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Water. We drink it, cook with it, bathe in it, and tell our children to drink more of it. We turn on the tap without a second thought and assume that what comes out is clean, safe and straightforward.

But three things landed on my desk this month that made me stop and think differently. And once you’ve read them, I suspect you will too.

This is not a scare piece. It’s an honest look at what the latest UK research is telling us about water – and what we can practically do about it as working mums managing households, health and increasingly curious children.