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How many people have been sickened or have died from cryptosporidial contamination in drinking water?

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Cryptosporidiosis affected more that 400,000 people and caused over 60 deaths in Milwaukee in 1993 when the parasites contaminated the public water system. Smaller outbreaks have occurred in other states.

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