Brain-eating amoeba detected in Pointe-aux-Chenes water in Terrebonne Parish
Brain-Eating Amoeba in Drinking Water?
It’s not a movie plot. It’s a legitimate issue that’s been discovered in Louisiana. The amoeba is known to carry the disease primary amebic meningoencephalitis (PAM) and can cause death within 12 days of ingestion. The assumptions that many people make about the water from their tap can have deadly consequences. Read more of the story here. And have the water from your tap tested to see what your drinking.