Panic over 'brain eating' bacteria in US: Warning in eight Texas cities

Danger of death due to drinking bacterial water

An emergency has been declared in the waters of a city where Nigeria folli bacteria have appeared

New York, Ta. Sunday, September 27, 2020

The Corona epidemic has claimed the lives of people around the world, while bacteria have been found in the waters of eight Texas cities in the United States that have killed a person after eating his brain.

Seeing this serious situation, one city had declared a catastrophe. The Texas Commissioner for Environmental Quality has issued a guideline issued by the Brazosport Water Authority advising all consumers not to drink water that contains the brain-eating amoeba Nigellaria follieri.

The Brazosport Water Authority, in collaboration with the Texas Commissioner for Environmental Quality, is working to resolve the issue at the behest of the governor's office. "We are trying to put an end to this problem as soon as possible," the guideline said.

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, brain-eating amoebae are commonly found in hot springs, rivers, warm lakes, and soils. Also present in unheated hot water from chemical factories and in bath water without chloroquine. Residents of Lake Jackson, Freeport, Angetton, Brazoria, Richwood, Oyster Creek, Clut and Rosenberg were warned.

However, all but one of the chemical units were cleared. A public disaster and emergency was declared by Lake Jack Sun and residents were urged not to drink water that would spread the waterborne disease until the water was expelled.

The bacteria was discovered on September 8 when a six-year-old child was admitted to the hospital with an amoeba. This child may have contracted the disease for two reasons. One is a water fountain in front of Lake Jackson Civic Amenity Center or a source of water released from the hose of a child's home.