Pristine groundwater is vulnerable to modern-day pollution, and once contaminated, it could stay like that for as long as thousands of years.
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A report published recently in Nature Geoscience revealed that pristine groundwater is vulnerable to modern-day pollution, and once contaminated, it could stay like that for as long as thousands of years.
Groundwater is usually found 820 feet under the Earth’s surface. It is also called “fossil water” because it’s believed to be 12,000 years old. Given that they are found in the deepest parts of the Earth, they are also believed to be pure. As such, it provides drinking and irrigation water for billions of people around the world today.
For the study, the researchers collected samples of groundwater. Results showed that traces…
