TheNextTherory Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Or is it the chemicals that are in it? So is pure H2O toxic? Is it the chemicals in bottled and tap water? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phi for All Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 If it gets in the lungs, it can be fatal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharonY Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Or if you ingest enough to upset your electrolyte balance. Typically that will only happen if you drink lots of pure water together with losing electrolytes (e.g. heavy sweating). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg H. Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 See also: Water Intoxication 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzzwood Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Even oxygen is toxic. You cannot survive in a 100% oxygen atmosphere because it damages your lungs severely over time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cuthber Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Or if you ingest enough to upset your electrolyte balance. Typically that will only happen if you drink lots of pure water together with losing electrolytes (e.g. heavy sweating). if you drink a lot of water you will lose a lot of electrolytes in urine. The kidneys are good at retaining the salts etc that the body needs, but they er not perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.C.MacSwell Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 See also: Water Intoxication Read over the notable cases. Less water than you would expect causing fatalities in some cases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharonY Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 if you drink a lot of water you will lose a lot of electrolytes in urine. The kidneys are good at retaining the salts etc that the body needs, but they er not perfect. That's true. Though often additional circumstances are present in fatal cases. This may include not replenishing electrolytes by other means (e.g. fasting) or if the loss of electrolytes is accelerated by sweating. Some of the most documented cases (to my knowledge) are exercise-associated hyponatremia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.C.MacSwell Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Or if you ingest enough to upset your electrolyte balance. Typically that will only happen if you drink lots of pure water together with losing electrolytes (e.g. heavy sweating). Regular tap water can kill you if you ingest too much. Sweating or not. Under normal circumstances it is uncomfortable to do this but not particularly painful (ignorance and contests/competitiveness can be a problem) Pure water is actually a fairly aggressive chemical. Tank liners designed to contain medium strength acids at temperatures of 99 C/ 210 F can fail over time with pure water at 60 C/ 140F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodecyl Sulfobetaine Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 wow ,so nice to see your answers.All your answers let me know one thing-there is no absolutely right thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cuthber Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 .All your answers let me know one thing-there is no absolutely right thing. Are you sure? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheNextTherory Posted July 17, 2015 Author Share Posted July 17, 2015 Well this is some replies going. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phi for All Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Well this is some replies going. Yes, discussion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharonY Posted July 17, 2015 Share Posted July 17, 2015 Regular tap water can kill you if you ingest too much. Sweating or not. Under normal circumstances it is uncomfortable to do this but not particularly painful (ignorance and contests/competitiveness can be a problem) Pure water is actually a fairly aggressive chemical. Tank liners designed to contain medium strength acids at temperatures of 99 C/ 210 F can fail over time with pure water at 60 C/ 140F. Well that has little impact on toxicity in organisms, as the water gets buffered rather quickly. The primary means of toxicity is electrolyte imbalance. Looking over cases the most common forms include: -exercise-associated hyponatremia (i.e. drinking too much while exercising, especially when the liquid is low on salts) -drinking faster than you can pee out (usually litres at once, expulsion rate is about 0.5-0.7 liter/h), this is often linked to compulsive behaviour. Normally it is not the absolute loss that is relevant, unless you have no means to replenish sodium, which is rather rare. Typical serum sodium concentrations are in the 132-144 mmol/L range. Rapid ingestion of water, especially accompanied by water intake. Around 120-110 mmol/L symptoms appear, which can be similar to heat stroke. Further dilution can starting to become fatal. Especially rapid change in osmolarity can accelerate harmful effects. But as pretty much everyone is saying, everything is toxic in too high concentrations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henry McLeod Posted October 16, 2015 Share Posted October 16, 2015 Anything is bad if you have too much of it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GM11 Posted October 18, 2015 Share Posted October 18, 2015 Hmm had a lecturer once upon a very long time ago, who said "Moderation in all things, except the quest for knowledge". shame he died from alcohol poisoning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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