Texas residents warned of tap water tainted with brain-eating microbe
by Associated Press from on (#58K0E)
- Communities around Houston are potentially contaminated
- Naegleria fowleri enters body through nose, travels to brain
Texas officials have warned residents of some communities near Houston to stop using tap water because it might be tainted with a deadly brain-eating microbe.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality warned the Brazosport Water Authority late on Friday of the potential contamination of its water supply by Naegleria fowleri.
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