Is it okay to wash your eyes with tap water?

Eyes are the windows to the soul. Eyes are the most important to us. Many people want to wash their eyes with water when they feel discomfort in their eyes. This is because when we use some cosmetics, if we accidentally get them in our eyes, they will tell us to wash them with water. In fact, it is not good for the eyes to directly choose tap water to wash, because there are many impurities in tap water that can cause inflammation of our eyes.

The main impurities in tap water are:

1. Impurities and sediments

The water supply network has a long water transmission distance, and the pipelines are in disrepair and damaged over the years, causing secondary pollution to the tap water quality, resulting in a significant difference in the quality of terminal water and factory water.

2. Organic pollutants

The rapid development of industry and agriculture has caused the pollution of tap water sources to become increasingly serious. The organic pollutants in water include not only general organic matter, but also some difficult-to-degrade organic matter. However, the traditional treatment process of the current water plant is difficult to remove these difficult-to-degrade organic matter, and boiling the water cannot remove these substances. Therefore, the water used for cooking rice, soup, and washing fruits and vegetables is also worth paying attention to!

3. Disinfection by-products

Various organic matter remaining in the water combines with chlorine disinfectants to produce halogenated compounds, many of which have been confirmed to be cancer inducers, mainly volatile trihalomethanes and non-volatile haloacetic acids. Therefore, many countries have strict controls on the use of chlorine and the harmfulness of chlorine by-products.

4. Heavy metal pollution

Most domestic water supply pipelines use galvanized iron pipes, which contain too much lead, resulting in excessively high lead content in the water. When excessive lead is ingested by the human body, it damages the human central nervous system and affects children's intellectual development and concentration.

5. Bacteria and spore cysts

Rooftop water tanks or ground pools are not properly managed and cleaned in a timely manner, causing bacteria to multiply in large numbers.