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Are Brain-Eating Amoebas in Your Swimming Water? They’re Fatal. Here’s How to Stay Safe

June 24, 2016 Victoria Simpson

Swimming in warm freshwater is a treat many find hard to pass up in summer. Recent news of yet another victim falling prey to a brain-eating amoeba found in warm water, though, should put most swimmers on the alert. Lauren…

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Brain Eating Amoeba Found in Swimming Water Kills Two in U.S.

September 2, 2015 Victoria Simpson

In a development that makes the existence of the Loch Ness Monster or the shark from Jaws seem plausible, two people have lost their life in the U.S this month, after contracting a brain-eating amoeba while swimming in fresh water.…