On Sep 6, 3:09 pm, M Q wrote:
Gary Slusser wrote:
Potassium chloride is one of the chemicals used for lethal injection
death sentence chemicals. It's called salt substitute. Too much

That is pretty meaningless innuendo. Nobody is injecting the brine
from their water softener.

Those using potassium chloride to regenerate their water softener, and
then drinking or cooking with the softened water, are ingesting it
potassium. Any idea of how much, albeit the amount varies based on the
ion exchange being done by each individual softener and, how much
softened water they ingest?

potassium, measured as a small amount, will do a heart patient in very
quickly and not more than a few tablespoons will take out a very
healthy young dude, or dudette. It also makes things grow much larger

The oral toxicities of NaCL (table salt) and Kcl are pretty similar.
LD50 for NaCl is 3.75 g/Kg, and KCl is just slightly more toxic at
2.5 to 3.02 g/Kg (depending upon which source you read).
That means you would need about 200g to kill about half of 170 pound dudes.
That's a lot more than a few tablespoons.

It also says someone considers it toxic to humans. And maybe it would
take days for them to die instead minutes to hours?

and in greater numbers than those same things getting less potassium.
I've never heard of any studies concerning its use and septic systems.

Maybe a quick scan of the labels on any brand of salt substitute would
help.

I'm told one says; "Persons having diabetes, heart or kidney disease,
or persons receiving medical treatment should consult a physician
before using a salt alternative or substitute.".

Another' "Consult physician before using any salt substitute."

I don't know, does a bag of table salt have the same comments on its
label?

Do bags of potassium chloride used in softeners have any such
statements on their label?

Gary Slusser
Quality Water Associates