Why is #BlackRain Falling on #Tehran and What Does It Mean for Health?

Written by Nadine
Medically Reviewed by Colleen Fleiss, M.Sc on Mar 23 2026 3:39 PM

Excerpt: "Toxic Emissions From Damaged #Oil Facilities

A spokesperson for the World Health Organization, Christian Lindmeier, stated on 17 March that the destruction of #Iran's oil infrastructure released hazardous #hydrocarbons, #SulfurOxides, and #NitrogenCompounds into the atmosphere.

When rain combines with these #pollutants, it can lead to #ChemicalBurns and #LungInjury. He emphasized the seriousness of the situation and noted that authorities in Iran have urged residents to remain indoors.

"#BlackRain refers broadly to rainfall contaminated with atmospheric pollutants, explains Farzana Kastury, an environmental scientist at Adelaide University in Australia. Such rain often results from bushfire smoke or the burning of heavy fuels, which are by-products of crude #OilRefining.

In Iran's case, the black rain likely contains pollutants generated from the combustion of these fuels during fires triggered by missile attacks, including substances such as #acetone, #toluene, and #carcinogenic compounds like #benzene and #methylenechloride ."

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https://www.medindia.net/news/healthinfocus/why-is-black-rain-falling-on-tehran-and-what-does-it-mean-for-health-222820-1.htm

#NoWar #WarIsToxic #USWarOnIran #WorldWar3 #IsraeliWarCrimes #USWarCrimes #WorldPol #ToxicRain #ToxicRainInTehran

Why is Black Rain Falling on Tehran and What Does It Mean for Health?

Toxic black rain containing cancer-causing chemicals falls on Tehran after missile strikes damage oil facilities, prompting WHO warnings.

Medindia

Companies Use Poison to Make Your Decaf Coffee
https://newrepublic.com/post/181229/companies-poison-decaf-coffee

* U.S. Environmental Protection Agency finalized rule prohibiting all but "critical" uses of methylene chloride
https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/biden-harris-administration-finalizes-ban-most-uses-methylene-chloride-protecting

* highly toxic liquid
* methylene chloride can cause liver damage:; linked to multiple cancers, other health effects
* 2019: banned by EPA for paint stripping
* used for decaffeinating coffee

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dichloromethane

#MethyleneChloride #dichloromethane] #corporations #decaffeinated #coffee

Companies Legally Use Poison to Make Your Decaf Coffee

And they are fighting every effort to ban it.

The New Republic
Decaf Coffee Contains a Horrifying Poison, Experts Say

The not-so-buzzy version of coffee can harbor a chemical that can cause cancer, which has activists pushing to have the substance banned.

Futurism