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Top 5 Signs that You Are Drinking Contaminated Water

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  There is no doubt that contaminated water is a big impediment to living healthy. Water is usually contaminated with dissolved solids, faecal matter, chemicals, pesticides, antibiotics and micro-plastics. Each of these must be removed before the contaminated water can be deemed safe for drinking. But, the reality is that the drinking  water  we get in our taps still abounds with contaminants, most invisible to the naked eye. We can’t see the contaminants, but there are a few hard to miss, tell-tale signs of  water contamination  that you can still pick up at home without getting any kind of water testing done. Being conscious of these signs will enable keep many GI tract diseases like diarrhoea, typhoid, jaundice, dysentery, etc. away. Simple Signs of Contaminated Water The smell of chlorine- Chlorine has a distinctive smell that can’t be missed (think swimming pool water). If you can smell chlorine in your  drinking water , then know that this water is no...