Water Park Closes After Hundreds Fall Ill
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/08/19/D8C2N1EG2.html
Gastrointestinal illness possibly stemming from a state-run water playground has sickened more than 700 people, mostly children and teenagers, the state Health Department said Thursday.
"The numbers are growing significantly," said department spokesman Rob Kenny.
Seneca Lake Park's Sprayground, which has water jets shooting up from a hardtop surface, was closed after tests showed the tank system that feeds the water jets was contaminated with a common waterborne disease called cryptosporidiosis.
The disease is highly contagious and can cause diarrhea, nausea and fever that can last for weeks. It usually goes away without treatment in healthy individuals, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Five of the illnesses from the Sprayground have so far been confirmed as cryptosporidiosis.
Louisiana and N.Y. Two water parks in two days?
I remember the crypto outbreak they had in Milwaukee a few years ago. Pretty nasty stuff. I was lucky but I had two friends that weren't.