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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 ."

#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.

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LeidenForce quiz of the day: can you solve our Fake or Fact?

In our Fake or Fact series, we test your science knowledge about the Leidenfrost effect!

#Acetone #leidenfrosteffect #volatileliquids #ThermalPhysics #fluiddynamics

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BellingenNSW Nov 8

In the wake of wildfires, toxic smoke is a lasting health concern >>
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2527308122
#bushfires #FossilFuels #fires #suburbia #UrbanWildfires #air #pollution #toxins #smoke #plastics #VOCs #AirPollution #ClimateChange #benzene #acetone #health #harm #NSWLogging #PublicHealth

Paul Houle Sep 16, 2025

😮‍💨 Diagnosing diabetes may soon be as easy as breathing into a bag

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-08-diabetes-easy-bag.html

#sensors #chemistry #acetone #health #diagnosis #diabetes #disease

Diagnosing diabetes may soon be as easy as breathing into a bag

In the U.S., one in five of the 37 million adults who has diabetes doesn't know it. Current methods of diagnosing diabetes and prediabetes usually require a visit to a doctor's office or lab work, both of which can be expensive and time-consuming. Now, diagnosing diabetes and prediabetes may be as simple as breathing.

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TomKrajci 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️Aug 30, 2025

Today's bonehead move.

Acetone.

#Acetone #Solvent #Workshop #Shop #Dissolve

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Ross of Ottawa Jul 2, 2025

Yay, unhappy with hardware shop prices and sizes, I had eventually found cheaper #acetone sold at a drug store, but in tiny bottles, with glycerine etc in it as well.

On your tips, I found one of the Dollarstore brands without any additional additives and in a good middle-ish size.

And made in Canada too. $3.25.

#buyCanadian

Ross of Ottawa Jun 30, 2025

Wah - I haven't bought #acetone in a loooong time. I had no idea it was so expensive now. Just checking prices. Is it used in meth production or something?

I expected $5-10 maybe but it's looking like $17 for a litre.