Environmental officials in Texas are saying it may take months before the water system in Lake Jackson is free of a brain-eating amoeba that killed a 6-year-old boy in September.The child’s death spurred Gov. Greg Abbott to declare a state of disaster in Brazoria County after water samples revealed the presence of Naegleria fowleri in the Lake Jackson water system.“(It) can cause a rare and devastating infection of the brain called primary amebic meningoencephalitis, and was identified in three of 11 tests of the water supply, posing an imminent threat to public health and safety, including loss of life,” wrote
