Deadly bacteria detected as NYC orders emergency cleaning of cooling towers

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Deadly bacteria detected as NYC orders emergency cleaning of cooling towers

Fox News · 2 hours ago

New York City health officials have ordered emergency cleaning and disinfection of ten rooftop cooling towers in the South Bronx, including one at Yankee Stadium, after tests detected traces of Legionella bacteria linked to a growing Legionnaires' disease cluster. The outbreak has sickened nine people and killed one, prompting concern given the neighbourhood's history of…

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