Re:Fatal brain-eating microbe found in Lake Jackson, Texas w...
by farseer on Sunday September 27, 2020 @04:59AM
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Shouldn't the salt kill the microbes? All you have to do is leave your salted water for a while.
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Re:Fatal brain-eating microbe found in Lake Jackson, Texas w...
by sva_ on Sunday September 27, 2020 @05:34AM
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As far as I know the solution used for sinus rinses is isotonic to the cells. Although I'm not sure if those microbes need the same salt content as humans (0.9%), but I would presume so.
Re:Fatal brain-eating microbe found in Lake Jackson, Texas w...
by oxymoran on Sunday September 27, 2020 @08:52AM
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If you double the isotonic solutions, don’t they become hypertonic? The instructions that came with my Nasopure say to use two packets for a hypertonic solution.
Re:Fatal brain-eating microbe found in Lake Jackson, Texas w...
by n3uromancer on Sunday September 27, 2020 @11:54AM
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You can also make your own Nasopure by mixing 9 g NaCl and 6 g NaHCO₃ into 1 l of water.
Re:Fatal brain-eating microbe found in Lake Jackson, Texas w...
by aisofteng on Sunday September 27, 2020 @09:03AM
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No. If you have a 1% solution (to pick a number) and you add more 1% solution, it doesn’t become 2%.