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Eating Our Way to Extinction

Many scientists agreethat one of the greatest things we as individuals can doto solve this...

Many scientists agree
that one of the greatest things we as individuals can do
to solve this problem
of a plastic ocean is to move away from eating fish and switch
to a plant-based diet

Full Transcript

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Many scientists agree that one of the greatest things
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we as individuals can do to solve this problem of a plastic ocean
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is to move away from eating fish
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and switch to a plant-based diet.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:40:16
Uploaded
May 11, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Broxstar Productions

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Movie Summary

Globally renowned figures and the world's leading scientists open the lid on the elephant in the room no one wants to talk about: the damaging effects of factory farming.
At least half of the plastic in the sea today - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:09
At least half of the plastic in the sea today
Because all those nets, all those lines, all that stuff, - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:11
Because all those nets, all those lines, all that stuff,
We have a chance right now to change our eating habits. - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:04
We have a chance right now to change our eating habits.
[light dramatic music] - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:09
[light dramatic music]
Everywhere we looked, we found microplastics, - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:07
Everywhere we looked, we found microplastics,
Also, if we're looking on the surface or the seabed - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:07
Also, if we're looking on the surface or the seabed
We've also found microplastics - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:06
We've also found microplastics
We've been sampling for microplastics for quite a while now, - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:10
We've been sampling for microplastics for quite a while...
[Kate Winslet] Microplankton are found - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:04
[Kate Winslet] Microplankton are found
When the researchers add microplastics - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:10
When the researchers add microplastics
Unaware that the tiny particles are made up of toxic chemicals, - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:08
Unaware that the tiny particles are made up of toxic chemica...
The researchers observe how the chemicals accumulate - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:07
The researchers observe how the chemicals accumulate
The toxic plankton are then eaten by larger fish, - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:13
The toxic plankton are then eaten by larger fish,
[Kate Winslet] A study by the University of Plymouth - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:09
[Kate Winslet] A study by the University of Plymouth
As we eat these contaminated fish, - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:12
As we eat these contaminated fish,
[Mr. Rifkin] Our scientists tell us we're now - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:06
[Mr. Rifkin] Our scientists tell us we're now
[music fades] - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:10
[music fades]
Let me be clear on this, the last time we had - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:09
Let me be clear on this, the last time we had
It's incredibly sad to realize just how-- how many species, um, - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:17
It's incredibly sad to realize just how-- how many spec...
[Mr. Poore] Today, over 26,000 species - Eating Our Way to Extinction 00:11
[Mr. Poore] Today, over 26,000 species