(ANSA) - Milan, September 17 - Legionella, the bug that
causes Legionnaire's Disease and some forms of pneumonia, has
been in nine of 14 Brescia-area company cooling towers meaning
the water supply is safe, Lombardy health chief Giulio Gallera
said Monday.
"The results of the sampling carried out by the Brescia ATS
allow us to definitively establish that the cause (of recent
pneumonia cases) is not in the water of the aqueducts but rather
in the cooling towers of companies," he said.
"I can reassure all citizens on the fact that they can
continue to drink and use the water of the water network in all
tranquillity.
Legionella is a group of bacteria that causes a
pneumonia-type illness called Legionnaires' disease and a
flu-like illness called Pontiac fever.
Legionella in firms' cooling towers
Water can be drunk with complete safety