Legionella

It takes 200,000,000 litres per second to grow food for the planet Human blood is 83% water Over 90% of the world’s supply of fresh water is located in Antarctica 70% of the Earth is covered with water but only about 1% of the world’s water is readily available for human use. Nearly 97% is salty…

Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Thursday the number of cases of the serious lung infection is up to 100. Officials said earlier this week that the city’s largest ever Legionnaires’ outbreak, which centres on the South Bronx, had already peaked. Investigators said the source was five cooling towers that have now been cleaned by…

A steel coating company has been fined for failing to manage the risks from legionella bacteria at two cooling towers over a period of five years. Newport Crown Court heard how in February 2014, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) visited Coilcolor limited in Newport, Gwent and found it had been operating two cooling towers…