(September 17) Over 1000 people have now been sickened by being exposed to high concentrations of E coli in the water at a NY state county fair in late August. There have been two deaths and nine children remain on dialysis.

In Illinois, 313 people have been sickened so far by exposure to E coli at a party in a cornfield.

(September 11) There have now been two deaths in the NY county fair E coli contamination incident. Officials say the number of people sickened as a result of a contaminated water well may reach 1000. Another case of E coli contamination is being reported in Illinois with over 200 now sickened.

Four children are now on dialysis in Washington and Oregon due to E coli contamination of a swimming lake.

(September 10) Eleven children have been on dialysis and over 600 cases of E coli infection have now been reported in the NY county fair incident.

The child who died earlier this week was buried today.

In Washington state, the number sickened by E coli from a swimming lake has now reached thirty.

(September 8) Five children are now on dialysis as a result of this water contamination at a county state fair.

(September 6) High levels of E coli in a county fair's water supply in New York State resulted in the death of a three-year-old girl and the sickening more than 290 others. All had visited the Washington County Fair in the town of Greenwich, about 35 miles north of Albany, on either Aug. 28 or 29.

In Washington State in late August, 11 people were sickened and a two-year-old boy was undergoing dialysis, all the result of E coli contamination of a swimming lake.

Children are especially susceptible to developing Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) and suffering its complication of renal failure when exposed to high levels of E coli. The National Library of Medicine has several articles on Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome caused by exposure to high levels of E coli.



[This message has been edited by Gary Peterson (edited 09-18-1999).]