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WMUR'S MIKE CRONIN IS LIVE WITH
MORE ON OUR TOP STOR
MIKE: THE STATE IS STRESSING
TESTED.
ACCORDING A STUDY RELEASED
TODAY, IF YOU HAVE A PRIVATE
WELL IN THE GRANITE STATE, YOUR
DRINKING WATER COULD BE PUTTING
YOU AT HIGHER RISK OF GETTING
BLADDER CANCER.
>> WE MEASURED CONCENTRATIONS IN
CURRENT WELLS AS WELL AS PAST
WELLS THAT WERE USED BY THE
STUDY PARTICIPANTS.
MIKE: JOE AYOTTE, A HYDROLOGIST
WITH THE U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY,
WORKED WITH THE NATIONAL CANCER
STUDY IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, MAINE,
AND VERMONT.
RESEARCHERS SAY CASES OF BLADD
CANCER IN THOSE STATES ARE 20%
HIGHER THAN THE REST OF THE
COUNTRY.
THE STUDY SHOWS WELLS PUT IN
BEFORE 1960, ESPECIALLY ONES
THAT WERE DUG, NOT DRILLED, MAY
CONTAIN ARSENIC.
>> THE GOOD NEWS IS WE DON'T USE
THOSE KINDS OF WELLS AS MUCH
ANYMORE.
MIKE PRIOR STUDIES SHOW DRINKING
ARSENIC INCREASES THE
POSSIBILITY OF GETTING BLADDER
CANCER.
AND THIS NEW STUDY FOUND THAT
FROM PRIVATE WELLS THE HIGHER
, THAT RISK GETS.
>> ON THE OTHER HAND, THE NEWER
DRILLED WELLS THAT WE HAVE IN
SOME CASES, PARTICULARLY IN
EASTERN NEW ENGLAND, ALSO
AND FOR THAT, WE HAVE TO BE
MIKE ARSENIC CAN SHOW UP
: NATURALLY, OR MAY COME FROM
PESTICIDES THAT WERE USED MANY
THE STATE SAYS THIS STUDY
HIGHLIGHTS THE IMPORTANCE OF
GETTING YOUR WELL CHECKED.
>> EVERY PRIVATE WELL USER
SHOULD TEST THEIR WATER EVERY
3-5 YEARS, MAINLY BECAUSE OF THE
NATURALLY OCCURRING CONTAMINATES
AND THE MOST COMMON ONES ARE
RADON, ARSENIC, AND BACTERIA.
MIKE: AFTER YOU GET YOUR WELL
TESTED, YOU CAN TYPE IN THE
THE STATE HAS MADE AVAILABLE