Erin Brockovich says inadequate testing exposes New York residents to unnecessary Legionnaires disease risk.

New York recorded 718 cases of Legionnaires disease in 2016 which is 14% of the US total for the year. Recent reports from the Flint outbreaks indicate that this may well be under reported.

The iconic environmental advocate Erin Brockovich stated at an Alliance to prevent Legionnaires disease event in Albany that the risks are too high. NYC needs to rethink its strategy for dealing with the issue and that timely testing should be part of improved control measures.

“There is a serious public water crisis brewing in New York,” said Brockovich, “New Yorkers are needlessly dying from their public water systems, and the stark truth is that more people will get seriously ill and die if the state’s current regulations… are not changed to address the real issues that exist with the water supply.”