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Tests of a Louisiana parish's water supply confirmed the presence of a rare amoeba blamed for last month's death of a 4-year-old boy.
The state's Department of Health & Hospitals said Thursday the Naegleria fowleri amoeba, which causes a generally fatal brain infection, was found in tests of St. Bernard Parish water conducted by the federal Centers for Disease Control.
The water is safe to drink, state officials said, although they continued to caution against getting water in the nose, the route the amoeba takes.
The parish water supply came under suspicion because its chlorine levels were low. Chlorine kills the amoeba, said state Assistant Health Secretary J.T. Lane.
Lane said the parish, along the Gulf Coast southeast of New Orleans, began flushing water lines with chlorine last week, a process that will continue for several weeks until chlorine levels reach recommended levels.
A Mississippi boy who had played on water slide made out of a long sheet of plastic while visiting St. Bernard Parish contracted amoebic meningoencephalitis and died last month. Tests at the home where he was playing found the Naegleria fowleri amoeba.
Officials say less than 1% of patients survive the infection. But 12-year-old Kali Hardig survived after contracting the amoeba in July, possibly at a Little Rock, Arkansas, water park.
Joe Sutton contributed to this report.
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Lots of microorganisms can find their way to water supplies in various ways. It could be a breach in the water distribution network and/or a malfunctioning disinfection system and/or an overall poor treatment which lead to this.
and it seems that there is
more to it than that... This experimental wonder drug, Miltefosine is used all over the world to 'treat' visceral leishmaniasis, malaria and other tropical diseases, and cancer _[Link]
In the above mentioned summary on miltefosine and it's applications, we read: "Since the drug can be administered orally, it has the potential to be used as a simple and affordable public health tool to treat patients effectively at the community...
Preclinical studies using the same dosage as for anti-cancer treatment indicated that the drug had teratogenic effects, renal toxicity, and adverse effects on fertility in males."
It also has been studied as a topical anti-cancer treatment fro skin and breast cancers _[Link]
more to it than that... This experimental wonder drug, Miltefosine is used all over the world to 'treat' visceral leishmaniasis, malaria and other tropical diseases, and cancer _[Link]
In the above mentioned summary on miltefosine and it's applications, we read: "Since the drug can be administered orally, it has the potential to be used as a simple and affordable public health tool to treat patients effectively at the community...
Preclinical studies using the same dosage as for anti-cancer treatment indicated that the drug had teratogenic effects, renal toxicity, and adverse effects on fertility in males."
It also has been studied as a topical anti-cancer treatment fro skin and breast cancers _[Link]
Corexit may be the culprit
Tarballs laced with Corexit have been seen throughout LA. beaches. The same flesh-eating virus has also been seen in California which is called the 'blue plague'. Apparently, Corexit evaporates, gets into the clouds where it then rains down. Corexit has been used in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska, where the 'blue plague' is also found. It seems like there is a new cover-up going on to hide BP's involvement besides the oil spill disaster.
Tarballs laced with Corexit have been seen throughout LA. beaches. The same flesh-eating virus has also been seen in California which is called the 'blue plague'. Apparently, Corexit evaporates, gets into the clouds where it then rains down. Corexit has been used in the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska, where the 'blue plague' is also found. It seems like there is a new cover-up going on to hide BP's involvement besides the oil spill disaster.
I have a question: how is that brain-eating amoeba found it's way to the city's water supply, if it naturally can be "found in in warm bodies of fresh water, such as ponds, lakes and hot springs... and near warm-water discharges of industrial plants"?[Link]
It is also known that if "N. fowleri invades and attacks the human nervous system, such an infection nearly always results in the death of the victim. The case fatality rate is estimated at over 99%." There were many incidents all over the world, some of them unexplained _[Link]
More info from Wiki:
" Most cases over the years have been in the Southeast U.S. In 2011, there were two unusual cases in which Louisiana residents died after becoming infected by using neti pots with household tap water...
Two years later, the St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana water system was found to contain N. fowleri after a 4 year old died of the infection. In 2013, a girl in Arkansas became the third known person in the last 50 years to survive the parasite after her doctors gave her an experimental drug, Miltefosine, in addition to the standard treatment."
So, when the city officials tell people that the water is safe to drink or bathe in it, or take a shower, is it really? Heavily chlorinated water isn't safe to drink either, osit.