Dude, now I found out something that left me speechless, and it's not about some scam with double-glazed windows, but something much more serious. Listen up: a study published by ScienceDaily - yeah, those guys who know what they're doing - shows that on our heads, actually, an invisible chemical rain is falling. I mean, bro, you don't see anything, but trifluoroacetic acid, aka TFA, from the PFAS family, aka chemicals that never disappear, is falling from the sky. Between 2000 and 2022, about 335,500 tons of TFA were deposited on the Earth's surface. And no, it hasn't stopped - it's still falling.
Where does this crap come from, man? Well, from F-gases, i.e., HCFCs and HFCs, which they put in fridges and air conditioners to save the ozone layer. Now, they break down in the atmosphere and make this TFA. And even though they banned them through the Montreal Protocol and the Kigali Amendment, they still hang around in the air for decades. Me, with my 2008 BMW, I'm thinking how much more I'll run the AC until I drown in these acids? Mioara tells me I'm watching horror movies again, but this is reality, bro.
Scientists used some advanced "chemical transport" models to track how these substances move through the atmosphere. And they checked with measurements from rain and ice cores from the Arctic. Yes, from the Arctic, bro, up there! TFA got there too. So you can't escape, not in Maramureș, not in Satu Mare, not in Sălaj, not in Bacău - everywhere it's the same story. It's like the neighbor upstairs, Uncle Gheorghe, is pouring some chemicals out the window and flooding us all. But this time, you can't knock on his door to make him stop.
What's worse, bro? The replacement substances that were introduced still remain in the atmosphere for decades, so TFA pollution will continue to increase. Scientists estimate that annual TFA production will peak between 2025 and 2100. That means it's just starting, bro! And some agencies say current levels aren't dangerous for humans, but how could they not be, man, when they accumulate in the environment and you can't eliminate them? Those bigwigs from around here, who hang out at Fane's terrace, say everything's fine, but I'm not buying that story. That's how it goes, bro: we introduce a solution that messes up another, and we're the ones paying. I'm going to tell Mioara not to buy still water from Lidl anymore, because it might be full of TFA. Alright, I'm off to get an energy drink and forget about all this.
