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Lola Christina Alao

Rainwater no longer safe to drink due to ‘forever chemicals’

“Forever chemicals” found in rainwater could pose health risks

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Rainwater is a hugely important and natural feature of our planet’s ecosystem, it replenishes our ground water sources and it helps fuel access to drinking water in many places. However, a new study by researchers at the University of Stockholm has found harmful chemicals in rainwater, in most locations on the planet.

The study details that those harmful chemicals, named “forever chemicals”, have reached unsafe levels.

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