Health minister wants cooling tower rules by next spring
CBC
New Brunswick's health minister says she wants rules for listing and inspecting cooling towers by next spring following two outbreaks of legionnaires' disease in the Moncton region.
Dorothy Shephard said it's uncertain if legislation will be introduced this fall, but "absolutely" wants to move ahead by the spring.
"We want to get this done and we're not going to sit on this," Shephard said in an interview with CBC on Tuesday. "But, we're not going to rush it and not have something dealt with properly."
The details of what that could entail and how much responsibility for tracking and inspections may be left to municipalities remain unclear.
The interview was the first time Shephard has publicly addressed recommendations by Public Health officials starting in September 2019 for a cooling tower registry and associated rules to stem outbreaks.
Dr. Yves Léger, a regional medical officer of health, recommended the province create a list of cooling tower locations across the province following an outbreak of the severe form of pneumonia in the Moncton region in 2019 that left 16 sick.
The list is meant to help quickly locate the towers for testing in the event of future outbreaks in order to more easily track down the source of the legionella bacterium.
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