In light of the brain eating amoeba reports coming form neti pots filled with tap water, I’m wondering if boiling or chlorination is truly the only way to remove the menace of our new amoeba overlords?
Not that I have much concern, I live in Minnesota, the 2 reported cases have been on the gulf coast, and the specific bad actor in those cases couldn’t survive up here. But who knows, maybe it has a heartier northern cousin I need to worry about.
Brita says their carbon block filters will catch 99.99% of Cryptosporidium which are 3-4 microns in size.
From here Free-Living Amebas: Naegleria, Acanthamoeba and Balamuthia - Medical Microbiology - NCBI Bookshelf we get that N. Fowleri a.k.a. brain-eating amoeba are…
It’s that .001% that you’ve gotta worry about.
Naegleria infects people by entering through the nose though. Try to avoid busting a gut laughing while taking a swig and you should stay safe.
If you’re laughing your head off while drinking water, trace amounts of bacteria are the least of your problems. “Choke” “Gag” “Nudge Nudge” “Wink Wink”