Do You Have Plastic In Your Brain Right Now? #TeamSeas

For #TeamSeas I uncover what plastics are doing to our brains. Help us clean up the oceans: https://teamseas.org. Learn more: - Microplastics in the Environment: Intake through the Food Web, Human Exposure and Toxicological Effects: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8473407/ - Microplastics are everywhere — but are they harmful? https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01143-3 - The plastic brain: neurotoxicity of micro- and nanoplastics: https://particleandfibretoxicology.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12989-020-00358-y - The problem with all the plastic that’s leaching into your food: https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/9/11/17614540/plastic-food-containers-contamination-health-risks - Detection of Various Microplastics in Human Stool: https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/abs/10.7326/M19-0618 - First evidence of microplastics in human placenta: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412020322297 - Mouse study shows microplastics infiltrate blood brain barrier: https://newatlas.com/environment/microplastics-blood-brain-barrier/ - Microplastics found in human blood for first time: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/mar/24/microplastics-found-in-human-blood-for-first-time Topics discussed: 0:00​ - What is TeamSeas? 0:55 - What are plastics doing to our brains? 1:30 - Plastics will outlive us 3:09 - Plastics are everywhere 4:19 - Plastics get inside of us 6:01 - The blood-brain barrier 7:37 - What could happen? 8:48 - What you can do 10:44 - Go TeamSeas! Join The Psych Show's Discord community: https://discord.gg/S2X3YAJxbM. Thank you to my Patrons: Tyler DeWitt Arnt Richard Johansen Imran Maskatia Elizabeth smith Sam Duritza Anna Hindley Collin Pavelchik Eric Earley Evan Alvarez Ryan Landoll Neuro Transmissions BrainCraft Aaron Freedman Marisa Hilliard Steve Mazza Bryan Thien Samuel Anderson Jennifer Case Shanda Wells Saleem Hue Penny Sri Santhanam Denise Johnson Emily Walter Samar Lars Bußmann Julie Herrick Rebecca Erde Mariana de Morais Karl Schwirz Cesalie Stepney Christy BobC Sam J Sya Remiel Meka Huggins 12tone Boone Greenly XP Farid Chakhssi Heidi Højgaard Jinaveve Kruger Max Byck Jenn 大輔 中浦 Bratati Basu Nick Bulman Emily Alice George Hadley Susan R. Roggendorf 曦文 张 Eliza Lindus Brittney Okorocha Cindy Koenig Sheina Godovich Catherine Griffin Learn how you can help me make The Psych Show and get exclusive behind the scenes access in return at https://www.Patreon.com/ThePsychShow​. This video was edited by Dominique Taylor. Connect with Ali: Discord ► https://discord.gg/S2X3YAJxbM Twitter ► http://twitter.com/alimattu​ Facebook ► http://www.facebook.com/thepsychshow​ Instagram ► http://instagram.com/alimattu​ TikTok ► https://www.tiktok.com/@alimattuphd Patreon ► https://www.patreon.com/thepsychshow​ Email ► ali@thepsychshow.com Website ► http://alimattu.com/​ THE PSYCH SHOW! Creating mental health videos that educate, entertain, and empower! Produced and written by clinical psychologist Ali Mattu, Ph.D. Edited by Diana Chang (https://www.changdiana.com). All videos are provided for informational purposes only and do not constitute clinical advice. If you or someone you know needs help immediately, you should take one of the following actions: - call 9-1-1 in the United States or your country's emergency number: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of​... - call the Lifeline at 1-800-273 TALK (8255) in the United States or a global crisis hotlines: http://www.iasp.info/resources/Crisis​... - text START to 741-741 in the United States or visit http://chat.suicidepreventionlifeline​... - go to your nearest hospital emergency room