MAN DIES OF BRAIN-EATING AMOEBA AFTER RINSING SINUSES WITH TAP WATER
A Florida man is dead after rinsing his sinuses with tap water, the county's health department said.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the unidentified man did this daily using un-boiled tap water, causing an infection. Officials say the source was a brain-eating amoeba, and that this was the first case ever reported in the U.S. during winter.