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by pkhagah 3538 days ago
Breathing pure oxygen is also harmful.
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Or drinking too much water.
Everything is toxic in too large amount.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_dose_makes_the_poison

I was recently reading about the blood / kidney salt balance too. Same for pH. Interesting how our body spends time in a balancing act.
The Adam Ruins Everything segment on this was great, it takes a large deal of water to poison yourself but somehow people manage to do it because of myths about hydration.