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So, Chelsea, I...

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These are gonna be back-to-back episodes, so it's fairly clear that I'm just...

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I apparently have taken an environmental approach once again, as I generally do,

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when it's going to be bad news, and this is probably bad news.

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At this point, we don't know for sure, but it's probably bad news.

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Okay.

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This comes from foodmanufacture.co.uk.

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Oh, shit.

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Written by Bethany Grills on July 2nd, 2024.

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Article title.

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Fiberglass found in oysters and mussels.

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Oh, for fuck's sake.

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In an alarming first, a study has found that burning levels of fiberglass particles have

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contaminated the food chain via natural bivalve populations.

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Great.

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So, not just plastic, we gotta worry about now, apparently.

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The study, a joint effort from the University of Brighton and Portsmouth,

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revealed that fiberglass or glass-reinforced plastic,

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GRP, which is used in boat manufacturing, has been breaking down and contaminating coastal waters.

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The GRP particles have been detected in the soft tissues of oysters and mussels

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collected near an active boatyard, and...

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I'm gonna take a guess at this, just because I suck at Brittis.

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It says chichester, but it might also just be chester in how they pronounce words in

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Britain.

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I don't know for sure.

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They're words, they just allude me.

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A popular sailing destination and so thing.

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Using micro-Raman spectroscopy, the researchers found up to 11,220 fiberglass particles per

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kilogram in oysters and 2,740 particles per kilogram in mussels.

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The material has been used widely in boat manufacturing since the 60s and previously

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been considered durable and harmless, but the researchers say these findings

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raise both urgent environmental and health concerns.

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While durable, the material is difficult to dispose of and often ends up being abandoned

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or improperly discarded, the tint particles then make their way into the water.

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This is particularly rife during the peak boat maintenance, usually winter seasons.

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These particles accumulate in bivalves such as oysters and mussels, which are crucial to marine

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ecosystems due to their filtering feeding habits.

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The ingestion of GRP can then interfere with their digestive system,

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leading to physiological stress and even death.

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This not only affects marine life, but could also have significant implications for human

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health, given that these bivalves often end up on consumer plates.

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Dr. Karina Siokan, principal lecturer in marine biology from the University of Brighton,

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described the findings as quote disturbing, and quote.

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She added, quote,

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This study is the first of its kind to document such extensive contamination in natural bivalve

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populations.

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It's a stark reminder of the hidden dangers in our environment.

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Efforts are being made to find viable disposal solutions, but more needs to be done to prevent

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at sea dumping and onshore burning.

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We're just starting to understand the extent of fiber less contamination.

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Our study is the first to show this level of contamination in natural bivalve populations.

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We must improve public access to slipways and commercial boat maintenance facilities.

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Creating a better ethos around end of life boat management is crucial to minimize further

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exposure and spread of these contaminants, said Dr. Siokan.

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For now, the discovery serves as a wake up call for the boating community and environmental

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regulators.

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And that's the end of the article.

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That was surprising in my mind.

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I had never heard of, we focus a lot on plastic.

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We talk a lot about plastic.

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So to hear that not only are vaginas worried about non-plastics, so too are our yonic friends

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in the sea the mussels in the oysters.

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I think it's the owners of vaginas.

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Okay.

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But you things stick out to me on this.

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Number one, I don't think I can get away from the fact that I'm putting plastic and chemicals

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into my body at a concerning and alarming rate at this point.

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I don't think I can get away from it, even if I was trying to.

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Oh, we can't.

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We can't.

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Nobody, I don't think in their right of way.

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Nobody is intentionally putting plastic in their body.

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I don't think.

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Nobody.

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No, that's, no, you know what?

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I shouldn't say that because like people are still using plastic straws and putting like

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plastic in their mouths to do certain things like say open a plastic.

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But they're not assuming that it's being absorbed into your body.

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I bet you most people.

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Fair enough.

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Fair enough.

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I'm going to get this certain like cereal because it's loaded with plastic and I want to become

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like mostly plastic.

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You know what?

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From what I've read, Annie's has more plastic in it.

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Therefore, I'm going to buy the Annie cereal.

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Yeah.

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Nobody is saying that.

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I don't think a single person.

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And especially Annie's has the organic plastic in it that I need.

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That was my next point.

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Even organics, even if you're like, I'm going to eat organic to get away from all of the stuff.

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I mean, it's worse than sometimes.

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So there's not any action that you can take if you're saying, you know what?

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I don't want plastic in my body.

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There's not literally any single way that you can get away with it.

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And it's not just the food we eat.

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It's literally every single part of our life that is putting plastic into our bodies at this point.

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That's the first takeaway.

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Second takeaway, we're concerned about boating because of the oysters.

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But have they been reading the news about the orcas?

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Well, I think the orcas have actually been reading these maybe.

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I think so too.

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That was my next point.

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Maybe they're the ones looking out for us.

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And people need to be looking at these studies coming out.

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That's why they're the symbol of the podcast.

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That's why they're our symbol of the podcast.

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They are the people's whale.

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The people.

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Sorry.

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The common man.

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The boats.

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The common man whale.

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The common.

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Who are the people?

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Not the boats, not the billionaires.

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They are not their whale.

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They are our whale.

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Yeah.

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No, no.

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What's his name?

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Twain is the whale of the billionaires.

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We all just passed.

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It's true.

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It's true.

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We all know that he told us.

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Racistly so shit, Twain.

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Sorry.

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That had to be said.

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Number three, no comment on the actual wasters and mussels that we talked about on this episode.

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And I'll leave it at that.

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Those are my three comments because I have to number all my sentences now.

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Yeah.

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And Chelsea, I do think it's important that I just add this one piece of information

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because you said there's nothing we can do about the plastic.

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Well, we did actually talk about this.

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And yes, in fact, giving blood and or donating plasma does in fact help remove

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blood from your body or just cutting your veins to allow that blood to freely leave your body in a

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responsible way.

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Let it out.

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Also help.

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It wants out.

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I am not condoning this in any way nor is the podcast, but please go donate.

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Well, sorry.

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That part of just.

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Science.

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Letting it out freely.

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Please, please go to the blood donation places and do those things that you need to do because

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they're very good for your body.

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We're getting kicked back from Taylor's blood filter.

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Yeah, the blood filtering guy, he's doing a great job.

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And anyhow, if you're doing this on your own right now, you better survive these next 48 hours

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because you've got to be here for this next episode.

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Yeah.

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And yeah, bye.

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Number four, sentence five.

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Five.