The USGS, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), Dartmouth College, and New Hampshire Departments of Environmental Services (NHDES), and Health and Human Services have formed a new collaboration to provide the latest information on arsenic occurrence in New Hampshire and its environmental and human health effects.

Soil and water in parts of New Hampshire are found to contain levels of arsenic that are higher than those found in many other regions of the country. Because of the potential health concerns from arsenic exposure, scientists from USGS, Dartmouth College, and officials from the USEPA and State agencies are working together through joint meetings to share study results, public outreach, and a planned regional conference on arsenic in 2002.

 

--Debra Foster (603) 226-7837 or dhfoster@usgs.gov

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