I'm confused. Was it in the tap water or the pot? Or did "it" only exist once the two mixed?. The FDA is doing a really horrible job either way.

Perhaps it's just me here, but I've never heard of this before. I'm thinking after hearing how it can go wrong that perhaps running anything but air through my sinuses isn't such a good idea. I suppose it makes sense that the natural defenses there are for airborne pollutants, not solid/liquid..so this by passes 250,000 years of evolution in one shot. Hmm... Yeah, I think I'll stick to the chicken noodle soup and lots of rest. Exotic cold remedies don't strike me as worth dying for. Yikes.

I believe these cases were in Louisiana. Down here in the south, especially during times of drought and heat, that nasty amoeba lives in the water. A few kids have died in Texas over the past year from swimming in warm ponds and getting the water up their nose. I'm surprised it is in the municipal water supply, though.

I used to use neti pots and sinus rinses on the advice of my allergist, until I got a horrific sinus infection from it. A better solution is to use bottles of saline spray, available in stores by the nose sprays. Easier still, take a hot shower.

So theoretically if I laugh and tap water goes out my noes I could be introducing amoebas that will om nom nom my brain? How about swimming in a lake? Freakin amoebas.