A recent report attributes 80 percent of the Legionnaires’ disease cases during Flint, Michigan’s 2014-15 outbreak to the changes in the city’s water supply.
According to the study conducted by the Flint Area Community Health and Environmental Partnership, the risk of acquiring the disease increased more than sixfold across Flint’s water distribution system after the city switched from Detroit’s Lake Huron source to the Flint River in April 2014. Over the course of 2014 and 2015, there were 91 documented cases of Legionnaires’ disease, 12 of which resulted in the patient dying.
The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is disputing
The Link Between Legionnaires’ Disease and Water Distribution Systems
In light of a recent study attributing most of Flint, Michigan’s outbreak to changes in water supply, here’s information from an industry organization looking at Legionella bacteria and how to prevent it from contaminating a distribution system
May 03, 2018
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