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Is it Safe to Eat Snow?
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A story published by Outside Magazine, and recently posted on the Youtube homepage asks the question:
'Is it Safe to Eat Snow'
Link to original article: [link to getpocket.com (secure)]
The article states: Snow’s pristine looks can be deceiving. Most of us have heard of acid rain, but we talk less about acid snow. Because of how snow is formed, it should, in theory, be cleaner than rain, says Fengjing Liu, a hydrologist and biogeochemist at Michigan Tech. “During the formation of ice crystals, few impurities fit into the crystal,” he says, adding that the process of water being supercooled by low temperatures can almost act as a filtration system, pushing impurities out.
But then there’s that whole falling-to-earth problem. “In some studies, snow appears to maybe even be a better collector of heavy metals and other pollutants in the atmosphere than rainfall, because it has a larger surface area and slower velocity,” explains Jordy Hendrikx, director of the Snow and Avalanche Laboratory at Montana State University.
NOW THE GLP QUESTION?
Is it safe to eat snow? Why or Why Not?
Big, BIG Conspiracy here folks. Read the article.
It's snowing outside for many of you right now. What do you think?
Let's talk about this!
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