Disneyland cooling tower likely source of Legionnaires ’ disease outbreak

A Legionnaires ’ disease outbreak near Disneyland last year might have been caused by mist from a cooling tower, according to an Orange County health official. Dr. Matthew Zahn, medical director for epidemiology at the Orange County Health Care Agency, told an appeals board judge at the California Occupational Safety and Health Administration that tests around the time of the disease outbreak showed high levels of Legionella bacteria in two of Disneyland’s cooling towers, which likely spread…
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