Cryptosporidium Blog
"Surveillance and analysis on cryptosporidium news and outbreaks."
Author: Marler Clark is a Seattle law firm that also authors E. Coli Blog, Marler Blog, Food Poison Blog, Campylobacter Blog, Hepatitis Blog, Listeria Blog, Norovirus Blog, Salmonella Blog and Shigella Blog.
Blawg Related Categories: Consumer Law • Health Law • Tort Law • Injury & Accident Law • Product Liability Law • Law Firm
Recent Posts from Cryptosporidium Blog
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Health Officials In Texas Want To Extend Pool Regulations To Sprayparks
Health authorities in Texas now say there is a dangerous oversight in state health codes. They have concluded that this summer's outbreak of the cryptosporidium parasite from Burger's Lake spread to sprayparks. Unlike larger…
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Andrews Park Splash Pad Shut Down Due to Crypto
Oklahoma is finding itself in the middle of another food or water borne illness--this time it is an outbreak of Cryptosporidium that's made at least 20 people sick. KOCO-TV 5 in Oklahoma City reports: Oklahoma…
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Dallas Spends Summer Fight Crypto: And Crypto Is Winning
Since late June, Dallas has seen 378 reports of laboratory confirmed cases of cryptosporidium connected to the use of recreational water facilities. Dallas County Health and Human Services (DCHHS) going into the Labor Day weekend…
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Flags Over Columbus Public Health Flapping Hard As Much Work Goes On Inside
Add Cryposporidium to the list of food and water bugs that are making people in central Ohio ill this summer. Over on the Shigella blog, we previously reported on central Ohio's bouts with E. coli,…
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How Many Hotel/Motel Swimming Pools Are Cryto Breeding Grounds?
We doubt if many readers are going to be looking for a hotel or motel in Fort Dodge, Iowa. However, if you are, avoid the check-in line at the Quality Inn. It does not look…
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Cleburne, Texas Waits For "An Incident" Before Closing For Crypto
For the past month, much of the country has experienced temperatures in the 90 to 100 degree range. That's not a time when anyone wants to close swimming pools, but many have been closed when…
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Crypto Closes Popular Texas Lake For Ten Days
Burger's Lake, a popular waterhole in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, was set to re-opened today after being closed since July 16 to clean up Cryptosporidium contamination. According to the Fort Worth Star Telegram: Workers at…
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How Phoenix Delivered The News That All Pools Are Closed!
"Good evening. I’m Phoenix City Manager Frank Fairbanks. Today we learned from Maricopa County officials that two swimmers who had used the city’s Starlight Pool have tested positive for the intestinal illness crypto-spor-i-dio-sis, commonly known…
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Intestinal parasites found in Pismo Beach waters
April Charlton, Senior Staff Writer for the Santa Maria Times, had some bad news for California's central coast over the 4th of July weekend. She reported: Intestinal parasites were found south of Pismo Pier and…
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Small Town In Iowa Gets Ready To Fight Crypto
Cresco, Iowa, population 3,905, located in Howard County on the border with Minnesota is one of those picture post card sort of small towns. The Times Plain Dealer is a weekly newspaper that publishes on…