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• Improper Use of Neti Pots May Increase Brain Infection Risks, FDA Warns

  August 6, 2021

  Russell Maas

  The FDA is advising consumers on the use of neti pots, which have increased in popularity in recent years, due to a risk of brain-eating infections if sterile water is not used.

• Fatal Brain Infection Linked To Neti Pot Use In Case Report

  December 11, 2018

  Irvin Jackson

  A case report links the use of a neti pot and tap water to a fatal brain infection that killed a Seattle woman.

• Neti Pot Problems Linked to Brain-Eating Amoeba, Death

  December 19, 2011

  Staff Writers

  Following the deaths of at least two people from a brain-eating infection, Louisiana health officials are warning people not to...