Want to keep your brain safe? Here’s the scoop: swim in treated pools and avoid warm, dirty water. If you’re at a lake, keep your head above water. And for heaven’s sake, don’t use a neti pot with tap water—that’s like inviting amoebas to a tea party in your nose. Use distilled or boiled water instead.
Also, if your pool smells like a bleach factory, it’s not too much chlorine—it’s too many people peeing in it. Yeah, that smell comes from chlorine reacting with urea. Gross, but true. Pee less, chlorine works better, and amoebas stay dead.
