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A coalition of health and education organizations are pressing the administration of Gov. Paul LePage to step up its efforts to reduce exposure of state residents to arsenic found in well water across the state. . . .  The Environmental Health Strategy Center, the Maine Public Health Association, the Maine chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, the Maine Children’s Alliance, the Learning Disabilities Association of Maine and Physicians for Social Responsibility have joined together to call for more outreach and education to increase the rate of well water testing; dedicated state resources to support outreach, testing and treatment; and a time line with specific benchmarks.

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