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Dangerous bacteria is showing up in school water systems, reminding all buildings reopening amid COVID-19 to check the pipes

  • Written by: Caitlin R. Proctor, Lillian Gilbreth Postdoctoral Fellow, Purdue University
imageSchools in Ohio and Pennsylvania have already found Legionella, the bacteria that causes Legionnaires' disease, in their water systems.Andrew Whelton/Purdue University, CC BY-ND

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