A team of European researchers released a study last week claiming rainwater in every area of the world is unsafe to drink due to the presence of PFAS (commonly called “forever chemicals”).

“For example, the drinking water guideline value for one well known substance in the PFAS class, namely the cancer-causing perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), has declined by 37.5 million times in the US.” ...

Although in the industrial world, we don’t often drink rainwater, many people around the world expect it to be safe to drink and it supplies many of our drinking water sources,” he said.

An 83-year-old man from New Brunswick, who had been missing for two days, says he survived by sucking the juice from some cranberries and drinking rainwater from leaves.

A Russian man rescued after 67 days adrift in a small inflatable boat in the Sea of Okhotsk described Wednesday how he survived by battling shivering cold and drinking rain water. Mikhail Pichugin ...

TRACADIE, N.B. – A New Brunswick woman says she was able to survive in woods in the northeast of the province for nearly two weeks by drinking rainwater from puddles and eating wild berries.

Rainwater may feel fresh and natural, but it’s not always safe to drink. Here’s what every Nigerian needs to know before collecting that next bucketful.

“For example, the drinking water guideline value for one well-known substance in the PFAS class, namely the cancer-causing perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), has declined by 37.5 million times in the US.” ...