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Can you drink rainwater at sea?

Rainwater everywhere is unsafe to drink For one well-known substance, the “cancer-causing perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)”, water guideline values have declined by 37.5 million times in the US. Based on the latest US guidelines for PFOA in drinking water, rainwater everywhere would be judged unsafe to drink.

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Rainwater almost everywhere on Earth has unsafe levels of ‘forever chemicals’, according to new research. Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a large family of human-made chemicals that don’t occur in nature. They are known as ‘forever chemicals’ because they don’t break down in the environment. They have non-stick or stain repellent properties so can be found in household items like food packaging, electronics, cosmetics and cookware. But now researchers at the University of Stockholm have found them in rainwater in most locations on the planet - including Antarctica. There is no safe space to escape them.

Rainwater everywhere is unsafe to drink

Safe guideline levels for some of these forever chemicals have dropped dramatically over the last two decades due to new insights into their toxicity. “There has been an astounding decline in guideline values for PFAS in drinking water in the last 20 years,” says Ian Cousins, lead author of the study and professor at the Department of Environmental Science, Stockholm University. For one well-known substance, the “cancer-causing perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)”, water guideline values have declined by 37.5 million times in the US. Based on the latest US guidelines for PFOA in drinking water, rainwater everywhere would be judged unsafe to drink. Ian Cousins Lead author of the study “Based on the latest US guidelines for PFOA in drinking water, rainwater everywhere would be judged unsafe to drink,” he says. "Although in the industrial world we don’t often drink rainwater, many people around the world expect it to be safe to drink and it supplies many of our drinking water sources.”

What risk do ‘forever chemicals’ pose to our health?

The health risks of being exposed to these substances have been researched widely. Scientists say that they could be linked to fertility problems, increased risk of cancer and developmental delays in children. But others say that no cause and effect can be proven between these chemicals and poor health. Though we don't usually drink rainwater it does feed the water sources we rely on. Pixabay Despite this, and as a result of this new research, some are calling for tighter restrictions on PFAS. “It cannot be that some few benefit economically while polluting the drinking water for millions of others, and causing serious health problems,” says Dr Jane Muncke, managing director of the Food Packing Foundation in Zurich who wasn’t involved in the study. “The vast amounts that it will cost to reduce PFAS in drinking water to levels that are safe, based on current scientific understanding, need to be paid by the industry producing and using these toxic chemicals.”

The time to act, she says, is now.

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A flag is one of the most important things for any nation in the world. The hoisting of the flag of one's own country in sports and other international arenas is a proud moment for its citizen. Different countries use different colors on their flags. They often refer to the character of the nation or the ideology that the nation represents. But a particular color is very rarely seen on flags-purple. The reason behind this is strange. In the early days, purple was an expensive colour, due to the fact that it was made from a special kind of snail found only in the Mediterranean. In those days, tens of thousands of snails had to be killed to make one gram of purple. Therefore, until about the beginning of the 19th century, purple was more valuable than gold. But in 1856 William Henry Perkin, a British university student, found a way to make purple synthetically. It was only after this that purple began to be widely used. Until then, this color was used only by the very rich. This colour was first used on flags after the synthetic production of purple began. We can also see this color in the flags of Dominica and Nicaragua, which were designed after 1900. These are the only two countries in the world to use purple on their flags.

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