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ARSENIC - TOXIC HEAVY METALS FACTSHEET

There is about 10 to 20 mg. of arsenic in the human body. In very small

33 amounts arsenic may even be essential and functional in humans.

Organic arsenic as arsenates and elmental arsenic both found naturally

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in the earth and in foods do not readily produce toxicity. The inorganic
arsenites or tivalent forms of arsenic, such as arsenic trioxide used industrially and
found as a food contaminate, seem to create the problems. They accumulate in the
body, particularly in the skin, hair, and nails, but also in internal organs. Arsenic
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can accumulate when kidney function is decreased.
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SOURCES Arsenic is present in small amounts in soil and therefore TOXICITY

is present in our food. It is also in the ocean, so there is
some arsenic in most seafood, especially the filtering
mollusks, such as clams and oysters. Some arsenic may
be present as a contaminant in meats as well. Arsenic is
also found in many fuel oils and coal, so it is added to
the environment when these are burned. Weed killers
and some insecticides (particularly lead-arsenate sprays) are the main
sources of arsenic contamination. This is responsible for a twentyfold
increase in the level of arsenic found in humans.
Though there is some suggestion that arsenic may be
useful in the human body, no clear biological function
has yet been proved. In some studies, arsenic has been
shown to promote longevity in rats. The importance of
arsenic in cardiac function in humans is being studied.
Though arsenic can displace phosphorus and phos-
phates in some reactions in the body, this is not known to lead to
any definite physiological change.

TOXICITY TESTING Check out arsenic levels in your body with our easy to
Possible effects of arsenic toxicity include hair use, home-based, HMT Arsenic Test Kit
SYMPTOMS loss, dermatitis, diarrhea and other gastrointestinal
symptoms, fatigue, headaches, confusion, muscle Osumex HM-Chelat is most
pains, red and white blood cell problems, neurologic effective in eliminating
symptoms, and liver and kidney damage. Acute heavy metals contamination
arsenic exposure may cause a rapid series of symp- in the body
toms. Arsine gas exposure is very toxic to the lungs
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