I unfortunately live in a very polluted area, one where air quality apps mark in red and recommend that I never get out of my lair.

When it rains enough the air quality becomes more bearable and here comes the question: where does pollution go when it rains hard? Does it get pushed to the ground and stays there? Does it get embedded in the water (so instead of breathing it, I get to drink it later in the tap water)?

I’m curious to know where it gets dispersed or stuck (to possibly avoid it)

  • sir_pronoun@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Just a non-scientifc opinion: I think it binds to the rain/the humidity and does go into the ground, yes. Depending on where your water comes from, it might not seep into that, I think. And stuff in your lungs may be worse than the same stuff in your stomach, depending on the stuff, I guess.

    What I really came to say: the only long term solution is guillotines

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      8 months ago

      I suppose guillotines help in a variety of situations, though I would have not imagined them as an extreme way of filtering the lack of actions by politicians and corporations towards the environment 🤔