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We got rid of acid rain. Now something scarier is falling from the sky.

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Microplastics, PFAS , and some other compounds, such as pesticides, are now so widespread that they’ve essentially become part of our biome, not unlike bacteria or fungi.

Researchers have found microplastics in rainwater that fell on several national parks and wilderness areas in the Western US .

Most people — especially in wealthy countries like the US — don’t rely on untreated rainwater.

Treatment plants typically remove 70 percent of microplastics in water, but some still pass through.

Nearly all Americans have a measurable amount of PFAS in their blood, according to US health officials.

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