17-01-2020, 10:33 PM
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Re: Tap water in the uk
Originally Posted by Percy Vere
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This has been increasingly the case since the early 1970s and is due, in no small part, to the increasing use of contraceptive pills. Scientific studies have shown that the increasing oestrogen levels are causing male fish to change sex.
17-01-2020, 10:34 PM
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Re: Tap water in the uk
Originally Posted by The Artful Todger
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But what about the effect of your habit on people around you?Actually I used to smoke but gave it up on the day that I graduated with my first degree 50 odd years ago. As for the carcinogenic effects of tap water in many regions of the UK is not having drawn the short straw yet any reason not to be concerned about it?
17-01-2020, 10:37 PM
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Re: Tap water in the uk
Originally Posted by AnnieS
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HRT too. They cannot extract hormones from retreated water.
Bring it on is what I say......Just call me Roberta now....
17-01-2020, 10:40 PM
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Re: Tap water in the uk
Originally Posted by OldGreyFox
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Doesn't oestrogen prevent heart attacks and strokes Annie?Bring it on is what I say......Just call me Roberta now....
17-01-2020, 10:40 PM
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Re: Tap water in the uk
Originally Posted by AnnieS
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Is it true that well water is pure?
17-01-2020, 10:44 PM
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Originally Posted by AnnieS
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I'm not so worried about the humans. But animals drinking hormones is pretty weird. Mind you they give it to animals we eat so there's another source. I do wonder whether anyone on this planet is in charge of the nonsense we do. I think the answer is not.
17-01-2020, 10:48 PM
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Re: Tap water in the uk
Originally Posted by OldGreyFox
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Probably more pure than water taken from reservoirs Annie, it's been filtered naturally through the rocks. Even so, Yorkshire Water provide all our tap water from artesian wells, and although it tastes okay it contains a lot of limescale. Probably off the rocks from which it's filtered.
17-01-2020, 10:51 PM
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Originally Posted by OldGreyFox
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Yes that's true Annie, and farm animals are often medicated with antibiotics and these also pass down the food chain. No wonder they are not working so good on humans anymore as we are becoming immune.
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