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Brain-eating amoeba found in Louisiana water
Posted on 7/28/15 at 9:55 pm
Posted on 7/28/15 at 9:55 pm
"The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals has confirmed the presence of a brain-eating amoeba at a water station in Ascension Parish.
The news comes as a meeting is going on in St. Bernard Parish where the same amoeba has also been found."
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The news comes as a meeting is going on in St. Bernard Parish where the same amoeba has also been found."
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Posted on 7/28/15 at 9:57 pm to beejon
Terrorist ???
Posted on 7/28/15 at 9:57 pm to beejon
Only affects poli board posters
Posted on 7/28/15 at 9:57 pm to beejon
It's pretty much there every summer. Just don't dive in lakes or shoot water up your nose.
Posted on 7/28/15 at 9:57 pm to beejon
That's some scary shite.
Posted on 7/28/15 at 9:58 pm to beejon
Donaldsonville gonna Donaldsonville
Posted on 7/28/15 at 10:00 pm to beejon
The amoeba would die of starvation in St. Martin .
Posted on 7/28/15 at 10:01 pm to beejon
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brain-eating amoeba at a water station in Ascension Parish
That explains it
Posted on 7/28/15 at 10:01 pm to beejon
The fact that this is a recurring issue is fricking bullshite. I wonder if the parish will be refunding water bills for the next 60 days bc they didn't do their damn job.
Everyone in the treatment facility should be fired.
Everyone in the treatment facility should be fired.
Posted on 7/28/15 at 10:02 pm to beejon
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This post was edited on 3/16/21 at 12:06 pm
Posted on 7/28/15 at 10:03 pm to beejon
quote:this explains a lot
Brain-eating amoeba found in Louisiana water
Posted on 7/28/15 at 10:09 pm to beejon
Naegleria fowleri
Posted on 7/28/15 at 10:10 pm to beejon
quote:
presence of a brain-eating amoeba at a water station in Ascension Parish.
So much for good public schools in Ascension if the water eats your kids' brains regardless.
Posted on 7/28/15 at 10:15 pm to beejon
Hey that reminds me, does anybody know if the boil order is still in effect for the east bank??
Posted on 7/28/15 at 10:16 pm to beejon
quote:Poor thing is probably emaciated.
Brain-eating amoeba found in Louisiana water
Posted on 7/28/15 at 10:21 pm to beejon
Tomorrow's headline:
Brain-eating amoeba starves to death.
Brain-eating amoeba starves to death.
Posted on 7/28/15 at 10:38 pm to beejon
just a better reason to drink more beeeyuh 
Posted on 7/29/15 at 3:53 am to beejon
Do people actually swim in the disgusting brown water in Louisiana?
Posted on 7/29/15 at 6:08 pm to beejon
If you're going to use a neti pot (which you shouldn't), and use tap water for it, boil the water first. People have gotten this amoeba that way.
Posted on 7/29/15 at 6:22 pm to beejon
The amoeba is present in just about every water source in the south...it's widespread. You can't contract it by ingesting infected water. It's extremely rare to catch it even if you're swimming in infected water because the amoeba does not seek a human host.
It's not as big of a deal as people make it out to be. There has only been like 133 cases of it in the past 50 years.
It's not as big of a deal as people make it out to be. There has only been like 133 cases of it in the past 50 years.
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