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suggests that people have been hospitalised due to spores from compost. It's the way the article reads! DH has had a good look and wonders if someone is looking for a Research Grant so is 'scaremongering'
. No where does it say that people have suffered from Legionella via spores from compost bags. Usually when I open one the compost is damp anyway,e ven our home grown stuff is damp. Using lots of that this week
. If I had the energy I would have a look-see that the article but there are no quotes .........
DH shrugged and said 'it might be possible if the person opening the bag was in an enclosed space and the compost was very dry'.
The most important issue is to make sure that domestic shower 'heads' are regularly used or decontaminated. Because the spores love the amoeba that lives in water, the spores are all around us and shower heads are warm and damp, making them an ideal breeding ground. Which is why Hotels have to be spotless about their shower head cleaning. The other place is the water storage bottles in the car: those that have the window clean spray jets! if they don't have anti-freeze and that other stuff
(screen wash) in-situ, the car driver can be affected via the ventilation vents!!! if you can smell when you clean your car windows then the chances are that there are spores entering the vehicle via the air vents.
So put away your masks - 'cos most of those are useless unless worn correctly - and go about enjoying your gardening
"The findings are reported in the journal Clinical Microbiology and Infection." typically there is no mention of whether this is a UK Journal, how recent the Report is, there is no reference to Calls for Papers, Abstracts etc..
