In Japan people have died from inhaling the steam of improperly cleaned onsen spa waters. There are various bacteria that have caused illness and death, including the legionnaire's type of pathogen. There was a recent outbreak at a very new facility; several persons died.
Jack Dayton wrote: > > Never having had a hot tub, I haven't > paid much attention to what has been > discussed here, but the local paper carried > an article about ENCLOSED hot tubs. > The subject is being refer ed to as > hot tub lung. > > "The culprit is nontuberculosis > mycobacteria, one of several microbes, > that can thrive in hot tub water. The > steam and bubbles aerosolize ( is > that a valid word? :-) ) the tiny organism, > making it easy to breathe in. " > > Quoting one victim -- "It was a flu-like > thing where I was totally exhausted..." . > > She also had a "...persistent cough." > > The only reference was to -- > Dr.Cecil Rose > National Jewish Medical and > Research Center in Denver, CO > > by Bill Radford > The Colorado Springs Gazette > > Jack > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > Instructions for unsubscribing may be found at: http://silverlist.org > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
