I did some light research and asked AI, which said it would be extremely dangerous. But come on, it wouldn’t be that dangerous, right? We evolved from animals that lived in the ocean.

    • ronigami@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      2 days ago

      I mean so far the answer seems to be “as long as you dilute it a bit first you’d be fine”

      • dandelion (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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        2 days ago

        that does not seem to be a reasonable takeaway, bacterial and fungal infections from injecting non-sterile solutions into your body can definitely kill you

        hyperfocusing on how dilute the salt would need to be for it not to be dangerous misses a lot of context

          • dandelion (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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            2 days ago

            does the immune system nullify risk of contracting an illness in other contexts? Certainly not perfectly - and injecting dirty sea water directly puts the bacteria, fungi, and parasites into your bloodstream, bypassing the protective measures your body normally has for keeping that stuff on the outside (like mucus, hair, the acidic environment of the stomach, etc.).

            • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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              2 days ago

              Yeah, you might be able to make ghetto saline with distilled water and the ocean and not become emergently ill, but you shouldn’t actually do it. Even if you collect from an immaculate site and dodge any human (or mammal? This is the kind of weird situation where zoonosis could happen) pathogens, foreign bodies in the bloodstream won’t make you healthier.

              I haven’t seen much evidence OP thinks this is a good idea and not just a thought experiment, though. That would be weird.

              • dandelion (she/her)@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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                3 hours ago

                I wouldn’t want to do that without some significant heat and pressure for an extended period of time, and maybe add some some preservatives for good measure, and honestly I wouldn’t be past using a syringe filter to further purify it - anything that gets injected into my body better be safe, those are crazy risks