Monday, August 26, 2013

The harmful effects of arsenic now include lung damage

The harmful effects of arsenic now include lung damage
A new study confirms that exposure to low to moderate amounts of arsenic in drinking water can impair lung function. Doses of about 120 parts per billion of arsenic in well water - about 12 times the dose generally considered safe - produced lung damage comparable to decades of smoking tobacco. Smoking, especially by males, made arsenic-related damage even worse. Click the link above for the article.