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From: "Adam H. Kerman" <ahk@chinet.com>
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Subject: Re: Beware the brain-eating amoeba
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 00:52:36 -0000 (UTC)
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shawn <nanoflower@notforg.m.a.i.l.com> wrote:
>Thu, 14 Mar 2024 02:03:53 -0000 (UTC), Adam H. Kerman <ahk@chinet.com>:

>>Not sure this makes for the basis of a '50s drive-in movie. Basically,
>>all you have to do is NOT irrigate your nostrils with tap water, to keep
>>the amoeba out of your sinuses and from getting into your brain.

>>https://apnews.com/article/neti-pots-tap-water-amoeba-aed6e6f9129d85146d396d71b8778812

>I knew those sorts of amoebas were out there but thought the only risk
>of catching them was if you inhaled water from ponds that contained
>them. I had no idea they could also be found in treated water. Not
>that I've ever used a neti pot but I do know people that have used
>them and I assume they just used tap water to do so.

Not all processes for making tap water potable kill the amoebas. The
water must be boiled first. The article said it's ok to swallow them.
Uh, ok.