A Toxic Dose of Water: How Much Is Too Much?

摘要

ONE HOT AUGUST DAY IN 2014, THE FOOTBALL TEAM AT DOUGLAS COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL NEAR ATLANTA, GEORGIA, WAS FINISHING PRACTICE. Seventeen-year-old Zyrees Oliver was overcome by the heat and collapsed. He was taken to the hospital where, several days later, he died. Doctors determined that his death was not a result of dehydration or heat stroke, as you may expect—he died because he had consumed too much water.