Sunday, Oct 04, 2009 at 21:06
I believe Legionaire's Disease manifests itself in the cooling towers in high rise buildings. What has that got to do with
water produced by condensation?
I was going to leave my answer there, but considered it a weak education effort. A quick Google produced this ....
How do you get Legionnaires' disease?
Legionella bacteria are found naturally in the environment and thrive in warm
water and warm damp
places. They are commonly found in bodies of
water, soil and potting mix.
People usually get Legionnaires' disease by breathing in Legionella bacteria in very fine droplets of
water called aerosols.
Man-made
water systems sometimes provide environments that let Legionella bacteria increase to large numbers. These man-made systems include showers,
spa pools, fountains, and also cooling towers associated with air conditioning and industrial cooling processes.
The evaporative units sometimes used in home air conditioning units have not been known to cause Legionnaires' disease. You cannot catch Legionnaires' disease from another person, or from
drinking water contaminated by Legionella bacteria.
Malcolm
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