Ice in bong ...bad?

[DogtowN]

Ok i found out why it is Bad to have ice in a bong.

-Ice is a lil different because it is frozen and some molecule shit happens, so when hot smoke lifts that vapor stuff off it does some shit thats not good,

I'm not good with technical terms. This clears things up.

[thehobbit]

Two good possibilities are:

1) Your friend didn't change his bongwater. As someone else noted above, bongwater is, well, very nasty. Warm water with decaying biomatter is an excellent way to encourage bacterial growth. Change the water often. The more often, the better.

2) If the ice wasn't from an ice bag in a grocery store, the ice itself may have been unsafe. Most tapwater will be safe, unless it's from a well and isn't properly filtered. More importantly, those ice cube trays you make ice cubes with can grow mold and bacteria, especially if you use something other than water in them (making ice cubes from juice or coffee, for instance). If you don't wash ice trays regularly, they can get pretty gross. If your friend's ice cube trays were dirty, this may be the problem.

[shottee]

This is what i've heard:

Bacteria grows in the ice which is evaporated and directly absorbed through your lungs (as thehobbit mentioned).

[Homebuild]

This is what i've heard:

Bacteria grows in the ice which is evaporated and directly absorbed through your lungs (as thehobbit mentioned).

So, If the problem is bacteria in the ice, wouldn't drinking an iced beverage do the same type of thing?

[Purple Daddy]

WOW, interesting stuff here. An infection in the lung can be caused by two things either a bacterial infection or a virul infection, either of which can be picked up just about anywhere, even sharing a bong!

Someone here said bacteria forms in ice? Ice will prevent the forming of bacteria but if it was already contaminated you're out of luck.

[Purple Daddy]

You might want to list your references to this kind of statement.

Water makes Bad stuff stay in lungs because it binds with bad shit>>>>

[ogganjagrower]

infection from ice? prolly not,