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Don’t use unsterilized tap water to rinse your sinuses. It may carry brain-eating amoebas(www.sciencenews.org)

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Brocon@lemmy.world
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What hell hole country shit is this? Holy fuck. Is the municipal water really that bad in your part of the world?

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Brocon@lemmy.world
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essen

So yes… I would bet on it

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El Barto@lemmy.world
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20 euros on Mastengwe!

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El Barto@lemmy.world
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“Your part of the world” is most of the world.

In the country I grew up in, drinking directly from the tap is playing russian roulette.

You either filter the water, or boil it first before consuming it.

When I moved to a country in which tap water was drinkable, it blew my mind. Of course, it’s totally normal to me nowadays.

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fine_sandy_bottom@discuss.tchncs.de
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The shit we have to do to make it drinkable will probably also blow your mind.

Water is essential to all life on this planet. Imagine drinking water that no other organisms can live in.

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El Barto@lemmy.world
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Oh, I saw a couple of documentaries about water treatment a couple of decades ago.

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rab@lemmy.ca
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Where I live has some of the best water in the world and I was still given this speech when I bought a neti pot

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Brocon@lemmy.world
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I couldn’t even imagine this. I consume tap water daily. And to be honest also never heard such storys before this.

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LucidBoi@lemmy.world
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You can consume it, the infection happens if it gets into your nose.

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rab@lemmy.ca
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Yeah sinus rinse requires already boiled water, even straight from the glacier, I think it’s super sensitive to infection

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