How Much Water Can Kill You?

This week Reactions takes a look at the chemistry that happens inside your body that causes too much water to kill you. You may have heard of deadly poisons like arsenic, cyanide and even the devilishly hard to detect polonium 210. But did you know even drinking water could kill you? We had Deborah Blum, Ph.D., author of the totally awesome book “The Poisoners Handbook,” explain how H2O can be deadly in the right dose.

Deb's book is definitely worth a read. Pick it up here: http://bit.ly/ACSPoisons

The book was also made into a great series on PBS:
http://bit.ly/PoisonTV

Scientific Consultant: Deborah Blum, Ph.D.
Writer/Producer: Kirk Zamieroski
Renaissance Man: Paracelsus

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