Is It Safe To Eat Snow?
Like many, when you see those first snowflakes start to fall you may have the urge to let one melt on your tongue. As snow hits the Midwest and East coast this week you may have your perfect chance.
The question remains, is it really safe to eat snow? Oregon State University professor Anne Nolin says, “everyone should eat snow because its really fun!” Nolin has studied snow and ice in climate systems and says snow is just as clean as any drinking water.
According to PopSci.com, for snow to make it’s way to the ground, cold water molecules have to attach to particles of dust or pollen. They can then form into ice crystals and eventually snowflakes. These are the same particles we normally breathe according to Nolin. Once snow begins to fall it has a harder time picking up air pollution or soot as it hits the ground than rain.
Snow remains clean until something else comes in contact with it, so just don’t eat the yellow snow!
