Post by Logan on Jan 14, 2016 3:12:43 GMT -6
Legionnaires' spike in Michigan county dealing with water crisis
The Michigan county already reeling from lead-contaminated drinking water in the city of Flint has seen a spike of Legionnaires' disease resulting in 10 deaths that may or may not be related to the water crisis, officials said on Wednesday.
Genesee County, which includes Flint, had 87 cases of Legionnaires' from June 2014 to November 2015. State officials told a news conference they could not conclude that the increase was due to a switch in the source of Flint's water.
"That just adds to the disaster we already are facing with respect to elevated lead levels," Governor Rick Snyder said.
About half the cases were connected to Flint water and half were not, according to Nick Lyon, director of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.
Continue reading at www.reuters.com/article/us-michigan-water-idUSKCN0UR23120160113 .
The Michigan county already reeling from lead-contaminated drinking water in the city of Flint has seen a spike of Legionnaires' disease resulting in 10 deaths that may or may not be related to the water crisis, officials said on Wednesday.
Genesee County, which includes Flint, had 87 cases of Legionnaires' from June 2014 to November 2015. State officials told a news conference they could not conclude that the increase was due to a switch in the source of Flint's water.
"That just adds to the disaster we already are facing with respect to elevated lead levels," Governor Rick Snyder said.
About half the cases were connected to Flint water and half were not, according to Nick Lyon, director of the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.
Continue reading at www.reuters.com/article/us-michigan-water-idUSKCN0UR23120160113 .