Brain-Eating Amoeba, Wasted Food, and Other News Items

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ILLUSTRATION: PENGUINN/FOTOLIA
Naegleria fowleri, a freshwater amoeba which devours human brain cells, is responsible for 123 deaths worldwide.

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Brain Eating Amoeba

The Center for Disease Control reports 123 deaths
worldwide caused by Naegleria fowleri, a strain of

  • Published on Nov 1, 1979
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