Dr. Len Horovitz

Turns out Hitchcock isn’t the only reason to fear your shower. Potentially harmful organisms, known as mycobacteria, could be living in your showerhead.   Mycobacteria are capable of causing nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) lung infection — and showerheads in particular have been implicated in transmission of the disease. The organisms exist naturally in soil and water, but infection occurs through inhalation. “The concern about the showerhead is that it does what […]