Causes of Hair Loss: Top 3 Chemicals and Environmental Factors

There are many common activities and environmental factors that pre-empt the onset of hair loss. Many of these environment components, unfortunately, are very hard to avoid since they occur in our foods, our air and even in our foods.

1. Selenium

As we have mentioned earlier, there are some chemicals that exist in the very things that we eat and drink that cause hair loss. One of these chemicals is selenium, a common chemical found in tap water or in some degrees, mineralized, purified water.

Since complete purification is impossible (or at least very expensive), we have to live with the fact that we're inching one day at a time toward hair loss. As for food, selenium occurs in the flesh of fish, poultry, beef and pork. Like lead and mercury, selenium is often undetected when ingested.

2. Metals

If you look at the periodic table of elements, you'll notice that a particular grouping composed of mercury, iron and copper exist. These are called metals. The metal group of elements is known for their conductivity and high electro negativity.

These metals often occur in magnified amounts in seafood and freshwater fish. Why do these metals exist in the bloodstream of aquatic produce? First, these chemicals are found naturally in waters; they're either formed there or were extracted by the natural current working upon the soil underneath and the rock formations.

Second, these metals occur because of human waste. Waste in the form of discarded electronics devices, etc., all these eventually affect our very food source. Remember, no matter how fresh a fish appears, it's probably loaded with metallic elements that accelerate hair loss.

3. Air Pollution and Particulates

If you escape the clutches of biological magnification by sticking to mostly organic meats, then you have another enemy: the very air that you breathe. Unless you live in a very clean environment, away from motorists, highways, commercial establishments and offices, your hair loss is probably being caused also by air pollution.

Air pollution is never a unitary thing. In fact, the most ordinary form of air pollution, smog, is composed of at least four different groups of noxious gases. These gases are not only dangerous to the ozone layer but also to your eyes, skin and hair.

Particulates are the least of your worries when you step out into the afternoon sun. People often wonder: is there really pollution out there, all I see is blue skies everywhere. Well, if you live in a densely packed city with thousands of motorists roaring along your highways twenty-four hours a day, then you won't be able to see the smog.

If you don't see the smog dome, you're probably inside the city. Travel far enough from your beloved city and you'll see an ominous dark dome. This is the smog dome, and the components of the smog dome are responsible also for hair loss.

Nitrogen oxides, volatile organic compounds and other such chemical compounds all attack and weaken the hair. Your hair might not be falling out in clumps yet, but we're betting that your hair is already thinner than normal.