Tap Water Warning

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A WARNING has been issued over drinking tap water excessively after it was revealed it could be linked to some health issues.

Hardwater areas can be particularly harmful after long exposure - leading to some digestive issues and itchy scalp, according to experts.

Residents can keep an eye out if they taste a strong mineral taste in their water, they are advised to use water softeners.
Prolonged exposure to hard water can result in digestive issues and itchy scalps which can make the problem uncomfortable to live with.

Some germs and chemicals can also get into the water supply potentially causing health problems.

Does tap water contain hormones? That's quite possible. Steroid hormones, such as oestrogens and testosterone, can end up in the surface water via wastewater. Water companies treat this water, after which it will flow out of your tap. The water may still contain traces of hormones.

Female hormones (oestrogens) in particular may be present in drinking water.
These hormones are found in birth controls pill and other medication and women excrete them in their urine. After a visit to the toilet, the hormones are flushed down and end up in the sewage system.
Unfortunately, sewage treatment plants are not able to filter all medicine residues – such as hormones – out of the wastewater.
This means that the contaminated water ends up in the surface water, one of the primary sources of water for water companies.

And that's how these hormones will eventually flow out of your tap.