Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Whitewater center: Not possible to ‘remove 100%’ of risk from rare amoeba

The U.S. National Whitewater Center says it's not possible to remove 100% of the risks associated with a rare amoeba that took the life of an Ohio teen. Preliminary water tests by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have detected that Naegleria fowleri — naturally found in warm lakes during the summer — was present in the whitewater system. Health department officials say the teen’s exposure to that brain-eating amoeba likely occurred at the whitewater center when her raft overturned. “This…


from Charlotte Business News - Local Charlotte News | Charlotte Business Journal http://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2016/06/28/whitewater-center-not-possible-to-remove-100-of.html?ana=RSS%26s=article_search

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