New research shows that rainwater in most locations on Earth contains levels of chemicals that “greatly exceed” safety levels.

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This kind of stuff is like starring into the abyss.

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There are ancient metallurgical sites from thousands of years ago that produced copper and bronze. They’re still heavily contaminated with arsenic from the smelting and refining processes. What horrors are we leaving for those to come?

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