ArticleMaine policy review2025
Public Health Concerns at the Intersection of Drinking Water Contamination and Low Healthcare Access in Maine.
Alexis C Garretson, Alexandra Duffy, Richard Hilliard, Ashley Taylor, Caitlin Oliver-Olsen, Morgan Karns, Jane Disney
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In one paragraphArticle in Maine policy review, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
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Alexis C GarretsonUniversity of Utah, and a data specialist with MDI Biological Laboratory's Community Environmental Health Lab.
Alexandra DuffyDepartment of Biological Sciences at North Carolina State University (NCSU), and an affiliate member of the NCSU Global One Health Academy.
Richard HilliardMDI Biological Laboratory's Community Environmental Health Lab.
Ashley TaylorMDI Biological Laboratory's Community Environmental Health Lab.
Caitlin Oliver-OlsenMDI Biological Laboratory's Community Environmental Health Lab.
Morgan KarnsVirginia Tech, focusing on environmental and experiential education. She contributed to this research as an Island Institute Fellow at MDI Biological Laboratory's Community Environmental Health Lab.
Jane DisneyMDI Biological Laboratory's Community Environmental Health Lab.
Funding
Translational Engineering in Cancer (TEC)P30CA023108 · NCI · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI Fred W Kolling IV · 1985 to 2026
$91.3MUltrastructural analysis of axonal Kv2-mediated endoplasmic reticulum/plasma membrane (ER/PM) junctionsP20GM103506 · NIGMS · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI STEVEN FIERING · 2012 to 2026
$60.1MThe Maine Biomedical Research Network (INBRE)P20GM103423 · NIGMS · MOUNT DESERT ISLAND BIOLOGICAL LAB · PI JAMES A COFFMAN · 2012 to 2026
$60.0MVARIATION IN BIOACCUMULATION AND BIOMAGNIFICATION OF METALS IN NORTHERN US LAKESP42ES007373 · NIEHS · DARTMOUTH COLLEGE · PI KARAGAS, MARGARET RITA · 1995 to 2019
$52.0MTranslational Research Support CoreP30ES000002 · NIEHS · HARVARD UNIVERSITY (SCH OF PUBLIC HLTH) · PI JAIME ELIZABETH HART · 1985 to 2026
$44.6MUnderstanding the role of thyroid hormone signaling during axolotl limb regenerationP20GM104318 · NIGMS · MOUNT DESERT ISLAND BIOLOGICAL LAB · PI DRUMMOND, IAIN A. · 2013 to 2023
$23.0MThe MDIBL Center for Comparative Biology of Tissue Repair, Regeneration and AgingP30GM154610 · NIGMS · MOUNT DESERT ISLAND BIOLOGICAL LAB · PI IAIN A. DRUMMOND · 2024 to 2026
$5.0MData to Action: A Secondary School-based Citizen Science Project to Address Arsenic Contamination of Well WaterR25GM129796 · NIGMS · MOUNT DESERT ISLAND BIOLOGICAL LAB · PI DISNEY, JANE ELIZABETH · 2018 to 2022
$1.4MPromoting scientific communication and intergenerational learning in a K-12 drinking water project (Communicating Data)R25NR021077 · NINR · MOUNT DESERT ISLAND BIOLOGICAL LAB · PI Jane Elizabeth Disney · 2023 to 2026
$1.1MNCI NIH HHS P30 CA023108NIEHS NIH HHS P30 ES000002NIEHS NIH HHS P42 ES007373NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM103423NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM103506NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM104318NIGMS NIH HHS P30 GM154610NIGMS NIH HHS R25 GM129796NINR NIH HHS R25 NR021077
6 · The paper itselfAbstract
Issues surrounding drinking water quality and inadequate monitoring of metal contaminants are particularly relevant in Maine, where 55 percent of residents rely on private wells for drinking water, yet only half of those wells test for arsenic. The public health impacts of contaminated water can be compounded by limited access to healthcare in rural areas. To better inform state and local policy, we assessed the potential public health risks that arise from the intersection of environmental and structural vulnerabilities. We used a dataset of 2,664 private drinking water samples collected between 2016 and 2025 by Maine students involved in a secondary school-based citizen science project called All About Arsenic. To evaluate the dual burden of exposure to heavy metal contaminants in areas with limited access to healthcare, we analyzed the distribution of metal contaminants in the subset of private well samples relative to health professional shortage areas across Maine.
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