Photo: Hair "Records" Where You've Been, Study Finds



Two maps depict the average ratios of hydrogen isotopes (A) and oxygen isotopes (B) found in human scalp hair across the continental United States.

A new study has found that water molecules found in human hair closely resemble those in the tap water people drink.

Image courtesy PNAS/National Academy of Sciences, copyright 2008


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