Arsenic in private well water part 2 of 3: Who benefits the most from traditional testing promotion?

ABSTRACT: Arsenic, a toxic element naturally found in groundwater, is a public health concern for households drinking from wells. Private well water is not regulated to meet the federal drinking water arsenic Maximum Contaminant Level (MCL) of 10μg/L, or the more protective 5μg/L New Jersey (NJ) state MCL. In the absence of consistent private well regulation, public health efforts have relied on promoting testing in affected communities to various degrees of success. Few interventions publish results, and more often focus on the outcome of tested wells rather than who completed a test, and more importantly, who did not. Through our survey of randomly selected addresses (n=670) in 17 NJ towns we find higher rates of arsenic testing in areas with a history of testing promotion. However, we also see a

SUBMITTER: Flanagan SV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5191845 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature