Jessica Watson has cooked with bottled water in her spacious kitchen, with its granite countertops, ever since she became afraid to drink her tap water four years ago. About 80,000 people in three townships outside Philadelphia live in an area where the groundwater has been contaminated by chemicals used for decades in firefighting foam at… Read more »

Sydneysiders who recently visited the Haymarket area are being urged to look out for symptoms of Legionnaires’ disease, after Legionella bacteria was identified in a local cooling tower. The tower, which is no longer operating, was found to be contaminated during an investigation into two Legionnaires’ cases earlier this year, according to the South Eastern… Read more »

SWIMMING pool and spa facilities have been closed at a Sandown hotel on the order of environmental health officers — after fears were raised guests could be exposed to Legionnaires’ disease. The Isle of Wight Council confirmed it had launched an investigation at the Melville Hall Hotel and Utopia Spa in Sandown. It said high levels of… Read more »

An outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease at a senior living center in suburban Chicago has left one resident dead and two others sickened, health officials said Wednesday. The Lake County Health Department said in a news release that it has confirmed three cases of the disease, a type of severe pneumonia caused by the Legionella bacteria,… Read more »

An outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease at a women’s work camp at Coleman Federal Correctional Complex has worsened to 18 confirmed cases as health and prison officials search for the source of the contamination, dramatically escalating the Sumter County prison’s public health crisis. The outbreak at the prison, beset by sexual assault allegations, dwarfs past Legionnaires’ disease… Read more »

If you don’t mind, I might take a pass on the hot tub. To clarify, I mean the hot tub displays you see at hot tub expos or maybe the Mountain State Fair. I’m still going to occasionally plop my generous bod into the YMCA’s hot tub, because I trust they maintain it every day… Read more »

Two suspected Legionnaires’ disease deaths in the southern region in recent months and a spate of other cases of the ailment have prompted a new public health campaign by the Southern District Health Board. Last year, 20 cases of legionellosis were notified in the Southern DHB district, 14 of which were in the last three… Read more »

A number of inmates at Coleman Federal Correctional Complex’s women’s camp have been diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease, a kind of pnumonia, according to a Bureau of Prisons spokesman. At least a dozen inmates have gone to the hospital for treatment, according to women at the camp. They described long lines at sick call and health… Read more »

State health officials confirmed Tuesday an investigation is ongoing at Westmoreland Manor for a suspected case of Legionnaires’ disease. Residents and employees at the county-owned nursing home in Hempfield have been using bottled water to drink and to clean with since Friday, when the investigation started. FULL ARTICLE

American agriculture is a behemoth, a world-leading industry that, while meeting extensive domestic demands, still exports around $140 billion in farm products each year. Soybeans go to China. Cherries to Japan. Baskets of goods to Canada. Some of that production rests on a risky and unstable foundation, a new study finds. It takes water to grow those… Read more »