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BEWARE: Flint Residents Face Shigellosis Due to Fear of Lead-Contaminated Waters : News : Nature World News

BEWARE: Flint Residents Face Shigellosis Due to Fear of Lead-Contaminated Waters : News : Nature World News
BEWARE: Flint Residents Face Shigellosis Due to Fear of Lead-Contaminated Waters : News : Nature World News
After suffering from the worst Legionnaires outbreak in the history of the U.s. in 2014 and disastrous water crisis in 2015, residents of Flint in Michigan are once again facing another outbreak.This time, it's an highly infectious bacterial disease called Shigellosis.AdvertisementCounty health officials are attributing the recent outbreak of Shigellosis to poor hygiene of residents.






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Flint Residents Are Too Scared Of The Water To Wash And They're Getting Sick As A Result

Flint Residents Are Too Scared Of The Water To Wash And They're Getting Sick As A Result
Flint Residents Are Too Scared Of The Water To Wash And They're Getting Sick As A Result
AdvertisementWould you use water if you believed it could make you sick?Residents in Flint, MI, have collectively answered no to that question and now they're getting sick as a result.Flint was mired in controversy back in 2015, when it was revealed that the city's water supply contained increased levels of lead.


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Flint Residents Scared to Wash Hands Due to Bacterial Outbreak

Flint Residents Scared to Wash Hands Due to Bacterial Outbreak
Flint Residents Scared to Wash Hands Due to Bacterial Outbreak
Once again the city of Flint has to live with the fear of having contaminated drinking and cleaning water.Residents of Flint, Michigan, two years after their water was contaminated with lead and continues to be, are now afraid of bathing due to a bacterial outbreak of shigellosis, a gastrointestinal illness highly contagious.RELATED:Many Flints: 33 US Cities Cheated to Pass Lead Water TestingGenessee County, where Flint is located, has reported the most cases in the state with 84 cases of shigellosis, and at least 53 of those cases happened inside Flint city limits.


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Flint Hit With Bacterial Illness as Residents Shun City Water

Flint Hit With Bacterial Illness as Residents Shun City Water
Flint Hit With Bacterial Illness as Residents Shun City Water
PhotoResidents of Flint, Mich., affected by the contaminated-water crisis have added a new complication to their lives: an outbreak of shigellosis, a bacterial illness that is easily transmitted when people do not wash their hands.Health department officials in Genesee County, where Flint is the largest city, said there has been an increase in the gastrointestinal illness, which can lead to severe diarrhea, fever, nausea, vomiting, cramps and stools containing blood and mucus, according to a statement issued last month.From the beginning of the year through the week ending Oct. 1, that county had 85 cases, the highest number in the state, according to the latest data from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.


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