Walkerton Ontario (2000)

Apparent drinking water outbreak of E. coli O157:H7

Official Inquiry Home Page

Link to Canadian Environmental Defense Fund Page

Concerned Walkerton Citizens

Chronology in Detroit Free Press

Kitchner Waterloo Record

Toronto Star update page on Walkerton outbreak

Local public health unit page

Canada Centre for Disease Control (October 15, 2000) Summary Report

External Summary of Press Links on Walkerton Outbreak

Hamilton Spectator, May 25, 2000

Hamilton Spectator, May 26, 2000

Summary of Canada Laboratory Centre for Disease Control link (June 2, 2000)

[Division of Disease Surveillance]

June 2, 2000Escherichia coli O157:H7 Infection: Ontario

An outbreak of E. coli O157:H7 infection in southern Ontario has claimed 7 lives, 6 adults and one child, and hospitalized several others. The E. coli bacteria has infected nearly 600 people in the Walkerton area and over 200 have been seen at local area hospitals. On Friday May 19, the Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound Public Health Unit was notified of 2 cases of bloody diarrhea referred from the Walkerton Hospital to Owen Sound Hospital. Shortly thereafter, the Public Health Laboratory reported that water samples from the town's water supply tested positive for E.coli O157:H7. Accordingly, the Health Unit issued a 'Boil Water Advisory' to the residents of Walkerton which still remains in effect. Although officials aren't yet sure how the outbreak started, it is possible that sewage might have leaked into local wells after extensive flooding in the area during a heavy rainstorm nearly two weeks ago.

Source: Division of Enteric, Foodborne and Waterborne Diseases, Bureau of Infectious Diseases, LCDC

Ontario governmental page on drinking water (with a focus on Walkerton)

October 10, 2000 Report of the Bruce-Grey-Owen Sound Public Health Unit (pdf files)

URL of the site from which the following was taken:
http://www.srhip.on.ca/bgoshu2/_private/Report/SPReport.htm

November 2000. Ontario Ministry of the Environment. "Technical Report on the Status of the Walkerton Water Supply System"

Link to obtain the transcripts of the Walkerton Inquiry

http://rose.tscript.com/trans/walkerton2000.htm

Windsor Star, June 26, 2001 - Testimony re: Walkerton Inquiry, by former Provincial health officer


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