PhotoTraces of the bacteria that causes Legionnaires’ disease have been found in the water at a Manhattan police station where an officer who recently fell ill works, the police and health officials said on Sunday. “There is no public health risk to the larger community,” the Health Department said in its statement. Preliminary results turned up traces of the Legionella bacteria, officials said, and the Health Department was studying those results and conducting its own tests. The disease is contracted by breathing in water vapor containing the bacteria, but it is not contagious and can be treated with antibiotics. The law requires building owners to register cooling towers with the Health Department, and to clean and test them quarterly for Legionella.

Source: New York Times June 11, 2017 19:07 UTC