New research by the Health Protection Agency (HPA)
suggests that water from windscreen washer jets could be the cause of
one in five cases of Legionnaires' Disease.
The illness is caught
when stagnant warm water containing the Legionella bacteria is sprayed
and inhaled. It can lead to pneumonia and is sometimes fatal.
It
was found that those who drive for a living are five times more likely
to catch Legionnaires' Disease. The HPA believes that drivers who fill
the washer reservoir of...
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