Health | Marseille: water contaminated with legionella, the long fight of the inhabitants of the Air-Bel city

2023-08-25 06:00:20

In the shower, her children always hold their breath. But not to play snorkelers. “They’ve been hearing us talk regarding legionella for years. Here, there’s always anxiety when you turn on the tap,” recalls Rania Aougaci, president of the Air-Bel tenants’ association (11th). In this city of 6,000 inhabitants, east of Marseille, a labyrinth of 72 buildings wedged behind the railway line that runs towards Aubagne, water has been a subject of concern for years. Out of fear. In 2011, Halia Haouache, a neighbor of building 59, was stricken with – then cured – of Legionnaires’ disease: the origin of her illness, it turned out, came from the hot water network in her home. “Legionellosis: until then, we had never heard this word

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