Table 2.

Actions participants engaged in after the study to reduce their family’s exposure.

Exposure Pathway	Intervention
Ingestion, Potable Water n = 11	Using bottled water (10) Working to install a water treatment system to remove arsenic and heavy metals (1) Maintaining current water treatment system (2) Buying products that don’t have chemicals in them to protect groundwater contamination via septic tanks (1)
Ingestion, Incidental Soil n = 8	Limiting/reducing/not allowing children’s play time in yard soil (2) Wearing shoes when outside (1) Washing their hands (4) Postponing gardening to build raised beds for garden and play area with imported soils (1) Setting up play sets on something so they are not directly playing in soils (1) Removing shoes as they enter the house (5)
Inhalation, outdoor dust n = 3	Covering barren soils with rocks, gravel (3) Planting trees (1) Planting ground cover-grass, clover (1)
Inhalation, indoor dust n = 5	Removing carpet and putting in the wood floors (1) Keeping windows closed (2) Vacuuming and/or sweeping more frequently (3) Dusting, wet dusting (3) Switching out your vacuum cleaner bag more often (1)
Ingestion, Food n = 3	Eating organic (1) Reducing sources of arsenic from diet (rice products, apple juice, fish) (2) Growing certain vegetables in home garden that do not accumulate arsenic (1)