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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Heritage Park Fountain Shutting Down Twice Daily, But Does Anyone Tell Swimmers Not To Poop In The Water?
In an editorial that went along way toward explaining to the public what's really going on at Olympia, Washington's Heritage Park Fountain, the Daily Olympian still fell too short of providing the public with a…
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"Diapered children frequently sat on top of splash features"---MMWR Gets To The Bottom Of 2007 Crypto Outbreak In Meridian, Idaho .
The 2007 closure of the splash park in Meridian, Idaho's popular Settler's Park after the chlorine-resistant parasite Cryptosporidium began making people sick gets an autopsy in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) for June…
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Colorado City Keeps Water Off Until It Can Comply With Swimming Pool Regulations At New Public Fountain
The City of Arvada, the 100,000 plus suburb that fills in much of the space between Denver and Boulder counties in Colorado, boasts an "Olde Town" dating back to 1870. Its been the subject of…
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Swimming Pools Are Being Closed Once A Week In Name of Water Quality And Fighting Cryptosporidium
Last season's cryptosporidium outbreak across North Texas means there are going to be some changes at the local swimming pool this summer. Like its bigger city neighbors of Dallas and Fort Worth, the City of…
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Parasites In Pennsylvania: Can Summer Be Far Behind?
Officals in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania have anounced that 3 individuals have beenconfirmed with cryptosporidium. While public swimming pools are common source of cryptosporidium outbreaks, there is reportedly no evidence of such a connection here. None of the ill individuals had…
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Swim Diapers Do Not Cut The Crypto From Spreading In Pools And Water Parks
Swim diapers do not prevent the spread of Cryptosporidium (Crypto) in swimming pools and water parks, according to a new University of North Carolina (UNC) - Charlotte study Researchers found swim diapers may…
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New Cryptosporidium-Fighting Treatment Plant Comes To Joplin, MO
Joplin, MO just got itself a twofer. A new water treatment facility will add an extra five million gallons of clean water a day for economic development AND it will inactivate the cryptosporidium bacteria with…
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Mayor of Virginia Town Finds Himself "Doing A Little Side-step" As Crypto Brings "Boil Water" Order
The town well in Buchanan, VA is at risk due to Cryptosporidium, which is not killed by the chlorination process. So the town is living with a "boil water" order and city council meetings are…
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Down-Under University Researchers Find One Person Could Be Responsible For Sydney's Big Crypto Outbreak
Sydney, Australia is undergoing an outbreak of Cryptosporidium that in a little more than a month has made 628 people sick. All of last year, the water rich city saw only 482 cases of Crypto.…
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Portland, Yes Portland, Says George Bush Went Too Far On Water Quality
We always go for a "man bites dog" story. Consider this: President George W. Bush's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 2006 issued a STRONGER rule involving water quality for municipal water systems. Now, the…