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Low levels of chlorine to blame for Flint outbreak

By News Services on February 14, 2018
Posted in Legionnaires' disease, Public health

The 2014-15 Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Flint, MI, was caused by low chlorine levels in the municipal water system, according to a pair of new studies published recently in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and the journal mBio.

The outbreak, attributed to the ongoing Flint water crisis, killed 12 people and…

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Attorney Elliot Olsen has extensive experience representing people sickened by Legionnaires’ disease. He specializes in personal-injury and wrongful-death lawsuits in the areas of food poisoning…

Attorney Elliot Olsen has extensive experience representing people sickened by Legionnaires’ disease. He specializes in personal-injury and wrongful-death lawsuits in the areas of food poisoning, medical malpractice and vehicle accidents.

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Legionnaires’ disease (Legionella pneumonia, or Legionellosis) is a severe form of pneumonia, a respiratory illness that causes the air sacs in the lungs to fill with water or pus. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that the disease affects about 5,000 Americans each year, with 10 percent of those cases resulting in death.
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