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SUBMITTER: Eggers MJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5800175 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Eggers Margaret J MJ Doyle John T JT Lefthand Myra J MJ Young Sara L SL Moore-Nall Anita L AL Kindness Larry L Medicine Roberta Other RO Ford Timothy E TE Dietrich Eric E Parker Albert E AE Hoover Joseph H JH Camper Anne K AK
International journal of environmental research and public health 20180105 1
An estimated 11 million people in the US have home wells with unsafe levels of hazardous metals and nitrate. The national scope of the health risk from consuming this water has not been assessed as home wells are largely unregulated and data on well water treatment and consumption are lacking. Here, we assessed health risks from consumption of contaminated well water on the Crow Reservation by conducting a community-engaged, cumulative risk assessment. Well water testing, surveys and interviews ...[more]