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Article: State, private firm to test gravel pit water E. Sangerville residents raise health concerns

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SANGERVILLE - The Maine Department of Environmental Protection has agreed to send groundwater samples taken from the Barrett gravel pit Thursday to an independent laboratory for testing.

The decision was made Wednesday in response to requests from Rep. Paul Davis, R-Sangerville, and Sangerville Town Manager Joseph Clark on behalf of East Sangerville residents who fear that materials used to revegetate portions of the gravel pit years ago may have caused their health problems.

"We're going to sample the monitoring wells out there and we'll be sending the samples to two separate labs for the metals," Mark Hyland, director of the DEP's Bureau of Remediation and Waste Management, said Thursday. ...

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