PFAS: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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Publicado 2021-10-03
John Oliver discusses PFAS — a class of chemicals linked to an array of health issues — and why their widespread use isn’t as magical as it may seem.

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Todos los comentarios (21)
  • @Steeny8096
    I test for PFAS in a commercial lab, and every time I tell someone what I do for a living they have never heard of PFAS. Thank you for bringing it the attention it needs!
  • @nmarrs8539
    The Radium girls would like you to remember that companies will always choose profits over their employees and the rest of us. Always
  • @davescott7680
    I really wish all the Qanon and anti-vax conspiracy theorists would for a change latch onto actual issues like this
  • @sammosaurusrex
    “Corporations are people - specifically sociopaths” is the take our society needs
  • Here’s an idea: every December 31st John Oliver needs to revisit all of his call to actions and update us on whether or not anyone did anything Edit: or better yet, right before state elections lol
  • @orionmurphy3064
    Danny DeVito saying "I put something in your child" and laughing maniacally is so villainous I love it
  • @carsonkahla9162
    Everyone can say a big thank you Robert Billot! This man put his career on the line multiple times, and to this day is still fighting these bastards in court to get them to pay out the settlement
  • @anmolt3840051
    Me looking at all of our scraped non-stick pans : *chuckles* I'm in danger
  • @DMGamer_PC
    Dupont was basically that one nightmare child in chemistry class. They were given specific safety instructions to avoid hazardous situations, they ignored all of it, put the chemicals in the water, and made everyone drink it.
  • @Somethinghumble
    They put weed smokers in jail but not these dupont suits...
  • In the 80s scientists were saying statements like, "we don't really know what causes cancer" Today scientists say, "Yeah, we know what causes cancer, but companies like Dupont and other juggernaut conglomerates own the legislators so we can't do anything about it." 🤔🤔
  • @mimimoon9313
    This show is just my weekly reminder to never be relaxed ever
  • @gaberobison680
    I love how in this country, you legally can’t state that a company is clearly subverting the law because our government is that enslaved to corporate interests
  • @marcboozman
    Please do not ever retire. This is the most frightening of all the frightening problems we face.
  • @arothmanmusic
    I thought my wife was being overly concerned when she insisted we get stainless steel pans instead of anything nonstick. When I complained that I didn’t have a good pan for omelettes she got me a ceramic coated one. Thank you, John, for reminding me that my wife is smart and awesome.
  • @runaway_kite
    3M- "Do not dispose off chemicals in surface water." DuPont- "I am gonna dispose chemicals in surface water even harder"
  • @juliustraum6758
    This is unusually reminiscent of what happened with lead and asbestos and yet somehow even more frightening
  • @mandalorian3246
    i am a PhD student working on PFAS. Glad to see mainstream media talking about it. and Moreover let me tell you there are many other harmful waste that our eyes cant see dumped in the surface waters without regulation even in developed nations and god save the third world countries.