Texas woman dies from brain-eating amoeba after using tap water to rinse sinuses

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Here's a grim reminder about nasal irrigation safety: a 71-year-old Texas woman is dead after using RV campground tap water in her sinus rinse device, reports CBS News.

The CDC reports she contracted Naegleria fowleri — the notorious "brain-eating amoeba" — which caused a fatal brain infection. Within just fou…