FROM THE NEWSROOM: HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticuts Department of Public Health is providing free private well testing for a limited number of homeowners. The agency plans to distribute water testing kits to the first 300 people who visit its booth at the Hartford Home Show. The event runs from Friday through Sunday at the XL Center. The kits allow homeowners to collect a sample, which will be analyzed for arsenic and uranium by the Department of Public Health Laboratory. Brian Toal, the agencys epidemiologist, said both naturally occurring metals are found in groundwater around Connecticut because theyre present in bedrock. They have no taste or odor and can only be detected through water testing. For those people who cant obtain a free test kit at the fair, there are private laboratories available to conduct such testing.
Posted on: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 10:03:22 +0000
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