Water Can Kill You

[BoomhowerSpeaks]

A couple of years ago there was an article about how kids were doing that to get high or whatnot, I guess a few of them were dying too.

 

[Cacia]

those "eating contests" aren't brilliant either.

I think water intoxication and the subsequent brain swelling is a component of freshwater drownings, if I remember correctly.

 

[UnderSeaBumbleBee]

I know there has been talk of making runners weigh in before a race and to write their weight on their number bib before the race. There have been several cases of water tox in runners who have collasped and then been given more fluids. The thinking is that if you know pre race weight, you could put them on a scale to check weight and if they weigh more than the start of the race they would not give fluids thinking they are dehydrated, but rather start checking for water tox.

 

[do it easy]

I think the condition is called hyponatria- from my non-medical understanding, too much water imbalances your salt concentration and muscles, the heart for example, have trouble keeping up.

 

[drbill]

KNDN's legal offices should have done a little research into the event. It has been available knowledge that water in excess amounts can have lethal consequences. I hope her family sues the heck out of them... and that she wins a coveted Darwin award.

 

[RonDawg]

Radio station DJ's and their producers aren't well known for pre-clearing stuff with their lawyers if they know a stunt will generate ratings.

Several years ago, a local pair of DJ's on a popular morning show "faked" a call-in from an individual who claimed to know what happened to a real missing person. That got the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department involved. The station ended up paying $12,000 to reimburse them for the department's costs in trying to track down the individual, along with an unknown amount of FCC fine. It also caused a lot of mental anguish to the family of the missing person, who ended up suing the pair (don't know if they won or not).

 

[String]

Hopefully the station wont have to pay/do anything.

It didnt force anyone to take part. Everyone did it through their own choice. Therefore, entirely their own fault.

 

[Kevrumbo]

I think the condition is called hyponatria- from my non-medical understanding, too much water imbalances your salt concentration and muscles, the heart for example, have trouble keeping up.

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

 

[drbill]

Hopefully the station wont have to pay/do anything.

It didnt force anyone to take part. Everyone did it through their own choice. Therefore, entirely their own fault.

That may be true in the U.K., but this is America. We sue over everything and anything! It's the American way of life.

 

[archman]

Hopefully the station wont have to pay/do anything.

It didnt force anyone to take part. Everyone did it through their own choice. Therefore, entirely their own fault.

Yeah. Self-responsibility. I hope the radio station was shrewd enough to have had the contestants at least sign some sort of waiver, however. Our legal system isn't as rational as you Brits'.