E. Coli Cases In Utah Children Tied To Contaminated Water Used By Lawn Sprinklers, Report Finds

HealthDay (5/10, Mundell) reported, “Happily jumping around lawn sprinklers or playing with garden hoses on a hot summer day: An idyllic childhood scene.” However, this is not the case “for a bunch of kids in Utah, who all got serious E. coli illnesses from the contaminated water they were exposed to.” Overall, “13 kids averaging just 4 years of age were infected during late July of last year in an unidentified Utah city, according to a report led by BreAnne Osborn of the Utah Department of Health and Human Services.” Seven cases resulted in hospitalization, but “luckily, all of the children eventually recovered.” The report was published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.