1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,720 You know what, Chelsea, we did just in how we're recording it, the last Fringie Minis 2 00:00:04,720 --> 00:00:05,720 climate related. 3 00:00:05,720 --> 00:00:12,800 So I'm actually going to go with something environmental, but not climate related. 4 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:14,280 Adjacently related. 5 00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:15,280 Yes. 6 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:18,620 And this is something that I think we've talked about a bit. 7 00:00:18,620 --> 00:00:23,520 This is from W. Bay, which I'm not quite sure what this source is, but I really like 8 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:24,520 this article. 9 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:28,880 So wbay.com, Wisconsin based news station. 10 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:30,360 Oh, Wisconsin. 11 00:00:30,360 --> 00:00:34,160 Article from February 9th, 2024 by W. Bay News staff. 12 00:00:34,160 --> 00:00:35,160 Article title. 13 00:00:35,160 --> 00:00:42,160 General Mills urged to take plastics out of Cheerios, soup, pasta, and canned corn. 14 00:00:42,160 --> 00:00:44,280 I would say they're right in saying that. 15 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:45,280 Yes. 16 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:47,480 Just my first impression right off the bat. 17 00:00:47,480 --> 00:00:48,480 I agree. 18 00:00:48,480 --> 00:00:52,000 There's a chance of plastic chemicals in the food you eat. 19 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:56,440 A consumer group is urging popular brand General Mills to reduce the amount of plastic 20 00:00:56,440 --> 00:00:58,600 chemicals in pre-packaged foods. 21 00:00:58,600 --> 00:01:01,440 What's your problem? 22 00:01:01,440 --> 00:01:05,680 We just love plastics so much. 23 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:07,680 It's what the consumers crave. 24 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:09,840 I know what this is missing. 25 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:10,840 Plastic. 26 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:15,040 Is that distinct like plastic-y flavor that we just want? 27 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:16,040 It's true. 28 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:17,280 We apparently do. 29 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:18,280 Yeah. 30 00:01:18,280 --> 00:01:20,400 Consumer Reports is an independent nonprofit group. 31 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:24,640 It sent a letter to General Mills claiming it found concerning levels of forever chemical 32 00:01:24,640 --> 00:01:27,920 phthalates in several General Mills products. 33 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:29,360 We talked about phthalates. 34 00:01:29,360 --> 00:01:32,920 Before, even recently, it's used to make plastics more durable. 35 00:01:32,920 --> 00:01:36,360 Some studies have linked the chemical to health issues, including heart disease, diabetes, 36 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:37,360 and obesity. 37 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:40,600 The letter breaks down which products Consumer Reports tested. 38 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:45,280 Products mentioned include Original Cheerios, the French vanilla flavor of Yo-Ple Original 39 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:50,920 Le Fette Yogurt, Green Giant Cream-styled Sweet Corn, and Progresso Vegetable Classic 40 00:01:50,920 --> 00:01:51,920 Veggie Soup. 41 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:56,160 Do you want to guess what their highest level of phthalates was for? 42 00:01:56,160 --> 00:01:57,560 What kind of food it was in? 43 00:01:57,560 --> 00:01:58,560 Yeah. 44 00:01:58,560 --> 00:01:59,560 General Mills? 45 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:00,560 Yeah. 46 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:02,360 Which is like, you know, 90% of the grocery store. 47 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:03,360 So you know what? 48 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:04,360 Don't even worry about it. 49 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:06,360 It's Annie's organic cheesy ravioli. 50 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:08,200 I wouldn't have got that. 51 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:09,920 I wouldn't have got that either. 52 00:02:09,920 --> 00:02:11,320 Annie's is organic though. 53 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:12,320 I know. 54 00:02:12,320 --> 00:02:13,320 Oh, jeez. 55 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:14,880 It's the bunny-shaped stuff. 56 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:15,880 Yeah. 57 00:02:15,880 --> 00:02:19,720 The letter to General Mills talks about how even a small amount of exposure to phthalates 58 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:23,920 over time can increase health risks and says growing research shows it can interfere 59 00:02:23,920 --> 00:02:26,080 with how your body regulates hormones. 60 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:29,080 We've been waiting to see if General Mills will put out a statement in response to the 61 00:02:29,080 --> 00:02:31,680 letter and claims made by Consumer Reports. 62 00:02:31,680 --> 00:02:36,000 We'll update you from the first alert safety desk if we hear from the company. 63 00:02:36,000 --> 00:02:39,640 The Director of Consumer Reports says he hopes General Mills will take the necessary steps 64 00:02:39,640 --> 00:02:42,440 for reducing the level of plasticizers in its products. 65 00:02:42,440 --> 00:02:44,600 And that's the end of the article. 66 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:45,600 Rupertism. 67 00:02:45,600 --> 00:02:46,600 Hooray! 68 00:02:46,600 --> 00:02:47,600 Yeah. 69 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:50,640 And especially, you know where I think they actually put the effort in instead of responding 70 00:02:50,640 --> 00:02:52,000 to the letter? 71 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:56,000 Making sure it didn't get on the front page of every news station. 72 00:02:56,000 --> 00:02:59,600 I thought it was going to be putting more plastic in. 73 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:01,920 You know now that you say it, I'm just going to double down. 74 00:03:01,920 --> 00:03:04,760 We're going so hard on these plastics. 75 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:05,760 That's insane. 76 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:06,760 And you know what? 77 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:13,640 There's so much regulation around putting what ingredients are in food, at least in North 78 00:03:13,640 --> 00:03:14,640 America or Canada. 79 00:03:14,640 --> 00:03:20,400 You would think, honestly, there's been a fight over the last 30 to 40 years over regulation. 80 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:24,440 And you can see that regulation's not been able to keep up with industry over the last 81 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:25,760 decades, for sure. 82 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:28,720 Specifically, when everything is getting monopolized. 83 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:33,880 So there's one big creator of everything and they just aren't being regulated properly. 84 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:39,080 You have to say, I mean, this is a corporation entity that is, let's be honest, making these 85 00:03:39,080 --> 00:03:41,240 decisions and the billionaires behind it. 86 00:03:41,240 --> 00:03:42,240 Yeah. 87 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:45,280 And they're not going to do research into things that are inconvenient for their corporate 88 00:03:45,280 --> 00:03:46,280 structure. 89 00:03:46,280 --> 00:03:47,280 They're just not. 90 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:48,280 Yeah. 91 00:03:48,280 --> 00:03:49,280 And bottom line. 92 00:03:49,280 --> 00:03:53,560 And I mean, I could see them being like, you know what, let's just do it. 93 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:57,960 And any repercussions are going to be like a minor fine in the big scope of things to 94 00:03:57,960 --> 00:03:58,960 them. 95 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:05,320 And then people getting sick is just benefiting other sectors in the freaking corporate machine. 96 00:04:05,320 --> 00:04:06,320 Yeah. 97 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:07,320 Of people getting sick. 98 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:08,320 So. 99 00:04:08,320 --> 00:04:12,240 Hey, and I'm pretty sure that General Mills has a health arm to it as well. 100 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:13,240 I'm sure it does. 101 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:16,400 I'm very sure it does in which it's just benefiting and more. 102 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:17,400 That's insane. 103 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:18,400 Yeah. 104 00:04:18,400 --> 00:04:19,880 They're just putting plastic in it? 105 00:04:19,880 --> 00:04:20,880 Yeah. 106 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:22,600 Well, not, I don't think it's just plastic. 107 00:04:22,600 --> 00:04:27,280 It would be a chemical compound used in the process that happens to have plastic in it. 108 00:04:27,280 --> 00:04:31,200 I don't think they're just like coating materials as they go through the machine and plastic 109 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:34,360 so that they don't get it soggy and vellar. 110 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:35,360 Yeah. 111 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:38,000 What a world we have carved out for ourselves. 112 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:41,440 And I'm going to read the headline for this because it has to do with it. 113 00:04:41,440 --> 00:04:45,080 I don't feel like I want to cover it in its own episode, but there was just a study that 114 00:04:45,080 --> 00:04:46,080 was done. 115 00:04:46,080 --> 00:04:51,800 This is off SciTech Daily posted February 27, 2024 by Michael Haterly, University of New 116 00:04:51,800 --> 00:04:52,800 Mexico. 117 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:55,840 A talking study finds microplastics in every human placenta. 118 00:04:55,840 --> 00:04:56,840 Yeah. 119 00:04:56,840 --> 00:04:58,840 It's literally in everything, everything. 120 00:04:58,840 --> 00:04:59,840 Yeah. 121 00:04:59,840 --> 00:05:02,200 Now, like you cannot avoid it at all. 122 00:05:02,200 --> 00:05:08,080 No matter what you eat, organic, organic, Annie's Reveoli is the worst for you apparently. 123 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:11,160 So if you're eating that thinking, I'm free of plastic. 124 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:15,480 You have more plastic in you than anyone else. 125 00:05:15,480 --> 00:05:20,080 There's no aspect of your life you're not getting plastic or PFOS in. 126 00:05:20,080 --> 00:05:21,080 No. 127 00:05:21,080 --> 00:05:22,080 I'm not going to go into more than this podcast. 128 00:05:22,080 --> 00:05:24,200 First and foremost, actually. 129 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:25,200 So that's fun. 130 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:26,200 Yeah. 131 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:27,200 That's what I would call it. 132 00:05:27,200 --> 00:05:28,200 Don't worry. 133 00:05:28,200 --> 00:05:31,800 I'll return with other weather-related fringy topics in the near future because I found 134 00:05:31,800 --> 00:05:36,200 quite a few that fit our fringy stories that we talk about. 135 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:40,080 But you're going to have to sit in anticipation for 48 hours and then another week to probably 136 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:41,080 get one of those. 137 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:42,080 So, bye. 138 00:05:42,080 --> 00:05:43,080 Seven days plus 48. 139 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:51,080 Bye.