Re: Re: CULT:soil/legionnaires(long)U.S. suspects potting soil in Legionnaires' case
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Re: CULT:soil/legionnaires(long)U.S. suspects potting soil in Legionnaires' case
- From: J* C*
- Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2000 02:59:28 GMT
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>U.S. health officials did not issue any warnings involving potting soil.
>But
>Australian researchers previously linked Legionnaires disease to potting
>soil
>and advised users to open bags carefully and wet down the soil to avoid
>inhaling airborne potting mix, to wear gloves and to wash their hands after
>handling potting soil.
I should have read the rest of my mail before I sent my previous mail!
We have had a very bad outbreak of this disease here in Victoria. The new
aquarium opened in the first term school holidays and was a very popular
tourist attraction. People queueing for tickets inhaled legionella bacteria
which 'rained' on them from the airconditioning towers. Can't recall now,
but I think there were a couple of deaths among the elderly.
Cheers (well not so cheery really) Jan Clark
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