A recent study suggests that possibly harmful bacteria is in the freshest fallen snow. After learning about this study I started thinking about whether or not I would allow my boys to continue eating snow. We have never allowed our kids to eat snow off of the ground but we have let them pick up snow off of something like a table or chair outside thinking that the snow there was cleaner. Our kids, like many others, have also turned their faces to the sky and let the snowflakes fall right into their mouths. Chances are that many of you, myself included, did just the same as kids and we turned out OK ;)

However, now research suggests that the snow is just plain dirty and that it may have harmful bacteria no matter how you eat it or where you eat it from.

My question is do you let your kids eat snow? What are your thoughts? Are we as parents being too cautious these days? Or have things changed so much that we need to be worried about such pollution?

Other Snow News & Research

Yahoo Snow Study Coverage

The Organic Report: Is It Safe To Eat Snow?

Labels: bacteria in snow, eating snow, polluted snow