Deadly brain amoeba infects US tap water for the first time

NBC News Health ^ | September 16, 2013 | Maggie Fox

[bigheadfred]

Obiwan says I have nothing to worry about.

[yarddog]

That is scary.

I remember back in the late 50s my brother had amoebas in his stomach. They were able to treat it tho.

[SandRat]

And he stresses that water is safe to drink and bathe in even if it’s contaminated. Stomach acid appears to kill the amoeba, and people can protect themselves by not snorting water up their noses, or not allowing it to be forced up the nose.

Isee a future "Law & Order SVU" in this.

[thesearethetimes...]

BookMark

[staytrue]

If this had occured during the Bush years, it would be front page news and complaints about not funding the EPA.

[AlexW]

“I remember back in the late 50s my brother had amoebas in his stomach. “
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Probably as in “Amoebic Dysentery”

[The Cajun]

Per FOX 8 news out of New Orleans, LOW to NO levels of chlorine found throughout St. Bernard parish, parish where it happened.

Incompetence and/or corruption, my opinion.

[DeWalt]

That explains alot.

[bigheadfred]

It is still Bush’s fault though.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Let me guess. It’s caused by global warming.

[yarddog]

I used to work at a large Summer retreat in the N. C. mountains.

One day I happened upon the guy responsible for the water while he was testing a well. I helped him do something small and asked him about a small stream which came out of the mountains next to the rec area. I asked him if he had ever had the creek water tested.

He said he had and that it contained bacteria tho not so much that it was particularly dangerous. He said he would not drink it tho except in an emergency.

I asked him about the wells and he said there had always been zero bacteria or anything else dangerous in the wells. He said they treated it anyway just to be sure.

[FrdmLvr]

Lookin’ more and more like a third world country every day, thanks to the 0bama regime.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

This is the actual amoeba. I added the googly eyes. Because why not?

[RC one]

I sometimes wonder how many Major Hassan’s there are working in water purification plants across this country. he had a PhD. he was entrusted with a powerful position within our infrastructure. He despised Americans enough to start killing them without regard for his own life. just sayin’.

[1010RD]

Democrats, Urban Democrats.

[yefragetuwrabrumuy]

Oddly enough, in the near future there might be an easy way around this. While chlorine is typically used as a water sanitizer, oxygen works just as well, and a new form of electrolysis may use a small current to produce enough oxygen to thoroughly sanitize water.

The US Olympic Swimming Team uses an oxygen sanitized pool because it has fewer negative effects than does chlorine.

[yarddog]

I read several years ago that hospitals in France use Oxygen in the form of ozone to sanitize their laundry etc.

[VideoDoctor]

God may have plans afoot to thin the herd.

[MaxMax]

Then there’s beer. It got humans through the 15,16,17,1800’s. And more :)