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Re:Clinic to open near Ohio derailment as health worries linger by version_five on Friday February 17, 2023 @08:02PM (#34842752)
There are minerals in rainwater? It's effectively distilled, no? How does it get minerals?
Re:Clinic to open near Ohio derailment as health worries linger by tormeh on Friday February 17, 2023 @08:21PM (#34842864)
Yes, but as with acid rain, rain can contain some non-waterthings, I think.
Re:Clinic to open near Ohio derailment as health worries linger by version_five on Friday February 17, 2023 @09:21PM (#34843180)
No doubt, but presumably those non water things are all things that evaporate, so wouldn't get left behind then the rain dries. The rain would have to pick up something up on the way down for it to contain something that precipitates out. That could be dust or soot, I'm not sure what else, but any minerals would have to come in that way
Re:Clinic to open near Ohio derailment as health worries linger by night862 on Friday February 17, 2023 @10:04PM (#34843454)
The water vapor will precipitate around airborne particles causing them to drop out of the sky.
Re:Clinic to open near Ohio derailment as health worries linger by tromp on Saturday February 18, 2023 @06:57AM (#34846204)
Rain is normally quite clean, but in certain circumstances can also pick up various other materials [1].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain_dust

Re:Clinic to open near Ohio derailment as health worries linger by mcv on Sunday February 19, 2023 @06:10AM (#34856544)
Maybe it picks up dirt particles from the air. In my experience, stuff that gets rained on can sometimes acquire dirt that it wouldn't otherwise have. If ky clothes are drenched from the rain, I throw them in the laundry instead of considering them clean.