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With New Law Passed, NYC Will Consider Testing Options for Legionnaire's Disease

Aug 19, 2015
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Madeleine Johnson
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This story has been updated to include comments from the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb) – Amid the largest outbreak of Legionnaire's disease in New York City history, local government here has passed a bill requiring building owners to perform quarterly inspections and testing of so-called cooling towers, the rooftop sites where Legionella bacteria commonly grow.

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