Snow’s pristine looks can be deceiving.A snowstorm is an all-you-can-eat buffet. Here's how to make those meals safe. Photo by Johannes Kroemer/Getty.Taking in a mouthful of snow as you yard-sale down a double black diamond is one way to eat it. But more purposeful approaches are popular, too, like turning it into a base for ice cream, eating mouthfuls of it for hydration, or using it to chill a cocktail. Still, most of us wouldn’t drink rainwater without running it through a filtration system. So is there anything different about snow?Before bellying up to the snow buffet, you need to know a few things about its safety.Snow’s pristine looks can be deceiving. Most of us have heard of acid rain, but we talk less about acid snow. Because of how snow is formed, it should, in theory, be cleaner than rain, says Fengjing Liu, a hydrologist and biogeochemist at Michigan Tech. “Du
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