News Briefs: Two Louisiana Systems Test Positive for 'Brain-Eating Amoeba'

In this week's water and wastewater news, residents in two Louisiana parishes are warned about a brain-eating amoeba in their water systems; and scientists predict tardigrades will be the last creatures on Earth.
News Briefs: Two Louisiana Systems Test Positive for 'Brain-Eating Amoeba'

Two of Louisiana’s water systems have tested positive for Naegleria fowleri, an amoeba known colloquially as the brain-eating amoeba, according to the state’s department of health.

Residents in Terrebonne Parish’s Schriever system and Ouachita Parish’s North Monroe system...

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