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Re: GL: Tiny URL for brain-eating amoeba story in Florida

S
StWillett@aol.com
Mon, Aug 19, 2013 1:42 PM

It seems the victims houses were on city water. Tests found no amoebas of
that sort in the water supply but did find them in the houses plumbing
system.  My guesses, maybe faulty plumbing or stagnant water in pipes?

Click  here: Tap water in neti pots behind two brain-eating amoeba deaths
in 2011,  investigation finds - HealthPop - CBS News

(http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-57499285-10391704/tap-water-in-neti-pots-behind-two-brain-e
ating-amoeba-deaths-in-2011-investigation-finds/)

Steve Willett
Monk 36, Gumbo
Thibodaux, Louisiana

It seems the victims houses were on city water. Tests found no amoebas of that sort in the water supply but did find them in the houses plumbing system. My guesses, maybe faulty plumbing or stagnant water in pipes? _Click here: Tap water in neti pots behind two brain-eating amoeba deaths in 2011, investigation finds - HealthPop - CBS News_ (http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-57499285-10391704/tap-water-in-neti-pots-behind-two-brain-e ating-amoeba-deaths-in-2011-investigation-finds/) Steve Willett Monk 36, Gumbo Thibodaux, Louisiana