Alliance to Prevent Legionnaires' Disease applauds U.S. EPA recommendation to increase minimum disinfectant levels and placing greater emphasis on protecting homes from legionella
"We applaud the EPA for setting new guidelines to better ensure the safety of our water," said Tonya Winders, Executive Director of the Alliance to Prevent Legionnaires' Disease.
- "We applaud the EPA for setting new guidelines to better ensure the safety of our water," said Tonya Winders, Executive Director of the Alliance to Prevent Legionnaires' Disease.
- According to the CDC, 96 percent of all Legionnaires' Disease cases are individual, sporadic cases and not related to outbreaks.
- Legionnaires' Disease is a waterborne illness, caused by Legionella bacteria, which is present in biofilms in water systems.
- The full Working Group report can be found here: https://www.epa.gov/system/files/documents/2023-11/report-of-the-mdbp-ru...
For more information on Legionnaires' Disease and the Alliance to Prevent Legionnaires' Disease, visit the Alliance's website: https://preventlegionnaires.org/ .