A Woman Put Mercury Skin Cream On Her Face. This Is What Happened To Her Brain.
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Clinical management of chronic mercury intoxication secondary to skin lightening products: A proposed algorithm. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
Minamata Disease The History and Measures. www.env.go.jp/en/chemi/hs/min...
Methylmercury poisoning: Long-term clinical, radiological, toxicological, and pathological studies of an affected family. psycnet.apa.org/record/1994-4...
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May none of us be the main character in a chubbeymu video
@retard_activated
15 күн бұрын
Amen!
@npenim
15 күн бұрын
Amen brother.
@starlightplaysminecraft9743
15 күн бұрын
Fr
@FC-PeakVersatility
15 күн бұрын
🙋 I'll second that
@youtubeuserremainsanonymou9022
15 күн бұрын
it is not too bad for the 14 yr old girl with who ate her dad's gummy edibles. I would not want to be her dad talking to her mom though
A full recovery: 😀 A recovery: 😕 At autopsy😞 Could not make a recovery: 😭
@merriquelynn866
15 күн бұрын
Not being able to make a recovery to means you never get better but your pain never ends either.
@BrettonFerguson
15 күн бұрын
Autopsy doesn't fit in any order. It could fit anywhere. A person could make a full recovery, or a partial recovery and they could find mercury or whatever at the autopsy decades later. Or the person could not make a recovery and they would find things at autopsy.
@christyrodrigue6628
15 күн бұрын
Yeah.... 😶
@michaelcoletta4547
15 күн бұрын
Does that mean she may still have died, but simply didn't have an autopsy performed on her body (perhaps because the cause of her problems/eventual demise, and the effects of mercury poisoning are rather well documented) ??
@lifeloverNorris
15 күн бұрын
@@merriquelynn866 Never get better and also pain never ends. The ultimate bad ending.
you ever just be doing something that might not be the healthiest choice and then the chubbyemu intro just starts playing in your head?
@sunstripe85
11 күн бұрын
Lol the number of leftovers I now hesitate to eat if there's even the tiniest doubt in my mind.....
@spvillano
10 күн бұрын
Nope, usually either Taps plays or the theme from F-Troop, both quickly confirming the bad idea and I desist. Likely, why I'm still alive today. Despite my worst efforts to the contrary. ;)
@idioticfetus
8 күн бұрын
when that happens you know you're either about to die or about to have terrible lifelong effects
@E.Pierro.Artist
7 күн бұрын
Every time I clock in at work.
@AlexeyFilippenkoPlummet
7 күн бұрын
Imagine doing construction work in China and then suddenly WikiLeaks logo appear in the air
That transition from a black and white hand in a pool of mercury to a blood vessel hand was a beautiful edit.
@saadzahem
12 күн бұрын
It was the cleanest transition
@FireStick-nu4pn
12 күн бұрын
I noticed that too
@slwrabbits
11 күн бұрын
I really want to know how that was done.
@krysal1489
9 күн бұрын
I read your comment just as I got to that part lol
hearing that BD "could not make a recovery" but not hearing "at autopsy" is somehow more terrifying than hearing "at autopsy".
@rickygamingproductions
15 күн бұрын
Yeah, probably meaning she's still alive, but essentially is like Braindead, where you can literally do nothing for yourself. That's terrifying, meaning while she isn't dead, she can't recover from the damage caused by the Mercury She can't move, talk, or eat on her own
@Echolocatingcheese
15 күн бұрын
@@rickygamingproductionsthat's not what braindead means. Shes still conscious.
@rickygamingproductions
15 күн бұрын
@@Echolocatingcheese my bad, I couldn't exactly find the word
@sba8710
15 күн бұрын
@@Echolocatingcheeseis she aware of her surroundings at all?
@yarost12
15 күн бұрын
Locked in then?
"i feel so ugly" "Don't worry, I have this cream that'll make you too braindamaged to even care"
@Gladys954
15 күн бұрын
I'm going to hell for laughing bro
@Mereologist
15 күн бұрын
It's funny because it's true, but it's also sad because it's true.
@citlalli-in-yt
15 күн бұрын
Maybe YTs algorithm does not allow chubbyemu to say the cream was a total scam... Or maybe he does not want to say that since there is not enough evidence...
@JoeBLOWFHB
15 күн бұрын
Dr. My BrAiN hUrTz!
@goodnightmyprince6734
15 күн бұрын
Tofu-Dreg cream
As a professional chemist, working with organomercury was always stressful & a high alert day. You cannot mess around with that stuff. 😮
@spvillano
10 күн бұрын
Dr Karen Wetterhahn taught us well, complacency kills, assuming protective measures are effective without testing kills.
@BreakTheCode115
9 күн бұрын
Is that the one where you can’t even get it on a latex glove because it just goes straight through?
@spvillano
9 күн бұрын
@@BreakTheCode115 that isn't a one, it's an entire class of compounds of mercury that integrate carbon, hence organic. In the case you're speaking of, I mentioned Doctor above. She was the case that died from methylmercury drops on a latex glove. She was pretty much the world's leading expert in mercury compounds.
@lorenamcgovern
4 күн бұрын
My advice: never go near it
When working as a plumber’s apprentice I was under a very old house. Put my hand in a puddle that didn’t feel right. Looked at it and knew exactly what it was. Backed out immediately and told my boss and he didn’t believe me. Told him to take a look. Needless to say he popped out, told the owners to leave, then we all went to the hospital. Turned out it was used as a Civil War hospital back in the day. Scary stuff.
@jfaustin1742
14 күн бұрын
Omg then what happened?? Did they clean the property? Are you ok?
@Minotaur-ey2lg
14 күн бұрын
@@jfaustin1742 Yeah, my boss and I were fine. We had to visit the doctor occasionally for a few weeks before they gave us the ok. The home owners were ok too, but they had a longer series of doctors visits. Fortunately the contractors who renovated the house had sealed the floor well, so exposure in the house was minimum. Don’t know about the contractors condition.
@vincent67239
14 күн бұрын
@@jfaustin1742 He died
@fairyprincess911
13 күн бұрын
@@vincent67239That's not funny
@vincent67239
13 күн бұрын
@@fairyprincess911 😔
Imagine being thay friend and your mlm scheme got your friend legitimately braindead.
@thaloblue
14 күн бұрын
Not unheard of. Some MLMs have outright killed people.
@KaraTheGirlie
14 күн бұрын
@@thaloblue oh I know
@Tree-House69
14 күн бұрын
Who wants to bet she somehow blamed her friend who got poisoned, or just treated it like an oopsie while carrying on with her MLM scheme?
@daviddavidson2357
14 күн бұрын
Not braindead, worse, much worse. Persistent vegetative state, part of her will be partially conscious.
@mary-janereallynotsarah684
14 күн бұрын
MLM people probably don't even care. People who succeed at that are not generally good people.
thats a deep form of horror. no recovery, no autopsy.
@chickenlover657
15 күн бұрын
The autopsy will come, just give it time.
@pumkin610
15 күн бұрын
The brain is 60% fat :(
@kerrynicholls6683
15 күн бұрын
There was an autopsy. No recovery, but an autopsy would have had to be done to find the cause of death. Without it they wouldn’t know how they died, unless they found out beforehand. Everyone has a cause of death. Also he mentioned an autopsy.
@krozareq
15 күн бұрын
@@kerrynicholls6683 Not for the subject of this video. She's still "alive." He was talking about one of the poisoned girls in Japan.
@imoutocompalex
15 күн бұрын
@@kerrynicholls6683 BD is still alive. Just permanently hospitalized and cannot function while needing to be fed through a tube. That other autopsy he mentioned was the girl from Japan decades ago.
I'm working on my PhD in chemistry, and I've heard all the stories, including Karen Wetterhahn. The instant I heard him say "methylmercury" I knew this patient was royally screwed. Organic mercury compounds are so wildly dangerous. Especially since they can diffuse so easily into skin, blood, and organs. So irresponsible of that company.
@spvillano
10 күн бұрын
Not irresponsible, that would suggest a potential error, this is far more likely to be criminal in nature. To name names, a lot of Chinese products that are illicitly brought into the US are notorious for lead, methylmercury and more. Kids toys routinely get recalled due to lead paint, despite the PRC passing laws prohibiting that being used. Then, there was the melamine in the milk scandal, killed thousands, tens of thousands with badly damaged kidneys, the PRC finally checking when the body count got noticed globally and only then did they find the managers responsible for the fraud and executed them.
@jannepeltonen2036
9 күн бұрын
Yeah. That was dimethyl mercury though, not a methylmercury salt.
@toxxicx
5 күн бұрын
The various types of mercury are confusing. You can touch the kind in a thermostat, but you touch dimethylmercury and it's over.
California issues a consumer warning to avoid all creams without labels as well as creams made in homes w/o ingredients. Even 'natural and organic' skin products have ingredients listed. They also advised to not buy any creams from bodegas that looked homemade and especially skin lightening products. I didn't realize this was likely about mercury and not lead.
@vincent67239
14 күн бұрын
Yeah, Prop 65 has conditioned me to assume that there are trace amounts of lead in everything
@Ocato92
13 күн бұрын
"Organic" is a word you especially don't want to hear, when describing a mercury.
"Is there a part of the body that has more fat than others?" _reaches for belly_ "The brain ..." _"Ohhhhhh"_ 😂
@whateverppl1229
15 күн бұрын
*looks down and cant see my feet* I don't know if the brain has more...
@corvidking468
15 күн бұрын
@@whateverppl1229the brain is made almost entirely out of fats
@ShinAgro
15 күн бұрын
@@corvidking468 So is my belly
@mkjirak
15 күн бұрын
My reaction was *looks at boobs*.
@Jabarri74
15 күн бұрын
@@mkjirak I believe it also accumulates in mens balls so we don't get a free pass either
I remember the scientist that died from two drops of mercury on her hand. Mercury scares the living daylights outta me.
@Jabarri74
15 күн бұрын
At school I broke an old mercury thermometer and got told to just sweep it up with a dust pan and brush. Not sure how safe that was looking back
@jancoley9051
15 күн бұрын
Its gas that is frightening to me. Not gasoline, but gas that you can't see but it has to be contained. They had to add a bad smell to propane just so you know it's there. I refuse to have gas appliances because maybe a gas leak or explosion.
@sujimayne
15 күн бұрын
@@Jabarri74Watch the video then. It's safe.
@sujimayne
15 күн бұрын
Organic mercury* And she had two sets of gloves. She ended up dying months later. Extremely scary.
@GoroAkechi_Real
15 күн бұрын
As soon as I saw this video I knew how it would end based on that one. This is that but worse.
The fact they didn’t just send her home as “stressed” after nothing showed on the first tests is a miracle.
Fun Fact: Methylmercury is the form that we absorb from fish. It's why you should limit your intake of particularly mercury-laden species, typically predatory species. They eat other fish which contain mercury, and it builds up faster that way, than it would being absorbed from the environment.
@sebibence02
13 күн бұрын
Fun fact check: true (not fun)
@kimicalin
13 күн бұрын
My husband used to eat like 6 cans of Tuna a day and he wouldn't stop until I made him get a heavy metals blood test. Sure enough, he had elevated mercury levels.
@Aliandrin
13 күн бұрын
@@kimicalin Men think that protein is all. Predatory fish have the most protein, of any meat I think.
@MACTEP_CHOB
12 күн бұрын
Good thing fish cost a lot here lol. But you can eat small fish, they have a shorter lifespan not enough to accumulate this nasty substance@@kimicalin
@jezamoonspell221
11 күн бұрын
I don't eat any fish at all or shellfish... they will have some traces.
Ah yes, Mercury. Don't let Gwyneth Paltrow learn about this magical metal that is liquid at room temperature
@itsdokko2990
15 күн бұрын
ngl, i'm tempted to do a little widespread trolling
@budwhite9591
15 күн бұрын
Or should she😉👍🏻
@gabor6259
15 күн бұрын
Goop is poop. Peewoop!
@johannderjager4146
15 күн бұрын
Honestly, I think she should. It'd give natural-selection the helping-hands it needs.
@Sphinx077
15 күн бұрын
🤣
We should name such medical conditions after the company responsible for it. Because we should never forget what companies are willing to do to us for a cheap buck if given even half a chance.
@jancoley9051
15 күн бұрын
People renamed covid to the Fauci disease. It fits.
@mkjirak
15 күн бұрын
AMEN!
@imeakdo7
15 күн бұрын
They could just change their business and legal names then
@SigEpBlue
15 күн бұрын
Maybe we could change "PFAS contamination" to "3M Disease".
@sown-laughter4351
15 күн бұрын
despite she decided to go off grid to get face cream where its not fda related... the simple answer is stick with in store items.. she reaped what she sowed.
If I don't see ingredients on something like that, I'm immediately suspicious.
Mercury is such an interesting element. The pure metal is relatively safe if given the proper precautions, but the organometallic compounds are some of the most deadly.
@therabbithat
13 күн бұрын
Sodium chloride is necessary for life, yet free chlorine molecules are deadly
@spvillano
10 күн бұрын
@@therabbithat sodium metal isn't exactly fun to juggle either. ;) Interestingly, it wasn't all that long ago that mercurochrome and merthiolate tincture could be found inside of household medicine cabinets. Of course, those largely went away around when leaded gasoline and paint went away. Although, one can still get leaded gasoline for aircraft, as an equal or superior substitute hasn't quite been found.* *Note that I said gasoline, as in aviation gasoline, totally different beast than kerosene that's jet fuel.
@calyodelphi124
8 күн бұрын
@@spvillano An equal/superior substitute actually does exist! It's produced by Gami and it's G100UL. They've already produced most if not all of the paperwork the FAA has demanded to prove that it can be a drop-in substitute for 100LL and they've been putting pressure on the regulator to approve it, but the FAA has been dragging its feet on it all. There's also Swift UL94 which is essentially a 100LL formulation without the TEL, but it's not universally approved by piston engine manufacturers.
@spvillano
7 күн бұрын
@@calyodelphi124 glad that you mentioned that. Notably, the FAA isn't the global approval authority, each nation has their own and none have mandated those replacements for the same reason we haven't - price. I believe that the UL94 was blessed by all, but as you said, not universally approved by piston engine manufacturers and in some instances, recommended against for performance reasons.
It is wild to me that there are people out there selling toxic products like these, completely unregulated. Utterly unethical.
@TakenTook
15 күн бұрын
You can blame both the Internet and the DHSEA of 1994. Unfortunately not everything sold in the United States is actually tested for safety.
@FiredAndIced
15 күн бұрын
Capitalism under America means consumer protection is secondary to someone getting rich from other people’s miseries. It’s a miracle that the country hasn’t imploded from all the ills that comes with unregulated capitalism. Statism, personal freedom of rights (to be stupid) and “sovereign citizenry” are some of the terms “useful idiots” try and spin around critically important social issues. I bet that some of these idiots will maintain that “people should be allowed to import whatever they like because that’s how free market works!” Anyway hope that people who champion unregulated capitalism gets diethyl mercury in their skincare and food products.
@marenjones6665
15 күн бұрын
Heavy metal in skin cream is a tragedy millenia old. From Rome to China, Egypt to England, this is an old, old story.
@PG-wz7by
15 күн бұрын
I was wondering about her 'friend' that connected her up to an 'expert' who imported the cream. I guess her 'friend' didn't use the same cream.
@snikrepak
15 күн бұрын
Sounds like the ones before care not of which the new ones apply on face. @@marenjones6665
Chubbyemu posted, neuron activated
@mattplays3824
15 күн бұрын
not with this case
@Menaceblue3
15 күн бұрын
Mercury compounds in skin care products? *[Neurons_deactivated.mp3]*
@darianbarber3763
15 күн бұрын
*Neuron have failed to make a full recovery* ☠☠
@par6749
15 күн бұрын
Emergency, both remaining neurons are fighting for 3rd place
@monad_tcp
15 күн бұрын
Mercury compound, 4:38 oh no, its not elemental mercury, then it must be organo-mercury, she's so done, its over. can't do anything.
I work in an environmental lab doing mercury testing, mainly on soils, water and waste samples, however, we got a ton of skin whitening products in the day this video came out. I didn't really realize that these products were known to have mercuric salts in them, prior to running them on the instrument, so this video tied in really nicely with something I had been experiencing at work! A neat coincidence.
@mumbles215
2 күн бұрын
No such thing as a coincidence my friend. Best of luck at your work. Keep us safe!! Cheers
My dad just ate beets that expired 10 years ago. They were brown/black. Currently following him around with a camera for your next episode
@Mytommyj22
11 күн бұрын
😂😂😂😂
@Stratos1988
8 күн бұрын
"what'a doin' kiddo ?" "Documenting a case"
I did not expect to learn why burning hair smells so bad from this video
Well at least the mercury was ethically sourced.
@jaerik99
15 күн бұрын
Organic, even!
@miltonbates6425
15 күн бұрын
Yeah, I love it when my poisons are ethically-sourced. Really makes feel like I'm making a difference, y'know...
@itsdokko2990
15 күн бұрын
yeah, i mean, people love their organic foods, right? so what's wrong with some organic mercury? for a #GMOFreeLife, amirite?
@paulkita
15 күн бұрын
Only buy free-range mercury
@emmapeel8163
15 күн бұрын
@@paulkita.. grass fed, free range mercury 😆
Thanks. My wife just bought some creams from Indonesia that are sold through MLM. I'm going straight upstairs to check what's in them, and if there's anything Mercury I'm showing her your video. Edit: Ingredients list seems all okay and they are made in Korea, as well as being sold openly in the EU, so I'm guessing all is fine. None of them advertise a whitening function either.
@harunmusa8693
11 күн бұрын
Don't touch that stuff man... 👀
@sunstripe85
11 күн бұрын
I would still show her this video
@yorisa6185
9 күн бұрын
what's the name of this cream btw? i'm from indo so i can look it up if you want to
@despacito377
4 күн бұрын
No reply after 10 days …wonder if he’s ok 👀
That `friend` should be investigated
@mumbles215
2 күн бұрын
Whats with hot girls and nose rings? Why? Such a turn off almost like blue hair. Look at me I’m diff, I have a nose ring
Mercury straight to the face. It's terrible knowing an outcome before you even watch the video.
@PG-wz7by
15 күн бұрын
This was an especially nightmarish episode.
@astraeanova4280
15 күн бұрын
I've been using a moisturizer from Japan for a year, I wonder where I can get it tested.
@PG-wz7by
15 күн бұрын
@@astraeanova4280 Japan is very aware of mercury poisoning as well as having high quality control. You're probably good as long as the ingredients are listed.
@wolfzmusic9706
14 күн бұрын
@astraeanova4280 your profile picture scares me
@titiajidagba8014
14 күн бұрын
@@astraeanova4280 what's the name? it's probably legit
ORGANIC MERCURY? 😳😱☠️. And she had been rubbing it on her face? For YEARS? That poor woman
@mariamaria2751
13 күн бұрын
Used to be in face cream in the 20s or something.
@bian7744
12 күн бұрын
😳😱☠️
@MACTEP_CHOB
12 күн бұрын
This is something medieval actually@@mariamaria2751
@spvillano
10 күн бұрын
@@mariamaria2751 well, that and lead were both common in cosmetic products. We didn't regulate foods or drugs at all until a rather wealthy young woman was poisoned with thorium water. Then, there suddenly was an interest in regulating foods and drugs. And alas, I'm actually not joking.
@charlesclements9672
10 күн бұрын
YOU SPOILED ME!!
Damn, with a friend like this who introduced her to the face cream, who needs enemies? I hope at least they sued the living shit out of someone responsible.
i live in indonesia and it's actually crazy how widespread and easily accessible mercury skin cream is. brain damage so just you can get instant smooth and light skin.
Here comes the guy who inspired me to become a forensic toxicologist!! Yay!! Thanks Dr. B!
@flymousechiu
15 күн бұрын
what % of cases you have been in are related to drug od tho?
@kittenbouquet
15 күн бұрын
That must be a really interesting job!
@laratheplanespotter
15 күн бұрын
@@flymousechiu only just qualified!
@laratheplanespotter
15 күн бұрын
@@kittenbouquet it is! I wanted to be a pathologist but that would mean going out to crime scenes and I don’t like them!
@chickenlover657
15 күн бұрын
@@laratheplanespotter So now you just gonna take samples from corpses in the comfort of your mortuary?
Qin Shi Huang was super close to inventing human immortality, he just had to find a way around the mercury poisoning
@Silent_Valor
15 күн бұрын
W
@Tormekia
15 күн бұрын
It does cure old age! Dead people don't get older.
@user-vw1ss4yf8l
15 күн бұрын
And all other part of periodic table which happens to be in his mixture
@artyjnrii
15 күн бұрын
If you eat 100g of Mercury with breakfast every day, it's basically impossible to die of old age.
@georgeofhamilton
15 күн бұрын
Imagine if the key to immortality were actually something poisonous. Like, it keeps you from dying to any other cause, but it also kills you itself.
Thank you!! It helps me accept the way my skin is. Thank you!! Being ugly might be saving my life.
I came really close to getting exposed to mercury at an environmental lab i used to work at. My boss wanted us to rush some total solids testing on soils we had just gotten earlier that day from some gov contract. The soils were clearly from a marsh of some sort and had a very noticeable metal tint to them similar what youd expect from an oil spill. I refused to do a total solids test until we got results back from our metals lab, which was standard. My boss was pissed, he's not a chemist and ran the lab about as well as you'd expect from a business man. Sure enough when the results came back they were extremely high in a variety heavy metals including mercury. Our TS test was just drying soils in our oven which would have likely caused my and my coworkers to get exposed to mercury and whatever else some corp decided to dump into the earth to save a buck.
@humpheryflaubert8172
11 күн бұрын
You've got love higher ups. Profits before people. I'm glad to hear you didn't buckle under pressure.
@EldonJohansen
7 күн бұрын
Those oven should be vented
If methylmecrury is bad, dimethylmercury is even more insane. The story of the researcher who got a few drops on her gloves and died from it is absolutely crazy.
@elkemist
15 күн бұрын
he has literally already done a video on that researcher
@elkemist
15 күн бұрын
if you already knew sorry for the comment !!
@jamesw2831
15 күн бұрын
It was this case that led me to believe she was not going to be making a recovery
@OArchivesX
14 күн бұрын
That was way more concentrated, and yea the glove did nothing
@iankrasnow5383
14 күн бұрын
Methylmercury is a functional group and Dimethylmercury is a full compound which contains methylmercury. So it could be dimethylmercury. All we know is it is some organic contaminant that contains mercury. It's a very general term that could apply to tons of chemical compounds.
Heavy metal poisoning? This isn't gonna go well.
@bonafidehomicide5742
15 күн бұрын
I've been poisoned by heavy metal! It's not too bad, my taste in music improved, but I can't stop headbanging...
@romusz
15 күн бұрын
Mustve been from a Scorpion.
@jefflebowski918
15 күн бұрын
Listening to Freddie Mercury.
@ajornadareal
14 күн бұрын
@@romusz HAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA
@LilWeed69
14 күн бұрын
when are w gonna have Nu Metal poisoning? 🥺
My question is, what happened to that “friend” that was also supposedly using that cream? 🤔
I found an old, glass container of liquid mercury in my grandfather's garage. It wasn't completely sealed, and there's a bit of orange, rusty stuff, at the bottom. I found out, that's from decades of exposure to moisture. I was shocked by how heavy it is. There's a little less than 10 lbs of it. Papa refused to tell us where he hid it, because he knew we'd want to turn it over to the proper organization, for disposal. I found it, on my own, and I showed it to my son, and we watched plenty of videos about the different types of mercury poisoning, so now he's terrified of going near it. We're all afraid of the vapors. I can't find any place, nearby, that will come pick it up. My car is still broken down. But it's too dangerous to keep. I'll find a way to get it to the proper people.
@techheck3358
12 күн бұрын
If you live near an educational institution, you could give their chemistry departament a call to see if they would be interested in it. Or you could call a hospital or fire department (non-emergency line), they usually have hazardous materials training
Karen Wetterhahn (previously covered on this channel) was doomed by 2 drops of organic mercury on her glove. So repeated exposure with a methylmercury cream over several years? The dosage must have been really low and BD was unluckily lucky to have survived. Heartbreaking Edit: Thanks for the corrections
@bonafidehomicide5742
15 күн бұрын
Years
@bloemen34
15 күн бұрын
It was 7 years
@antoniusbaswara8477
15 күн бұрын
KW's case was published in 1998 and DB's case was in 2019 (see video's description). Surely a lot of doctors already aware about organic mercury poisoning by now.
@BoloH.
15 күн бұрын
It was also dimethyl mercury in Karen's case
@FDL_1401
15 күн бұрын
That was dimethyl mercury, maybe its more toxic than methylmercury? Also yeah, its reasonable to expect that a chemist might work with things way more concentrated than what's commercially available for consumers
Rule for life: Avoid being in a Chubbyemu video. That’s all.
@michah7214
15 күн бұрын
Or being in storms reported by Jim Cantore...
@freestonew
15 күн бұрын
@@michah7214 Or even in storms where he would have been there if he could get there in time! Tallahassee, Florida May 10th. TWO tornadoes in city and both intersected to become one tornado. The art district was Homoginized! Hundreds of trees down on one golf course. A tree-covered development might as well now have a sign reading, welcome to ..xxx...*certified* tree free!
@Irish_Georgia_Girl
15 күн бұрын
Definitely! Or a Mr. Ballen video
@BlackSeranna
14 күн бұрын
Or a Brew video.
@alyssarains6637
13 күн бұрын
I hope that we never are in any medical case KZreadr's report. Cause I'd like to have my medial problems be hidden from the internet. I'm already paranoid over my health dont need to be paranoid about this.
I accidentally broke a Mercury thermometer when I was a kid and touched it, and I always worried that I got Mercury poisoning. But at least this video is kind of put me at ease
@MACTEP_CHOB
12 күн бұрын
I even played with it ) You can even eat it, but sniffing is a bad idea.
@lagrangiankid378
Күн бұрын
@@MACTEP_CHOBDon't eat it though as it's likely far from pure and some more easily absorbed mercury compounds might be in it.
@MACTEP_CHOB
Күн бұрын
@@lagrangiankid378 I saw a guy drinking it lol. I believe they treated constipation with it back in the day.
@lagrangiankid378
Күн бұрын
@@MACTEP_CHOB yes, this is true, but it's not reccomended. It's still mercury after all...
Don’t name diseases after location. Name it after the company or the perpetrator
Mercury poisoning is terrifying. Slowly building up and only becoming obvious when it's too late. Same as rabies and a few other diseases/conditions. Our already massively limited time on this earth is like rolling a number of dice each day, with a chance of 1 landing on death.
@FunSizeSpamberguesa
15 күн бұрын
Man, I never would have thought to compare it to rabies, but you are so right.
@RNAxRibose
15 күн бұрын
Rabies Prions Heavy Metal Poisonibg are all nightmares.
I always thought the worst thing I could hear in a Chubbyemu video was "at autopsy". But being turned into a vegetable is far worse 😨
@LoveClassicMusic0205
15 күн бұрын
It's probably even worse than that. She might be fully conscious but unable to move or communicate with others.
@neo.3
14 күн бұрын
it's definitely worse because amidst the eternal anguish she's still alive
@MrNicoJac
14 күн бұрын
@@LoveClassicMusic0205 I _strongly_ doubt her mind is still intact and _only_ her motor control regions got affected. The fat in the brain is not concentrated in one area, is it? The motor neurons are not chemically different from those that lead to consciousness or our personality, right? So she probably is as good at thinking/forming thoughts as she is at saying them or taking action on them. A horrible fate.
@lebby1688
14 күн бұрын
Yeah if that ever happens to me I want the Old Yeller treatment.
This is horrific because why would she remotely suspect that a cream would contain mercury
To think that before the 1920s, lead, mercury, & arsenic were commonly sold in skin creams.
Any company puting any form of murcury in products should have their corporate staff thrown in jail.
@Rwdphotos
15 күн бұрын
Vaccinations may have a compound that incorporates mercury, but it doesn’t absorb into the body. Not all organic compounds that contain mercury are equal.
@Jabarri74
15 күн бұрын
Probably some guy on a farm in Uzbekistan, she had no clue where it came from
@eightcoins4401
15 күн бұрын
With the story of how she got the cream, i dont think this is realistic. Those shady MLM type "miracle" products tend to come from third world countries where laws against these sort of things arent enforced.
@Jabarri74
15 күн бұрын
@@eightcoins4401 Probably to avoid a slander lawsuit I'd change a few details too, even if it was justified
@PaulSteMarie
15 күн бұрын
Most likely India, which has a lot of "traditional remedies" full of lead and mercury. Someone says "traditional remedy", I'm outta there. European, Indian, Chinese: they all are 98% hokum. There are some non-bs remedies in the lot, but they are few and far between.
Wow. We got hit with the "could NOT make a recovery"
Every time I'm about to consume something questionable, I think about my future as a Chubbyemu video, and I'm suddenly inspired to be smarter.
*sees mercury in the title:* “Ah, sh!t, here we go again “ 😢
Anything to do with the brain terrifies me! I’m currently recovering (slowly!!!!) from concussion. I don’t take my brain for granted anymore. Even scarier: I remember playing with mercury as a child in the 70s. More than once. We thought it was so cool.
@thor1829
15 күн бұрын
Mercury as a metal in its liquid form isn't too bad, it's the vapours that are quite bad, but even so, the amount of exposure you had probably isn't something that would cause long-term problems. Now, the organomercury compounds like what BD is exposed to, oh boy, those are absolutely terrifying. In fact, methylmercury is one of the worst organomercury compounds in existence.
@bjs301
15 күн бұрын
I grew up inn the 60s, and we definitely played with mercury. My RN mother freaked out every time she found us with it. I wish you the best in your TBI recovery.
@bvillebikelady3651
15 күн бұрын
We also used Mercurachrome for cuts and scrapes. Stung like the dickens!
@adrenalinestairz5068
15 күн бұрын
I've suffered from three severe concussions in the past so I can relate. It felt like water in a plastic bag that was full with a hat on my head. I didn't feel pain or get a headache. The reason it felt like that is because of cerebral fluid leaking or something. I didn't lose conscience and I still remember them happening. I was skiing on ice and lost my balance and fell hard on my forehead at a fast speed.(my skull caused the ice to crack 😂 and fall down the mountain lol) The Dr who treated me told me that he was shocked that I didn't crack my skull nor lose conscience. That was one time. I'm lucky to still be alive and I'm also hard headed. After having my concussions I had dreams that my computer was being fixed I was fixing it myself.I was trying to delete some files but they were unable to be deleted. I knew what that dream meant. The other two were due to accidents because I wasn't thinking about what I was doing.
@jamesshepherd5805
15 күн бұрын
@@adrenalinestairz5068bruh
It's been many years since the Karen Wetterhahn video, and mercury poisoning has come back around as the cause and subject once again. And there's something chilling about this being the first video (to my recollection) where the final summary was "Could not make a recovery." No "At autopsy" either, meaning she was technically still alive but in that state which could scarcely be called 'living.'
@annepjulien5328
13 күн бұрын
That last line was the most terrifying bit of all. 😞
The sad thing is a lot of beauty products containing mercury still available in my country. Even some people proudly promoting the products :(
remember everyone: age is a gift. Age and beauty are not mutually exclusive. The only reason signs of aging are marketed as "ugly" is because they happen to everyone, and thus "solutions" to things that were never problems can be sold to anyone.
Fun Fact did you know that the character of the Mad Hatter from Lewis Caroll's Alice In Wonderland his madness comes from mercury posioning as mercury was key in making hats by making the felt go stiff to mold the shape of the hat.
@MonolithicCyanTsunami
14 күн бұрын
Cool, I never knew about that
@nicolab2075
14 күн бұрын
@@MonolithicCyanTsunami Hence the phrase 'as mad as a hatter'
@judithkimmerling770
14 күн бұрын
Yep, I knew that and it’s because I had a “tailor’s bunion”. Most people have bunions on their great toe. Mine was below my little toe on the edge of my foot. They call it a “tailor’s bunion” because tailors sat cross-legged when they sewed, causing a foot deformity. P.S. I got my foot fixed and made…a FULL recovery. 😉
A man received a notification from his KZread app. This is what happened to his dopamine levels!
@Eysc
15 күн бұрын
funny
@dougradtke
15 күн бұрын
Muscle spasms and involuntary eye movements with profuse drooling he presents to the emergency room with minimal brain activity where we are now
@neo.3
14 күн бұрын
a notification from Chubbyemu specifically*
@Eyyyy.416
14 күн бұрын
Hyperchubbyemuemia Hyper meaning high, chubbyemu referring to a KZread channel covering medical cases. emia, presence in blood. High presence of chubbyemu videos in blood.
I have never used any face creams. But I have listened to every episode of "monsters inside me" so now I am paranoid that every pimple could be leishmaniasis and every headache a brain eating amoeba. I really should stop binging this type of content.
At least the cream had ORGANIC ingredients
the product advertising does not lie. it is certainly anti-aging. it just does not stress that it means you will not live enough to be old.
@apothic0n
13 күн бұрын
Nah she will still live to be old, just after like 40 years of being unable to move, eat, or talk
I love it when my poisons are ethically-sourced. Really makes feel like I'm making a difference, y'know...
This is why I love learning about medicine. Even if I'm not educated enough to diagnose, I'm at least educated enough to know how to notice very scary symptoms. Your videos, and the knowledge you provide has actually saved lives. Thank you.
@BaygelsOrSomething
7 күн бұрын
9th niko pfp spotted since ive played oneshot
@Naev0w0
7 күн бұрын
@@BaygelsOrSomething niko!
This is the first time I've heard Chubbyemu say that a patient didn't make a recovery without dying.
My guess is her inability to “make a recovery” means severe lifelong physical and cognitive impairment or death.
@anerdygoldenagesoprano
15 күн бұрын
She didn't die. He would have said "at autopsy" I think. She just can't speak or feed herself :(
@banellie
15 күн бұрын
@@anerdygoldenagesoprano "just"
@lefase4608
15 күн бұрын
@@anerdygoldenagesoprano not necessarily. If her illness was well documented, and nothing else is evident for any other contributing factor (trauma, other illness not found that sped up death, etc), it might have been enough to not need an autopsy (if anyone knows better, feel free to correct me on the above). I also didn't read the case report he linked. For all I know, she did continue living, but severely disabled. I'm just saying, not everyone who dies is autopsied. *EDIT: I did read the report he's talking about. She didn't die, but was left unable to verbalize or care for herself, so she was left severely disabled.
@anerdygoldenagesoprano
15 күн бұрын
@@banellie I wasn't trying to downplay with "just". I find it incredibly sad and unfortunate. It's a specifier similar to only, followed by a list of qualifiers. Speaking and eating were the abilities taken away by the poisoning. Apologies if my tone seems rude or cold. I'm autistic
@anerdygoldenagesoprano
15 күн бұрын
@@lefase4608 hence the "I think". I simply noticed ChubbyEmu usually says this if the patient died
Organomercury compounds are absolutely terrifying, and she was unwittingly rubbing it on her face *twice daily*. Yikes.
It's so interesting to see the similarities to the organic mercury case Edit: oh that's because it IS organic mercury related
Yooooo that switch from normal hand to the nerves at 6:42 is sick
@E.Pierro.Artist
7 күн бұрын
It's from the newest Tool music video.
@e-tone312
7 күн бұрын
@@E.Pierro.Artist I wish there was a new Tool mv 😭
I played with broken thermometers a few times as a kid. Glad to know I'm not suffering from mercury poisoning.
@user-hr3tx6uu9o
12 күн бұрын
I did too. Played with a silver ball of mercury from a broken thermometer as a kid
@Stratos1988
8 күн бұрын
You are on youtube, I'd say that's close to a symptom
@gamejunk1e
8 күн бұрын
@@Stratos1988you are on KZread as well, does that mean you have mercury poisoning?
@Stratos1988
8 күн бұрын
@@gamejunk1e Bruv, I had brain glioma when 8. Think it also counts as F'ed up head
This is frightening. That poor woman. And I wonder how her friend felt, whether she had problems.
@bonafidehomicide5742
15 күн бұрын
Lol her "friend" didn't use it, she just sold it to her. Probably MLM style.
@vaiapatta8313
13 күн бұрын
@@bonafidehomicide5742 we don't know that. Maybe she just wasn't using it very often, so she was taking longer to show symptoms.
I figured this would be mercury, but I'm honestly surprised it was organic mercury exposure for 7 years. I'm recalling the chemist that accidently spilled some on her gloved hand and just that small, acute exposure was enough to cause rapid deterioration. I suppose I was unaware that there were different forms of organic mercury.
My brother, this is the best video you've done yet. Great job, I love it!
Wow not even A recovery this time. Horrific consequences from something seemingly insignificant
@zenithperigee7442
15 күн бұрын
@cesarburgos3055, I'm trying to understand how she was applying this stuff for 7 years and I'm just wondering did it take that long to build up to that or was a particular batch contaminated/overly-concentrated....
@PG-wz7by
15 күн бұрын
@@zenithperigee7442 I wonder about that, too, because no one buys seven years worth of face cream. That would be a long term contamination of the supply and effect many people.
@middleagebrotips3454
14 күн бұрын
Mercury in the brain causes permanent damage
@EldestZelot
14 күн бұрын
@@zenithperigee7442She was taking lightening creams for 7 years she took that one for 3 weeks, Chubbyemu said so in the video.
@thomasneal9291
14 күн бұрын
@@zenithperigee7442 because it is about saturation levels. think of a glass you are slowly filling with water: you can fill it and fill it and fill it, and absolutely nothing is wrong right up until the point where it spills over the edge. takes a long time to get significant levels of mercury poisoning at low concentrations.
I have used and still sometimes use anti-wrinkle and skin lightening creams, particularly Retin-A and Triluma, but who would use a product recommended by a friend with no label, nothing? That's insane.
@eightcoins4401
15 күн бұрын
These sort of things exist as a scheme because enough people fall for them for it to be lucrative. Besides, MLMs use that route since even intelligent people can be manipulated socially.
@leolita2001
15 күн бұрын
@@eightcoins4401 I don’t know, to me it’s common sense that you don’t put something on your skin if you don’t at least know what it contains
@Irish_Georgia_Girl
15 күн бұрын
If a friend recommends it a lot of people will fall for it.
@leolita2001
15 күн бұрын
@@Irish_Georgia_Girl If a friend recommends a commercial product to me, I can fall for it, but this is like a black box, no label, nothing online, no brand? In the age of the internet? No way :)
@Mammel248
14 күн бұрын
Well there are still plenty of people who believe evolution isn't real and that the earth is flat so honestly not very surprising :P
Hey Doc! I just wanted to say I just signed up to nebula because of you. I *LOVE* your content and I'm so excited to see more of it. That platform looks well worth it as well. Thank you for all you do. ⚕
Thank you, my favorite chubby emu!! My friend from work and i were just today discussing methods to alleviate age spots. I hope to see her again soon and tell her about this short.
Did anyone else’s insides churn when the person was GLIDING THEIR HAND THROUGH THE MERCURY 😱
@pokemongo-py6yq
15 күн бұрын
Yeah i wondered how well it would absorb through a paper cut or abrasion.
@nerfherder4284
15 күн бұрын
Learn some stuff please. Elemental mercury isn't as dangerous as organic mercury Vapor or the form used in the cream.
@Sashazur
15 күн бұрын
@@nerfherder4284not just “isn’t as dangerous” but really way way less dangerous. You can even eat elemental mercury and it will come out the other end so fast it won’t do harm (just don’t make a habit of it).
@chianne_away_
14 күн бұрын
@@nerfherder4284 I’m not a chemist or in medicine. I’m only going off basic knowledge of what I was taught “mercury = bad to touch, eat or breathe”. Which I feel like will keep me alive and not in a chubbyemu video, Thank you 👍🏼
@altrag
14 күн бұрын
I'm pretty sure that clip was from an old (1950s or 1960s) science education video. Unlike radiation, the dangers of mercury would have been well-known by the time that one was made and the participant almost certainly would have taken the necessary precautions (ie: wearing a mask to prevent inhalation of any fumes it released, thorough hand-washing after the recording session completed, etc. Hopefully would have thought to also wash the tools and basin but who knows on that front).
All she was trying to do was take care of herself and to look her best, how heartbreaking 😢
@negart7744
15 күн бұрын
😢
@Em-ih5du
15 күн бұрын
Heartbreaking, yes. Taking care of herself? Ehhhhh. Blemishes are harmless. We all grow older. It's vanity that make us want to look 20 forever.
@tonysmith9905
14 күн бұрын
@@Em-ih5du Wanting to look good isn't necessarily "vanity". Vanity itself is an extreme case where you develop negative behaviors associated with your looks or maintaining them. Wanting to get rid of blemishes isn't necessarily vanity my friend.
@MrNicoJac
14 күн бұрын
@@tonysmith9905 Poisoning yourself with mercury to get rid of blemishes _is_ vanity. She could have gone with anything that _was_ sold legally, or FDA approved. She _chose_ to heed her MLM friend's recommendation 😢 (note: I still wouldn't say that this is what she deserved - but I am putting this lesson in my folder of Preventable Bad Life Choices)
I have been having a headache, vertigo and neurological problems for a year now. My mai is normal. I did a hair porosity test which showed high levels of mercury. This video said that may not be accurate but I'm terrified hearing she didn't make a recovery, I have no idea how to get better and it's taking over my life.
This was one of the moat educational and intriguing stories to date. Also, best nebula subscription advert Ive ever watched at the end.
>chubbyemu uploaded >mercury in title >brain in the same title >>Dr. Karen Wetterhahn case study flashbacks.
@shinigamikurosaki5417
14 күн бұрын
That's what came to me
Chubbyemu titles are always something along the lines of “ a man accidentally gave himself a paper cut. This is what happened to his skeleton“
@jamesthesurgeon
14 күн бұрын
"DE, a thirty two year old man, has broke all his bones from falling down the stairs, it seems he went blind in both his eyes when he happened to walk into a stack of paper on a shelf. he was able to make, *A* recovery"
This is a fantastic way to learn biochemistry!
I was expecting "Why was the mercury in the cream? it turns out the friends magical supplier is what drs refer to as TellaEtha MoraniUm T.E.M.U for short"
I would still like to see a video on the 1973 PBB poisoning of nearly the entire state of Michigan, and what it does to the body and brain. Most especially is the fact that it can be passed from mother to child via breast feeding. At one time, all mothers in Michigan were not supposed to breast feed. But nobody wanted to talk about the whole sordid affair, and that warning was never widely announced. This resulted in roughly 95% of Michiganders still having trace amounts of polybrominated biphenyl in their system, even those born decades after the incident.
@Jabarri74
15 күн бұрын
I was intrigued and discovered a documentary by '13 on your side' on yt. I'm off to watch it as I was completely unaware of this, ty for the information
@jdlech
15 күн бұрын
@@Jabarri74 I was a 6yo heavy milk drinker at the time. I got a big dose of it. Have had troubles ever since.
@LoveClassicMusic0205
15 күн бұрын
I'm from Michigan, born in 1969, and don't have any health related issues from PBB. I don't know anyone else who does either. I think they made a bigger deal of it than necessary. I'm not saying it was a good thing, but people aren't dropping dead from it either.
@Jabarri74
15 күн бұрын
@@LoveClassicMusic0205 I think its more insidious than that, watch the documentary I linked, I just finished it
@Jabarri74
15 күн бұрын
@@jdlech After looking at the poor cattle it was fed to and what it did to them I'm not surprised
poor girl 😢shame on those criminals selling mercury and other contaminated things on the internets.
Love all your vids. every single one of them. youre an amazing and beloved creator
I'm scheduling a DMSA check now! Thank you emu!!!
My love of these videos rises and falls in direct proportion to the number of aches and pains I have at any given time.
"...as she could not make A recovery." Damn, I cant tell if that's worse than "at autopsy" or not.
@Irish_Georgia_Girl
15 күн бұрын
YES... she's locked in her body
@aoelp
15 күн бұрын
It is, unless she has somehow prepared her peers for such a scenario.
@BrianHartman
15 күн бұрын
It's hard to tell. I think the only thing that could mitigate it (maybe) is if she's lost her mental faculties to the point where she's unaware of what's happening to her. That's awful to think about, obviously, but it would spare her from conscious suffering.
There's a lot of cool/interesting info here! Thank you for doing these videos!
Oh my Lord. What a truly shocking and horrific thing to happen. I feel so sad for her and her family. Thankyou for your informative channel. I believe you are providing an amazing service, to help protect people in the future. I truly love your channel. 🌟🌟🌟
Your videos are both public health information and fascinating insights into the science of these awful conditions. You should be proud of your work because this is one of the best channels on youtube. Thanks for another great video.
"She had trouble speaking because her family couldn't understand what she was saying"?? Wouldn't that be the other way around?
@GrammarSplaining
14 күн бұрын
I noticed that, too!
@wolfzmusic9706
14 күн бұрын
Not necessarily. Maybe part of it initially was she couldn't be bothered to speak since nobody could understand her, but then it turned into actually not being able to speak
Been subscribed to Nebula since you first promoted & published on it. Interesting platform, Chubbyemu is still my favorite channel there!
@edlizard
13 күн бұрын
Did you do the $30 for the year or $250 a month ?
Presenting to the emergency room☝️
@tranquilrabies
15 күн бұрын
PRESENTING!!! in the emergency room-type place...
Another amazing episode, but on the Lifetime once payment of Nebula, it's finally like some people are starting to understand that some consumers will NEVER do paid subscriptions, no matter the service, so it provides me with immense comfort that Nebula is now offering this!
Thank you for filling the Mystery Diagnosis shaped hole in my heart.
Very interesting channel, I like all the biochemical details. Learning new things every day!
Anyone else point their finger when he says "preSENting to the emergency room"?
@Jabarri74
15 күн бұрын
But where was mitochondria, the powerhouse of the cell? Did I miss it?
@FireCracker3240
15 күн бұрын
👆👆
@ouwebrood497
15 күн бұрын
All the time. Also mumbling 'where we are now'.
@neo.3
14 күн бұрын
dr: ... "unconscious" me: *raises eyebrows* "unconscious"