According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a Florida man died last month from an infection with a rare amoeba after washing his sinuses with tap water.
The CDC claimed in a letter that Fox 4 obtained that the man would regularly rinse his nose with unboiled tap water.
According to the CDC, this is the first instance of a tap water infection.
“People who irrigate, flush, or rinse their sinuses should use distilled water or tap water that has been boiled and cooled,” the CDC wrote.
Investigators from Charlotte County are looking into the man’s death.
Naegleria fowleri, according to the CDC, is only found in warm freshwater bodies like lakes and rivers and is not present in salt water like the ocean.
Primary Source: WKMG Orlando
Factual Confidence: 100% Verified (Multiple Sources Reporting, CDC statement)
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