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Boil‐water Orders: Beneficial or Hazardous?
This article reports on a study done at the University of Michigan on how boil water advisories may provide little if any protection against thermally resistant bacterial spores (e.g., Bacillus anthracis), and may actually result in much greater inhalation health hazards. The article discusses three characteristics of Bacillus anthracis that make it one of the most likely choices for a bioterrorism attack. Specifically, the objectives of the study were to determine whether the spores of Bacillus subtilis (selected as a nonlethal surrogate for the highly lethal Bacillus anthracis) are inactivated in boiling water and to assess whether aerosols formed in boiling processes create potential routes for dispersal of viable airborne spores. The article discusses materials and methods used in the study, including preparation of spore suspensions, general experimental protocol, thermal inactivation experiments, aerosolation experiments, and viability assessment.
Boil‐water Orders: Beneficial or Hazardous?
This article reports on a study done at the University of Michigan on how boil water advisories may provide little if any protection against thermally resistant bacterial spores (e.g., Bacillus anthracis), and may actually result in much greater inhalation health hazards. The article discusses three characteristics of Bacillus anthracis that make it one of the most likely choices for a bioterrorism attack. Specifically, the objectives of the study were to determine whether the spores of Bacillus subtilis (selected as a nonlethal surrogate for the highly lethal Bacillus anthracis) are inactivated in boiling water and to assess whether aerosols formed in boiling processes create potential routes for dispersal of viable airborne spores. The article discusses materials and methods used in the study, including preparation of spore suspensions, general experimental protocol, thermal inactivation experiments, aerosolation experiments, and viability assessment.
Boil‐water Orders: Beneficial or Hazardous?
Journal ‐ American Water Works Association ; 95 ; 40-45
01.10.2003
5 pages
Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
Michigan , Security , Bioterrorism , Aerosols , Viability
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