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NYC scrambled to recruit, onboard new cooling tower inspectors before deadly Legionnaires’ outbreak
New York City urgently recruited and onboarded new cooling tower inspectors prior to a deadly Legionnaires’ outbreak. The process to fully train new water ecologists takes months, as noted in the article.
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