amoebic meningoencephalitis

[Tegg]

Actually, that won't do anything. Remember last year Netti Pot started labeling their boxes to state something to the effect of using Clean, Distilled, Bottled Water, after someone used Tap Water from a well containing Amoeba. They mixed their pot with tap water and the Netti pot solution only to introduce the amoeba into their nose, killing them a few days later.

Actually, it wasn't the well water that exposed it. It was "tap water" from a utility source.

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/0...-to-tap-water/

[Greenwood_60]

There was a recent survivor.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/0...n_3761145.html

[bpcfire1]

This was the answer I got from CDC on the parasite in Florida springs.

Naegleria fowleri is a heat-loving microbe. It grows best at higher temperatures up to 115ºF (46ºC) and can survive for short periods at higher temperatures. It is less likely to be found in the water as temperatures decline in such temps that you see in your cave diving.. The ameba can be found in lake or river sediment at temperatures well below where one would find the ameba in the open water into temps such as mid 80's. The hard flow will also help keep the parasite down in the spring. It can grow I'm temps that reach freezing, however it is very rare to find it below 73ºF.

Hope that helps some.

[JE]

There was a recent survivor.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/0...n_3761145.html

nope