Toronto Public Health recently verified that a TTC cooling tower is the direct cause of a Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Toronto. Health authorities issued a recent statement establishing the cooling tower as the underlying cause of the local infection cluster.

Multiple news outlets including CBC, Global News, Toronto Star, and SSBCrack reported the official news from public health officials. The official announcement formally designated the TTC cooling tower as the root cause of the local outbreak in Toronto. Public health officials stated that the TTC cooling tower remains the identified source of the illness cluster.