🔥 Fire suppressants leave a toxic legacy
A new study finds that wildfire retardants contain toxic metals (up to 2,880× drinking water limits).
This has contributed up to 380,000 kg of contamination in the U.S. since 2009.
🔗 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.estlett.4c00727
#Wildfires #SciComm 🧪
A new study finds that wildfire retardants contain toxic metals (up to 2,880× drinking water limits).
This has contributed up to 380,000 kg of contamination in the U.S. since 2009.
🔗 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.estlett.4c00727
#Wildfires #SciComm 🧪
Comments
Any idea of how much of this gets back into the water supply?
Where and when did a fire suppressant cause a drinking water standard to be exceeded?
Having become hyper sensitive to everything after contracting covid in the first wave I'm much more aware of it all, as it makes me sick in tiny doses.. and it's in every fucking thing..