McCall McPhersonFounder, Modern Thyroid Clinic.

The Shocking Way Your Lungs Absorb Toxins Every Day!

13 Nov 2024 · 1 min

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A short YouTube segment (speaker: McCall McPherson) explaining that the lungs efficiently absorb airborne pollutants and toxins—potentially up to ~100% for very small particles—so inhalation rapidly delivers contaminants into the bloodstream. The clip contrasts this with skin absorption, which the speaker states is about 60–70% and acts as a protective barrier.

Questions this video answers

Up to 100% for toxins/pollutants (especially if particles are small enough).

About 60–70% (skin acts as a protective barrier).

Chapters

Number one. Like, as a clinician, we learned, listen, like, the fastest way to get pollutants into our bloodstream is through breathing. So our lungs are very, very efficient at absorbing things because we have to survive on oxygen, right? So we absorb that oxygen through our lungs and we transport it directly through our body. So essentially what that means is they can. Our lungs can absorb 100% of toxins or if, especially if they're small enough, pollutants, and immediately integrate those into our physiology, into our body. Whereas, like skin, we only absorb 60 to 70% of things through our skin. Like, our skin acts as, like, this protective barrier.