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brain eating amoeba

11 Jul 2024

Do You Know How Brain-Eating Amoeba Enters The Brain?

Naegleria fowleri typically enters the body through the nose when contaminated water is forcefully inhaled. This can happen during activities like swimming, diving, or using a neti pot for nasal irrigation. Once inside the nasal passages, the amoeba travels along the olfactory nerve to the brain.

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06 Jul 2024

DNA: Brain-Eating Amoeba Claims Lives of Children in Kerala

In Kerala, a rare and deadly brain infection caused by the brain-eating amoeba, Naegleria fowleri, has emerged, resulting in the deaths of several children. The infection, known as amoebic meningoencephalitis, is contracted through contaminated water and attacks the brain tissue. Since May, four cases have been reported, with three fatalities.

18 Mar 2024

Bigger Kidney Stones Can Be Caused by Paan Masala: Experts

Experts at a urology conference at King George’s Medical University (KGMU) have said that consumption of polluted ground water and paan masala may cause large kidney stones (over 2 cm).

Karnataka government

27 May 2023

Infant Dies,Over 30 Ill Due To Contaminated Water, Siddaramaiah Govt Takes BIG

JD(S) MLA Kariyamma Nayak of Devadurga constituency stated that information has been collected from concerned gram panchayats and she will initiate action against the guilty.

26 Oct 2022

2 dead, over 40 fall ill after drinking contaminated water on Diwali in K'taka

Two persons died and more than 40 are being treated at a hospital after allegedly drinking contaminated water in the Shahapura taluk of Yadgir district in Karnataka.

06 Jun 2022

Karnataka: 3 die after drinking contaminated water in, CM orders probe

Three people died after drinking contaminated water in Raichur district Several people, including children, have been hospitalised after drinking the contaminated water CM announced a compensation of Rs five lakh each to the kin of the deceased

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04 Oct 2021

Six dead in Karnataka district after drinking contaminated water

Six people have died due to contaminated water Sewage water was mixed with potable water

23 Jan 2018

Moss that can remove lead from water identified

Knowing where the lead accumulates is important for understanding how it occurs and for developing the most efficient phytoremediation.

contaminated water

18 Jan 2018

New paper test can identify contaminated water

The device is easy-to-use and transport, weighing less than one gramme.

14 Apr 2017

Iced tea consumption linked to increase in cholera risk in endemic countries

Patients with cholera were also more likely to always put ice in their water and to use sedimented river water for drinking, bathing, cooking, and brushing their teeth.

07 Sep 2016

Over 80% Pakistanis drink contaminated water

Minister for Science and Technology Rana Tanveer told the Senate on Tuesday that the Pakistan Council for Research in Water Resources (PCRWR) had conducted various water quality monitoring projects in the country and said 69 per cent to 82 per cent water samples collected from 2,807 villages in 24 districts were found contaminated or unsafe for drinking, Dawn online reported.

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10 May 2016

50 taken ill in Rajasthan after drinking contaminated water

On receiving information about the incident, a rapid response team was sent to the spot.

25 Feb 2016

Jaundice outbreak: Himachal HC provides interim relief

It was reported media that Ashwani Khad water treatment station, which supplies water to one-third of Shimla's population, is highly contaminated.

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