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Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Public Health@mander.xyz · 1 year ago

Don’t use unsterilized tap water to rinse your sinuses. It may carry brain-eating amoebas

www.sciencenews.org

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Don’t use unsterilized tap water to rinse your sinuses. It may carry brain-eating amoebas

www.sciencenews.org

Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Public Health@mander.xyz · 1 year ago
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Two new studies document rare cases in which people who rinsed sinuses with unsterilized tap got infected with brain-eating amoebas.
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    1 year ago

    Ok but what about in this context?

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      1 year ago

      1 mg of chlorine per 1 litre of water

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        1 year ago

        1 mg or 0.001 ml?

        And I know 1 liter of whater is 1kg.

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