This study examined an association between rising Legionnaires’ disease incidence and declining atmospheric sulfur dioxide, together with a proposed mechanism. The result does not establish that pollution reductions caused the disease increase.
Citation
Fangqun Yu, Arshad Nair, Ursula Lauper, Gan Luo, Jason Herb, Matthew Morse, Braden Savage, Martin Zartarian, Meng Wang, Shao Lin, “Mysteriously rapid rise in Legionnaires’ disease incidence correlates with declining atmospheric sulfur dioxide.” PNAS Nexus, 2024.