"EPA officials say they’ve closed several water fountains that tested positive for Legionella."
"Bacteria linked to severe lung infections recently found in EPA’s Chicago office has also cropped up in three more EPA buildings, internal emails show.
Federal officials closed three water fountains, one pantry sink and two expansion tanks in the north and south wings of the William Jefferson Clinton Federal Building in Washington after the water sources tested positive for Legionella, according to an email obtained by POLITICO’s E&E News. The building complex houses many EPA employees in Washington.
A sink in an EPA laboratory in Houston also tested positive for Legionella bacteria, prompting a separate email to employees in June warning them not to use the sink."
Miranda Willson and Kevin Bogardus report for E&E News September 3, 2024.
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