Legionella Testing

Averting Tragedy: Testing Cooling Towers for Legionella

It Can Happen to Anyone Recently, a friend of mine relayed an interesting story to me. Her husband was walking by a hospital when he felt a couple of droplets hit his face. It was a sunny day, but he looked up, expecting to spot at least a small rain cloud. Seeing none, he realized […]

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Should You Test for Legionella?

Building Sciences / Dr. Abe Cullom

According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), Legionnaires’ disease is on the rise in the United States. In 2000, roughly 1000 cases were reported. That number ballooned to 10,000 cases in 2018, the last year for which data is available. The CDC issued a 2021 report on waterborne diseases, but this report only looks

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