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Is the water from the Dead Sea toxic to humans and other mammals?
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In small doses, it is not toxic at all.
Having a bath in it is perfectly safe.
The percentage of salt in the Dead Sea is very high though. This would make it almost undrinkable to most creatures, including man. If forcing yourself to drink too much of it, then this could be deadly.
When the body get too much salt, then the kidneys work overtime trying to get rid of this excessive salt. Kidney failure can be the result.
The water from the Dead Sea will sting quite a bit in eyes. Sort of a blinding pain in eyes.
It will also sting in open sores and where the skin is not as it should be as in places of psoriasis.
It does a good job of rinsing sores though. It kills off germs and skin parasites like a thrill if you keep soaked for long enough. As the moisture inside bacteria and parasites is not as salty as the water, the effect of osmosis will force the fresh water out of them and they mostly die off.
Our skin however (on most of us) provide an excellent barrier and protect us from this and we actually benefit from a swim or a soak in such water.
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