{"id":70745,"date":"2023-11-29T16:36:34","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T16:36:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geels.net\/?p=70745"},"modified":"2023-11-29T16:36:34","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T16:36:34","slug":"weve-been-unknowingly-drinking-toilet-water-for-six-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geels.net\/beauty\/weve-been-unknowingly-drinking-toilet-water-for-six-months\/","title":{"rendered":"We&apos;ve been unknowingly drinking toilet water for six months"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>We&#8217;ve been unknowingly drinking toilet water for six months because of a pipe mix-up in our home &#8211; I started losing my hair and broke out in acne<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mr Tan was horrified to learn he had been drinking toilet water in his Beijing flat<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0Japanese hospital accidentally used toilet water for drinking for almost 30 years after the pipes were wrongly connected\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A couple were horrified to learn that a pipe mix-up in their home meant they&#8217;d allegedly been drinking toilet water for six months.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Tan and his girlfriend were baffled when they developed health issues immediately after moving into a\u00a0rental property in\u00a0Beijing, China in May 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Tan allegedly started losing his hair and broke out in acne and his unnamed girlfriend is said to have developed a cough and began to feel discomfort in her chest.<\/p>\n<p>About six months after the move, Mr Tan said he realised he hadn&#8217;t paid a single water bill but, for some reason, the supply had not been cut off.<\/p>\n<p>But their rental firm, whose name has not been disclosed claimed the well they&#8217;d been using to supply the couple&#8217;s water had passed quality tests earlier in the year.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/29\/13\/78371039-12804617-A_plumber_inspects_the_toilets_in_the_bathroom_of_the_couple_s_r-a-1_1701266271968.jpg\" height=\"833\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A person inspects the toilet in the bathroom of the couple&#8217;s rental in Beijing, China and was horrified to find an extra pipe allegedly linking the toilet and tap water pipes<\/p>\n<p>When checking the water meters, he was puzzled to find that the reading on the tap meter failed to increase when they ran water, he said.<\/p>\n<p>However, the number on the grey water meter clearly increased when the taps were on, Mr Tan claimed.<\/p>\n<p>The couple called in plumbers, who were stunned to find an extra pipe allegedly linking the toilet and tap water pipes at the apartment in Beijing, China.<\/p>\n<p>Their stomachs turned when they joined the dots and realised they&#8217;d allegedly been cooking with, showering with, and even drinking toilet water for six months.<\/p>\n<p>The plumbers fixed the pipework and Mr Tan immediately began seeking damages from the rental firm they&#8217;d been paying 10,000 Chinese Yuan a month, which is approximately \u00a31,100.<\/p>\n<p>The unnamed company said tenants had the option to use either drinking water or water sourced from a nearby well by adjusting valves.<\/p>\n<p>But the couple claim they were never told this before moving in. The firm claims that the well water passed quality tests in March.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/29\/12\/78371041-12804617-image-a-79_1701261526106.jpg\" height=\"758\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A close-up inspection of the water valve, thought to be the culprit of the couple&#8217;s health issues after it redirected toilet water into their regular taps<\/p>\n<p>However, it is only meant to be used for functions like flushing toilets and watering plants. Mr Tan says compensation talks with the firm are ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>This comes two years after a Japanese hospital was found to accidentally have used toilet water\u00a0for drinking for almost 30 years after the pipes were wrongly connected.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The shocking mistake was discovered at Osaka University hospital in Suita, Japan in October 2021 when it found some tap water pipes were connected to the toilet.<\/p>\n<p>The hospital announced on October 20 that some of the tap water pipes in the medical department were connected incorrectly, a local media outlet Yomiuri Shimbun reported.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-12804617\/Weve-unknowingly-drinking-toilet-water-six-months-pipe-mix-home-started-losing-hair-broke-acne.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve been unknowingly drinking toilet water for six months because of a pipe mix-up in our home &#8211; I started<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70744,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>US Entertainment News. 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