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Citizens Weigh in on Microplastics in the US Food Supply ^⁠95%

4/3/2026, 2:54:18 AM

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BS Summary: This video contains 32 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Negativity Bias, and Halo Effect, with Appeal to Emotion as the most egregious example at 50.5% saturation with 262 hits. Analysis detected 1,804 faulty-reasoning hits from 519 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 92.3% and a BS Rank of ⁠95% (896 of 16,813 videos). This video is worse (more manipulative) than 94.70% of the video peer group.

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How's the EPA is moving to regulate microplastics in drinking water?

How are everyday folks feeling about the Trump administration's make America healthy again initiative?

NTD's Sam Wang was out on the National Mall in DC to hear from the people.

Do you know that microplastics exist in many human tissues including lungs, your kidneys, and even human brain?

It's It's shocking, but I I just recently learned that and and uh it's it's kind of appalling.

At this point in time though, I don't know, you know, what do you do?

You know, it's huge. I don't know a lot about it, but I would say, you know, it's looking at some of the research, it certainly seems like that's a that's a problem.

Our DNA uh trace going forward is going to be nothing but plastic because they're putting it in everything.

So, when we're growing and our kids grow up, they're not going to have the taste of real food.

Look at the chemicals that they spray on top of our fruit and vegetables.

It's all chemical.

So, what is a chemical? Plastic.

Yeah, what do they say? We have so many ounces of it in our brain from everything that we you know, we ingest daily.

Look at the plastic sea out there that's destroying the oceans from all this the plastic garbage out there.

When I grew up, we had glass bottles.

You know, why can't we now? What do you make of the fact that the HHS, I guess under RFK Jr.'s leadership, is looking into the issue of microplastic in our food supply?

I feel like if it's just going to be a positive and it's a real a real cause for change, then I support it.

If that's what it's really about.

But is is it going to be his choice or is it going to be administration's choice?

Our DNA uh trace going forward is going to be nothing but plastic because they're putting it in everything. >> You know, fundamentally, if you look back to what he's accomplished, it's really refocusing us on on the right things.

Um and perhaps we've we've taken our eye off the ball and I think he's been very focused on some key things and that's why I would view his performance so positive so far.

>> Yes, definitely. Definitely. Especially for your younger generations cuz that's all it is is disposable plastic and it's

all for the companies to make money off of. It's not to help you or I out.

It's for that their bottom dollar of what the CEOs are going to make. Bringing attention to the to the to the poisons in the food that we eat and the dangers in vaccines.

The fact that he's in as a secretary and he's actually I mean, he's still fighting against money and it's still difficult, but the fact that he's there and he's able to hopefully, you know, address this and save the next generation like we're pretty thrilled about, so.

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Citizens Weigh in on Microplastics in the US Food Supply ^⁠95%

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Citizens Weigh in on Microplastics in the US Food Supply ⁠95%

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Citizens Weigh in on Microplastics in the US Food Supply ^⁠95%