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krw

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On Thu, 8 Mar 2007 17:11:15 -0600, "Dave Moore"
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"Barry Lennox" wrote in message ...
: On Wed, 7 Mar 2007 11:37:55 -0000, "N Cook"
: wrote:
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: Arfa Daily wrote in message
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: "Dave Moore" wrote in message
: news:W7vHh.3913$B7.2859@bigfe9...
: Damn, for almost a week I have been forgetting to
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: The modern version is phthalate poisoning from leaching out of plastic
: packaging and bottles. I have an industrial chemist friend in the food
: industry , seriously concerned about this. I am coming to agree with him.
: When I was young you never saw youngsters with bottles (glass or plastic)
: hanging out of their mouths all the time. Anyone would think the function of
: these ubiquitous bottles of water was psychological, like baby's dummies.
:
: The water bottle syndrome is a fascinating one, and I'm certain it's
: an affectation or posing thing---- "Look at me, I'm sooooo healthy"
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: It's mainly younger folk, but they seem utterly unable to move about
: the workplace without dragging along their water bottle. I did a
: little private survey a while ago, and did observe some correlation
: between those who habitually carry water bottles and poorer
: performance. No, it was not very scientific and it was a sample of
: about 25, but it was far from true that "constant rehydration" equals
: a sharper mind, as is often espoused.
:
: Barry

Did you hear about that woman that OD'd on water and died
as a result of water drinking contest recently?

Sounds too good to be true! You got a URL for that?

It's not all that uncommon. Google "water intoxication". A high
percentage of marathoners and "Iron Man" contestants end up with
water intoxication, which looks like dehydration causing them to
drink more water...

--
Keith