State workers warned of bacteria-tainted water in offices
Bacteria known to cause sometimes-deadly respiratory infections have been found in a midtown Sacramento state office complex, as more than 200,000 state workers started returning to their offices at least twice a week. Legionella, which could lead to a serious pneumonia named Legionnaires’ disease, have been detected in the water system of the five-building East End Complex, which houses three major state departments. Two of them — the California Department of Public Health and the Department of Health Care Services — confirmed the test results to CalMatters today. …Service Employees International Union Local 1000, which represents 96,000 state workers, is demanding “immediate action.”