Contact: Mary Davis, (617) 627- 4719, or Joe Carr (207) 581-3571 Note: Prof. Davis will be available for interviews on Friday afternoon.  She will also present a seminar on this research at 3:15 p.m. Friday in UMaine’s Neville Hall.ORONO, Maine – A new study by a University of Maine economist estimates the cost of preventable, read more Annual Cost of Environmentally Related Childhood Illnesses in Maine Asessed at $380.9 Million