Flesh Eating Bacteria Just Showed Up in America’s Most Expensive Zip Code

A Virginia father waded into calf-high water and died two weeks later when flesh-eating bacteria ravaged his legs.

Now scientists just found the same bacteria thriving in the bays and ponds of the Hamptons – and the wealthy elites who vacation there have no idea.

If you're planning to swim anywhere on the East Coast this summer, there's something in the water that nobody warned you about.


Scientists Found It in Sagaponack – One of the Most Expensive Zip Codes in America
Stony Brook University professor Christopher Gobler just released research that identified flesh-eating bacteria hot spots in several New York estuaries – specifically Sagaponack Pond and Mecox Bay on Long Island's South Fork.

Sagaponack ranks among the three most expensive zip codes in the entire United States.

The bacteria is called Vibrio vulnificus.

It used to be a Florida and Gulf Coast problem.


Not anymore.

New York waters have been warming at three times the global average during summer over the past 20 years.

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