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A whitewater recreation area in the area of Charlotte, N.C., plans to treat water to kill a potentially deadly microorganism and expel it into a neighboring river after an Ohio teen died of a brain-attacking microorganism. The Charlotte Observer reports …

The U.S. National Whitewater Center in Charlotte, N.C., announced Friday that it has temporarily suspended its operations after water samples turned up the amoeba believed to have caused the death of an Ohio teenager. A statement released by the center …