It was exactly a week ago that public health officials declared Alamosa's tap water unsafe to drink. That meant telling about 10,000 people they'd have have to get their water elsewhere - It's not the kind of call that's made hastily, and health investigators made it before they were 100% certain that Alamosa's tap water was carrying the potentially deadly Salmonella bacteria now believed to have sickened more than 250 people. KCFR Health Reporter Eric Whitney has the story of how Colorado's disease detectives zeroed in on the water and were eventually proven right.
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Posted by Delaney Utterback on March 26, 2008 6:36 PM | Permalink
