Study Finds More Arsenic in Groundwater

A NEW STUDY HAS FOUND THAT NORTHEASTERN NEW ENGLAND HAS HIGHER ARSENIC CONCENTRATIONS IN GROUNDWATER THAN PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT.

THE STUDY APPEARS IN THIS MONTH’S ISSUE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MAGAZINE.

HYDROLOGIST JOSEPH AYOTTE, THE REPORT’S LEAD AUTHOR, WORKS WITH THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY IN NEW HAMPSHIRE.

HE DESCRIBED HIS FINDINGS TO NHPR’S MARK BEVIS