Bryan Johnson

On a large scale, my grandfather was full of lead, my parents are full of asbestos, and now I'm full of microplastics. Every generation has had their environmental toxin that has been a very a scourge in the world. Now microplastics have been this recent phenomena because plastics is a very low cost and high quality material. And so they're everywhere.

On a large scale, my grandfather was full of lead, my parents are full of asbestos, and now I'm full of microplastics. Every generation has had their environmental toxin that has been a very a scourge in the world. Now microplastics have been this recent phenomena because plastics is a very low cost and high quality material. And so they're everywhere.

And so microplastic is less than five millimeters in length and we get them in our bodies either by inhaling them, by ingesting them or through our skin. Like in the average male testicle, there's 8.2 milligrams of microplastics. In the average brain, there's 50% more microplastics now than there was 10 years ago. So it's increasing really, really fast.

And so microplastic is less than five millimeters in length and we get them in our bodies either by inhaling them, by ingesting them or through our skin. Like in the average male testicle, there's 8.2 milligrams of microplastics. In the average brain, there's 50% more microplastics now than there was 10 years ago. So it's increasing really, really fast.

And so my company, Blueprint, we just launched the world's first at-home microplastics test. We were realizing this is a major problem. And the difficulty is we don't have any data. No one knows what these levels are in their life. And without that data, how do you know what things are working? If you stop drinking water out of plastic bottles, what happens?

And so my company, Blueprint, we just launched the world's first at-home microplastics test. We were realizing this is a major problem. And the difficulty is we don't have any data. No one knows what these levels are in their life. And without that data, how do you know what things are working? If you stop drinking water out of plastic bottles, what happens?

What happens if you change the clothing you wear? What happens if et cetera, et cetera? And so, yeah, I have my levels measured. My whole team did it. Mine came back lower than anyone on my team. And we have reasons why we think that's the case, but we're not quite sure. So we're excited that we'll have the world's largest data set of microplastics in the next month.

What happens if you change the clothing you wear? What happens if et cetera, et cetera? And so, yeah, I have my levels measured. My whole team did it. Mine came back lower than anyone on my team. And we have reasons why we think that's the case, but we're not quite sure. So we're excited that we'll have the world's largest data set of microplastics in the next month.

And then as a community, we can start saying like, now let's all start running these tests and let's build therapies. So we can start doing things to minimize microplastics in the body.

And then as a community, we can start saying like, now let's all start running these tests and let's build therapies. So we can start doing things to minimize microplastics in the body.

I mean, for example, women that have higher levels of BPA have had fewer eggs retrieved. So it affects the fundamental processes of the body. It's been tied to all kinds of things. Neurodegeneration. I mean, basically every health malady is... potentially related to microplastics.

I mean, for example, women that have higher levels of BPA have had fewer eggs retrieved. So it affects the fundamental processes of the body. It's been tied to all kinds of things. Neurodegeneration. I mean, basically every health malady is... potentially related to microplastics.

Now, like the science is still emergent and we're still figuring it out, but it's like, it's not a situation where we're saying microplastics are a good idea and you should consume more. It's a situation where like we are consuming an enormous amount of them. We think they're causing very serious health problems. It may be worse than we think.

Now, like the science is still emergent and we're still figuring it out, but it's like, it's not a situation where we're saying microplastics are a good idea and you should consume more. It's a situation where like we are consuming an enormous amount of them. We think they're causing very serious health problems. It may be worse than we think.

So it's, it's really an area that we need to understand better. But I think minimization is probably the most important step right now.

So it's, it's really an area that we need to understand better. But I think minimization is probably the most important step right now.

Water is one of the worst offenders. So don't drink out of plastic water bottles. Number two is have a water filter at home. So I have a reverse osmosis system at my house. It's very good. What's it called? Reverse osmosis.

Water is one of the worst offenders. So don't drink out of plastic water bottles. Number two is have a water filter at home. So I have a reverse osmosis system at my house. It's very good. What's it called? Reverse osmosis.

There are a bunch of brands who make it.

There are a bunch of brands who make it.