Fatal brain-eating microbe found in Lake Jackson, Texas water supply

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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