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Cryptosporidium in drinking water can cause death. It is an extremely hard to kill pathogen, even surviving submersion in bleach for two hours. Cryptosporidium can pass through undetected in many municapal treatment plants. Those with compromised immune systems are at greatest risk, as found by the researchers on the Milwaukee outbreak, where 400,000 were sick and over 50 people died. I have these links to offer. They should provide you with a good perspective of the potential problems of Cryptosporidium infected water. |
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Biliary Cryptosporidiosis
in HIV-infected People This article is about how HIV infected people who were exposed to the Cryptosporidium outbreak in Milwaukee, were also three times more susceptible to other diseases than other HIV infected people. |
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The Tedious Hunt for
Cryptosporidium A professor at the University of Wisconsin was inspired to research and report on Crytposporidium after he had was momentarily paralyzed and fell ill during the outbreak in Milwaukee in 1993. |
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A Massive Outbreak
in Milwaukee of Cryptosporidium A very scientific article from a prestigeous medical journal. |
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