Arsenic
Sources
- Arsenic is used in some treatments for cancer
- Burning arsenate treated building materials
- Coal combustion
- Certain topical creams for skin conditions
- Environmental pollution
- Herbicides
- Inorganic arsenate is found in - beer, table salt, water, cosmetics, commercial chicken feed, fungicides
- Insect sprays
- Naturally found in groundwater in a number of countries
- Organic arsenic is in a variety of foods
- Occupational exposure - manufacturing of paints, enamels, glass and metals. Other forms of occupational exposure include galvanizing, soldering, etching, lead plating, smelting, and wood preserving
- Paints
- Pesticides
- Rat poison
- Seafood from coastal polluted areas
- Tobacco which contains natural inorganic arsenic
- Wood preservatives
