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RECORD NUMBER: 403 OF 2834

Main Title Arsenic /
Other Authors
Author Title of a Work
Stopinski, Orin.
CORP Author National Research Council, Washington, D.C. Committee on Medical and Biologic Effects of Environmental Pollutants.;Health Effects Research Lab., Research Triangle Park, N.C.
Publisher U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Development, Health Effects Research Laboratory,
Year Published 1976
Report Number EPA-600/1-76-036; EPA-68-02-1226; PB262167
Stock Number PB 262 167
OCLC Number 41597382
Subjects Arsenic--Environmental aspects ; Arsenic--Physiological effect ; Arsenic--Toxicology
Additional Subjects Arsenic ; Toxicity ; Chemistry ; Environments ; Recommendations ; Toxicology ; Tables(Data) ; Carcinogens ; Evaluation ; Metalloids ; Distribution ; Metabolism ; Industrial medicine ; Air pollution effects(Humans) ; Air pollution effects(Animals) ; Air pollution effects(Plants) ; Environmental health
Internet Access
Description Access URL
https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPDF.cgi?Dockey=2000XW28.PDF
Holdings
Library Call Number Additional Info Location Last
Modified
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Status
EHBD  EPA-600/1-76-036 CEMM/ACESD Library/Narragansett,RI 03/09/2007
EJED  EPA 600/1-76-036 OCSPP Chemical Library/Washington,DC 01/11/2002
EKBD  EPA-600/1-76-036 Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC 06/06/2003
EKCD  EPA-600/1-76-036 CEMM/GEMMD Library/Gulf Breeze,FL 05/29/2018
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA 600-1-76-036 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
ERAD  EPA 600/1-76-036 Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA 06/11/2012
NTIS  PB 262 167 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation vii, 481 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Abstract
The report is an in-depth study that attempts to assemble, organize, and interpret present-day information on arsenic and its compounds, and the effects of these substances on man, animals, and plants. Emphasis is given to the effects of arsenic on man, conclusions are drawn from the evaluation of current knowledge on the subject, and recommendations are made for further research. Although arsenic is highly toxic in many of its forms, a number of factors suggest that it probably is not a general pollution problem. In fact, there are indications that it may be an essential trace element. There is some evidence that arsenicals can be mutagenic in humans. There is epidemiologic evidence that inorganic arsenic is a skin and lung carcinogen in man. Skin cancer has occurred in association with exposure to inorganic arsenic compounds in a variety of populations, including patients treated with Fowler's solution, Taiwanese exposed to arsenic in artesian well water, workers engaged in the manufacture of pesticides, and vintners using arsenic as a pesticide. Lung cancer has been observed to be associated with inhalation exposure to arsenic in copper smelters, workers in pesticide manufacturing plants, Moselle vintners, and Rhodesian gold miners. While much arsenic enters the atmosphere from the burning of coal, the concentrations are too low to be a matter of concern.
Notes
"EPA-600/1-76-036, November 1976."