Need help guys

thalor · 27 Jul 2006 at 10:25

You might also want to try SEPA (Scottish Environmental Protection Agency). I know they deal with water pollution issues.

Thay have an office at Riccarton - 0131 449 7296

HTH

Anchundan · 27 Jul 2006 at 10:35

You haven't got any leaking mercury/amalgam fillings have you? That can give a metalic taste, and will make you feel pretty unwell.
It always struck me as amazing that if they found traces of mercury in a river, the river would be said to be polluted. Yet they're quite happy to stick some in your teeth!

Selekt0r · 27 Jul 2006 at 11:01

AlfCheesey said:
You haven't got any leaking mercury/amalgam fillings have you?

But his GF tasted it too.

Biohazard said:
The samples I took from the top landing (three floors) seem to be the most contaminated.

There's not any point in you taking samples, as any testing agency will have to take their own (otherwise how can they be sure that the samples were taken without tampering?).

Seeing that you are in flats, have you involved the landlord/freeholder at any stage? Whilst it may be a problem with the water supply, it could also be a problem with the pipework in the building (for which the landlord would be responsible, not the water company).

aardvark · 27 Jul 2006 at 11:12

AlfCheesey said:
You haven't got any leaking mercury/amalgam fillings have you? That can give a metalic taste, and will make you feel pretty unwell.
It always struck me as amazing that if they found traces of mercury in a river, the river would be said to be polluted. Yet they're quite happy to stick some in your teeth!

mercury amalgam doesn't leak and is perfectly safe - you could eat mercury and you would be fine, it just has a bad rep. (and its not free mercury anyway - its trapped as an amalgam)

anyway, back to the op - you could try your local university - they are bound to have an analytical services department and should be able to do all the standard tests - try the chemistry department or the physical sciences faculty.