ArticleEnvironment international2012
Arsenic in North Carolina: public health implications.
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41 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Contribution of arsenic and uranium in private wells and community water systems to urinary biomarkers in US adults: The Strong Heart Study and the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.Journal of exposure science & environmental epidemiology · 2024Pooled it
- Provision of folic acid for reducing arsenic toxicity in arsenic-exposed children and adults.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Private Well Testing in Peri-Urban African-American Communities Lacking Access to Regulated Municipal Drinking Water: A Mental Models Approach to Risk Communication.Risk analysis : an official publication of the Society for Risk Analysis · 2022Trial
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- Predicting arsenic and manganese contamination in private well water with Machine Learning: An integrated analysis of geologic, well construction, and permitting data.The Science of the total environment · 2025Article
- Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) for arsenic remediation: a brief overview of recent progress.RSC advances · 2025Review
- Drinking Water Disparities in North Carolina Communities Served by Private Wells.Environmental justice (Print) · 2023Article
- Communicating Results of Drinking Water Tests From Private Wells: Designing Report-Back Materials to Facilitate Understanding.Journal of environmental health · 2023Article
- Generation of the Chemical and Social Stressors Integration Technique (CASS-IT) to identify areas of holistic public health concern: An application to North Carolina.The Science of the total environment · 2023Article
- Worldwide Surveillance Actions and Initiatives of Drinking Water Quality: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- PIN1-mediated ROS production is involved in antagonism of N-acetyl-L-cysteine against arsenic-induced hepatotoxicity.Toxicology research · 2022Article
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- Analysis of the novel NCWELL database highlights two decades of co-occurrence of toxic metals in North Carolina private well water: Public health and environmental justice implications.The Science of the total environment · 2022Article
- Association of urinary arsenic and sleep disorder in the US population: NHANES 2015-2016.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2022Article
- Knowledge and Beliefs Associated with Environmental Health Literacy: A Case Study Focused on Toxic Metals Contamination of Well Water.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Understanding the Relationship between Environmental Arsenic and Prostate Cancer Aggressiveness among African-American and European-American Men in North Carolina.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- In utero exposure to arsenite contributes to metabolic and reproductive dysfunction in male offspring of CD-1 mice.Reproductive toxicology (Elmsford, N.Y.) · 2020Article
- Assessment of inorganic contamination of private wells and demonstration of effective filter-based reduction: A pilot-study in Stokes County, North Carolina.Environmental research · 2019Article
- Ubiquitous identification of inorganic arsenic in a cohort of second trimester amniotic fluid in women with preterm and term births.Reproductive toxicology (Elmsford, N.Y.) · 2019Review
- Long-Term Combinatorial Exposure to Trichloroethylene and Inorganic Arsenic in Genetically Heterogeneous Mice Results in Renal Tubular Damage and Cancer-Associated Molecular Changes.G3 (Bethesda, Md.) · 2019Article
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Abstract
Arsenic is a known human carcinogen and relevant environmental contaminant in drinking water systems. We set out to comprehensively examine statewide arsenic trends and identify areas of public health concern. Specifically, arsenic trends in North Carolina private wells were evaluated over an eleven-year period using the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services database for private domestic well waters. We geocoded over 63,000 domestic well measurements by applying a novel geocoding algorithm and error validation scheme. Arsenic measurements and geographical coordinates for database entries were mapped using Geographic Information System techniques. Furthermore, we employed a Bayesian Maximum Entropy (BME) geostatistical framework, which accounts for geocoding error to better estimate arsenic values across the state and identify trends for unmonitored locations. Of the approximately 63,000 monitored wells, 7712 showed detectable arsenic concentrations that ranged between 1 and 806μg/L. Additionally, 1436 well samples exceeded the EPA drinking water standard. We reveal counties of concern and demonstrate a historical pattern of elevated arsenic in some counties, particularly those located along the Carolina terrane (Carolina slate belt). We analyzed these data in the context of populations using private well water and identify counties for targeted monitoring, such as Stanly and Union Counties. By spatiotemporally mapping these data, our BME estimate revealed arsenic trends at unmonitored locations within counties and better predicted well concentrations when compared to the classical kriging method. This study reveals relevant information on the location of arsenic-contaminated private domestic wells in North Carolina and indicates potential areas at increased risk for adverse health outcomes.
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