Houston Suburb Under Boil Water Order After Tragic Death of Young Boy
Lake Jackson, Texas, a city in the greater Houston area, is “purg[ing] its water system for 60 days” after a brain-eating amoeba killed a 6-year old boy, NBC News reported. The city is currently under a boil-water notice, and officials have announced that it could take as long as 3 months to make the water safe.
Why This Matters: There is little data on the risk of this amoeba, says the CDC. More information is needed on how “a standard might be set to protect human health and how public health officials would measure and enforce such a standard.”
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