2007-01-11 12:24:56 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Other - Health
Not with today's nasty, smog-ridden, toxin-filled air. I wouldn't unless I were waaaaaaayyyy up in the back wilderness area of a very large mountain range where the nearest, even little, town is about 50 miles away. White owl is absolutely correct! Melted snow looks gross with all the crap in it! But, keep in mind, the most toxic chemicals are invisible, colorless and odorless.
2007-01-11 12:38:40 · answer #1 · answered by Venice Girl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would hesitate to eat snow that has fallen within a city. Snow forms in part, from water droplets that freeze and those water droplest may not be exatly pure and clean if they are from the atmosphere above a city. On the other hand, snow that has fallen in the countryside, as long as it is clean and white, should be fine to eat. Mixing it up with some koolaid make a fun snack. Make your own snowcone.
2007-01-11 20:33:53 · answer #2 · answered by Kerry 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No way! If you want to prove It to yourself get some snow in. Put it in a kettle you know is clean and melt it. Then decide if you want to drink that water. I had kids do it with the cleanest snow they could find after a fresh snow fall.
2007-01-11 20:37:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, its not sanitary. It's acid snow. The gas from cars goes into the air, once it starts to snow or rain, the liquid collects the acid in the air. Therefor, the snow/rain you eat may have acid from gas/carbon dioxide.
2007-01-11 20:35:54 · answer #4 · answered by pinkpolish1994 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not the yellow snow
2007-01-11 20:31:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes - as long as it hasn't been touched, it's no different than drinking rain water. When I was a kid, we used to make "snow ice cream" by adding milk and vanilla :-)
2007-01-11 20:29:25 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋