Death by neti pot: Why you shouldn’t use tap water to clean your sinuses An alarming number of Americans think tap water is sterile—it's definitely not. Beth Mole – Mar 13, 2024 2:18 PM | 269 ...

A 71-year-old Texas woman has died after contracting a rare and almost always fatal brain infection, prompting renewed warnings from the CDC about how to safely use sinus rinse devices like neti ...

Although contracting the Acanthamoeba pathogen is extremely rare, many people are unaware of the unsterile nature of tap water and use it for their sinuses, according to a survey study published last ...

Sula repeated her water order and the server demurred. But, when the water arrived, it wasn’t the giant glass of free tap water, sloshing with ice, Sula was expecting.