Brain-Eating Bacteria Prompted Ban on Tap Water in Texas City -- Is It Going to Take Long?
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On Saturday, Texas authorities lifted a warning for all but one Houston-area community to stop drinking tap water because it could contain a deadly brain-eating bacteria, called naegleria fowleri.
Naegleria fowleri is a free-living single-celled living organism mostly found in warm freshwater and soil, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explained. Typically, it