# water = poison **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 21, 2005, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-poison/291112 "2005-02-21T04:04:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-poison/291112/21 "2005-03-04T16:43:09Z")
> [@clayton\_e](#): > > the kid died from people forcing him to drink massive quantities of water. And yet [another](http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/03/04/MNGK9BKG681.DTL) case of the same stupidity from just last month. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-poison/291112/22 "2005-03-04T16:45:24Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > From the year 2000: [Is distilled water safe to drink?](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=12671) > Short answer: YES 😃 Sorry … I imagined Conan O’Brien reading this. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2005, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-poison/291112/23 "2005-03-04T16:51:40Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > So will warm tap water, most of the time. (Don’t know why tea and coffee don’t.) Coffee is famous for loosening the bowels. Apparently, however, it doesn’t work for everyone (maybe some people have developped caffeine intolerance?). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-poison/291112.md?page=1)