis.
Sometimes those are quite enough.
Are they though? As a metaphor for life, those in gov almost certainly doing the same and making short term thinking decisions based on a few bullet points down the side of the main report. Actually reading and understanding may make the difference
I use video for entertainment, hence the comment. I DO NOT find it an acceptable medium to communicate detailed information that requires study and understanding, especially where the information is presented emotively to pass on a message. Give me numbers, facts, arguments in writing.
It also makes assessment of value less susceptible to the appearance and ability to present of the presenter. It’s difficult to set aside the presenter from the message, and for me, the wrong person can make it harder to judge without bias.
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Not disagreeing with that AM. I find its good to listen to the counter argument, data, facts often gives a sense of proportion.
I’m usually willing to read a different perspective, where I can review and research the presented data (not always willing, because these are sometimes intentionally vexatious or just repeating disproved ideas).
I find exactly the opposite. The video that BB linked to, explained the problem of forever chemicals and gave a very clear explanation of exactly why they were harmful. Yes, it was a bit long and yes, there was a political message but had I tried to read about the technical stuff, I would have fallen asleep before I had an understanding of the processes involved.
You tube videos have helped me understand many useful things. One DIY site exolained the mysteries of a 5 point patio door lock and how to repair it.
A plumbing video showed me where I was going wrong with my toilet cistern
A shoplifters site explained how to remove a security tag from an item of clothing that the cashier had forgotten to remove. This saved me a four hour round trip to go back to the store and have it done.
If a picture paints a thousand words, a video saves reading the whole book.