By Paul Homewood
h/t Paul Kolk
First we had the boss of Network Rail blaming the Stonehaven crash on global warming, before his company was fined for negligence.
Now SSW are trying to deflect the blame for the cryptosporidium outbreak in Devon:
The owner of South West Water has warned that global heating will increase the risk of outbreaks of the parasite that caused diarrhoea and vomiting in south Devon. Pennon Group said that “gradual and significant increasing average and high temperatures” could pose “risks to water quality and water treatment” – including the cryptosporidium parasite – in its annual report, published this week
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As the BBC reported a month ago, responsibility for the outbreak lay solely with SWW themselves:
The boss of South West Water (SWW) says she is "truly sorry" for the outbreak of a diarrhoea-type illness in south Devon.
A total of 22 cases of cryptosporidiosis were confirmed in the Brixham area by UKHSA on Wednesday, with more than 100 people reporting symptoms to their GP in the last week.
SWW said it believed it had located the source where the parasite could have entered the water network.
About 16,000 homes and businesses have been served boil water notices, with SWW CEO Susan Davy saying the company had "fallen significantly short".
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crgyg47wg16o
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The idea that slightly warmer reservoirs will make any difference to the parasite is patent nonsense, and fraudulent.
The simple fact is that cryptosporidium is already endemic in the UK, and around the world regardless of climate.
That is why water companies are supposed to go to such lengths in water treatment to kill of parasites like this one and many others.
That is why in the last two months at least two petting farms, which invite families to cuddle barnyard animals, have also been hit by suspected cryptosporidium outbreaks.
It’s a simple question of hygiene, not climate.