How one scientist took on the chemical industry - Mark Lytle

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  • Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024

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  • @engineergaming5989
    @engineergaming5989 4 года назад +968

    "but man is a part of nature, and his war against nature is inevitably a war against himself" - Rachel Carson

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      @stefanysanchez2874 4 года назад +1

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    • @engineergaming5989
      @engineergaming5989 4 года назад +13

      @@stefanysanchez2874 dafuq?

    • @ayushsharma8804
      @ayushsharma8804 4 года назад +1

      @@engineergaming5989 she's an ad bot probably.

    • @PeacePills.
      @PeacePills. 2 года назад +3

      its crazy how many people forget that we’re a part of nature too. everyone wants to believe they’re so special and not technically an “animal” too.

  • @ascetic3312
    @ascetic3312 4 года назад +492

    Horrifying fact: To "prove" how safe DDT was, they would sometimes drive around a town with a truck spraying a cloud of DDT out onto crowds of children running behind the truck or even kids in a swimming pool (you can see the videos of this online).
    The original ban on DDT was the ban on its use in the U.S. and NOT its production. It continued to be produced and sold to foreign markets until 1985 (over 300 tons was exported). Also, you can find DDT still on the tops of mountains where DDT was never sprayed. And a global ban on DDT (among other persistent organic pollutants) did not happen until 2004, though its use was still permitted for certain disease vector control measures. However, despite the global ban, it's still used in a few places around the world today.

    • @caliguladeux
      @caliguladeux 4 года назад +5

      DDT so safe you can eat it

    • @waterbottle8692
      @waterbottle8692 4 года назад +2

      Can you link the videos

    • @ascetic3312
      @ascetic3312 4 года назад +6

      @@waterbottle8692 I just did a pretty basic search. You can do the same, but here's one to start you off:
      ruclips.net/video/v2EtxYxEKww/видео.html

    • @SVASH-hz5ji
      @SVASH-hz5ji 4 года назад +17

      Nowadays DDT is still being used in Africa to kill mosquitoes because in those countries malaria will kill you before DDT can.

    • @rossei2467
      @rossei2467 4 года назад +8

      I remember watching a cartoon when I was a kid that showed DDT as an acronym for Drop Dead Twice. I'm not sure if was Popeye or the old Tom & Jerry cartoon though.

  • @seabunny6980
    @seabunny6980 4 года назад +516

    I read the title and I just knew it was Rachel Carson. I love her.

  • @dkaloger5720
    @dkaloger5720 4 года назад +633

    I think these women fighting a large industry are some of the best episodes

    • @dCephei
      @dCephei 4 года назад +22

      You know it's more amazing when women make a name of themselves during the time when they aren't seen as equal to men and have less access abilities.

    • @bilalshafique5898
      @bilalshafique5898 4 года назад +24

      Honestly, scientists fighting against ignorance make for good "good vs bad" story plots.

    • @khalidalali186
      @khalidalali186 4 года назад +2

      Isn’t that still the case EVEN in the developed world?

    • @bilalshafique5898
      @bilalshafique5898 4 года назад +2

      @@khalidalali186
      Kinda, but it's less frequent.
      It doesn't mean it doesn't happen anymore, but it's neither accurate to say it hasn't vanished.

    • @khalidalali186
      @khalidalali186 4 года назад

      True, my parents are not talking to me because I missed the family gathering of 150 people in one house, as they don’t think the virus spreads through the air we breath from one another. I hear ya.

  • @zestypantsyeah
    @zestypantsyeah 4 года назад +694

    Man. Imagine if Carson hadn’t done this.

    • @alejandroojeda1572
      @alejandroojeda1572 4 года назад +31

      Probably someone would have done It a few years later. 😅 I mean, the merit IS still there, but chemicals regulation was on the rise

    • @TonyLambregts
      @TonyLambregts 4 года назад +16

      @@alejandroojeda1572 I would hope so. Too often we leave it to someone else to do what needs to be done though.

    • @lebro4401
      @lebro4401 4 года назад

      He wouldn't be funni man

    • @muksimulmaad7413
      @muksimulmaad7413 4 года назад +2

      ikr we should subscribetocarson

    • @HelgaCavoli
      @HelgaCavoli 4 года назад +5

      Imagine everything else we're letting stuff pass by not doing anything.

  • @sreejasrivaram8250
    @sreejasrivaram8250 4 года назад +123

    the side effects of DDT and bio-magnification are still fresh in my mind as i have recently written my boards in bio.
    chemical pesticides sucks.

    • @shibuthomas2745
      @shibuthomas2745 4 года назад

      Ruby Red class 10 science ha?

    • @shibuthomas2745
      @shibuthomas2745 4 года назад

      Btw best of luck for SST exam tomorrow!

    • @sreejasrivaram8250
      @sreejasrivaram8250 4 года назад +1

      @@shibuthomas2745 nope 12 cbse, finished my last exam today so, yahoo!!! super happy for my summer vacations.

    • @ayushsharma8804
      @ayushsharma8804 4 года назад

      All pesticides are chemicals

    • @bababooey6193
      @bababooey6193 4 года назад

      @@ayushsharma8804 but don't biocontrol agents also work as pesticides sometimes? They're not necessarily always chemicals. Am I wrong here?

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 4 года назад +132

    This is really informative and interesting. Thanks for showing us this.

    • @engineergaming5989
      @engineergaming5989 4 года назад +5

      I don't understand. You're a machine. What do you want? You're in every comment section. There must be a reason behind your ambition.

    • @fanny2081
      @fanny2081 3 года назад

      Its misinformation. SIlent spring is pure fiction. Nothing in it has any scientific base, just hollow words

  • @adrielsebastian5216
    @adrielsebastian5216 4 года назад +94

    Do one on Clair Patterson, he calculated the age of the Earth and then led the fight against leaded fuel! But as always, great job Ted-Ed!

  • @jamessebela3236
    @jamessebela3236 4 года назад +11

    I grew up in the fifties and sixties in Michigan My dad was a big camping fishing enthusiast.he took us camping every weekend in the summer and we got to see the whole state. In my early teen we went out west three times. Anyway where I’m going with this is ,we never saw a turkey buzzard, an eagle, a sand hill crane ,a cormorant and most hawks. But then in the early eighties something miraculous began to occur. These top bird species started to be seen. At first in isolated pockets but by the nineties they were every where. Some are so prevalent now that they are consider pest. DDTwas causing the egg shells of these birds to be so thin that they didn’t survive to hatching. Just one of the innumerable problems caused by this chemical compound! All this is known today, yet there are politicians and farmers who want bring back.

  • @esragunac8948
    @esragunac8948 4 года назад +112

    I read her life story in a science magazine when I was in second grade, she was the first female influence to me. I find her work incredible and inspirational :)

    • @bonbon0416
      @bonbon0416 2 года назад +3

      This is so awesome! Thank you for sharing.

  • @ilickcatnip
    @ilickcatnip 4 года назад +105

    Less aware humans among us possess the urge to save nature only if some influential figures/s is/are seen supporting environmentalists and conservationists in a regular manner. Our international leaders, actors, singers, other artists and political heads should show their support. The call for conservation must me seen on international level. I thank all creators like TED-Ed. Who create content like this.

    • @ankit2014official
      @ankit2014official 4 года назад +1

      You will be IITian soon. Have gr8 insights on topic.

    • @ilickcatnip
      @ilickcatnip 4 года назад +3

      @@ankit2014official Thanks for the wishes. I love discovering different streams ranging form chemistry to Astrophysics, and Abstract Math. Curiosity a rare fuel that does not pollute, but nurtures.❤️

    • @MrHarsh3600
      @MrHarsh3600 4 года назад +1

      @@ankit2014official no he won't because a serious aspirant would be studying instead of wasting time on RUclips and also a serious aspirant don't go around announcing that they are preparing for IIT. Only a showoff chutiya would put iit aspirant in front of his name.

    • @ilickcatnip
      @ilickcatnip 4 года назад +4

      @@MrHarsh3600 Btw man, This kind of content is not "time paas". And if you think that IIT-JEE preparation is only about putting hours of time, then you probably don't even try for it. IIT is all about quality time, the degree of concentration is the key, not amount of time. And as of the username I use, it is the urge I have inside me to achieve that. It's very easy man, if I won't be confident and serious enough, why would I use that username. Once more I say it to you, this kind of content is NOT "timepass". If you think that way, you belong to that same category of people who don't care about their planet and science.

    • @creativeideas012
      @creativeideas012 2 года назад

      @@ilickcatnip how about now, after you've witnessed their roles in the past 2 years

  • @harveybeaver9731
    @harveybeaver9731 4 года назад +13

    It's so good that a couple of my professor on my campus recommended "Silent Spring."
    I should read it one day.

  • @legalizeequalitydotcom
    @legalizeequalitydotcom 4 года назад +30

    Her story sounds like it would make a great movie. If we trust wikipedia, there seemingly hasn't been one yet. The recent film Dark Waters sounds similar to Carson's story, so we'll have to settle for that until someone makes one about her life. We need to hear her story and others like it, so here's hoping this video does well and TED-Ed keep highlighting important changes driven by scientists and others committed to the truth and highlighting the dangers of thinking corporations can self-regulate.

  • @mikeking453
    @mikeking453 4 года назад +16

    Man,we need more people in the world like her.more than ever

  • @bellezapo3567
    @bellezapo3567 4 года назад +17

    "Why is a spinster without children so concerned about genetics?"...i know many women scientists who are single and yet so concerned for our people's future..we may not have biological children but our students are our children too and their future will always be of utmost importance

    • @stonedoliveees
      @stonedoliveees 2 года назад

      Because believe it or not warm blood runs through the veins of spinsters too and not antifreeze

    • @anthyavila9726
      @anthyavila9726 2 года назад +4

      People who need to have some kind of blood connection to victims to care are just devoid of empathy and basic human decency. One doesn't need to have children to care about their future, one doesn't need to have daughters/wives/mothers to care about violence against women... one just needs to not be so self-absorbed to have some basic concern for their fellow human beings.

  • @osse1n
    @osse1n 4 года назад +46

    Many genius inventions come to life through random events - good thing smart people are there to observe them

  • @ShubhamBhushanCC
    @ShubhamBhushanCC 4 года назад +292

    Using the word "Communist" to smear any criticism. As Americans as anything. Perhaps the only American tradition

    • @TheAvsouto
      @TheAvsouto 4 года назад +14

      This guy defends free public health system like at all developed countries of Europe. Must be a communist
      *Corona virus lafs in joy*

    • @katarinajohansson3486
      @katarinajohansson3486 8 месяцев назад

      I burst out laughing at that 😂

  • @messiah69420
    @messiah69420 4 года назад +20

    You guys should make a video on covid-19 and aftermath of covis-19. It would help to spread awareness.

  • @jenniferbates2811
    @jenniferbates2811 4 года назад +8

    I'm going to get this book for me and my kids! What an amazing contribution! Thank you so much

  • @suntzu2102
    @suntzu2102 4 года назад +78

    “There is something very soothing and astonishing in the channel’s animation and voice”
    👇🏻 if you agree

  • @shrirangtambe4360
    @shrirangtambe4360 4 года назад +6

    Thank you TED for the video. I was aware of the story but didn't know the name of the person involved.
    And narrator voice is outstandingly good. Would love to have it as an option for text to voice applications.

  • @hanamishra8991
    @hanamishra8991 4 года назад +6

    I always look forward to the quotes before the main video starts. They are great.

  • @sadnessofwildgoats
    @sadnessofwildgoats 4 года назад +3

    I actually read a small part of her book silent spring in my school as a project. It scared me more than anything because it made me realize how close we were to killing hundreds if not thousands of people.

  • @denvorsden7903
    @denvorsden7903 4 года назад +18

    Love your videos. So inspiring during these hard times.

  • @PetarStamenkovic
    @PetarStamenkovic 4 года назад +2

    It's a fine line balancing what is harmful and what is helpful. It is good that those with dissenting views have a chance to voice their concerns and when valid, that society act on correcting those concerns.

  • @maweebster8492
    @maweebster8492 4 года назад +30

    wow last time i was this early ted ed was still at 1K subs

  • @alexdyk9813
    @alexdyk9813 4 года назад +14

    The bald eagle, national bird of the US, was threatened due to excessive use of DDT.

    • @fanny2081
      @fanny2081 3 года назад

      HAHAHAHAHAHAH. The population of Bald Eagle actually DOUBLED between 1941 and 1960. In fact, the Robin population even increased TWELVEFOLD. Dont believe me? Check out Audubon society, a bird-watching group. They will tell you the exact same data. Stop listening to fake news and wake up.

  • @starcloak
    @starcloak 4 года назад +4

    Lovely video with beautiful aesthetics. ❤️

  • @niranjanr8075
    @niranjanr8075 4 года назад +5

    Thanks... I was search for environmentalist related content and found this...thanks again, Ted Ed

  • @mohammedakmal9358
    @mohammedakmal9358 4 года назад +4

    wow this is very timely as i'm learning more about her as a part of my thesis on ecology and literature. read her famous book Silent Spring some three years before, friends you must read it, read it

  • @goodboi1725
    @goodboi1725 4 года назад +53

    chemical companies: hey lets sell bad chemical
    Carson: bad chemical is bad
    chemical companies: *surprised pikachu face*

    • @corneliali7747
      @corneliali7747 4 года назад +7

      Chemical companies: Communist!

    • @fanny2081
      @fanny2081 3 года назад

      Chemical companies: hey we made a chemical that can save millions of lives from malaria and improve life Carson: I will publish a book that has no scientific data. Chemical companies: ok *bans DDT, which leads to millions being killed from malaria, subpar quality of food and stagnation of bird population*

    • @fanny2081
      @fanny2081 3 года назад

      ​@@corneliali7747 Silent Spring is a great work of fiction. However, its not scientifically accurate. Stop listening to fake news and look at the hard, raw source, not "news" from Fake News Network.

  • @geraldjinx
    @geraldjinx 4 года назад +5

    "Those who dwell among the beauties and mysteries of the earth are never alone or weary of life." Exotic Line

  • @KaranSingh-or7yy
    @KaranSingh-or7yy 4 года назад +21

    After seen this video only one thing comes in my mind : *DARK WATERS* aka *DuPont.* 😶🙃😶

  • @aitch365
    @aitch365 3 года назад +1

    I’m reading the sea around us right now and I love it! respect for Rachel Carson 🌸

  • @prabinpaudel5572
    @prabinpaudel5572 4 года назад +5

    1st time that I saw a video uploaded 1 minute ago

  • @The_Firevenus
    @The_Firevenus 4 года назад +3

    Beautiful and educative video as always Ted Ed💖

  • @thevoiceofreason5688
    @thevoiceofreason5688 4 года назад +4

    What I noticed in particular was how Rachel Carson was labeled a "communist" by a pesticide company lawyer. It seems that some American people and companies call anything they don't like socialist.

  • @AdityaMehendale
    @AdityaMehendale 4 года назад +4

    4:47 "In 1972 the EPA issued a partial ban...". I wonder what year it was before major chem. companies had the scruples to stop producing and selling DDT in the other 95% of the world outside the USA.

    • @SVASH-hz5ji
      @SVASH-hz5ji 4 года назад

      Many of which were sold to Africa to control mosquitoes because it's one of the only pesticide they can afford in large quantity. Otherwise malaria will kill them before DDT can.

  • @speedstriker
    @speedstriker 4 года назад +19

    Eliminate human tyranny! The world belongs to Trisolaris!

    • @user-ny1wo1vp9r
      @user-ny1wo1vp9r 4 года назад +3

      I love you for that reference. I'm reading the second book right now.

    • @speedstriker
      @speedstriker 4 года назад +2

      @@user-ny1wo1vp9r Prepare for those onion cutting ninjas. They're out for blood this time.

  • @zack7122
    @zack7122 4 года назад +3

    as always the animation is perfect ❤️

  • @suki5353
    @suki5353 3 года назад +1

    amazing. I want to read her work now

  • @syedmujeeburahman4123
    @syedmujeeburahman4123 4 года назад +1

    Thanks ted ed for informative videos it helps scholars a lot

  • @curiousuranus810
    @curiousuranus810 4 года назад +2

    We need more people like her - never more than now.

  • @thatmongoliangal
    @thatmongoliangal 3 года назад +2

    Thank you Rachel Carson! you are a hero and a role model!

  • @VarongTangkitphithakphon
    @VarongTangkitphithakphon 4 года назад +2

    Salute to Rachel Carson and the legacy she gave us. We will fight the silent spring!

  • @MonkeyLuffy2K5
    @MonkeyLuffy2K5 Год назад +1

    Hey I was watching that docu-video in my 1st period !

  • @labdhisharma5396
    @labdhisharma5396 4 года назад +3

    These videos are so fun and beneficial
    I love them kepp up the good work Ted ed

  • @autumnavalanche1097
    @autumnavalanche1097 4 года назад

    The animation style in this is so beautiful

  • @priyasharay5089
    @priyasharay5089 4 года назад +1

    Amazing animation

  • @mukulsinghparmar854
    @mukulsinghparmar854 4 года назад +1

    Beautiful video 👍👍

  • @ebr4h132
    @ebr4h132 4 года назад +2

    This was so cool

  • @kunal-ui5vv
    @kunal-ui5vv 4 года назад

    Such people leave a massive impact on our minds just through their thoughts and appreciation towards mother nature

  • @joannastolla9412
    @joannastolla9412 4 года назад +1

    Thank you for those videos, they are amazing and really interesting.

  • @danacoleman4007
    @danacoleman4007 4 года назад +2

    WOW!!! What a lady!

  • @alexhanson6327
    @alexhanson6327 2 года назад

    Thanks man I really needed this for my environmental history final in the morning

  • @Santosh36996
    @Santosh36996 4 года назад +2

    Too good

  • @nerdynuronz2173
    @nerdynuronz2173 4 года назад +1

    i gotta read Silent Spring

  • @hello-sj8cf
    @hello-sj8cf 4 года назад +2

    I love following your lessons and even our teachers use these ones to help teach us! Though a lot don't because they are afraid they can't understand the lesson. Is there a way to help and contribute subtitles for the animated lessons in Slovenian? A few of the live shows do have them, but not these. I would love to help if I could in any way. Thank you again for these lessons!

  • @Yagyaansh
    @Yagyaansh 4 года назад

    It feels like a good TED video after such a long time

  • @keristly
    @keristly 4 года назад +1

    I'm reading Silent Spring!

  • @sadmancho
    @sadmancho 4 года назад +2

    It’s sad that DDT regulations has loosened and is being used again in farms in the USA.

  • @hankan97
    @hankan97 3 года назад

    this video was comforting

  • @clairezz
    @clairezz 4 года назад +1

    Glad to leave a comment here 😌

  • @vipulyadav2996
    @vipulyadav2996 3 года назад

    It was a very very good video both the animation, music, and narration

  • @rowannnnnnnnn
    @rowannnnnnnnn 4 года назад +1

    Love these vids

  • @jhoang861
    @jhoang861 4 года назад +1

    there is a great documentary on her on PBS.

  • @shekharkumarsingh2270
    @shekharkumarsingh2270 4 года назад

    challenged people to cultivate maturity and mastery, not of nature but of ourselves...lovely

  • @cuongnguyenviet5378
    @cuongnguyenviet5378 4 года назад

    I can't totally understand this video but i'm interested in learning English and i love this meaningful video

  • @iloveaqua6971
    @iloveaqua6971 4 года назад +4

    Hello there

  • @pdcrew2
    @pdcrew2 3 года назад +3

    I know this isn't an appropriate platform for what i'm about to say but...
    This is reminding me of what's happening with the mRNA vaccines today. There are dissenting voices, but people aren't listening.

  • @nataliaaaron2279
    @nataliaaaron2279 3 года назад

    Nice I understand this now

  • @winteranimates_
    @winteranimates_ 4 года назад +1

    Honestly, thanks alot for continuing to make content that's always interesting. Ted Ed is always good and always interesting. Thanks for that! It's really cool all the topics you guys cover and the animations are always AMAZING!!! Honestly I doubt I would know half the cool facts I know if it weren't for Ted Ed. Cool video as always!

  • @Zeel_BTS
    @Zeel_BTS 4 года назад

    Goodness that made me cry...

  • @Harshit-vu6ky
    @Harshit-vu6ky 4 года назад +7

    #Misuse
    Of chemicals
    Still in trend 2020

  • @SVASH-hz5ji
    @SVASH-hz5ji 4 года назад +2

    Fun fact: The scientist who invented DDT was awarded Nobel Prize because of DDT's contribution on controlling malaria, famine and stuff.

    • @creativeideas012
      @creativeideas012 2 года назад +1

      The Nobel prize had already lost its meaning years ago

  • @pancutio
    @pancutio 4 года назад +2

    My chemical industry is my favorite band 😍

  • @SVASH-hz5ji
    @SVASH-hz5ji 4 года назад +1

    "There will be a silent spring!"
    Kudos to you if you get the reference!

  • @harshitgupta1114
    @harshitgupta1114 4 года назад +1

    Make video on Acharya Chanakya known as Kautilya please

  • @mehhhhh421
    @mehhhhh421 4 года назад +1

    I wonder if Ted-Ed would be willing to do a video on DuPont and PFOS

  • @mauz791
    @mauz791 4 года назад +1

    Thanks Rachel Carson

  • @phobusapollo2591
    @phobusapollo2591 4 года назад +5

    Cheer me up i want to be a *Chemical engineer*

    • @evergreentrees5241
      @evergreentrees5241 4 года назад

      Good luck with that! Me, I want to become a doctor with chemistry as my bachelor degree. Just sharing my side

  • @mjstory1976
    @mjstory1976 4 года назад

    Awesome and informative video

  • @salmahazem9156
    @salmahazem9156 4 года назад +8

    I bet half(if not more)of the people watching this video are scrolling down now,reading comments.

  • @ST-HTD
    @ST-HTD 4 года назад +1

    Need Vietsub so much plzzz !!! I really love your videos but I'm not good enough at English to understand all of them TT

  • @TheDylls
    @TheDylls Месяц назад

    I'm not surprised it didn't work against the ants... Those bad boys are CRAZY!
    They've been cultivating crops and herding cattle for, like, 10's of thousands of years longer than humans

  • @hmm7458
    @hmm7458 4 года назад +1

    i mean.. we still have ppl who don't believe in science, climate change nd other things..

  • @cammie3578
    @cammie3578 4 года назад

    I have love her! I read her book in highschool.

  • @khalidalali186
    @khalidalali186 4 года назад

    What a fascinating human being.

  • @anonymousdude2550
    @anonymousdude2550 4 года назад

    I've heard about her in my environmental classes

  • @AnilVarre
    @AnilVarre 4 года назад

    This will really make a good movie.

  • @EricHrahsel
    @EricHrahsel 4 года назад +1

    But the medical department came to spray DDT till as late as 2010 in our homes in Northeast India.

  • @vaaaaaaan
    @vaaaaaaan 4 года назад

    You guys should make one of Clair (Pat) Patterson too.

  • @caramacdonald7954
    @caramacdonald7954 4 года назад

    A inspiration 🙌🏻🙌🏻

  • @jerry3790
    @jerry3790 4 года назад +3

    The problem is that DDT is incredibly effective at combatting malaria. It’s use has to be regulated, but not banned.

    • @creativeideas012
      @creativeideas012 2 года назад

      No need for poisonous substances
      People have been using ¡vermect¡n for decades

    • @creativeideas012
      @creativeideas012 2 года назад

      *effectively against malaria

  • @only1613
    @only1613 4 года назад

    1:24 the narrators voice crack is somehow good to hear. I don't know why

  • @OsscarBones
    @OsscarBones 4 года назад +2

    My grandpa died of cancer before I was even born. Due to his history of working on fields in communist Romania, we assumed it was because of DDT and other pesticides.

  • @afifakmal9464
    @afifakmal9464 4 года назад

    Man, i've got to finish reading this

  • @alfred4264
    @alfred4264 4 года назад

    Hey Ted-ED can you make a video about Maria Orosa?

  • @patriciadawi
    @patriciadawi 4 года назад

    "Human actions threaten the balance of nature"... I feel total empathy to all the people whom are affected by the Covid19, but to me i see this as in mother nature is balancing out the excess human beings to which she can handle and can be put with equilibrium to what Earth can handle.

  • @moneyforpizzaisalwayswelco7305
    @moneyforpizzaisalwayswelco7305 4 года назад +1

    May I know what's the name of the BGM used? Thanks as always! :)