Tap water in neti pots behind two brain-eating amoeba deaths in 2011

Nodin

A title like that was worth a thread, I thought.

Researchers believe that two people who died from the "brain-eating" amoeba known as Naegleria fowleri in 2011 contracted the infection after using neti pots with tap water to clear their sinuses.

Typically, people contract the amoeba from swimming in warm freshwater lakes and rivers since the organism thrives in warm temperatures. However, the victims - a 28-year-old man and a 51-year-old woman from Louisiana - had not been near freshwater. The only thing they had in common was that they both routinely used the tap water with neti pots. Further tests on their home plumbing came back positive for the amoeba, although the city's water distribution systems' tests came back negative. The bacteria was found in a tankless water heater in the man's home and in the bathroom sink and faucet tub of the woman's home.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-57499285-10391704/tap-water-in-neti-pots-behind-two-brain-eating-amoeba-deaths-in-2011-investigation-finds/?tag=cbsnewsSectionContent.8

...why the fuck ye'd need a "neti" pot to clear yer nose is another mystery though....

My name is URL

I use one every few days to help with hayfever/sinus problems. You're supposed to use boiled and cooled water, which presumably the people involved there, didn't.

Demonical

Sloppy journalism there...Amoeba and bacteria are not the same thing, they're totally different :rolleyes:

Rigol

I thought all brain eating matters were restricted to the zombies forum