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Houston-area water may be tainted with brain-eating microbe

| September 26, 2020 9:06 AM

LAKE JACKSON, Texas (AP) — Texas officials have warned residents of some communities near Houston to stop using tap water because it might be tainted with a deadly brain-eating microbe.

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