are you thirsty now?

How do you get your H20? Do you boil it? Get it from the tap? Or just straight from the bottle? Recently, a friend who came to stay over at our house said that although UK water is "drinkable" but it may cause hair loss.

I was a bit skeptical at first. But seeing that this came out from the blue, I had to allow myself to just consider the possibility. Well for one thing....

Rooney is as bald as a baby...

Then again, you may argue that he's only among a few footballers who actually are naturally bald.

Anyway, I tried to do a bit of info-searching, and what I found is that it's always advisable to use filtered tap water even when you are in the UK or US. Somehow they are unsafe although some people might say otherwise.

Countless of claims and reports have prove that the followings make up the impurities found flowing through pipes around the country:
1. chlorine
2. farm fertilizers
3. female contraceptive chemicals (and so... drinking tap water may cause one to gain weight)
4. prozac

Drinking Water Inspectorate (DWI) also revealed that pharmaceuticals are finding their way into the water supply despite extensive purification treatments used by water companies. Trace levels of bleomycin, a cancer chemotherapy drug, and diazepam, a sedative, have been found during tests on drinking water.

Now... going back to Rooney... Is it a coincidence that more and more people are going bald these days? Are the chemicals the culprit?

Long term side effects of this have not been studied well enough yet, but already there is reduced male sperm counts in many countries, and even causes deformed babies.

So what can you do about this? Try having a look at your at the bottom of your boiler. Notice any calcification especially at the metallic heater?

If you still want more evidence, try leaving out a glass of water in the fridge... or even in the open now since it's soooooo cold. Sedimentation will form... It's probably hard water (lime); but there may be other things as well... There must be other impurities as well causing it to be cloudy.

So, what are your options?
a) Buy a simple charcoal filtering system
b) Filtering jug
c) Filter system fitted to main water supply
d) Buy bottled waters.... everyday... (but they are environmentally unfriendly)

I have already opted for option (b)... it's already on its way...

So, are you losing your hair over this problem yet? Truth be told, it's more likely that hair loss is due to water from the shower or the type of shampoo you use, rather than the tap water we drink.