1 00:00:13,133 --> 00:00:20,466 ♪ ♪ 2 00:00:20,533 --> 00:00:25,200 ♪ ♪ 3 00:00:25,266 --> 00:00:32,533 ♪ ♪ 4 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:40,100 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 5 00:00:40,166 --> 00:00:41,100 >> John: WELCOME, WELCOME, 6 00:00:41,166 --> 00:00:42,166 WELCOME TO "LAST WEEK TONIGHT"! 7 00:00:42,233 --> 00:00:43,000 I'M JOHN OLIVER. 8 00:00:43,066 --> 00:00:43,766 THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. 9 00:00:43,833 --> 00:00:44,766 JUST TIME FOR A QUICK RECAP OF 10 00:00:44,833 --> 00:00:46,366 THE WEEK, IN WHICH THE U.S. 11 00:00:46,433 --> 00:00:47,833 SURPASSED 700,000 COVID DEATHS, 12 00:00:47,900 --> 00:00:49,000 R. KELLY WAS FOUND GUILTY, 13 00:00:49,066 --> 00:00:50,466 AND THERE WAS A GAS CRISIS IN 14 00:00:50,533 --> 00:00:51,966 THE U.K., THANKS TO A 15 00:00:52,033 --> 00:00:53,133 COVID-INDUCED SHORTAGE OF TRUCK 16 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:55,300 DRIVERS EXACERBATED BY BREXIT. 17 00:00:55,366 --> 00:00:56,866 IT CAUSED MASSIVE PANIC BUYING, 18 00:00:56,933 --> 00:00:58,100 BUT ALSO, THIS INCREDIBLE 19 00:00:58,166 --> 00:00:59,433 MOMENT: 20 00:00:59,500 --> 00:01:01,866 >> ♪ QUEUEING FOR PETROL ♪ 21 00:01:01,933 --> 00:01:04,900 ♪ QUEUEING FOR PETROL ♪ 22 00:01:04,966 --> 00:01:06,900 ♪ QUEUEING FOR PETROL ♪ 23 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:09,500 ♪ BUT I'M ON A HORSE ♪ 24 00:01:09,566 --> 00:01:10,500 ♪ I'M ON A HORSE ♪ 25 00:01:10,566 --> 00:01:12,900 ♪ I'M ON A HORSE ♪ 26 00:01:12,966 --> 00:01:14,700 ♪ I DON'T NEED PETROL ♪ 27 00:01:14,766 --> 00:01:22,333 ♪ 'CAUSE HE RUNS ON CARROTS ♪ 28 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:23,033 >> John: I MEAN, THAT IS JUST 29 00:01:23,100 --> 00:01:23,533 EXCELLENT. 30 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:24,433 TAUNTING PEOPLE WAITING FOR 31 00:01:24,500 --> 00:01:25,233 PETROL IN THEIR STUPID CARS BY 32 00:01:25,300 --> 00:01:26,100 SINGING YOUR HORSE RUNS ON 33 00:01:26,166 --> 00:01:27,166 CARROTS IS OBJECTIVELY 34 00:01:27,233 --> 00:01:27,766 HILARIOUS. 35 00:01:27,833 --> 00:01:29,233 ALTHOUGH I WILL SAY, WHILE, YES, 36 00:01:29,300 --> 00:01:30,733 HORSE OWNERS DON'T NEED PETROL, 37 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:31,666 IT'S ALSO TRUE THAT CAR OWNERS 38 00:01:31,733 --> 00:01:33,066 DON'T HAVE TO CLEAN UP THEIR 39 00:01:33,133 --> 00:01:35,966 VEHICLE'S ENORMOUS SHITS. 40 00:01:36,033 --> 00:01:37,266 SO THE GRASS IS ALWAYS GREENER. 41 00:01:37,333 --> 00:01:38,466 BUT LET'S FOCUS ON THE EVENTS IN 42 00:01:38,533 --> 00:01:39,633 CONGRESS THIS WEEK. 43 00:01:39,700 --> 00:01:40,733 FOR A START, THE SENATE HELD A 44 00:01:40,800 --> 00:01:42,133 HEARING ON FACEBOOK AND 45 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:44,333 INSTAGRAM'S IMPACT ON TEENAGERS' 46 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:47,100 MENTAL HEALTH, 47 00:01:47,166 --> 00:01:51,766 A VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE. 48 00:01:51,833 --> 00:01:53,966 BUT ONE THAT PROMPTED THIS 49 00:01:54,033 --> 00:01:55,100 REMARKABLE QUESTION POSED BY 50 00:01:55,166 --> 00:01:56,066 SENATOR RICHARD BLUMENTHAL: 51 00:01:56,133 --> 00:01:56,833 >> WILL YOU COMMIT TO ENDING 52 00:01:56,900 --> 00:01:57,866 FINSTA? 53 00:01:57,933 --> 00:01:58,600 >> SENATOR, AGAIN, LET ME 54 00:01:58,666 --> 00:02:00,033 EXPLAIN, WE DON'T ACTUALLY DO 55 00:02:00,100 --> 00:02:01,166 FINSTA. 56 00:02:01,233 --> 00:02:02,533 WHAT "FINSTA" REFERS TO IS YOUNG 57 00:02:02,600 --> 00:02:04,333 PEOPLE SETTING UP ACCOUNTS WHERE 58 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:04,900 THEY MAY WANT TO HAVE MORE 59 00:02:04,966 --> 00:02:05,966 PRIVACY. 60 00:02:06,033 --> 00:02:08,100 >> FINSTA IS ONE OF YOUR 61 00:02:08,166 --> 00:02:11,000 PRODUCTS OR SERVICES. 62 00:02:11,066 --> 00:02:11,600 WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT GOOGLE 63 00:02:11,666 --> 00:02:12,433 OR APPLE. 64 00:02:12,500 --> 00:02:15,866 IT'S FACEBOOK, CORRECT? 65 00:02:15,933 --> 00:02:17,900 >> FINSTA IS SLANG FOR A TYPE OF 66 00:02:17,966 --> 00:02:20,233 ACCOUNT. 67 00:02:20,300 --> 00:02:21,433 IT'S NOT A PRODUCT. 68 00:02:21,500 --> 00:02:22,766 >> OKAY, WILL YOU END THAT TYPE 69 00:02:22,833 --> 00:02:24,600 OF ACCOUNT? 70 00:02:24,666 --> 00:02:25,500 >> WE -- I'M NOT SURE I 71 00:02:25,566 --> 00:02:26,966 UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE 72 00:02:27,033 --> 00:02:28,733 ASKING. 73 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:29,400 >> John: YEAH, OF COURSE YOU 74 00:02:29,466 --> 00:02:33,600 DON'T. 75 00:02:33,666 --> 00:02:35,166 'CAUSE WHAT HE JUST ASKED YOU 76 00:02:35,233 --> 00:02:35,866 MADE NO SENSE. 77 00:02:35,933 --> 00:02:36,633 AND EVEN BLUMENTHAL'S AIDE SEEMS 78 00:02:36,700 --> 00:02:37,400 AWARE OF THAT, AS HE VISIBLY 79 00:02:37,466 --> 00:02:38,466 WINCED IN PAIN IMMEDIATELY AFTER 80 00:02:38,533 --> 00:02:41,233 HEARING IT. 81 00:02:41,300 --> 00:02:42,500 THAT IS THE EXPRESSION OF 82 00:02:42,566 --> 00:02:43,600 SOMEONE WHO KNOWS THEY'RE GOING 83 00:02:43,666 --> 00:02:45,066 TO HAVE TO STAY LATE TONIGHT 84 00:02:45,133 --> 00:02:46,266 EXPLAINING TO THEIR BOSS, YET 85 00:02:46,333 --> 00:02:47,700 AGAIN, WHAT "FINSTA" IS, BUT 86 00:02:47,766 --> 00:02:49,200 ALSO WHAT TWITTER IS AND WHY 87 00:02:49,266 --> 00:02:49,800 HE'S CURRENTLY GETTING ROASTED 88 00:02:49,866 --> 00:02:53,366 ON IT. 89 00:02:53,433 --> 00:02:55,866 BUT THE REAL DRAMA THIS WEEK 90 00:02:55,933 --> 00:02:56,500 CONCERNED THE FATE OF 91 00:02:56,566 --> 00:02:57,133 THE BUILD BACK BETTER 92 00:02:57,200 --> 00:02:57,966 ACT -- A KEY PART OF BIDEN'S 93 00:02:58,033 --> 00:02:58,800 AGENDA, PROJECTED TO COST 94 00:02:58,866 --> 00:02:59,966 $3.5 TRILLION OVER TEN YEARS, 95 00:03:00,033 --> 00:03:00,600 WITH DEMOCRATS INTENDING TO PAY 96 00:03:00,666 --> 00:03:01,333 FOR IT THROUGH INCREASED TAXES 97 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:04,033 ON THE WEALTHY. 98 00:03:04,100 --> 00:03:05,066 IT CONTAINS, AMONG OTHER THINGS, 99 00:03:05,133 --> 00:03:06,466 FUNDING FOR AT-HOME CARE, 100 00:03:06,533 --> 00:03:08,300 UNIVERSAL PRE-K, FREE COMMUNITY 101 00:03:08,366 --> 00:03:09,500 COLLEGE, STEPS TO ADDRESS 102 00:03:09,566 --> 00:03:10,300 CLIMATE CHANGE, EXPANDED 103 00:03:10,366 --> 00:03:11,433 MEDICARE, AND AN EXTENSION OF 104 00:03:11,500 --> 00:03:15,100 THE CHILD TAX CREDIT -- WHICH 105 00:03:15,166 --> 00:03:16,433 ALONE IS ESTIMATED TO MEAN 106 00:03:16,500 --> 00:03:17,033 4.3 MILLION FEWER CHILDREN IN 107 00:03:17,100 --> 00:03:20,400 POVERTY. 108 00:03:20,466 --> 00:03:21,600 IT IS A BIG DEAL AND 109 00:03:21,666 --> 00:03:22,666 WOULD MAKE THIS COUNTRY A 110 00:03:22,733 --> 00:03:23,766 BETTER PLACE. 111 00:03:23,833 --> 00:03:25,033 BUT THERE'S A PROBLEM. 112 00:03:25,100 --> 00:03:25,800 BECAUSE TO PASS THE BILL, 113 00:03:25,866 --> 00:03:26,800 DEMOCRATS ARE USING SOMETHING 114 00:03:26,866 --> 00:03:27,433 CALLED "RECONCILIATION" TO EVADE 115 00:03:27,500 --> 00:03:28,600 A FILIBUSTER, WHICH REQUIRES THE 116 00:03:28,666 --> 00:03:29,100 SUPPORT OF EVERY SINGLE 117 00:03:29,166 --> 00:03:30,000 DEMOCRATIC SENATOR. 118 00:03:30,066 --> 00:03:32,233 AND UNFORTUNATELY, MODERATES 119 00:03:32,300 --> 00:03:33,866 LIKE KYRSTEN SINEMA AND 120 00:03:33,933 --> 00:03:35,200 JOE MANCHIN ARGUE IT COSTS TOO 121 00:03:35,266 --> 00:03:35,800 MUCH. 122 00:03:35,866 --> 00:03:36,933 NOW, TO COUNTER THAT, 123 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:37,533 PROGRESSIVES HAVE SAID THEY'LL 124 00:03:37,600 --> 00:03:39,300 OPPOSE THE BIPARTISAN 125 00:03:39,366 --> 00:03:40,900 INFRASTRUCTURE BILL -- WHICH 126 00:03:40,966 --> 00:03:42,166 MANCHIN AND SINEMA WANT -- 127 00:03:42,233 --> 00:03:43,133 UNLESS THE LARGER BILL IS 128 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:47,833 GUARANTEED TO PASS ALONGSIDE IT. 129 00:03:47,900 --> 00:03:49,800 AND IF ALL OF THIS 130 00:03:49,866 --> 00:03:51,133 SEEMED CHAOTIC, 131 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:51,900 JEN PSAKI ATTEMPTED TO REASSURE 132 00:03:51,966 --> 00:03:52,666 REPORTERS IT WAS ALL PART OF THE 133 00:03:52,733 --> 00:03:53,133 PROCESS: 134 00:03:53,200 --> 00:03:53,900 >> THIS IS WHY WE ALL CAME TO 135 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:54,700 WASHINGTON. 136 00:03:54,766 --> 00:03:55,333 IT'S LIKE AN EPISODE OF A TV 137 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:56,966 SHOW. 138 00:03:57,033 --> 00:03:58,000 UH, WE'RE -- WE -- I -- I'M NOT 139 00:03:58,066 --> 00:03:59,500 IN A POSITION TO LOOK IN A 140 00:03:59,566 --> 00:04:01,400 CRYSTAL BALL HERE. 141 00:04:01,466 --> 00:04:02,300 >> WHICH TV SHOW? 142 00:04:02,366 --> 00:04:03,633 >> MAYBE "THE WEST WING" IF 143 00:04:03,700 --> 00:04:05,566 SOMETHING GOOD HAPPENS, MAYBE 144 00:04:05,633 --> 00:04:07,600 "VEEP" IF NOT, I'M NOT SURE. 145 00:04:07,666 --> 00:04:08,733 >> John: YEAH, OF COURSE YOU 146 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:09,933 WANT TO BE "THE WEST WING." 147 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:11,100 EVERY ADMINISTRATION WANTS TO BE 148 00:04:11,166 --> 00:04:12,800 "THE WEST WING." 149 00:04:12,866 --> 00:04:13,800 WHY WOULDN'T THEY? 150 00:04:13,866 --> 00:04:14,866 IT'S AMERICAN FAN-FICTION 151 00:04:14,933 --> 00:04:16,233 WRITTEN BY A MAN DRUNK ON 152 00:04:16,300 --> 00:04:16,766 LIBERAL RIGHTEOUSNESS AND 153 00:04:16,833 --> 00:04:19,700 WEAPONS-GRADE COCAINE. 154 00:04:19,766 --> 00:04:20,966 UNFORTUNATELY, THOUGH, THIS 155 00:04:21,033 --> 00:04:22,100 WHITE HOUSE MIGHT BE MORE OF A 156 00:04:22,166 --> 00:04:23,000 "MR. ROBOT," IN THAT I'M NOT 157 00:04:23,066 --> 00:04:27,200 SURE EVEN THE PEOPLE INVOLVED 158 00:04:27,266 --> 00:04:28,900 KNOW EXACTLY WHAT'S GOING ON, 159 00:04:28,966 --> 00:04:30,466 AND UNLESS THEY'RE CAREFUL, IT 160 00:04:30,533 --> 00:04:33,366 MIGHT STOP AFTER FOUR YEARS. 161 00:04:33,433 --> 00:04:37,566 ALTHOUGH I WILL SAY THIS, TO 162 00:04:37,633 --> 00:04:40,000 BIDEN'S CREDIT, HE SEEMS, SO 163 00:04:40,066 --> 00:04:42,666 FAR, TO BE SIDING WITH THE 164 00:04:42,733 --> 00:04:43,966 PROGRESSIVES, OR AT THE VERY 165 00:04:44,033 --> 00:04:44,566 LEAST, NOT SELLING THEM OUT. 166 00:04:44,633 --> 00:04:45,133 WHICH MAKES SENSE -- THE BILL 167 00:04:45,200 --> 00:04:45,866 CONTAINS POLICIES HE RAN ON, AND 168 00:04:45,933 --> 00:04:46,700 ITS CONTENTS ARE BROADLY 169 00:04:46,766 --> 00:04:46,933 POPULAR. 170 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:48,600 BUT SINEMA AND MANCHIN SEEM 171 00:04:48,666 --> 00:04:52,833 UNMOVED. 172 00:04:52,900 --> 00:04:55,433 INJURE HIS CASE, HE WASN'T EVEN 173 00:04:55,500 --> 00:04:58,866 MOVED WITH THOSE MAKING IT IN 174 00:04:58,933 --> 00:05:06,100 PERSON THIS WEEK. 175 00:05:06,166 --> 00:05:07,000 PADDLING OUT 176 00:05:07,066 --> 00:05:07,600 TO HIS BOAT IN KAYAKS TO HEAR 177 00:05:07,666 --> 00:05:08,166 HIM EXPLAIN WHY HE'S HOLDING 178 00:05:08,233 --> 00:05:09,033 THINGS UP. 179 00:05:09,100 --> 00:05:10,000 >> WE WANT TO GET A GOOD BILL 180 00:05:10,066 --> 00:05:10,633 THAT'S A BALANCED BILL, THAT'S 181 00:05:10,700 --> 00:05:11,233 WELL DONE. 182 00:05:11,300 --> 00:05:12,666 AND I KNOW IT WON'T BE ENOUGH 183 00:05:12,733 --> 00:05:13,300 FOR SOME, IT'LL BE TOO MUCH FOR 184 00:05:13,366 --> 00:05:13,733 OTHERS. 185 00:05:13,800 --> 00:05:14,800 IN WEST VIRGINIA, YOU KNOW, WEST 186 00:05:14,866 --> 00:05:15,300 VIRGINIA'S A LITTLE BIT 187 00:05:15,366 --> 00:05:15,900 DIFFERENT THAN IT USED TO BE. 188 00:05:15,966 --> 00:05:16,866 >> THERE'S A LOT OF POVERTY. 189 00:05:16,933 --> 00:05:17,466 WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO FOR THE 190 00:05:17,533 --> 00:05:18,066 POOR IN WEST VIRGINIA? 191 00:05:18,133 --> 00:05:18,700 >> WE'RE WORKING -- WE'RE GOING 192 00:05:18,766 --> 00:05:19,333 TO BE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO 193 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:20,266 CREATE GOOD OPPORTUNITY. 194 00:05:20,333 --> 00:05:20,833 >> John: WOW. 195 00:05:20,900 --> 00:05:21,433 I'M NOT SURE WHICH STAGE OF 196 00:05:21,500 --> 00:05:22,433 CAPITALISM WE'VE REACHED IF 197 00:05:22,500 --> 00:05:23,433 WE'RE NOW "KAYAKING OUT TO A 198 00:05:23,500 --> 00:05:24,633 POLITICIAN'S YACHT TO BEG HIM TO 199 00:05:24,700 --> 00:05:25,466 HELP THE POOR," BUT IT'S GOTTA 200 00:05:25,533 --> 00:05:28,566 BE ONE OF THE LAST ONES. 201 00:05:28,633 --> 00:05:29,433 I'M PRETTY SURE IT GOES OCEAN ON 202 00:05:29,500 --> 00:05:31,166 FIRE, BOOKSTORE BILLIONAIRE 203 00:05:31,233 --> 00:05:33,100 LEAVES THE PLANET, THEN 204 00:05:33,166 --> 00:05:37,266 BOAT BITCH SAYS NO, AND THEN 205 00:05:37,333 --> 00:05:38,166 IT IS BASICALLY ALL OVER AT THAT 206 00:05:38,233 --> 00:05:42,066 POINT. 207 00:05:42,133 --> 00:05:42,800 BUT I WILL SAY, AT LEAST 208 00:05:42,866 --> 00:05:43,333 MANCHIN'S ACTUALLY 209 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:44,033 ENGAGING WITH PEOPLE. 210 00:05:44,100 --> 00:05:44,600 KYRSTEN SINEMA HAS BEEN MUCH 211 00:05:44,666 --> 00:05:45,300 MORE EVASIVE. 212 00:05:45,366 --> 00:05:46,100 SHE'S MADE A NAME FOR HERSELF AS 213 00:05:46,166 --> 00:05:46,733 TRYING HARD TO BE "THE FUN ONE" 214 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:47,400 IN THE SENATE, DRESSING HERE 215 00:05:47,466 --> 00:05:48,266 LIKE A POWERPUFF GIRL IN WITNESS 216 00:05:48,333 --> 00:05:50,066 PROTECTION. 217 00:05:50,133 --> 00:05:51,600 BUT IT'S BEEN A LOT LESS FUN 218 00:05:51,666 --> 00:05:52,800 THIS WEEK WATCHING HER TURN 219 00:05:52,866 --> 00:05:53,733 BASIC QUESTIONS ABOUT HER 220 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:55,000 BARGAINING POSITION INTO A 221 00:05:55,066 --> 00:05:57,966 SHITTY GAME. 222 00:05:58,033 --> 00:05:59,400 >> WHAT DO YOU SAY TO 223 00:05:59,466 --> 00:06:00,666 PROGRESSIVES THAT ARE FRUSTRATED 224 00:06:00,733 --> 00:06:03,533 THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE YOU ARE? 225 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:05,633 >> I'M IN THE SENATE. 226 00:06:05,700 --> 00:06:06,433 >> John: OH, FUCK RIGHT OFF. 227 00:06:06,500 --> 00:06:08,666 AND IT GETS WORSE. 228 00:06:08,733 --> 00:06:09,533 WHEN THAT REPORTER ASKED HER A 229 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:10,266 SECOND TIME, SHE SAID "I'M 230 00:06:10,333 --> 00:06:10,866 CLEARLY RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE 231 00:06:10,933 --> 00:06:11,600 ELEVATOR." 232 00:06:11,666 --> 00:06:12,800 WHICH IS ABOUT AS MADDENING AS 233 00:06:12,866 --> 00:06:13,566 WHEN YOU TELL YOUR DAD "I'M 234 00:06:13,633 --> 00:06:14,833 HUNGRY" AND HE SAYS "NICE TO 235 00:06:14,900 --> 00:06:15,366 MEET YOU, HUNGRY. 236 00:06:15,433 --> 00:06:18,766 I'M DAD." 237 00:06:18,833 --> 00:06:21,000 I MEAN, YEAH, YOU TECHNICALLY 238 00:06:21,066 --> 00:06:22,466 "GOT ME" AND YOU CERTAINLY HAVE 239 00:06:22,533 --> 00:06:23,733 A PLAYFUL WAY WITH WORDS, BUT 240 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:24,700 I'VE GOT A FUCKING PROBLEM THAT 241 00:06:24,766 --> 00:06:25,966 YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO SOLVE. 242 00:06:26,033 --> 00:06:27,200 AND THAT EVASIVENESS MAY HAVE 243 00:06:27,266 --> 00:06:28,200 REACHED ITS PEAK WHEN SHE TOOK 244 00:06:28,266 --> 00:06:29,900 OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF 245 00:06:29,966 --> 00:06:31,233 NEGOTIATIONS FOR ARIZONA, WHERE 246 00:06:31,300 --> 00:06:32,000 SHE ATTENDED A FUNDRAISER AT A 247 00:06:32,066 --> 00:06:32,933 HIGH-END RESORT AND SPA IN 248 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:36,966 PHOENIX LAST NIGHT. 249 00:06:37,033 --> 00:06:37,600 AND AMID ALL OF THE FRUSTRATIONS 250 00:06:37,666 --> 00:06:38,766 WITH SINEMA, HER SUPPORTERS HAVE 251 00:06:38,833 --> 00:06:39,733 TRIED TO CAST HER ECCENTRICITIES 252 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:44,600 AS AN ASSET, WITH ONE SAYING, 253 00:06:44,666 --> 00:06:45,266 "SHE DOESN'T THINK IN A LINEAR 254 00:06:45,333 --> 00:06:46,166 PROCESS, LIKE 'OKAY, WILL THIS 255 00:06:46,233 --> 00:06:46,666 IMPACT MY RE-ELECTION?' 256 00:06:46,733 --> 00:06:47,366 SHE JUST BEATS HER OWN DRUM. 257 00:06:47,433 --> 00:06:48,533 WHEN SHE LEAVES IN THE MIDDLE OF 258 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:49,166 SOMETHING AND SAYS, 'I GOT STUFF 259 00:06:49,233 --> 00:06:50,200 TO DO,' IT'S BECAUSE SHE HAS 260 00:06:50,266 --> 00:06:51,600 PLANS. 261 00:06:51,666 --> 00:06:53,233 SOMETIMES, SHE'S JUST MORE 262 00:06:53,300 --> 00:06:54,033 INTERESTED IN TRAINING FOR AN 263 00:06:54,100 --> 00:06:54,866 IRONMAN. 264 00:06:54,933 --> 00:06:59,066 MORE POWER TO HER, MAN." 265 00:06:59,133 --> 00:07:00,766 EXCEPT, HERE'S THE THING, NO, 266 00:07:00,833 --> 00:07:01,233 NOT MORE POWER TO HER. 267 00:07:01,300 --> 00:07:01,833 BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF HER OWN 268 00:07:01,900 --> 00:07:02,900 SUPPORTERS TELLING YOU SHE'S 269 00:07:02,966 --> 00:07:03,900 IMPOSSIBLE TO UNDERSTAND, 270 00:07:03,966 --> 00:07:04,800 DOESN'T THINK IN A LINEAR 271 00:07:04,866 --> 00:07:05,633 PROCESS, AND WANDERS OFF IN THE 272 00:07:05,700 --> 00:07:08,166 MIDDLE OF A CONVERSATION. 273 00:07:08,233 --> 00:07:09,500 AND IT'S NOT GREAT WHEN A 274 00:07:09,566 --> 00:07:11,266 SENATOR'S STRENGTHS ARE HOW I 275 00:07:11,333 --> 00:07:13,566 WOULD DESCRIBE ANY CAT. 276 00:07:13,633 --> 00:07:15,300 THOSE QUALITIES, IN A CIVILIAN, 277 00:07:15,366 --> 00:07:16,533 MIGHT MAKE YOU A FUN ECCENTRIC, 278 00:07:16,600 --> 00:07:17,233 BUT WHEN YOU'RE A SENATOR, IT 279 00:07:17,300 --> 00:07:18,433 JUST MAKES YOU BAD AT YOUR 280 00:07:18,500 --> 00:07:19,633 FUCKING JOB. 281 00:07:19,700 --> 00:07:21,466 LOOK, THIS BILL COULD MATERIALLY 282 00:07:21,533 --> 00:07:26,533 BENEFIT PEOPLE'S LIVES. 283 00:07:26,600 --> 00:07:27,866 AND IF YOU ARE BLOCKING IT, YOU 284 00:07:27,933 --> 00:07:28,700 OWE PEOPLE MORE THAN VAGUE 285 00:07:28,766 --> 00:07:29,400 PLATITUDES SHOUTED FROM A BOAT, 286 00:07:29,466 --> 00:07:30,833 AND A CUTESY "I'M IN THE SENATE" 287 00:07:30,900 --> 00:07:32,366 COMMENT. 288 00:07:32,433 --> 00:07:35,333 BECAUSE IF THESE TWO KEEP THIS 289 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:38,133 SHIT UP, THEIR WINDOW FOR SAYING 290 00:07:38,200 --> 00:07:40,633 "I'M IN THE SENATE" MAY RAPIDLY 291 00:07:40,700 --> 00:07:40,933 BE CLOSING. 292 00:07:41,000 --> 00:07:45,066 AND NOW THIS. 293 00:07:45,133 --> 00:07:45,566 >> Announcer: AND NOW, 294 00:07:45,633 --> 00:07:50,266 NEWSCASTERS TAKE ISSUE WITH THE 295 00:07:50,333 --> 00:07:56,066 TERM "LEAF-PEEPING." 296 00:07:56,133 --> 00:07:58,533 >> WE ARE GOING LEAF-PEEPING. 297 00:07:58,600 --> 00:07:58,900 >> LEAF-PEEPING. 298 00:07:58,966 --> 00:08:03,533 A LITTLE CREEPY BE. 299 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:04,966 >> LEAF-PEEPING. 300 00:08:05,033 --> 00:08:06,366 >> I'VE ALWAYS THOUGHT IT SOUNDS 301 00:08:06,433 --> 00:08:06,933 A LITTLE PERVY. 302 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:08,966 THAT'S WHAT THEY CALL IT. 303 00:08:09,033 --> 00:08:13,566 >> IT'S WEIRD, RIGHT? 304 00:08:13,633 --> 00:08:14,666 >> A BEAUTIFUL TIME. 305 00:08:14,733 --> 00:08:15,833 >> I FIND LEAF-PEEPING TO BE 306 00:08:15,900 --> 00:08:18,600 JUST MILDLY DISTURBING. 307 00:08:18,666 --> 00:08:20,633 >> I STILL SAY IT SOUNDS A 308 00:08:20,700 --> 00:08:22,500 LITTLE DIRTY. 309 00:08:22,566 --> 00:08:24,033 >> GET YOUR LEAF-PEEPING ON. 310 00:08:24,100 --> 00:08:25,000 >> LEAF-PEEPING. 311 00:08:25,066 --> 00:08:26,966 I'VE NEVER SAID THAT BEFORE. 312 00:08:27,033 --> 00:08:27,433 FIRST TEN. 313 00:08:27,500 --> 00:08:28,866 >> IT'S THE TYPE OF PEEPING 314 00:08:28,933 --> 00:08:32,866 THAT'S LEGAL. 315 00:08:32,933 --> 00:08:33,866 >> THAT'S -- 316 00:08:33,933 --> 00:08:35,166 >> THAT'S THE CREEPIEST THING 317 00:08:35,233 --> 00:08:36,500 I'VE EVER HEARD. 318 00:08:36,566 --> 00:08:38,033 I'VE NEVER HEARD ANYBODY CALL AT 319 00:08:38,100 --> 00:08:39,700 THAT. 320 00:08:39,766 --> 00:08:40,466 >> EXCEPT FOR THE PRODUCER THAT 321 00:08:40,533 --> 00:08:42,600 ROTATES. 322 00:08:42,666 --> 00:08:42,866 [LAUGHTER] 323 00:08:42,933 --> 00:08:43,433 >> John: MOVING ON. 324 00:08:43,500 --> 00:08:44,533 OUR MAIN STORY TONIGHT CONCERNS 325 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:44,800 CHEMICALS. 326 00:08:44,866 --> 00:08:45,766 THE SUBSTANCES THAT, ALONG WITH 327 00:08:45,833 --> 00:08:46,400 SPAGHETTI, HEINEKEN, AND HUMAN 328 00:08:46,466 --> 00:08:47,366 ARMS, SHOULD NEVER BE KEPT IN A 329 00:08:47,433 --> 00:08:50,000 VAT IN YOUR NEIGHBOR'S GARAGE. 330 00:08:50,066 --> 00:08:50,766 SPECIFICALLY, WE'RE GOING TO 331 00:08:50,833 --> 00:08:52,066 TALK ABOUT A PARTICULAR CLASS OF 332 00:08:52,133 --> 00:08:54,600 CHEMICALS CALLED PFAs, WHICH 333 00:08:54,666 --> 00:08:55,866 STANDS FOR "PER- AND 334 00:08:55,933 --> 00:08:57,200 POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES." 335 00:08:57,266 --> 00:09:04,100 THEY GO BY A WIDE VARIETY OF 336 00:09:04,166 --> 00:09:09,966 CHEMICAL NAMES LIKE ALL OF THES 337 00:09:10,033 --> 00:09:12,100 THESE, AND ARE USED BY 338 00:09:12,166 --> 00:09:12,600 RECOGNIZABLE BRANDS LIKE 339 00:09:12,666 --> 00:09:13,233 GORE-TEX AND TEFLON, AMONG MANY 340 00:09:13,300 --> 00:09:13,900 OTHERS -- BUT THE MAIN THING 341 00:09:13,966 --> 00:09:14,700 THEY HAVE IN COMMON IS THAT THEY 342 00:09:14,766 --> 00:09:15,366 MAKE SURFACES THAT DON'T GET 343 00:09:15,433 --> 00:09:16,100 STUFF STUCK TO THEM, WHICH IS 344 00:09:16,166 --> 00:09:16,733 SOMETHING A LOT OF US CARE 345 00:09:16,800 --> 00:09:17,533 ABOUT. 346 00:09:17,600 --> 00:09:18,366 ALTHOUGH, ARGUABLY, SOME MORE 347 00:09:18,433 --> 00:09:19,066 THAN OTHERS: 348 00:09:19,133 --> 00:09:19,666 >> MISSY! 349 00:09:19,733 --> 00:09:20,800 >> YES, CHEF. 350 00:09:20,866 --> 00:09:22,900 >> IF YOU SAUTE SCALLOPS IN A 351 00:09:22,966 --> 00:09:23,600 NONSTICK PAN, THEY WON'T STICK. 352 00:09:23,666 --> 00:09:24,200 THAT'S WHY IT'S CALLED FUCKING 353 00:09:24,266 --> 00:09:25,200 NON-STICK! 354 00:09:25,266 --> 00:09:25,900 I DON'T KNOW WHAT "NON-STICK" 355 00:09:25,966 --> 00:09:27,300 MEANS IN TEXAS, SWEETHEART, BUT 356 00:09:27,366 --> 00:09:28,966 FUCK ME. 357 00:09:29,033 --> 00:09:30,066 >> John: YOU KNOW, AS TEMPTED AS 358 00:09:30,133 --> 00:09:31,833 I AM TO MOCK GORDON RAMSAY, AS A 359 00:09:31,900 --> 00:09:33,433 BRITISH PERSON WHO HAS ALSO 360 00:09:33,500 --> 00:09:34,900 INEXPLICABLY MADE A CAREER OUT 361 00:09:34,966 --> 00:09:36,100 OF SHRIEKING OBSCENITIES AT 362 00:09:36,166 --> 00:09:37,533 AMERICANS AND NOT UNDERSTANDING 363 00:09:37,600 --> 00:09:39,433 TEXAS, GAME HAS NO CHOICE BUT TO 364 00:09:39,500 --> 00:09:41,500 RESPECT GAME. 365 00:09:41,566 --> 00:09:42,900 AND WHILE I SCREAM, YOU SCREAM, 366 00:09:42,966 --> 00:09:44,700 HE SCREAMS, WE ALL SCREAM FOR 367 00:09:44,766 --> 00:09:48,866 NON-STICK PANS, THERE'S JUST TWO 368 00:09:48,933 --> 00:09:49,633 BIG PROBLEMS HERE: FIRST, THESE 369 00:09:49,700 --> 00:09:50,466 CHEMICALS HAVE BEEN LINKED TO A 370 00:09:50,533 --> 00:09:52,166 MASSIVE ARRAY OF HEALTH ISSUES. 371 00:09:52,233 --> 00:09:52,800 HIGH EXPOSURE TO THESE TWO MAJOR 372 00:09:52,866 --> 00:09:54,900 PFAs ALONE HAVE BEEN LINKED TO 373 00:09:54,966 --> 00:09:56,133 HIGH CHOLESTEROL, ULCERATIVE 374 00:09:56,200 --> 00:09:58,100 COLITIS, PREGNANCY-INDUCED 375 00:09:58,166 --> 00:09:59,200 HYPERTENSION, THYROID DISEASE, 376 00:09:59,266 --> 00:10:00,733 TESTICULAR AND KIDNEY CANCER, 377 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:03,466 AND DECREASED RESPONSE TO 378 00:10:03,533 --> 00:10:05,300 VACCINES. 379 00:10:05,366 --> 00:10:06,233 WHICH IS CLEARLY TERRIBLE, 380 00:10:06,300 --> 00:10:07,100 ALTHOUGH ALSO SHOULDN'T BE THAT 381 00:10:07,166 --> 00:10:07,633 SURPRISING, SEEING AS THE 382 00:10:07,700 --> 00:10:08,700 ORIGINAL NAME FOR THIS SHOW WAS 383 00:10:08,766 --> 00:10:09,966 "THAT THING YOU LIKE IS BAD WITH 384 00:10:10,033 --> 00:10:12,333 SADDY LONGLEGS." 385 00:10:12,400 --> 00:10:13,900 AND SECOND, PFAs ARE WHAT'S 386 00:10:13,966 --> 00:10:15,200 KNOWN AS "FOREVER CHEMICALS" -- 387 00:10:15,266 --> 00:10:16,100 STUDIES HAVE ESTIMATED THEY HAVE 388 00:10:16,166 --> 00:10:17,400 LIFETIMES IN THE THOUSANDS OF 389 00:10:17,466 --> 00:10:19,466 YEARS. 390 00:10:19,533 --> 00:10:20,633 AND THAT COMBINATION OF TOXICITY 391 00:10:20,700 --> 00:10:23,133 AND LONGEVITY IS A REAL PROBLEM, 392 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:24,466 AS ONE CHEMICAL ENGINEER TRIED 393 00:10:24,533 --> 00:10:26,000 TO EXPLAIN TO CONGRESS A FEW 394 00:10:26,066 --> 00:10:27,700 YEARS BACK. 395 00:10:27,766 --> 00:10:29,400 >> IT DOESN'T GO AWAY. 396 00:10:29,466 --> 00:10:31,000 THIS IS A MANMADE CHEMICAL. 397 00:10:31,066 --> 00:10:33,166 WE JUST PASS THE BATON TO OUR 398 00:10:33,233 --> 00:10:35,400 GENERATIONS OF KIDS. 399 00:10:35,466 --> 00:10:38,133 IN FACT, IF YOU WERE TO 400 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:40,466 INCINERATE AND CREMATE ME, I 401 00:10:40,533 --> 00:10:41,000 WOULD TECHNICALLY BE A 402 00:10:41,066 --> 00:10:43,100 FLUOROCHEMICAL HAZARDOUS SOURCE. 403 00:10:43,166 --> 00:10:44,866 THE TEFLON MESH THAT IS USED IN 404 00:10:44,933 --> 00:10:46,633 MY HERNIA PRODUCES A VERY TOXIC 405 00:10:46,700 --> 00:10:49,166 GAS AND DECOMPOSES TO SOMETHING 406 00:10:49,233 --> 00:10:51,033 CALLED DEVIL'S PISS, WHICH IS 407 00:10:51,100 --> 00:10:53,600 HYDROFLUORIC ACID. 408 00:10:53,666 --> 00:10:55,833 YOU CAN'T KILL THIS BEAST. 409 00:10:55,900 --> 00:11:00,133 YOU CAN ONLY CONTROL IT. 410 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:04,800 >> John: YEAH, THAT DOESN'T 411 00:11:04,866 --> 00:11:05,300 SOUND GREAT, DOES IT? 412 00:11:05,366 --> 00:11:07,100 ALSO, IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE 413 00:11:07,166 --> 00:11:09,300 THERE'S SOMETHING CALLED 414 00:11:09,366 --> 00:11:10,233 DEVIL'S PISS THAT ISN'T 415 00:11:10,300 --> 00:11:10,766 GORDON RAMSEY'S 416 00:11:10,833 --> 00:11:12,233 VERY REAL LINE OF ALCOHOLIC 417 00:11:12,300 --> 00:11:13,500 SPARKLING WATER, 418 00:11:13,566 --> 00:11:15,000 "HELL'S SELTZER," WHICH YOU CAN 419 00:11:15,066 --> 00:11:15,600 APPARENTLY GET IN FLAVORS SUCH 420 00:11:15,666 --> 00:11:16,466 AS MEAN GREEN, BERRY INFERNO, 421 00:11:16,533 --> 00:11:17,533 KNICKER TWIST, AND 422 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:18,333 THAT'S FORKED. 423 00:11:18,400 --> 00:11:19,100 HELL'S SELTZER: FOR PEOPLE WHO 424 00:11:19,166 --> 00:11:21,766 HATE WATER AND THEMSELVES. 425 00:11:21,833 --> 00:11:22,700 BUT THAT MAN IS ABSOLUTELY 426 00:11:22,766 --> 00:11:23,166 RIGHT. 427 00:11:23,233 --> 00:11:23,900 TO AN EXTENT YOU MAY NOT 428 00:11:23,966 --> 00:11:25,433 CURRENTLY REALIZE, THE WORLD IS 429 00:11:25,500 --> 00:11:26,900 BASICALLY SOAKED IN THE 430 00:11:26,966 --> 00:11:28,033 DEVIL'S PISS RIGHT NOW. 431 00:11:28,100 --> 00:11:29,533 AND NOT IN A REMOTELY HOT WAY. 432 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:30,733 SO TONIGHT, WE THOUGHT WE'D TAKE 433 00:11:30,800 --> 00:11:32,500 A LOOK AT JUST HOW BAD THESE 434 00:11:32,566 --> 00:11:34,633 SUBSTANCES ARE, HOW LONG SOME OF 435 00:11:34,700 --> 00:11:36,000 THEIR MAJOR MANUFACTURERS KNEW 436 00:11:36,066 --> 00:11:37,066 ABOUT IT, AND HOW HARD THIS WILL 437 00:11:37,133 --> 00:11:38,533 ALL BE TO FIX. 438 00:11:38,600 --> 00:11:40,100 AND LET'S START BY LOOKING AT 439 00:11:40,166 --> 00:11:42,733 ONE OF THE MOST UBIQUITOUS PFAs: 440 00:11:42,800 --> 00:11:44,400 PFOA, ALSO KNOWN AS C8 BECAUSE 441 00:11:44,466 --> 00:11:45,733 OF ITS EIGHT CARBON MOLECULES. 442 00:11:45,800 --> 00:11:48,633 3M STARTED SELLING C8 BACK IN 443 00:11:48,700 --> 00:11:50,300 1951 TO THE CHEMICAL GIANT 444 00:11:50,366 --> 00:11:52,733 DuPONT, WHICH THEN USED IT TO 445 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:54,666 MAKE TEFLON, WHICH IT MARKETED 446 00:11:54,733 --> 00:11:56,200 THROUGH ADS LIKE THIS: 447 00:11:56,266 --> 00:11:58,466 >> I USED TO BE A SLAVE TO 448 00:11:58,533 --> 00:11:59,166 SCRAPING AND SCRUBBING POTS AND 449 00:11:59,233 --> 00:12:00,400 PANS. 450 00:12:00,466 --> 00:12:01,633 BUT I'VE BEEN LIBERATED BY 451 00:12:01,700 --> 00:12:02,566 TEFLON. 452 00:12:02,633 --> 00:12:04,666 FOOD DOESN'T STICK TO TEFLON 453 00:12:04,733 --> 00:12:06,066 LIKE IT DOES TO OTHER THINGS. 454 00:12:06,133 --> 00:12:08,200 SEE? 455 00:12:08,266 --> 00:12:09,533 >> John: OKAY, "I USED TO BE A 456 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:10,900 SLAVE" IS JUST NOT SOMETHING 457 00:12:10,966 --> 00:12:12,133 THAT SHOULD BE COMING OUT OF A 458 00:12:12,200 --> 00:12:13,766 WHITE CHILD'S FACE UNLESS IT'S 459 00:12:13,833 --> 00:12:15,133 PINOCCHIO AFTER HE BECOMES A 460 00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:16,666 REAL BOY, AND EVEN THEN, HE'S 461 00:12:16,733 --> 00:12:18,066 STILL NOT "REALLY" FREE, IS HE? 462 00:12:18,133 --> 00:12:19,200 HE'S A SLAVE TO SOCIETY AND A 463 00:12:19,266 --> 00:12:20,233 PRISONER OF HIS OWN MIND, JUST 464 00:12:20,300 --> 00:12:21,766 LIKE THE REST OF US. 465 00:12:21,833 --> 00:12:23,833 YOUR NOSE MIGHT NOT BE GROWING 466 00:12:23,900 --> 00:12:24,433 ANY MORE, GNOCCHI, BUT MAKE NO 467 00:12:24,500 --> 00:12:25,033 MISTAKE -- YOU ARE LYING TO 468 00:12:25,100 --> 00:12:27,933 YOURSELF. 469 00:12:28,000 --> 00:12:29,366 BUT THE THING IS, BY THE TIME 470 00:12:29,433 --> 00:12:30,866 THAT AD AIRED, 3M AND DuPONT 471 00:12:30,933 --> 00:12:31,700 ALREADY KNEW THAT THESE 472 00:12:31,766 --> 00:12:33,600 CHEMICALS ACCUMULATED IN HUMANS 473 00:12:33,666 --> 00:12:35,433 AND ANIMALS, THAT THEY DIDN'T 474 00:12:35,500 --> 00:12:36,633 DEGRADE IN THE ENVIRONMENT, AND 475 00:12:36,700 --> 00:12:37,200 THAT THEY COULD INCREASE THE 476 00:12:37,266 --> 00:12:38,000 SIZE OF THE LIVER IN RATS, 477 00:12:38,066 --> 00:12:39,733 RABBITS, AND DOGS. 478 00:12:39,800 --> 00:12:41,000 SO THE WARNING SIGNS WERE VERY 479 00:12:41,066 --> 00:12:43,366 MUCH THERE BEFORE THEY HAD A 480 00:12:43,433 --> 00:12:44,633 WHITE CHILD SLAVE CLAIM TEFLON 481 00:12:44,700 --> 00:12:46,166 LIBERATED HER FROM THE 482 00:12:46,233 --> 00:12:47,733 BACK-BREAKING LABOR OF SCRAPING 483 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:49,100 MUFFIN TRAYS. 484 00:12:49,166 --> 00:12:49,933 AND IN THE DECADES THAT 485 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:50,733 FOLLOWED, THEY LEARNED EVEN 486 00:12:50,800 --> 00:12:57,000 MORE. 487 00:12:57,066 --> 00:12:58,300 IN 1981, 3M FOUND THAT INGESTION 488 00:12:58,366 --> 00:12:59,933 OF PFAs CAUSED BIRTH DEFECTS IN 489 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:00,933 RATS, AND WHEN THEY TOLD DuPONT 490 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:01,933 ABOUT THIS AND DuPONT THEN 491 00:13:02,000 --> 00:13:03,600 TESTED THE CHILDREN OF EMPLOYEES 492 00:13:03,666 --> 00:13:04,533 IN THEIR TEFLON DIVISION, THEY 493 00:13:04,600 --> 00:13:05,433 FOUND THAT, OF SEVEN BIRTHS, TWO 494 00:13:05,500 --> 00:13:06,433 HAD EYE DEFECTS -- INFORMATION 495 00:13:06,500 --> 00:13:07,300 THAT, INTERESTINGLY, DuPONT DID 496 00:13:07,366 --> 00:13:09,700 NOT MAKE PUBLIC. 497 00:13:09,766 --> 00:13:11,066 AND BY 1991, IT HAD GOTTEN 498 00:13:11,133 --> 00:13:12,866 UNAMBIGUOUS WARNINGS THAT IT 499 00:13:12,933 --> 00:13:16,433 THEN SPECTACULARLY IGNORED. 500 00:13:16,500 --> 00:13:18,066 >> 3M TOLD DuPONT THAT UNDER NO 501 00:13:18,133 --> 00:13:19,733 CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD YOU PUT IT 502 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:21,133 IN WATERWAYS. 503 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:21,833 IT'S RIGHT THERE IN THE 504 00:13:21,900 --> 00:13:22,800 DOCUMENT. 505 00:13:22,866 --> 00:13:26,533 DON'T PUT THIS IN THE WATERWAYS. 506 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:28,400 BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, THEY 507 00:13:28,466 --> 00:13:30,200 START DUMPING SO MUCH C8 INTO 508 00:13:30,266 --> 00:13:31,533 THE WATER THAT THEY, AT ONE 509 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:32,866 POINT, LOSE TRACK OF HOW MUCH 510 00:13:32,933 --> 00:13:34,600 THEY'VE ACTUALLY PUT OUT THERE. 511 00:13:34,666 --> 00:13:35,633 >> John: WOW. 512 00:13:35,700 --> 00:13:37,666 HARMFUL CHEMICALS ARE NOT 513 00:13:37,733 --> 00:13:38,733 SOMETHING YOU SHOULD "LOSE TRACK 514 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:39,600 OF." 515 00:13:39,666 --> 00:13:40,933 THEY'RE NOT YOUR CAR KEYS OR 516 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:45,933 YOUR MIDDLE CHILD. 517 00:13:46,000 --> 00:13:47,500 OH, OH, I'M SORRY, I LOSE HIM IN 518 00:13:47,566 --> 00:13:48,200 A SUPERMARKET "ONE" TIME AND 519 00:13:48,266 --> 00:13:48,766 SUDDENLY "I'M" A BAD PARENT? 520 00:13:48,833 --> 00:13:49,333 CALM DOWN. 521 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:50,233 IT'S NOT LIKE HE WAS GONNA RUN 522 00:13:50,300 --> 00:13:52,233 OUT OF FOOD. 523 00:13:52,300 --> 00:13:55,633 BUT WAIT, IT GETS EVEN WORSE. 524 00:13:55,700 --> 00:13:57,166 TWO YEARS AFTER THAT, IN 1993, A 525 00:13:57,233 --> 00:13:58,400 DuPONT COMPANY MEMO SHOWS THAT 526 00:13:58,466 --> 00:13:59,933 FOR THE FIRST TIME, THEY HAD A 527 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:02,100 VIABLE CANDIDATE TO REPLACE 528 00:14:02,166 --> 00:14:03,700 C8 -- ONE THAT APPEARED TO BE 529 00:14:03,766 --> 00:14:04,966 LESS TOXIC AND STAYED IN THE 530 00:14:05,033 --> 00:14:05,866 BODY FOR A MUCH SHORTER DURATION 531 00:14:05,933 --> 00:14:06,266 OF TIME. 532 00:14:06,333 --> 00:14:07,333 BUT THE COMPANY DECIDED AGAINST 533 00:14:07,400 --> 00:14:08,566 IT, BECAUSE THE RISK WAS TOO 534 00:14:08,633 --> 00:14:10,900 GREAT -- SPECIFICALLY, THE RISK 535 00:14:10,966 --> 00:14:12,433 TO THEIR BOTTOM LINE, AND THE 536 00:14:12,500 --> 00:14:13,766 FACT THAT TEFLON PRODUCTS WERE 537 00:14:13,833 --> 00:14:16,000 WORTH ROUGHLY A BILLION IN 538 00:14:16,066 --> 00:14:24,100 ANNUAL REVENUE TO THEM, PROVING 539 00:14:24,166 --> 00:14:25,033 ONCE AND FOR ALL CORPORATIONS 540 00:14:25,100 --> 00:14:26,500 TRULY ARE PEOPLE -- 541 00:14:26,566 --> 00:14:27,033 SPECIFICALLY, SOCIOPATHS. 542 00:14:27,100 --> 00:14:27,666 AND YET DESPITE KNOWING ALL OF 543 00:14:27,733 --> 00:14:28,300 THAT, DuPONT KEPT PUSHING FOR 544 00:14:28,366 --> 00:14:28,933 TEFLON TO BE USED IN MORE AND 545 00:14:29,000 --> 00:14:29,300 MORE PLACES. 546 00:14:29,366 --> 00:14:30,400 AND IN THIS AD FROM 1994, THEY 547 00:14:30,466 --> 00:14:31,166 BASICALLY PRESENT IT AS BEING 548 00:14:31,233 --> 00:14:33,700 WIZARDRY. 549 00:14:33,766 --> 00:14:37,033 >> CHEMISTRY IS THE -- IS THE 550 00:14:37,100 --> 00:14:38,000 PRACTICE OF MAGIC. 551 00:14:38,066 --> 00:14:39,100 PEOPLE THINK OF TEFLON AND THEY 552 00:14:39,166 --> 00:14:39,966 THINK OF FRYING PANS. 553 00:14:40,033 --> 00:14:42,566 TEFLON IS NOT ONE THING. 554 00:14:42,633 --> 00:14:44,066 PUTTING TEFLON ON A SURFACE WILL 555 00:14:44,133 --> 00:14:44,733 STOP BUGS FROM CRAWLING UP 556 00:14:44,800 --> 00:14:45,400 TREES. 557 00:14:45,466 --> 00:14:46,533 THEY'LL FALL RIGHT OFF THE TREE. 558 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:48,233 TEFLON IS A CHAIN LOOP, IT'S 559 00:14:48,300 --> 00:14:48,866 SOMETHING I'VE COME UP WITH FOR 560 00:14:48,933 --> 00:14:49,766 BICYCLES. 561 00:14:49,833 --> 00:14:52,700 YOU KNOW, ONLY DuPONT MAKES 562 00:14:52,766 --> 00:14:53,300 TEFLON, BUT YOU CAN USE IT IN 563 00:14:53,366 --> 00:14:53,866 SATELLITES, ON FABRICS, OR 564 00:14:53,933 --> 00:14:55,000 LEATHER. 565 00:14:55,066 --> 00:14:56,566 WHEN'S THE LAST TIME YOU HEARD 566 00:14:56,633 --> 00:15:02,500 ABOUT A LEATHER RAINCOAT? 567 00:15:02,566 --> 00:15:04,400 YOU CAN LET YOUR IMAGINATION RUN 568 00:15:04,466 --> 00:15:04,600 WILD 569 00:15:04,666 --> 00:15:05,200 IT'S NOT OFTEN YOU GET TO PUT 570 00:15:05,266 --> 00:15:06,066 SOMETHING NEW IN THE WORLD. 571 00:15:06,133 --> 00:15:06,666 >> John: OKAY, THERE'S A LOT I 572 00:15:06,733 --> 00:15:07,366 DON'T UNDERSTAND ABOUT THAT AD, 573 00:15:07,433 --> 00:15:08,600 INCLUDING WHY IT WAS SHOT BY 574 00:15:08,666 --> 00:15:10,500 SOMEONE WHO'S STILL TESTING OUT 575 00:15:10,566 --> 00:15:11,800 THE ZOOM FUNCTION ON THEIR 576 00:15:11,866 --> 00:15:12,900 CAMCORDER OR WHY THAT INCEL 577 00:15:12,966 --> 00:15:13,866 SANTA GIGGLED SO MENACINGLY AT 578 00:15:13,933 --> 00:15:15,666 THE IDEA OF A NONSTICK LEATHER 579 00:15:15,733 --> 00:15:19,966 RAINCOAT. 580 00:15:20,033 --> 00:15:21,233 ALTHOUGH I WILL SAY, 581 00:15:21,300 --> 00:15:21,766 IF THAT'S HIS BAR, IT 582 00:15:21,833 --> 00:15:22,366 DOES SEEM PRETTY EASY TO MAKE 583 00:15:22,433 --> 00:15:23,333 SOMETHING NEW IN THE WORLD. 584 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:23,966 I'LL SHOW YOU: LEATHER UMBRELLA, 585 00:15:24,033 --> 00:15:24,800 LEATHER FLOWER, LEATHER SNAKE, 586 00:15:24,866 --> 00:15:26,766 AND LEATHER ELMO. 587 00:15:26,833 --> 00:15:27,533 THAT IS FOUR GREAT IDEAS I JUST 588 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:28,433 CAME UP WITH, AND I'M NOT EVEN A 589 00:15:28,500 --> 00:15:31,366 PhD IN A COSBY SWEATER. 590 00:15:31,433 --> 00:15:32,600 AND IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHERE 591 00:15:32,666 --> 00:15:34,000 THE EPA WAS IN ALL THIS, YOU 592 00:15:34,066 --> 00:15:35,200 SHOULD KNOW, THEY WERE MORE THAN 593 00:15:35,266 --> 00:15:37,333 A LITTLE HAMSTRUNG HERE. 594 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:42,000 UNDER THE 1976 TOXIC SUBSTANCES 595 00:15:42,066 --> 00:15:42,933 CONTROL ACT, THE EPA CAN REQUIRE 596 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:43,600 TESTING FOR CHEMICALS ONLY WHEN 597 00:15:43,666 --> 00:15:45,200 IT'S BEEN PROVIDED EVIDENCE OF 598 00:15:45,266 --> 00:15:46,533 POTENTIAL HARM -- A SETUP "WHICH 599 00:15:46,600 --> 00:15:47,233 LARGELY ALLOWS CHEMICAL 600 00:15:47,300 --> 00:15:50,233 COMPANIES TO REGULATE 601 00:15:50,300 --> 00:15:51,233 THEMSELVES." 602 00:15:51,300 --> 00:15:54,233 WHICH IS AN ABSOLUTELY 603 00:15:54,300 --> 00:15:55,400 TERRIFYING SEQUENCE OF WORDS 604 00:15:55,466 --> 00:15:56,000 RIGHT UP THERE WITH "INCOMING 605 00:15:56,066 --> 00:15:59,066 FACETIME FROM JEFFREY TOOBIN." 606 00:15:59,133 --> 00:16:01,000 NOBODY WANTS TO HEAR THAT. 607 00:16:01,066 --> 00:16:01,666 AND EVEN WHEN THE EPA HAS TAKEN 608 00:16:01,733 --> 00:16:02,300 STEPS, THEY'VE BEEN PRETTY 609 00:16:02,366 --> 00:16:03,100 LIMITED. 610 00:16:03,166 --> 00:16:04,500 FOR INSTANCE, IN 2016, THEY 611 00:16:04,566 --> 00:16:05,800 ISSUED A HEALTH ADVISORY FOR TWO 612 00:16:05,866 --> 00:16:07,433 OF THE BIGGEST PFAs -- INCLUDING 613 00:16:07,500 --> 00:16:09,933 C8 -- SETTING AN "ACCEPTABLE 614 00:16:10,000 --> 00:16:13,800 LEVEL" FOR THEM IN DRINKING 615 00:16:13,866 --> 00:16:14,966 WATER OF 70 PARTS PER TRILLION, 616 00:16:15,033 --> 00:16:15,566 WHICH, INCIDENTALLY, A LOT OF 617 00:16:15,633 --> 00:16:16,533 PEOPLE STILL THINK IS TOO HIGH. 618 00:16:16,600 --> 00:16:17,466 BUT ALSO, CRUCIALLY, AN EPA 619 00:16:17,533 --> 00:16:18,866 HEALTH ADVISORY IS 620 00:16:18,933 --> 00:16:24,133 NON-ENFORCEABLE. 621 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:24,300 ALL 622 00:16:24,366 --> 00:16:24,966 AND NO ONE IS GOING TO RESPECT A 623 00:16:25,033 --> 00:16:25,533 RULE IF IT'S NOT ENFORCED. 624 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:26,800 IT'S LIKE ONE OF THOSE SIGNS 625 00:16:26,866 --> 00:16:29,600 EVERYONE SEES BUT IGNORES, LIKE 626 00:16:29,666 --> 00:16:31,266 "PLEASE TAKE ONE" ON A CANDY 627 00:16:31,333 --> 00:16:32,066 BOWL OR "PLEASE, NO SCULPTURE 628 00:16:32,133 --> 00:16:32,633 FUCKING" AT MADAME TUSSAUDS. 629 00:16:32,700 --> 00:16:33,500 I'M DOING IT. 630 00:16:33,566 --> 00:16:34,633 I'M TAKING TWO FUN-SIZE SNICKERS 631 00:16:34,700 --> 00:16:35,433 BARS, AND THEN I'M GONNA FUCK 632 00:16:35,500 --> 00:16:38,466 WAX MICHAEL BUBLE. 633 00:16:38,533 --> 00:16:39,366 I'M DOING IT. 634 00:16:39,433 --> 00:16:40,166 IT'S ALREADY DONE. 635 00:16:40,233 --> 00:16:41,733 GET OVER IT. 636 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:43,366 AND THAT LAX LEVEL OF OVERSIGHT, 637 00:16:43,433 --> 00:16:44,800 COMBINED WITH DUMPING ON A SCALE 638 00:16:44,866 --> 00:16:47,333 SO HIGH THEY "LOSE TRACK" OF IT, 639 00:16:47,400 --> 00:16:49,466 HAS HAD SEVERE CONSEQUENCES. 640 00:16:49,533 --> 00:16:50,600 WHEN EPIDEMIOLOGISTS STUDIED THE 641 00:16:50,666 --> 00:16:51,666 MEDICAL HISTORY OF PEOPLE WHO 642 00:16:51,733 --> 00:16:53,033 LIVED NEAR A DuPONT PLANT, THEY 643 00:16:53,100 --> 00:16:54,233 FOUND RESIDENTS WITH HIGHER 644 00:16:54,300 --> 00:16:55,733 EXPOSURE TO DRINKING WATER 645 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:57,400 CONTAMINATED WITH C8 HAD MUCH 646 00:16:57,466 --> 00:16:58,833 HIGHER RATES OF KIDNEY AND 647 00:16:58,900 --> 00:17:00,633 TESTICULAR CANCERS. 648 00:17:00,700 --> 00:17:02,033 AND IT WAS EVEN WORSE FOR THE 649 00:17:02,100 --> 00:17:04,433 PEOPLE WORKING INSIDE THE 650 00:17:04,500 --> 00:17:05,633 FACILITIES -- AS THIS MAN, WHO 651 00:17:05,700 --> 00:17:10,966 WORKED IN ONE OF DUPONT'S 652 00:17:11,033 --> 00:17:11,600 TESTING LABS, AND HAS BEEN 653 00:17:11,666 --> 00:17:14,566 DIAGNOSED WITH ULCERATIVE 654 00:17:14,633 --> 00:17:15,200 COLITIS AND RECTAL CANCER, CAN 655 00:17:15,266 --> 00:17:16,233 ATTEST. 656 00:17:16,300 --> 00:17:16,900 >> PEOPLE WOULD HANDLE THAT 657 00:17:16,966 --> 00:17:17,666 PRODUCT ON THE JOB, EVERY DAY, 658 00:17:17,733 --> 00:17:20,366 DAY IN, NIGHT OUT, AND THEN WE 659 00:17:20,433 --> 00:17:22,633 WENT TO 12-HOURS SHIFTS, 660 00:17:22,700 --> 00:17:24,300 AT 12 HOURS AT A TIME, 661 00:17:24,366 --> 00:17:25,033 WE HEATED IT AND BREATHED IT 662 00:17:25,100 --> 00:17:26,066 EVERY DAY. 663 00:17:26,133 --> 00:17:35,733 KEN WORKED ON A FOUR-MAN TEAM AT 664 00:17:35,800 --> 00:17:37,066 DuPONT'S PLANT TESTING C8 665 00:17:37,133 --> 00:17:37,533 BETWEEN 1974 AND 2001. 666 00:17:37,600 --> 00:17:38,233 OF THE FOUR, HE IS THE ONLY ONE 667 00:17:38,300 --> 00:17:39,533 STILL ALIVE. 668 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:40,433 >> THE PEOPLE I LOVED, THEY 669 00:17:40,500 --> 00:17:41,933 DIED. 670 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:44,433 WE WERE LIKE A FAMILY. 671 00:17:44,500 --> 00:17:45,033 >> John: LOOK, THAT IS CLEARLY 672 00:17:45,100 --> 00:17:45,600 AWFUL. 673 00:17:45,666 --> 00:17:46,266 BUT YOU DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE TO 674 00:17:46,333 --> 00:17:46,866 LIVE IN A TOWN WHERE PFAs ARE 675 00:17:46,933 --> 00:17:47,833 DUMPED, OR WORK IN A FACTORY 676 00:17:47,900 --> 00:17:48,933 THAT MAKES THEM, TO BE AFFECTED. 677 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:51,433 REMEMBER, PFAs LAST A LONG TIME, 678 00:17:51,500 --> 00:17:52,833 SO IF THEY SINK INTO THE 679 00:17:52,900 --> 00:17:54,400 GROUNDWATER OR ARE RELEASED INTO 680 00:17:54,466 --> 00:17:56,466 THE AIR, THEY CAN TRAVEL. 681 00:17:56,533 --> 00:17:57,766 AND THEY CAN BIOACCUMULATE, 682 00:17:57,833 --> 00:17:58,933 MEANING THEY BUILD UP IN YOUR 683 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:00,133 BODY OVER TIME. 684 00:18:00,200 --> 00:18:01,800 AND THAT BRINGS US TO A SHOCKING 685 00:18:01,866 --> 00:18:03,200 DISCOVERY. 686 00:18:03,266 --> 00:18:04,933 BECAUSE IN THE 1970s, DuPONT 687 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:06,266 AND 3M STARTED TESTING WORKERS 688 00:18:06,333 --> 00:18:07,633 TO CHECK THE LEVELS OF PFAs IN 689 00:18:07,700 --> 00:18:09,500 THEIR BLOOD. 690 00:18:09,566 --> 00:18:12,133 AND 3M WANTED A CONTROL GROUP 691 00:18:12,200 --> 00:18:12,866 WITH "CLEAN BLOOD" SO THEY'D 692 00:18:12,933 --> 00:18:13,800 HAVE A BASELINE. 693 00:18:13,866 --> 00:18:14,866 BUT AS THIS ENVIRONMENTAL 694 00:18:14,933 --> 00:18:16,233 ACTIVIST POINTS OUT, THE COMPANY 695 00:18:16,300 --> 00:18:20,700 QUICKLY REALIZED SOMETHING 696 00:18:20,766 --> 00:18:21,366 TRULY HORRIFYING. 697 00:18:21,433 --> 00:18:22,633 >> THERE WAS NO CLEAN BLOOD. 698 00:18:22,700 --> 00:18:23,333 THEY TESTED KIDS, THEY TESTED 699 00:18:23,400 --> 00:18:24,900 ADULTS, THEY WENT TO ASIA, THEY 700 00:18:24,966 --> 00:18:28,000 WENT ALL OVER THE WORLD AND 701 00:18:28,066 --> 00:18:29,100 EVERYWHERE THEY LOOKED, 702 00:18:29,166 --> 00:18:30,166 PRACTICALLY, THEY FOUND THEIR 703 00:18:30,233 --> 00:18:33,266 CHEMICALS IN PEOPLE'S BLOOD. 704 00:18:33,333 --> 00:18:34,933 EVENTUALLY, THEY DID FIND SOME 705 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:39,166 CLEAN BLOOD. 706 00:18:39,233 --> 00:18:41,833 IT TURNED OUT IT WAS THE BLOOD 707 00:18:41,900 --> 00:18:43,633 THAT HAD BEEN TAKEN FROM ARMY 708 00:18:43,700 --> 00:18:44,966 RECRUITS AND ARCHIVED, SAVED, AT 709 00:18:45,033 --> 00:18:46,866 THE START OF THE KOREAN WAR. 710 00:18:46,933 --> 00:18:48,533 >> John: YEAH, IT'S TRUE. 711 00:18:48,600 --> 00:18:49,500 IN FACT, A CDC STUDY HAS FOUND 712 00:18:49,566 --> 00:18:51,800 THAT C8 IS NOW IN THE BLOOD OF 713 00:18:51,866 --> 00:18:57,166 99.7% OF AMERICANS. 714 00:18:57,233 --> 00:18:58,500 MEANING, AT THE VERY LEAST, 715 00:18:58,566 --> 00:18:59,366 VIN DIESEL AND I FINALLY HAVE 716 00:18:59,433 --> 00:18:59,866 SOMETHING IN COMMON. 717 00:18:59,933 --> 00:19:00,833 EVERY SINGLE THING ABOUT OUR 718 00:19:00,900 --> 00:19:01,900 GENETIC MAKEUP, GENERAL 719 00:19:01,966 --> 00:19:03,233 ATTITUDE, AND VOCAL TIMBRE IS 720 00:19:03,300 --> 00:19:05,033 DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT, BUT WHEN 721 00:19:05,100 --> 00:19:06,366 IT COMES TO TOXIC CHEMICALS IN 722 00:19:06,433 --> 00:19:06,966 OUR BLOOD -- IT'S POTATO, 723 00:19:07,033 --> 00:19:09,266 POTAHTO, MY FRIEND. 724 00:19:09,333 --> 00:19:12,833 OR SHOULD I SAY, MY FAMILY. 725 00:19:12,900 --> 00:19:14,300 AND WHILE DuPONT MAY BE A 726 00:19:14,366 --> 00:19:15,166 PARTICULARLY STARK EXAMPLE, 727 00:19:15,233 --> 00:19:15,866 THEY'RE FAR FROM THE ONLY ENTITY 728 00:19:15,933 --> 00:19:17,666 INVOLVED HERE. 729 00:19:17,733 --> 00:19:19,100 THE MILITARY USES PFAs IN FOAM 730 00:19:19,166 --> 00:19:20,633 TO EXTINGUISH FIRES, SO THEY'VE 731 00:19:20,700 --> 00:19:22,700 BUILT UP AROUND MILITARY BASES. 732 00:19:22,766 --> 00:19:24,300 AND MANY COMPANIES HAVE USED A 733 00:19:24,366 --> 00:19:25,600 LOT OF PFAs IN A LOT OF THEIR 734 00:19:25,666 --> 00:19:27,500 PRODUCTS. 735 00:19:27,566 --> 00:19:29,300 FOR INSTANCE, A SHOE COMPANY 736 00:19:29,366 --> 00:19:30,900 CALLED WOLVERINE USED PFAs IN 737 00:19:30,966 --> 00:19:33,600 ITS WATERPROOF HUSH PUPPIES. 738 00:19:33,666 --> 00:19:34,700 BUT IT WAS ONLY AFTER LOCAL 739 00:19:34,766 --> 00:19:36,100 REPORTING THAT RESIDENTS NEAR 740 00:19:36,166 --> 00:19:37,166 ITS FACTORY IN BELMONT, 741 00:19:37,233 --> 00:19:38,300 MICHIGAN, KNEW TO GET THEIR 742 00:19:38,366 --> 00:19:39,500 WATER TESTED -- AND FOR ONE 743 00:19:39,566 --> 00:19:40,800 FAMILY, THE McNAUGHTONS, THE 744 00:19:40,866 --> 00:19:42,533 RESULTS WERE PRETTY STRIKING. 745 00:19:42,600 --> 00:19:44,133 AND BEFORE YOU WATCH THIS, 746 00:19:44,200 --> 00:19:46,200 REMEMBER: THE EPA'S ACCEPTABLE 747 00:19:46,266 --> 00:19:47,766 LEVEL IN DRINKING WATER IS 748 00:19:47,833 --> 00:19:49,300 70 PARTS PER TRILLION. 749 00:19:49,366 --> 00:19:50,533 >> THEY LIVED IN THEIR HOUSE 750 00:19:50,600 --> 00:19:51,533 ABOUT THREE YEARS WHEN TOBYN 751 00:19:51,600 --> 00:19:53,366 LEARNED SHE WAS PREGNANT WITH 752 00:19:53,433 --> 00:19:54,900 THEIR SON, JACK. 753 00:19:54,966 --> 00:19:57,033 >> WE WERE REALLY EXCITED. 754 00:19:57,100 --> 00:19:58,966 I WANTED THAT TO GO REALLY WELL, 755 00:19:59,033 --> 00:19:59,666 SO I DRANK EIGHT GLASSES OF 756 00:19:59,733 --> 00:20:00,400 WATER A DAY. 757 00:20:00,466 --> 00:20:01,533 I, LIKE, KEPT TRACK. 758 00:20:01,600 --> 00:20:03,966 I ATE REALLY HEALTHY. 759 00:20:04,033 --> 00:20:05,000 >> IN APRIL OF 2016, JACK WAS 760 00:20:05,066 --> 00:20:06,400 BORN. 761 00:20:06,466 --> 00:20:07,466 >> HE HAD AN IMMENSE APPETITE 762 00:20:07,533 --> 00:20:11,733 FOR WATER. 763 00:20:11,800 --> 00:20:12,866 HE WAS THIRSTY ALL THE TIME. 764 00:20:12,933 --> 00:20:14,133 >> TEST SHOWED ALMOST 2,000 765 00:20:14,200 --> 00:20:16,200 PARTS PER TRILLION OF PFAs IN 766 00:20:16,266 --> 00:20:19,833 THE MCNAUGHTON'S WATER. 767 00:20:19,900 --> 00:20:21,200 AS SOON AS THEY COULD, TOBYN AND 768 00:20:21,266 --> 00:20:22,800 SETH HAD JACK'S BLOOD TESTED. 769 00:20:22,866 --> 00:20:24,533 THE RESULTS -- 484,000 PARTS PER 770 00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:25,300 TRILLION, MORE THAN 100 TIMES 771 00:20:25,366 --> 00:20:28,233 THE NATIONAL AVERAGE. 772 00:20:28,300 --> 00:20:30,500 >> HE'S THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF 773 00:20:30,566 --> 00:20:31,600 PFAs THAT WE KNOW RIGHT NOW OF 774 00:20:31,666 --> 00:20:33,033 ANY CHILD IN THE UNITED STATES. 775 00:20:33,100 --> 00:20:34,766 HE GETS SICK MORE OFTEN AND HIS 776 00:20:34,833 --> 00:20:37,166 VACCINATIONS HAVEN'T WORKED. 777 00:20:37,233 --> 00:20:38,366 >> John: WOW, THAT IS 778 00:20:38,433 --> 00:20:39,900 INCREDIBLE. 779 00:20:39,966 --> 00:20:41,533 USUALLY WHEN YOUR CHILD IS THE 780 00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:43,200 HIGHEST IN SOMETHING, YOUR 781 00:20:43,266 --> 00:20:44,166 INSTINCT IS TO BRAG ABOUT IT, 782 00:20:44,233 --> 00:20:45,266 BUT GOOD LUCK FINDING A BUMPER 783 00:20:45,333 --> 00:20:46,466 STICKER WITH "MY CHILD HAS THE 784 00:20:46,533 --> 00:20:47,666 HIGHEST LEVEL OF PFAs IN THE 785 00:20:47,733 --> 00:20:52,633 UNITED STATES." 786 00:20:52,700 --> 00:20:57,100 NOBODY WANTS THAT SHIT. 787 00:20:57,166 --> 00:20:57,933 AND LOOK, I HAVE TO TELL YOU: 788 00:20:58,000 --> 00:20:58,566 WOLVERINE SAYS IT'S MOVED TO FIX 789 00:20:58,633 --> 00:20:59,166 THE PROBLEM FOR HOMEOWNERS IN 790 00:20:59,233 --> 00:21:02,133 THAT AREA, ALTHOUGH YOU SHOULD 791 00:21:02,200 --> 00:21:03,800 KNOW, IT IS JUST NOT A SIMPLE 792 00:21:03,866 --> 00:21:04,400 THING TO GO ABOUT DOING. 793 00:21:04,466 --> 00:21:05,833 >> THIS IS WHAT I AFFECTIONATELY 794 00:21:05,900 --> 00:21:06,833 CALL MEGATRON -- MY WHOLE HOME 795 00:21:06,900 --> 00:21:08,600 FILTER, THIS RIGHT HERE. 796 00:21:08,666 --> 00:21:10,933 BUT IT GOES THROUGH EACH OF 797 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:12,766 THESE TANKS -- THESE ARE FULL OF 798 00:21:12,833 --> 00:21:14,400 GRANULATED CARBON AND IT GOES 799 00:21:14,466 --> 00:21:16,366 THROUGH THEM IN ORDER AND THEN 800 00:21:16,433 --> 00:21:20,300 COMES OUT THIS ONE AND IS CLEAN. 801 00:21:20,366 --> 00:21:22,033 SO EVERY WEEK THEY COME AND TEST 802 00:21:22,100 --> 00:21:25,100 IT AT THE INTAKE AND THEN ALSO 803 00:21:25,166 --> 00:21:26,866 AT THE EXIT SO THAT WE KNOW THAT 804 00:21:26,933 --> 00:21:32,666 THE WATER IS EMPTY OF THAT. 805 00:21:32,733 --> 00:21:34,100 >> John: OH, GREAT NEWS! 806 00:21:34,166 --> 00:21:34,666 YOU DID IT, WOLVERINE! 807 00:21:34,733 --> 00:21:35,366 PROBLEM SOLVED. 808 00:21:35,433 --> 00:21:36,833 ALL IT TAKES IS A FOUR-TANK 809 00:21:36,900 --> 00:21:37,966 SYSTEM AFFECTIONATELY NICKNAMED 810 00:21:38,033 --> 00:21:39,233 "MEGATRON," A SPARE ROOM LARGE 811 00:21:39,300 --> 00:21:40,633 ENOUGH TO HOUSE IT, AND A WEEKLY 812 00:21:40,700 --> 00:21:41,266 VISIT FROM A TANK TECHNICIAN FOR 813 00:21:41,333 --> 00:21:42,200 THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. 814 00:21:42,266 --> 00:21:43,866 WATER PROBLEM? 815 00:21:43,933 --> 00:21:44,833 MORE LIKE "WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM?" 816 00:21:44,900 --> 00:21:48,433 THIS IS A SYSTEM THAT WORKS. 817 00:21:48,500 --> 00:21:49,400 BUT CLEARLY, A MEGATRON IN EVERY 818 00:21:49,466 --> 00:21:51,133 HOME IS NOT A VIABLE SOLUTION 819 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:52,000 FOR THIS OR, INDEED, ANY 820 00:21:52,066 --> 00:21:53,666 PROBLEM. 821 00:21:53,733 --> 00:21:54,800 AND MAYBE BECAUSE OF THAT -- AND 822 00:21:54,866 --> 00:21:56,100 DEFINITELY BECAUSE OF A 823 00:21:56,166 --> 00:21:58,100 COURT-APPROVED SETTLEMENT -- 824 00:21:58,166 --> 00:21:59,266 WOLVERINE HAS SINCE GONE TO THE 825 00:21:59,333 --> 00:22:00,666 TROUBLE AND EXPENSE OF SWITCHING 826 00:22:00,733 --> 00:22:01,700 THAT WOMAN FROM HER TAINTED WELL 827 00:22:01,766 --> 00:22:02,700 WATER TO THE MUNICIPAL WATER 828 00:22:02,766 --> 00:22:04,066 SUPPLY. 829 00:22:04,133 --> 00:22:05,866 AND YET, MANY COMPANIES ARE 830 00:22:05,933 --> 00:22:10,366 CONTINUING TO DO THE BARE 831 00:22:10,433 --> 00:22:11,866 MINIMUM HERE OR EVEN TRYING TO 832 00:22:11,933 --> 00:22:12,666 EVADE RESPONSIBILITY. 833 00:22:12,733 --> 00:22:13,500 DuPONT, FOR INSTANCE, SETTLED A 834 00:22:13,566 --> 00:22:14,233 CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT WITH 835 00:22:14,300 --> 00:22:16,333 RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN WHERE IT 836 00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:16,966 WAS DUMPING C8, AND, SHORTLY 837 00:22:17,033 --> 00:22:17,800 AFTERWARD, AGREED TO EVENTUALLY 838 00:22:17,866 --> 00:22:20,100 PHASE OUT USING THE CHEMICAL. 839 00:22:20,166 --> 00:22:21,133 WHICH SOUNDS GOOD. 840 00:22:21,200 --> 00:22:22,733 BUT THERE ARE SOME SIGNIFICANT 841 00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:24,433 ASTERISKS ON THAT. 842 00:22:24,500 --> 00:22:26,233 BECAUSE WHILE THEY DID STOP 843 00:22:26,300 --> 00:22:27,733 USING C8, THEY SIMPLY SWITCHED 844 00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:29,166 TO A DIFFERENT KIND OF PFAs, 845 00:22:29,233 --> 00:22:30,466 SOMETHING CALLED "GEN-X," 846 00:22:30,533 --> 00:22:31,800 SPINNING THE MANUFACTURE OF IT 847 00:22:31,866 --> 00:22:33,000 OFF INTO A SEPARATE COMPANY, 848 00:22:33,066 --> 00:22:34,400 CHEMOURS. 849 00:22:34,466 --> 00:22:35,766 NOW, DID THEY DO THAT SO THAT 850 00:22:35,833 --> 00:22:37,466 ANY LEGAL LIABILITY WOULDN'T 851 00:22:37,533 --> 00:22:39,400 STICK TO THEM, AND INSTEAD, 852 00:22:39,466 --> 00:22:40,666 SLIDE RIGHT OFF THEM LIKE BUGS 853 00:22:40,733 --> 00:22:43,300 ON A TEFLON TREE? 854 00:22:43,366 --> 00:22:45,166 WHO CAN SAY? 855 00:22:45,233 --> 00:22:47,533 APPARENTLY NOT ME, LEGALLY. 856 00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:48,233 WHAT I CAN SAY IS THAT, WHILE 857 00:22:48,300 --> 00:22:50,133 CHEMOURS CLAIMS GEN-X IS SAFER, 858 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:51,966 SCIENTISTS STILL HAVE 859 00:22:52,033 --> 00:22:52,566 SIGNIFICANT CONCERNS ABOUT ITS 860 00:22:52,633 --> 00:22:54,966 PRESENCE IN THE WATER SUPPLY. 861 00:22:55,033 --> 00:22:55,966 >> THIS IS, IN MY VIEW, MORE OF 862 00:22:56,033 --> 00:22:57,000 A RISK THAN WE SHOULD BE FORCED 863 00:22:57,066 --> 00:22:58,966 TO TAKE. 864 00:22:59,033 --> 00:23:00,033 THIS COMPOUND'S A MEMBER OF A 865 00:23:00,100 --> 00:23:01,600 CLASS OF COMPOUNDS THAT ARE ALL 866 00:23:01,666 --> 00:23:02,966 THOUGHT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE 867 00:23:03,033 --> 00:23:05,966 PEOPLE SICK WITH CANCERS OF 868 00:23:06,033 --> 00:23:06,766 VARIOUS KINDS, OTHER KINDS OF 869 00:23:06,833 --> 00:23:08,400 DYSFUNCTION. 870 00:23:08,466 --> 00:23:09,233 WE DON'T KNOW THE FULL EXTENT OF 871 00:23:09,300 --> 00:23:11,000 IT. 872 00:23:11,066 --> 00:23:12,400 >> SO, WITH WHAT THESE 873 00:23:12,466 --> 00:23:13,300 SCIENTISTS DO KNOW, WE ASK THEM 874 00:23:13,366 --> 00:23:14,500 IF THEY THINK THE WATER IS SAFE 875 00:23:14,566 --> 00:23:15,266 ENOUGH TO DRINK. 876 00:23:15,333 --> 00:23:16,400 >> NOPE. 877 00:23:16,466 --> 00:23:17,400 I DRINK TEQUILA STRAIGHT, BUT I 878 00:23:17,466 --> 00:23:24,066 WON'T DRINK THE TAP WATER. 879 00:23:24,133 --> 00:23:24,866 >> John: WELL, THAT DOESN'T 880 00:23:24,933 --> 00:23:26,133 SOUND GOOD. 881 00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:27,400 IF CASUAL FRIDAY SCIENTIST OVER 882 00:23:27,466 --> 00:23:28,033 HERE WON'T DRINK THE TAP WATER, 883 00:23:28,100 --> 00:23:28,700 THERE MIGHT BE SOME CAUSE FOR 884 00:23:28,766 --> 00:23:29,466 ALARM. 885 00:23:29,533 --> 00:23:30,400 AND WHILE WE'VE JUST FOCUSED ON 886 00:23:30,466 --> 00:23:31,466 A HANDFUL OF INDIVIDUAL PFAs 887 00:23:31,533 --> 00:23:32,700 TONIGHT, THERE ARE HUNDREDS, IF 888 00:23:32,766 --> 00:23:33,733 NOT THOUSANDS, OF THEM. 889 00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:35,266 SO THE PROBLEM IS, IF AND WHEN 890 00:23:35,333 --> 00:23:36,833 GEN-X IS EVENTUALLY FOUND TO BE 891 00:23:36,900 --> 00:23:37,633 HARMFUL, COMPANIES CAN 892 00:23:37,700 --> 00:23:39,666 PRESUMABLY JUST MOVE ON TO 893 00:23:39,733 --> 00:23:40,633 ANOTHER ONE, THEN ANOTHER ONE, 894 00:23:40,700 --> 00:23:43,300 AND SO ON. 895 00:23:43,366 --> 00:23:44,566 AND SO ON. 896 00:23:44,633 --> 00:23:47,000 AND AT THIS POINT, YOU MIGHT BE 897 00:23:47,066 --> 00:23:49,700 THINKING, "HOLY SHIT, THIS IS 898 00:23:49,766 --> 00:23:50,533 ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE. 899 00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:51,166 SHOULD I START IMMEDIATELY 900 00:23:51,233 --> 00:23:51,766 THROWING AWAY ALL MY PANS?" 901 00:23:51,833 --> 00:23:52,366 WELL, I'LL START WITH THE GOOD 902 00:23:52,433 --> 00:23:53,366 NEWS: MEGHAN McCAIN IS NO 903 00:23:53,433 --> 00:23:56,266 LONGER ON "THE VIEW." 904 00:23:56,333 --> 00:23:57,300 THIS ROCK LOOKS LIKE 905 00:23:57,366 --> 00:23:57,800 COOKIE MONSTER. 906 00:23:57,866 --> 00:23:58,600 AND NO, YOU DON'T NECESSARILY 907 00:23:58,666 --> 00:23:59,166 NEED TO THROW AWAY ALL YOUR 908 00:23:59,233 --> 00:24:00,100 PANS. 909 00:24:00,166 --> 00:24:01,700 EXPERTS SAY THAT IT'S VERY 910 00:24:01,766 --> 00:24:03,166 UNLIKELY PFAs WILL BE RELEASED 911 00:24:03,233 --> 00:24:05,233 IF THE PANS AREN'T OVERHEATED OR 912 00:24:05,300 --> 00:24:06,933 SCRAPED. 913 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:08,933 NOW, YOU'RE UNDER SLIGHTLY MORE 914 00:24:09,000 --> 00:24:10,633 RISK OF EXPOSURE FROM CLOTHING 915 00:24:10,700 --> 00:24:12,133 THAT CONTAINS PFAs -- WHICH IS, 916 00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:13,733 UNFORTUNATELY, MOST STAINPROOF 917 00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:15,733 OR WATERPROOF FABRICS, INCLUDING 918 00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:16,766 CERTAIN ITEMS FROM COMPANIES 919 00:24:16,833 --> 00:24:18,733 LIKE LULULEMON, NORTH FACE, AND 920 00:24:18,800 --> 00:24:20,533 PATAGONIA -- OR, INDEED, FROM 921 00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:25,633 FOOD WRAPPERS THAT CONTAIN PFAs, 922 00:24:25,700 --> 00:24:27,466 WHICH ARE, UNFORTUNATELY, USED 923 00:24:27,533 --> 00:24:28,833 BY MULTIPLE CHAINS, INCLUDING 924 00:24:28,900 --> 00:24:31,366 SOME OF THE PACKAGING AT 925 00:24:31,433 --> 00:24:32,433 STARBUCKS, CHICK-FIL-A, AND 926 00:24:32,500 --> 00:24:32,666 SUBWAY. 927 00:24:32,733 --> 00:24:33,266 AND ALL THESE COMPANIES INSIST 928 00:24:33,333 --> 00:24:34,266 THEY'RE WORKING TO REMOVE PFAs 929 00:24:34,333 --> 00:24:34,866 FROM THEIR PRODUCTS COMPLETELY 930 00:24:34,933 --> 00:24:38,333 IN THE COMING MONTHS AND YEARS, 931 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:38,900 AND I HOPE THAT THAT'S TRUE. 932 00:24:38,966 --> 00:24:39,700 BUT WE HAVE HEARD THINGS LIKE 933 00:24:39,766 --> 00:24:41,933 THAT BEFORE, AND YET, HERE WE 934 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:42,733 FUCKING ARE. 935 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:43,600 AND IT'S NOT LIKE IT'S EASY TO 936 00:24:43,666 --> 00:24:44,366 KNOW WHICH PRODUCTS YOU'RE 937 00:24:44,433 --> 00:24:45,266 BUYING DO AND DON'T CONTAIN 938 00:24:45,333 --> 00:24:47,066 PFAs. 939 00:24:47,133 --> 00:24:48,333 IT'S NOT LIKE THEY HAVE TO CARRY 940 00:24:48,400 --> 00:24:49,900 LABELS STATING, "THIS PRODUCT 941 00:24:49,966 --> 00:24:52,000 CONTAINS DEVIL'S PISS," ALTHOUGH 942 00:24:52,066 --> 00:24:52,900 THAT'S ACTUALLY A VERY GOOD 943 00:24:52,966 --> 00:24:54,000 IDEA, AND THEY SHOULD ABSOLUTELY 944 00:24:54,066 --> 00:24:55,500 HAVE TO DO THAT. 945 00:24:55,566 --> 00:24:57,033 BUT THE BIGGER ISSUE IS, NO 946 00:24:57,100 --> 00:24:59,266 MATTER HOW RESPONSIBLE CONSUMERS 947 00:24:59,333 --> 00:25:03,500 CHOOSE TO BE, IF THE FACTORY 948 00:25:03,566 --> 00:25:04,200 THAT MAKES THE CHEMICALS DOESN'T 949 00:25:04,266 --> 00:25:05,066 DISPOSE OF ITS WASTE PROPERLY, 950 00:25:05,133 --> 00:25:06,033 IT'S LIKELY GETTING INTO YOUR 951 00:25:06,100 --> 00:25:06,900 BLOODSTREAM ANYWAY. 952 00:25:06,966 --> 00:25:08,233 WHICH IS PRETTY FRUSTRATING, AS 953 00:25:08,300 --> 00:25:09,333 THE ACTIVIST YOU SAW EARLIER 954 00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:11,000 POINTS OUT: 955 00:25:11,066 --> 00:25:11,800 >> NO ONE SAID, "HEY, YOU KNOW, 956 00:25:11,866 --> 00:25:13,900 I'M GOOD WITH A LITTLE TEFLON 957 00:25:13,966 --> 00:25:15,900 CHEMICAL IN MY BABY'S BLOOD." 958 00:25:15,966 --> 00:25:17,733 NO ONE SAID THAT. 959 00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:19,466 THEY SAID, "I LOVE THESE PANS." 960 00:25:19,533 --> 00:25:20,666 >> John: EXACTLY. 961 00:25:20,733 --> 00:25:22,033 NO ONE LOVES PANS SO MUCH THAT 962 00:25:22,100 --> 00:25:23,733 THEY'D BE WILLING TO PUT POISON 963 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:25,700 IN THEIR BABY'S BLOOD. 964 00:25:25,766 --> 00:25:27,533 WELL, TO BE HONEST, ONE PERSON 965 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:29,500 DOES BUT, IN HIS DEFENSE, THE 966 00:25:29,566 --> 00:25:34,366 PANS DON'T FUCKING STICK! 967 00:25:34,433 --> 00:25:35,966 NOW, IF YOU'RE WORRIED ABOUT 968 00:25:36,033 --> 00:25:38,866 WHAT THE WATER IS LIKE WHERE YOU 969 00:25:38,933 --> 00:25:39,366 LIVE, YOU CAN GO TO THIS 970 00:25:39,433 --> 00:25:41,133 ADDRESS, 971 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:41,933 EWG.org/PFAsMap, AND IF YOU 972 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:42,600 DON'T LIKE WHAT YOU 973 00:25:42,666 --> 00:25:43,566 SEE, YOU CAN CONSIDER SOLUTIONS 974 00:25:43,633 --> 00:25:44,200 LIKE DRINKING BOTTLED WATER, OR 975 00:25:44,266 --> 00:25:50,300 USING A REVERSE OSMOSIS FILTER. 976 00:25:50,366 --> 00:25:51,666 BUT THE TRUTH IS, IT 977 00:25:51,733 --> 00:25:52,566 SHOULDN'T JUST BE ON US 978 00:25:52,633 --> 00:25:53,066 AS INDIVIDUALS. 979 00:25:53,133 --> 00:25:54,000 BECAUSE THE TRUTH IS, PFAs 980 00:25:54,066 --> 00:25:54,666 SHOULDN'T BE IN MOST CONSUMER 981 00:25:54,733 --> 00:25:55,033 PRODUCTS AT ALL. 982 00:25:55,100 --> 00:25:55,900 AND AS COMPANIES SEEM UNLIKELY 983 00:25:55,966 --> 00:26:00,533 TO ALL TAKE THEM OUT 984 00:26:00,600 --> 00:26:01,933 VOLUNTARILY, WE BADLY NEED 985 00:26:02,000 --> 00:26:03,400 LEGISLATION LIMITING THEIR USE 986 00:26:03,466 --> 00:26:04,533 TO ONLY ESSENTIAL ITEMS, LIKE 987 00:26:04,600 --> 00:26:05,666 CERTAIN MEDICAL DEVICES AND 988 00:26:05,733 --> 00:26:06,433 PROTECTIVE CLOTHING. 989 00:26:06,500 --> 00:26:07,133 BUT NOT JUST THAT -- WE NEED TO 990 00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:07,766 CHANGE THE WAY WE REGULATE PFAs 991 00:26:07,833 --> 00:26:09,200 COMPLETELY. 992 00:26:09,266 --> 00:26:10,766 INSTEAD OF REGULATING THEM ONE 993 00:26:10,833 --> 00:26:12,400 AT A TIME, AS WE DO NOW, WE 994 00:26:12,466 --> 00:26:13,433 SHOULD DO IT AS AN ENTIRE CLASS 995 00:26:13,500 --> 00:26:15,266 OF CHEMICALS. 996 00:26:15,333 --> 00:26:16,866 THIS WOULD ENABLE THE EPA TO 997 00:26:16,933 --> 00:26:18,000 MORE EFFECTIVELY REGULATE NOT 998 00:26:18,066 --> 00:26:19,266 JUST THE PFAs ALREADY IN USE, 999 00:26:19,333 --> 00:26:20,600 BUT REPLACEMENTS LIKE GEN-X WHEN 1000 00:26:20,666 --> 00:26:22,833 THEY'RE INTRODUCED. 1001 00:26:22,900 --> 00:26:24,566 AND IN THE MEANTIME, IF 1002 00:26:24,633 --> 00:26:25,966 COMPANIES ARE GOING TO KEEP 1003 00:26:26,033 --> 00:26:27,366 LEANING IN ON THE CONVENIENCE OF 1004 00:26:27,433 --> 00:26:29,166 THEIR PRODUCTS WITHOUT 1005 00:26:29,233 --> 00:26:30,400 ACKNOWLEDGING THE COST, MAYBE WE 1006 00:26:30,466 --> 00:26:31,366 CAN HELP THEM, BY PROVIDING 1007 00:26:31,433 --> 00:26:32,000 THEIR ADS WITH SOME MUCH-NEEDED 1008 00:26:32,066 --> 00:26:38,433 CONTEXT. 1009 00:26:38,500 --> 00:26:39,633 >> CHEMISTRY IS THE PRACTICE OF 1010 00:26:39,700 --> 00:26:43,200 MAGIC. 1011 00:26:43,266 --> 00:26:45,833 LIKE ABRACADABRA, ZONKS, 1012 00:26:45,900 --> 00:26:46,100 WIZARDRY. 1013 00:26:46,166 --> 00:26:47,166 PEOPLE THINK OF TO HAVE FUN AND 1014 00:26:47,233 --> 00:26:49,133 THEY THINK OF FRYING PANS. 1015 00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:50,800 BAKE HOT PLATES WITH SMOOTH LONG 1016 00:26:50,866 --> 00:26:51,466 STICKS. 1017 00:26:51,533 --> 00:26:55,200 TEFLON IS NOT ONE THING, IT'S 1018 00:26:55,266 --> 00:26:56,433 DISEASE, SICKNESS, AND ITS 1019 00:26:56,500 --> 00:26:58,900 FUKCING EVERYWHERE. 1020 00:26:58,966 --> 00:27:01,366 CUT OUT. 1021 00:27:01,433 --> 00:27:02,766 YOU KNOW I'M SELF-CONSCIOUS 1022 00:27:02,833 --> 00:27:03,700 ABOUT THE MOUTH. 1023 00:27:03,766 --> 00:27:04,466 YOU KNOW ABOUT THAT. 1024 00:27:04,533 --> 00:27:12,200 DID YOU SAY YES OR NO. 1025 00:27:12,266 --> 00:27:14,666 PUTTING 1026 00:27:14,733 --> 00:27:22,300 PFA LS ON THE SURFACE -- YOU 1027 00:27:22,366 --> 00:27:23,700 KNOW I'M SELF-CONSCIOUS ABOUT 1028 00:27:23,766 --> 00:27:24,666 THE MOUTH AND EVERYTHING, THE 1029 00:27:24,733 --> 00:27:26,466 CLOSE UP STUFF, AND THE 1030 00:27:26,533 --> 00:27:26,800 SPITTING? 1031 00:27:26,866 --> 00:27:29,033 YOU SAY IT'S GOING TO BE A 1032 00:27:29,100 --> 00:27:30,100 NORMAL SHOOT? 1033 00:27:30,166 --> 00:27:33,566 FOCUSING ON -- 1034 00:27:33,633 --> 00:27:35,800 I PUT PFAs ON A BICYCLE CHAIN. 1035 00:27:35,866 --> 00:27:35,966 WHY? 1036 00:27:36,033 --> 00:27:38,533 BECAUSE I SUFFER FROM CHRONIC 1037 00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:39,166 INSOMNIA. 1038 00:27:39,233 --> 00:27:40,300 PROBABLY GOT IT FROM PFAs. 1039 00:27:40,366 --> 00:27:42,133 AND THEY ARE EVERYWHERE. 1040 00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:42,966 THE SAME CHEMICALS THAT ARE IN 1041 00:27:43,033 --> 00:27:46,000 ME ARE IN YOU, AND EVEN IN YOUR 1042 00:27:46,066 --> 00:27:46,866 CHILD. 1043 00:27:46,933 --> 00:27:50,566 I PUT SOMETHING IN YOUR CHILD! 1044 00:27:50,633 --> 00:27:52,133 AND IF THIS STUFF GETS INTO 1045 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:59,000 WATER, THAT'S THE REAL 1046 00:27:59,066 --> 00:28:01,533 BIPPETY-BOPPETY MAGIC. 1047 00:28:01,600 --> 00:28:02,433 IT'S INCREDIBLE! 1048 00:28:02,500 --> 00:28:04,766 WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU HEARD 1049 00:28:04,833 --> 00:28:06,100 ABOUT A LEATHER JACKET GIVING 1050 00:28:06,166 --> 00:28:09,166 YOU KIDNEY CANCER? 1051 00:28:09,233 --> 00:28:09,500 [LAUGHS] 1052 00:28:09,566 --> 00:28:11,200 YOU CAN LET YOUR IMAGINATION RUN 1053 00:28:11,266 --> 00:28:11,400 WILD. 1054 00:28:11,466 --> 00:28:13,866 MINE IS RUNNING RIGHT NOW. 1055 00:28:13,933 --> 00:28:15,000 IT'S NOT OFTEN YOU GET TO PUT 1056 00:28:15,066 --> 00:28:17,033 SOMETHING TOXIC IN THE WORLD. 1057 00:28:17,100 --> 00:28:20,366 ♪ ♪ 1058 00:28:20,433 --> 00:28:21,933 >> John: THAT'S OUR SHOW. 1059 00:28:22,033 --> 00:28:23,766 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING. 1060 00:28:23,833 --> 00:28:26,833 WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK. 1061 00:28:26,900 --> 00:28:27,333 GOOD NIGHT! 1062 00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:30,433 >> OKAY, OKAY. 1063 00:28:30,500 --> 00:28:32,300 CAN I SAY IT WITH A BRITISH 1064 00:28:32,366 --> 00:28:34,200 ACCENT? 1065 00:28:34,266 --> 00:28:35,200 NO? 1066 00:28:35,266 --> 00:28:36,266 YOU KNOW I'M SELF-CONSCIOUS 1067 00:28:36,333 --> 00:28:37,200 ABOUT MY LITTLE MOUTH. 1068 00:28:37,266 --> 00:28:39,400 YOU SAID THIS WOULD BE A NORMAL 1069 00:28:39,466 --> 00:28:39,733 SHOOT. 1070 00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:41,600 THAT'S A TERRIBLE BRITISH 1071 00:28:41,666 --> 00:28:44,200 ACCENT, BUT I'LL DO IT ANYWAY. 1072 00:28:44,266 --> 00:28:45,433 YOU KNOW I'M SELF-CONSCIOUS 1073 00:28:45,500 --> 00:28:46,700 ABOUT MY LITTLE MOUTH. 1074 00:28:46,766 --> 00:28:47,766 HE SAID THIS WOULD BE --