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reply posted on 6-6-2012 @ 12:06 PM by Lagrimas
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Just a quick update, sky news are reporting one dead.
Simply terrible. How sad.


reply posted on 6-6-2012 @ 07:49 PM by Lagrimas
The latest coming in on this is that the toll of infected people could be up to 40!


FORTY people are now being treated after a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak – and the toll could double within days. One patient has died and 12 remain in intensive care in the Edinburgh outbreak blamed on a contaminated cloud from an industrial cooling tower.



[A] contaminated cloud from an industrial cooling tower.[!!!!!]


link to the article


What is Legionnaires’ disease? Legionnaires’ disease is an acute form of pneumonia. It is caused by breathing in water droplets containing the legionella pneumophila bacteria. In small numbers, the bacteria, which is common in lakes and rivers, is harmless. But in ­man-made air ­conditioning systems, cooling towers or swimming pools, it can multiply, sometimes with deadly results.


This is quite a story developing up in Scotland. I hope those guys up in Edinburgh are ok.

As for myself well I'm obviously left wondering why and how did this 'venting' of legionnaires happen from said cooling tower?? What does this cooling tower look like? Id like to know.
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Cooling towers blamed.
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