This tiny little microorganism on my mind July 17, 2007
Posted by nbeyond in : science, tips , trackbackI am not a microbiologist but a modeler (definitely not a fashion model but a scientist using computers to simulate some physics happening in our life). Right now, I have this thing on my mind.
cordially linked from Facts About Cryptosporidium
This tiny little living thing called Cryptosporidium Oocyst is invisible to bare eyes, sphere-shape, sized around 4 to 6 micro meter, and resilient to endure various stresses such as chemical treatment, filtration, and some hot sun light.
This oocyst is a dormant status of this microorganism until it finds a host such as humans or animals. It develops some forms to number themselves in the host causing Diarrhea, weight loss, and abdominal cramping, etc. If you are a healthy person, this can be handled just OK by your body. But, if you are a person with immune system compromised, this can be deadly.
In 1993, the biggist oubreak has occurred in Milwaukee, USA, infecting about 400,000 people. This is a big number. Since then, it brought many issues to drinking water utility, government, and lawyers or many others. People sued the city government. Government had to raise tax money to pay this class action lawsuit. Guess what who got rich after all? Yes, they are lawyers. So, they reached to an agreement that they need a smarter way of doing it, because at the end it’s our health threatened by this thing not getting-money-back or paying-more-tax things.
Anyway, my interests are to understand the influence of this little thing on groundwater quality depending on some situations. I am still at a stage to conform substantial ideas so that I can take an action, in other words, model this thing’s life.
I have some thought on my mind still developing, but that must be ended in a week or so, because I have a clear deadline for this. I may keep this posted.
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