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6 Die From Brain-Eating Amoeba in Lakes

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Cdbga
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10-04-2004

Saturday, September 29, 2007 - 2:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cdbga a private message Print Post    
Okay, as a new pool owner who battled an algae problem for the past couple of months, this scares the daylights out of me:

6 Die From Brain-Eating Amoeba in Lakes

PHOENIX - It sounds like science fiction but it's true: A killer amoeba living in lakes enters the body through the nose and attacks the brain where it feeds until you die.

Even though encounters with the microscopic bug are extraordinarily rare, it's killed six boys and young men this year. The spike in cases has health officials concerned, and they are predicting more cases in the future....


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