Does a property-specific environmental health risk create a "neighborhood" housing price stigma? Arsenic in private well water

Water Resources Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Boyle, Kevin J ^a   Kuminoff, Nicolai V ^b   Zhang, Congwen ^a   Devanney, Michael ^c   Bell, Kathleen P ^d  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC CONCENTRATION; ARSENIC CONTAMINATION; BARE LANDS; BOTTLED WATER; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; HOUSING PRICES; LONG LASTING; MEDIA ATTENTION; MEDIA COVERAGE; PERCEIVED RISK; PRICE EFFECT; PRIVATE WELLS; SALE PRICE; SUPERFUND SITES; TREATMENT SYSTEMS; U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; WATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS; WELL WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RISKS; HOME TREATMENTS;

ARSENIC; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); COSTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HOUSING; INSTALLATION; POTABLE WATER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER RECYCLING; WELLS; HEALTH RISKS;

HEALTH RISKS; ARSENIC;

ARSENIC; DRINKING WATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HEALTH RISK; HOUSING MARKET; NEIGHBORHOOD; OSMOSIS; WATER TREATMENT; WELL;

MAINE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77949646059     PISSN: 00431397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009WR008074     Document Type: Article

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