Chinese Wheat: I Don't Know Whether To Eat It Or Make A Charm Bracelet Out Of It
The Chinese have started firing rain-inducing silver iodide into the skies earlier than normal this year, in an attempt to stave off a lingering drought over the northern half of the country.
This is where most of the nation's winter wheat is grown, and where farmers have suffered from an off-on drought for the last ten years.
The seeding, plus temperatures falling as low 29 F, brought an early covering of 'fake' snow to Beijing on Sunday morning. The snow was the earliest to hit the capital in 10 years, according to the Beijing Evening News.
Snow also fell in the north-eastern provinces of Liaoning and Jilin and the northern province of Hebei, according to media reports.
The Chinese don't appear overly concerned about the potentially insidious and cumulatively harmful effects of repeatedly firing silver iodide into the skies around the same regions in the north year after year.
The Office of Environment, Health and Safety, UC Berkeley, rates silver iodide as a Class C, non-soluble, inorganic, hazardous chemical that pollutes water and soil. It has been found to be highly toxic to fish, livestock and humans. Nice.
This is where most of the nation's winter wheat is grown, and where farmers have suffered from an off-on drought for the last ten years.
The seeding, plus temperatures falling as low 29 F, brought an early covering of 'fake' snow to Beijing on Sunday morning. The snow was the earliest to hit the capital in 10 years, according to the Beijing Evening News.
Snow also fell in the north-eastern provinces of Liaoning and Jilin and the northern province of Hebei, according to media reports.
The Chinese don't appear overly concerned about the potentially insidious and cumulatively harmful effects of repeatedly firing silver iodide into the skies around the same regions in the north year after year.
The Office of Environment, Health and Safety, UC Berkeley, rates silver iodide as a Class C, non-soluble, inorganic, hazardous chemical that pollutes water and soil. It has been found to be highly toxic to fish, livestock and humans. Nice.