date:Oct 11, 2012
ton disagreed, and pointed back to the emerging knowledge of arsenic's low-dose effects. His research has suggested that exposures to arsenic at EPA's current drinking water standard of 10 parts per billion was enough to disrupt hormones in mice. The same hormones play roles in a variety of human conditions -- from cancer and heart disease to reproductive problems and cognitive deficits in children.
As Harbut, who suggested that even lower levels could cause harm, succinctly put it: Arsenic is