Splash and Poop.

[lonestarnot]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070921/hl_nm/diarrhea_bacteria_dc;_ylt=AgJbCbN6vg9G6R32JBiAs.Fa24cA

Cryptosporidium outbreak hits the West

By REBECCA BOONE, Associated Press Writer
Fri Sep 21, 7:48 PM ET



BOISE, Idaho - Nearly 230 Idaho residents have been sickened by a waterborne parasite this year, along with hundreds of others across the Rocky Mountain West, health officials said.


The cryptosporidium outbreak has reached record numbers, Idaho Department of Health and Welfare spokesman Tom Shanahan said, and has federal officials looking at the role water parks and public pools play in spreading the diarrhea-causing parasite.

Since 1995, Idaho has averaged about 23 cryptosporidium cases a year, said Dr. Randall Nett, an epidemic intelligence officer with Idaho's Health and Welfare Department. But this year, 229 cases have been reported, the vast majority in the Boise and Meridian areas.

[NMDemDist2]

1. link is for the wrong article??? n/t

[lonestarnot]

2. Nope. Splash parks.

[NMDemDist2]

3. title says " Diarrhea bacteria lurk quietly in some: report"

the splash park link is

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070921/ap_on_he_me/crypto_outbreak;_ylt=ApfWgHtoke_QORRWpeckMn0R.3QA

[lonestarnot]

4. Splash parks spread the bacteria which can live up to a year.

[madokie]

5. we have a couple fresh water lakes built for a regional city where there are houses

where they don't have a septic system that would prevent any runoff into those lakes. I guess the chlorine they add to the water keeps the city folks safe

not to mention what we're having to live with in our rural water district. A good filter on our water is a must for us

[lonestarnot]

6. Nope

"Like other bacteria, people carry it on their hands and spread it when they touch objects, including hospital beds, equipment and doors. It forms spores that are not killed by alcohol hand sanitizers but can be destroyed with bleach."

[madokie]

7. oops

Oh well I got my two cents in anyway, ;-)
so that explains my wife's use of bleach all the time to sterilize everthing, shes a Nurse.

[lonestarnot]

8. Yeah nurses!

:applause: I knew I liked you! :)