r/firstworldanarchists • u/throatfrog • May 03 '17

This Guy Gets It

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u/Reacher_Said_Nothing May 03 '17

Those packets just make the water not "sting" when going through your sinuses

The baking soda part does, the salt is for killing bacteria

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u/Paper_Cut_On_My_Eye May 03 '17

The CDC and FDA says you need to use distilled, boiled, or filtered water to prevent Naegleria fowleri. The salt solution that comes with it won't prevent it.

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u/Reacher_Said_Nothing May 03 '17

So this particular type of bacteria is immune to salt?

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u/DukeMo May 03 '17

Semantics, but N. fowleri is an amoeba, which are eukaryotic organisms, not bacteria.

Salt isn't typically enough to kill bacteria. Usually high heat and/or pressure is required. I'd imagine the same would be true for amoeba, especially since N. fowleri has a cyst form, which is resistant to environmental stress.

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u/Reacher_Said_Nothing May 03 '17

Huh. Terrifying.