Woman in Water Drinking Contest Dies

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 1/13/07 | AP Staff

[BunnySlippers]

Hopefully I got this into Chat.

[Eric Blair 2084]

Where's Nancy Pelosi? Ban water before it kills somebody. It's for the Chilruns!

[AmishDude]

Wow. Water intoxication. I wouldn't have imagined such a thing was possible.

[Eric Blair 2084]

Hopefully I got this into Chat.

Actually, you accidentally posted it into Pelosi's website. The House Mother sees everything. She knows everything. And now she is coming after you! If she asks, I don't know who your are, and I wasn't there.

[cripplecreek]

Dihydrogen Monoxide poisoning kills.

[NonValueAdded]

The dangers of dihydrogen monoxide ... when will they ban it and save the children?

[Halls]

it is, by drinking way to much. When I was pg with my last child I developed a condition caused by being pg where I hypersalivate the entire 9 months of my pg(pregnancy). The only way I could get relief was to suck on ice all day. My husband had to go buy bags of ice for me from the store of which I would go through ever couple of days.

I told my doctor and she told me to be careful not getting to much water, so I limited the amount I drank when I wasn't sucking on ice.

[BunnySlippers]

I remember it from a couple of years ago. It happened somewhere in Northern California when a fraternity was hazing a student and he died from water consumption. The were forcing him to drink it non-stop.

The reason: Electrolyte Imbalance.

[BunnySlippers]

LOL, I should have known.

[NRA2BFree]

WoW! Who knew? I had never heard that too much water could kill you. Poor thing. That had to be a horrible way to die.

[LibFreeOrDie]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_intoxication

[Cogadh na Sith]

I had never heard that too much water could kill you

It's not all that hard to do.... A few GI's have died like that too.

[budman_2001]

"I was talking to her and she was a nice lady," Ybarra said. "She was telling me about her family and her three kids and how she was doing it for kids."

:-((

[Panzerlied]

I have heard of fatal water drinking incidents like this in the past. Sounds like a helluva tort case.

[NRA2BFree]

It's not all that hard to do.... A few GI's have died like that too.

It must not be too common. I've never heard about it before. The poor woman had three kids. I bet the station is going to get sued.

[kenth]

Those deaths had been publicized before. I wonder why the radio station thought this was a harmless contest.

[traditional1]

"Ban water before it kills somebody."

It's guaranteed that ambulance-chasers are already getting ready to sue the crap out of the radio station, but I expect also we may ultimately see Warning Labels on Water! (Caution-Drinking 100 gallons in less than 24 hours without peeing could be hazardous to your health)

[teenyelliott]

I bet the station is going to get sued.

One of the rare times I would think a lawsuit would be warranted.

[Americanchild]

This radio station should be charged with manslaughter. The body must maintain a proper balance of salts and water. It's called homeostasis; it's why you sweat or urinate, or drink. It's unthinkable to have a contest that purposely disrupts this balnce. Idiots.

[pandoraou812]

I do too. Why would they not let you pee? Makes no sense to me. I think a lawsuit will happen.