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Water Drinking Contest Blamed In Death

WATER DRINKING CONTEST BLAMED IN DEATH OF CALIFORNIA WOMAN

A 27-year-old mother of three has died of water intoxication after competing in a Sacramento radio station contest where people attempted to drink as much water as they could without peeing.
Ref. https://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/200...toxication.html

Death Blamed Contest Drinking Water

This actually happens more than you would think. Triathletes and Marathoners are at risk to experiencing water intoxication. When working the body really hard, it is important to get some sodium into your system (reason for Gatorade and other similar drinks). Of course, in this situation, there wasn't much exercise at all so it would be much easier to occur.

https://chemistry.about.com/cs/5/f/blwaterintox.htm

This would be a pretty miserable way to die. I am sure it is a nice video game console, but definitely isn't worth that risk. There are a handful of college students each year that die in a very similar way with water hazing. Actually, I never knew until college that someone could die from drinking too much water. I think many people today are unaware of this fact.

Basically, everything is poisonous if you take enough of it!

Water Drinking Contest Blamed In Death History & Civil Business Politics

This is such a sad story, and the frustrating part is that the radio station is saying *nothing* of any substance. "Whoops!" doesn't cut it here, guys. Having a nurse available with a liability waiver doesn't make it safe, and doesn't absolve the radio station of any wrongdoing, in my opinion. Granted, anyone with any sense should know you can die from drinking too much water, but who knows how much is too much? What kind of nurse was that, anyway? A terrible thing for those kids, especially since she was trying to win something specifically for them. It's a tragedy all around.

Death Blamed Contest Drinking Water

SHERIFF INVESTIGATES RADIO CONTEST DEATH

A U.S. sheriff opened an investigation Wednesday into the death of a 28-year-old woman who died after taking part in a California radio contest in which contestants had to drink as much water as possible.
Ref. https://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/17/radio.death.reut/index.html