Durham water feature linked to teen's brain-eating amoeba death
A North Carolina teen who died from Naegleria fowleri likely contracted the brain-eating amoeba at a Durham community organization, El Futuro, where an interactive water feature showed algae growth and insufficient disinfection. Environmental tests detected non-viable amoeba in the storage tank, and officials say exposure likely occurred when the teen splashed water on the face, though a definitive exposure site could not be confirmed; officials continue to emphasize that infections occur when amoebae enter the nasal passages, not by swallowing water.
