Rainwater everywhere on Earth unsafe to drink due to ‘forever chemicals’, study finds https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/08/04/rainwater-everywhere-on-earth-unsafe-to-drink-due-to-forever-chemicals-study-finds
Rainwater everywhere on Earth unsafe to drink due to ‘forever chemicals’, study finds https://www.euronews.com/green/2022/08/04/rainwater-everywhere-on-earth-unsafe-to-drink-due-to-forever-chemicals-study-finds 2 comments
Remarkably low resolution news item. Tracked it down: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.2c02765 Pivotal to the report is the relatively low limits that the US places on these chemicals, between 4 and 20 picograms per liter. I wonder about the details there. Might not be a problem much longer, given our new Supreme Court configuration :-( |
@yogthos
First thing that came to mind🤣
Yeah. I know. Not funny but if you can't get a good cynical laugh from #ecocide and self-extermination what's the point of living?
"Ripper: Mandrake?
Mandrake: Yes, Jack?
Ripper: Have you ever seen a Commie drink a glass of water?
Mandrake: Well, I can't say I have, Jack.
Ripper: Vodka, that's what they drink, isn't it? Never water?
Mandrake: Well, I-I believe that's what they drink, Jack, yes.
Ripper: On no account will a Commie ever drink water, and not without good reason.
Mandrake: Oh, eh, yes. I, uhm, can't quite see what you're getting at, Jack.
Ripper: Water, that's what I'm getting at, water. Mandrake, water is the source of all life. Seven-tenths of this Earth's surface is water. Why, do you realize that 70 percent of you is water?
Mandrake (muttering): Good Lord!
Ripper: And as human beings, you and I need fresh, pure water to replenish our precious bodily fluids.
Mandrake: Yes. (he begins to chuckle nervously)
Ripper: Are you beginning to understand?
Mandrake: Yes. (more laughter)
Ripper: Mandrake. Mandrake, have you never wondered why I drink only distilled water, or rainwater, and only pure-grain alcohol?
Mandrake: Well, it did occur to me, Jack, yes." https://www.filmsite.org/drst3.html
@yogthos
First thing that came to mind🤣
Yeah. I know. Not funny but if you can't get a good cynical laugh from #ecocide and self-extermination what's the point of living?
"Ripper: Mandrake?
Mandrake: Yes, Jack?
Ripper: Have you ever seen a Commie drink a glass of water?
Mandrake: Well, I can't say I have, Jack.
Ripper: Vodka, that's what they drink, isn't it? Never water?
Mandrake: Well, I-I believe that's what they drink, Jack, yes.
Ripper: On no account will a Commie ever drink water, and not...