Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak in Flint, Michigan

By David Coil Posted in Infectious Diseases Water Systems

Posted on January 14, 2016September 12, 2017

(Update: after posting this I found that actual experts have proposed a different hypothesis) So the recent Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak in Flint, Michigan has been getting quite a bit of press recently. For example in the last few days here are pieces from The Atlantic, The Washington Post, and CNN. The very short version of …

Legionella on Cooling Towers

By Alex Alexiev Posted in Information and Resources News

Posted on August 18, 2015August 19, 2015

A number of cooling towers around the Bronx have been found to be the source of a Legionella outbreak. A number of buildings in the area tested positive for contamination, including a drug manufacturer (thankfully the medicine was not contaminated, at least according to the company representatives). Legionella is a waterborne pathogen that can grow in …