Bereaved mother says Montreal’s public health department should have investigated the source of contamination and warned other tenants in the 40-unit building that they might have been exposed. A Montreal mother is seeking answers after her 35-year-old son died on Dec. 13 of legionnaires’ disease, possibly caused by a broken hot-water heater in his Côte St-Luc apartment building. Yet Montreal’s …
Poorly commissioned plumbing and heating systems can become breeding grounds for legionella bacteria. Jerry Whiteley, Technical Manager at the Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering (CIPHE), explains. The legionella bacteria is the cause Legionnaires’ disease, a pneumonia-type illness that is potentially life threatening. It is a water-borne bacteria that flourishes in warm water (typically between 20-45°C) and, as such, …
The Global Legionella Water Testing Market size is estimated to be USD 220.9 billion in 2019 and is predicted to reach USD 509.9 billion by 2030 with a CAGR of 7.9% from 2020-2030. Legionella is the bacteria which is responsible for Legionellosis, a form of pneumonia. The treatment requires intensive care and hospitalisation thus is considered as one of the …
In 2014, Flint, Mich. became a national headline. After the city began supplying residents with water from the Flint River, families and businesses began to notice that the water from their taps looked, smelled, and tasted contaminated, but the city claimed it was safe. A study conducted the following year by researchers at Virginia Tech revealed the problem: Citywide lead levels had …
Irish Water has issued a Boil Water Notice for customers supplied by the Drumconrath Public Water Supply . The notice comes just weeks after a similar notice, which lasted up to six weeks was lifted. Irish Water and Meath County Council aid the notice was due to “elevated turbidity levels”. “The reservoir is now empty and water is to be restored under the protection of a Boil Water Notice as …
A terminally ill patient who died at a Perth hospital had contracted Legionnaires’ disease after deadly bacteria was found in the facility’s water supply. Officials have confirmed a post-mortem of the patient at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital returned a positive result for Legionella pneumophila. The North Metropolitan Health Service said the person had been receiving palliative care and it could …
EU Parliament chief David Sassoli played down the probability that he could have caught Legionnaire’s disease from water droplets or ventilation in the Parliament, despite a recent history of outbreaks in the institution. President Sassoli revealed on Tuesday that the reason he was hospitalised with pneumonia two months ago was that he had contracted Legionnaire’s disease, a sometimes fatal illness carried in airborne …
Almost a dozen lawsuits against cannabis firm Organigram over a 2019 legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Moncton have quietly ended. Court records show 11 separate cases filed in August were discontinued with consent orders signed by both a lawyer for the plaintiffs and the company last month. The records do not say whether there were settlements, which can include a non-disclosure agreement, or provide …
A new recommendation to the Dutch government suggests a hybrid risk approach on Legionella bacteria monitoring in implementing the new EU’s tap water rules at member state levels. Detecting bacterial cultures of Legionella was one of the prominent bones of contention during interinstitutional negotiations on the revision of the Drinking Water Directive (DWD), which updated parameters of water quality set more than 20 years …
A detection of Legionella bacteria at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in Perth has led to 16 rooms being treated for the bacteria and two patients receiving precautionary antibiotics. A deceased patient, who had been receiving palliative care, was found to be infected with Legionella pneumophila during a post-mortem examination. In a statement, a spokeswoman for the North Metropolitan Health Service said it could …