Health

Legionella contamination declared "insignificant"
by Ioana Madalina Tantareanu

The IHA declared levels of Legionella contamination at the Institute for Animal Health at Pirbright, to be insignificant, and not worth the effort of further action. The investigation on the Legionella case was also declared a "regretable distraction" for those testing foot-and-mouth disease. It is believed the case of Legionnaires' disease pre-dates the outbreak of foot-and-mouth, and the HPA have already confirmed that the two are not linked. It was first discovered during an inspection of the research centre, by the Health Protection Agency. The IHA stated : "This level is so low that the HSE require no further action, other than maintaining our current monitoring regime. However, we have taken positive action and have taken the relevant water system out of use and this is being disinfected as we speak." they also added: "It has been a regrettable distraction for our scientists currently working 24 hours a day on testing samples from the current foot-and-mouth outbreak to underpin the Government's contain, control and eradicate policy." The Leggionaire's disease is caused by a water to aerosol converted bacteria, such as in showers, and inhaled.

by Ioana Madalina Tantareanu for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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