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Do you remember the days when you were a kid and how magical and exciting falling snow was? Do you remember running out into the yard, holding out your arms, turning your head up and opening up your mouth so that you could catch a few of the falling flakes? Last night when I saw the snow falling in my DC home, I did just that. I ran outside and stuck out my tongue to catch some flakes. It was then that I stopped and really thought about what I was doing. Could I be ingesting pollution in form of a snow flake?

There is scientific evidence that suggests that the pollution in the atmosphere is just floating around up there and will bind to water droplets. When the conditions are right, the water will drop in form of rain or snow, which then re-deposits pollution whereever it may fall. Imagine that. Imagine all the different chemicals and compounds from different sources of pollution that could be floating around up there, causing that tan haze in the afternoon hours, the red sunsets and ultimately the things that are floating around up there that is causing the topic that are on the lips of so many; global warming.

A prime example is a study site on Mt. Rainier in Washington state. There have been scientists studying the snow fall and snow packs up high on the mountain, and they have found traces of pesticides and other compounds that are so dangerous that they are illegal in the United States. When we release chemicals and compounds into the environment, we aren’t only hurting ourselves, we are hurting the rest of the nation and the rest of the world. Something to think about.

This blog isn’t meant to stop you from appreciating rain or snow. It is meant to inform you of potential dangers and the effects that we have on the environment.

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