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Research Paper On Arsenic

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Arsenic is known as the most environmental toxic substance according to the Centers for Disease Control’s Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry Comprehensive Environmental Response. It enters your body through two ways, environmental and physical. Activities, such as mining, burning of fossil fuels, and pesticide application introduce Arsenic into the environment. Sources of human Arsenic exposure are drinking water and the food supply, leading to health problems such as cancer, cerebrovascular disease, diabetes mellitus, and kidney disease. The metabolism of Arsenic has been studied in many organisms, including mammals, plants, and microorganisms. Arsenic is present primarily as arsenate [As(V)] and arsenite [As(III)]. In both

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