08-09-2022, 08:01 PM
A new study is out, suggesting rainwater is unsafe to drink, even in remote areas on earth. Which presumably includes rainwater catchment in Hawaii:
A new study conducted by researchers from Stockholm University and ETH Zurich suggests that rainwater contains per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), human-made chemicals used in a wide range of consumer and industrial products. They are known as ‘forever chemicals’ because they don’t decompose in the environment. But what the study demonstrates is that these "forever chemicals" are now spread globally in the atmosphere so that they can be found in the rainwater and snow in even the most remote and isolated locations on Earth.
https://interestingengineering.com/health/the-risk-of-forever-chemicals-in-rainwater-is-global-now?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=organic&utm_content=Aug08
A new study conducted by researchers from Stockholm University and ETH Zurich suggests that rainwater contains per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), human-made chemicals used in a wide range of consumer and industrial products. They are known as ‘forever chemicals’ because they don’t decompose in the environment. But what the study demonstrates is that these "forever chemicals" are now spread globally in the atmosphere so that they can be found in the rainwater and snow in even the most remote and isolated locations on Earth.
https://interestingengineering.com/health/the-risk-of-forever-chemicals-in-rainwater-is-global-now?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=organic&utm_content=Aug08