Excessive water drinking leads to renal failure – study

OTTAWA, Jan 20 (KUNA) — Excessive water drinking is a likely cause of renal failure, Canadian medical researchers said Sunday.
The conclusion was reached by chance when researchers in Walkerton town, Ontario province were detecting water bacterial pollution.
The water in the city was polluted with Ekola organisms in 2000, said Dr. William Clark, Professor of International Science at Lawson Health Research Institute.
The researchers noticed symptoms of renal failure include high rates of protein in the stool analysis of people surveyed.
Five percent of Walkerton residents drink 4-6 liters of water a day, which led to abnormal functions of their kidneys, Clark said.
When the 100 surveyed persons cut down the quantity of water they drink to less than eight big glasses a day their kidneys responded positively, according to the study.
Thereby, Dr. Clark recommends kidney patients as well as healthful persons to drink no more than 12 glasses of water a day.