"Your Drinking Water: Challenges and Solutions for the 21st Century" - 0 views
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anonymous on 04 Oct 17Poor quality tap water is responsible for a significant amount of acute gastrointestinal illness per year. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that water spread diseases-Legionnaires' disease, cryptosporidiosis, and giardiasis-cost the U.S. healthcare system as much as $539 million a year in hospital expenses. The significant numbers of people affected by Legionnaire's Disease has prompted U.S environmental laboratories to develop multiple initiatives to educate environmental professionals and the general public about Legionella, the organism that causes Legionnaires' disease. In 2010, the CDC stated, "Each year, between 8,000 and 18,000 people are hospitalized with Legionnaires' disease in the U.S. However, many infections are not diagnosed or reported, so this number may be higher"