{"id":14081,"date":"2024-12-17T06:36:38","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T06:36:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/17\/what-caused-brown-snow-in-maine-prompting-warnings-to-avoid-direct-contact\/"},"modified":"2024-12-17T06:36:38","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T06:36:38","slug":"what-caused-brown-snow-in-maine-prompting-warnings-to-avoid-direct-contact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/17\/what-caused-brown-snow-in-maine-prompting-warnings-to-avoid-direct-contact\/","title":{"rendered":"What caused brown snow in Maine, prompting warnings to &#8216;avoid direct contact&#8217;?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rumford, Maine, residents encountered brown snow last Tuesday due to a paper mill mishap. Spent black liquor, a paper production byproduct, was released, altering the snow&#8217;s color and raising health concerns. Although non-poisonous, the snow&#8217;s high pH prompted warnings against contact. The mill funded further tests, and officials reassured the public about minimal risks.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rumford, Maine, residents encountered brown snow last Tuesday due to a paper mill mishap. Spent black liquor, a paper production byproduct, was released, altering the snow&#8217;s color and raising health concerns. Although non-poisonous, the snow&#8217;s high pH prompted warnings against contact. The mill funded further tests, and officials reassured the public about minimal risks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":14082,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14081"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfortnite.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}