While cryptosporidiosis, infection by the protist parasite Cryptosporidium, is rare in the United States, it is a common ...

Almost a fifth of pre-washed vegetables on supermarket shelves in the UK could contain a parasite found in contaminated faeces, a study suggests. Scientists found traces of cryptosporidium ...

Cryptosporidium is a tiny organism that causes ... "Small traces" of the parasite were found in Brixham in south Devon, South West Water says. The water company says it is investigating a ...

South West Water (SWW) is having to pay back £17.4m next year after missing key targets on pollution and leaks. Ms Matthews ...

Cryptosporidium (crip-toe-spor-ID-ee-um) is a protozoan, a single-celled parasite that lives in the intestines of animals and people. This microscopic pathogen causes a disease called ...

Cryptosporidium is a parasite that causes an infection affecting people and farm animals with symptoms such as diarrhoea, vomiting, stomach pains and fever. It is usually found in lakes ...

A mother who was affected by an outbreak of a cryptosporidium parasite in Devon, said she still did not feel her water supply from South West Water was safe. Tanya Matthews, from Brixham ...

United Utilities repeatedly dumped millions of litres of raw sewage illegally into Lake Windermere between 2021 and 2023 and ...

“We are working as hard as we can, and we hope to have some results (on how far the parasite has spread) in the next few days.” Cryptosporidium is a microscopic parasite that causes ...

Cryptosporidium causes a disease called cryptosporidiosis ... samples after over 100 people went to doctors to test for the parasite. Jill Norfolk, 65, a local resident, said: "The GPs told ...