DEAR SUN SPOTS: I recently cleaned out a lot of saved magazines. Some are too beautiful and like mini books. I just cannot throw them away without offering them to an interested party. I am thinking of a culinary arts school or an avid cook. These magazines include explanations of why methods work best after […]
DEAR SUN SPOTS: I would appreciate information concerning the status of the SHAREcenter, including location, hours, phone number, email address and items accepted, etc. No name, no town ANSWER: The SHAREcenter is a nonprofit program originally formed to provide needed supplies to schools and educators. It has grown to support nonprofit organizations, municipal departments, […]
The MDI Biological Laboratory will collaborate with the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, an office of the state Department of Health and Human Services, on a five-year grant from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to improve access to safe drinking water in Maine.
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MDI Biological Laboratory receives grant to improve access to safe drinking water
The MDI Biological Laboratory will collaborate with the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention, an office of the state Department of Health and Human Services, on a five-year grant from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to improve access to safe drinking water in Maine.
The mitigation of contaminants, especially arsenic, in well water is the subject of the laboratory s federally funded SEPA (Science Education Partnership Award) program, which teaches data literacy to secondary school students by analyzing data from well water collected from their homes. The grant from the Maine CDC will fund the testing of 500 wells from student households in Maine in coordination with the SEPA program.