West Edmonton Mall

A class action lawsuit has been filed against the Alberta mall alleging a bacterial outbreak may have caused painful lesions. In early 2003, the West Edmonton Mall's World Waterpark allegedly had a bacterial outbreak that caused bloody lesions to develop weeks after the contamination. Parents of kids who developed the sores may not have linked them to a visit to the mall. A Capital Health Region study of the outbreak found 28 confirmed cases and 57 suspected cases linked to bacteria found in the park's dolphin wading pool. In most of the children, the infections led to open sores on their hands and feet.