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Individual states can establish lower arsenic limits; New Jersey has done so, setting a maximum of 0.005 mg/L (5 ppb) for arsenic in drinking water. [ 29 ] A study of private water wells in the Appalachian mountains found that six percent of the wells had arsenic above the U.S. MCL of 0.010 mg/L. [ 30 ]
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Lenentine, Charlotte The Swedish People of Northern Maine (University of Maine. 1950) Hede, Richard Maine's Swedish Colony 1870–1970 Centennial Book (1970) Young, Christine Ellen. A Bitter Brew: Faith, Power, and Poison in a Small New England Town. Berkley Pub Group, 2006. ISBN 0425209180, 9780425209189.
Arsenic is a ubiquitous naturally occurring chemical element, and the 20th most common element on Earth. [13] Arsenic levels in the groundwater vary from around 0.5 parts per billion to 5000 parts per billion, depending on an area's geologic features, and possible presence on industrial waste.
Stefanie Damron, 14, of New Sweden, Maine, was reported missing on Sept. 24. A spokesperson for the Maine Department of Public Safety tells PEOPLE that the search in ongoing and that “detectives ...
This is a list of Superfund sites in Texas designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]
An arsenic-based drug, arsphenamine, was also developed for the treatment of syphilis, synthesized by Paul Ehrlich, though it was eventually replaced by penicillin. [8] Arsenic compounds were widely used to treat various diseases in the 19th and early 20th centuries. [7] [9] [10]
Roxarsone is a derivative of phenylarsonic acid (C 6 H 5 As(O)(OH) 2).It was first reported in a 1923 British patent that described the nitration and diazotization of arsanilic acid. [9]