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Re:Fatal brain-eating microbe found in Lake Jackson, Texas w... by switch11 on Sunday September 27, 2020 @04:55AM (#24605222)
yeah, you have to be very careful when doing this

people in many countries have died from this

it's very rare. However, you don't want to be the poster child for it

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Re:Fatal brain-eating microbe found in Lake Jackson, Texas w... by kwanbix on Sunday September 27, 2020 @05:23AM (#24605351)
Died for cleaning their nose with water?
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Re:Fatal brain-eating microbe found in Lake Jackson, Texas w... by dijit on Sunday September 27, 2020 @05:34AM (#24605401)
Yes, exactly.

It sounds ridiculous, but people also die from drinking water.

The key difference is understanding that it’s not the “water”, it’s what’s in the water.

As an interesting aside; this is also why water kills electrical components, pure water is not a good conductive. But what’s in the water is.

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Re:Fatal brain-eating microbe found in Lake Jackson, Texas w... by dredmorbius on Sunday September 27, 2020 @08:13AM (#24606060)
And since water is such a good ionic solvent, ionic salts dissolve readily and rapidly in water, making water electrically conductive.
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