In article
>,
Dan Abel > wrote:

> In article >,
> Krypsis > wrote:
>
> > On 13/03/2010 10:56 AM, Omelet wrote:
> > > In >,
> > > "J. > wrote:
> > >
> > >> Find a copy of "On Food and Cooking" (any decent library should have it
> > >> and it's usually on the shelf at the major chain bookstores), look in
> > >> the index under "salt", read all the entries.
> > >>
> > >> There is sufficient evidence that excesses of oxygen will kill you
> > >> deader'n Hell so I guess you'll want to outlaw air next.
> > >
> > > H2O can be deadly too! Let's ban it!
> >
> > Only when consumed in excess!
>
> Death by H2O is normally due to inhalation, not by stomach.

Normally, maybe, but more than one person has died from over-ingestion
of water:

<http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/content/abstract/103/6/1292>

<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_torture>

That is just two cites. More can be googled.

I think it was a year or two ago that some woman died from
over-ingesting water during some stupid radio contest for drinking and
holding the largest amount of water.

I often drink up to 1 gallon of water per day (mainly because I rarely
drink coffee, tea or soft drinks) but that's over the course of an
entire DAY, not over just a few hours...
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