From: Hara Ra (harara@shamanics.com)
Date: Wed Jan 07 1998 - 23:22:34 MST
Robin Helweg-Larsen wrote:
> Anyone know the validity of the story that drinking seawater makes you crazy?
> Do people survive on a raft by drinking seawater, or do they have to catch
> rainwater? Maybe not drinking enough (sea)water makes them crazy?
Seawater is about 3% salt, and the kidneys have a limit of about 1% salt
excreted into the urine. Drinking seawater results in dehydration, and
if you are already dehydrated, the result is kidney failure and the
accumulated waste in the blood causes a lot of problems, including
delirium.
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