I came across this beautiful photo taken in Kenya’s
Turkana region on one of the blogs I follow.
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| Photo Courtesy of Rachael over at Safari254.com |
The caption mentioned that the boys’ hair was bleached
by water from the lake. I was like wait lake water can bleach hair? So I dug
and found out some more interesting information on “bleaching” lakes. Lake Turkana found in the northern part of
Kenya is what is known as a soda lake
or alkaline lake they have high concentrations of carbonate salts that make
them strongly alkaline and their pH
value is very high way above 7 usually 9-12. Kenya’s Lake Turkana has a pH
value above 9.2. Soda lakes not only bleach your hair but contain high fluoride
contents that stain your teeth if you drink the water or use it to brush
your teeth! You learn something new every day never some knew lakes could
bleach hair! I may just head up to Lake Turkana bottle some of this water and
sell it off as hair bleach lol!
This is amazing. I have never heard of that before. Thanks for bringing that to our attention.
ReplyDeleteIt sure is! You are welcome Nerline:)
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