No.1 Toxicologist: Stop Using Scented Candles! These Products Were Making Me Infertile! Using This Product Is Harming Your Future Kids!

Yvonne Burkart (0:00)

Don't believe everything you see on a product that you buy because we're being exposed to really toxic chemicals that will no cause harm.

Steven Bartlett (0:06)

Okay, so I've got everyday products that we're all using. Is this good?

Yvonne Burkart (0:09)

No.

Steven Bartlett (0:10)

What about this?

Yvonne Burkart (0:11)

Absolutely not.

Steven Bartlett (0:12)

Is this a good one?

Yvonne Burkart (0:12)

Yes.

Steven Bartlett (0:13)

This?

Yvonne Burkart (0:13)

Throw that out.

Steven Bartlett (0:14)

Good, bad?

Yvonne Burkart (0:15)

There are so many issues with that.

Steven Bartlett (0:16)

This?

Yvonne Burkart (0:17)

Perfect.

Steven Bartlett (0:17)

What about this?

Yvonne Burkart (0:19)

This is one of the worst products that you can use.

Steven Bartlett (0:21)

I've been using it every day.

Yvonne Burkart (0:22)

Get rid of them.

Steven Bartlett (0:23)

Goodbye.

SPEAKER_3 (0:25)

Dr. Yvonne Burkart is a toxicologist whose groundbreaking research has unveiled the shocking truth about the hidden risks of toxins found in everyday products.

Steven Bartlett (0:33)

And what we can do about it.

Yvonne Burkart (0:35)

We don't know what we're exposing ourselves to because by law, in Europe and in the US, manufacturers do not have to disclose certain ingredients. But we finally have proof that there are links to increased rates of cancer, infertility, obesity. We know that a surface scratch on a non-stick piece of cookware can release 9,000 particles into your food. And those microplastics have been found in lungs, heart, brain, penis.

Steven Bartlett (0:57)

There's microplastics in my penis?

Yvonne Burkart (0:59)

Yes. And scientists have found that eventually we will become more plastic than we are humans if we continue at this rate.

Steven Bartlett (1:04)

You seem really pissed off about this.

Yvonne Burkart (1:06)

I'm really angry that people have to suffer. I mean, these chemicals are causing children to have cognitive delays, they start having behavioral issues. And I think it brings up a lot of emotions for me because I've been personally impacted. But I think of how many millions of people around the world are struggling and don't know why.

Steven Bartlett (1:24)

So what are the most important things that we can do to have the biggest impact?

Yvonne Burkart (1:28)

Number one.

Steven Bartlett (1:36)

Dr. Yvonne Burkart, I've consumed a lot of your content, I've seen your videos, I've read a ton of your work. Just to start, if you had to encapsulate the warning that you're communicating to people into a sentence, what would that warning be?

Yvonne Burkart (1:54)

Don't believe everything you see on a container, a bottle or a product that you're buying.

Steven Bartlett (1:59)

Why? What's the consequence?

Yvonne Burkart (2:01)

Is that if you're believing in the marketing and what you see on the front of the label instead of actually reading the ingredients, you could be exposing yourself to toxins that you probably don't want to be.

Steven Bartlett (2:13)

What mission are you on, Yvonne?

Yvonne Burkart (2:15)

Well, I'm on a mission to empower people to avoid environmental toxins so they can protect their families and really using science and evidence to make informed decisions that affect their health.

Steven Bartlett (2:31)

What is the macro picture here? When you think about the world we're living in and how exposed we are to toxins, do you think people are at all aware of the toxins that we're consuming every day?

Yvonne Burkart (2:42)

I think now people are becoming more aware, but there are new toxins that are emerging every day, and it's simply a consequence of how the system is set up. It's mainly because chemicals and products are not required to be tested for safety before they're released onto the market, at least in the US and many other regions of the world. And so what happens is people are buying these products and we're being exposed to chemicals that we have no idea how they are actually impacting our health, if they're harmful or not. And we're basically guinea pigs in a massive human experiment that no one signed up for, that we didn't consent to.

Steven Bartlett (3:23)

And what's the risk?

Yvonne Burkart (3:25)

Well, the risk is that we go about our daily lives not knowing what we're consuming or being exposed to, and then later on in life, unfortunately, fall ill and suffer from some chronic disease.

Steven Bartlett (3:37)

Are there particular illnesses that are most closely associated with toxins in our environment and toxins that we're consuming every day?

Yvonne Burkart (3:44)

Yes. So cancer is probably one of the most clear associations as well as infertility. And more widely known are issues like not being able to conceive, having a decrease in sperm count, sperm quality, and the fact that sperm count has declined by 50% in the last 50 years is pretty alarming.