01mg/kg of body weight a day) may cause the following: Thickening and discoloration of the skin, nausea and diarrhea, decreased production of blood cells, abnormal heart rhythm and blood vessel damage and numbness in the hands and feet. Short-term exposure ranging from a couple of days to a few weeks to higher levels of arsenic (.04mg/kg of body weight a day) in the form of drinking water can result in such symptoms as: Abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, muscular cramping or pain, weakness and flushing of skin, skin rash, numbness, burning or tingling sensation or pain in extremities, thickening of the skin of the palms of the hands and soles of the feet, and the deterioration of motor and sensory responses. The International Agency for Research on Cancer lists arsenic as a human carcinogen. According to the IAR, years of consuming drinking water containing arsenic at levels close to or higher than the guideline value, has been found to increase the risk of skin cancer and tumors of the bladder, kidney, liver and lung.
Arsenic, since it comes in all three forms of matter can get into ones body through many channels. For example children have been found to absorb arsenic through their hands on play grounds by having prolonged exposure to arsenic treated wood. The Healthy Building Network (HBN) and the Environmental Working Group (EWG) petitioned the Consumer Product Safety Commission to ban arsenic-treated wood in playground equipment and to review its safety for use in other consumer items. According to EWG Analyst Renee Sharp, we " know that arsenic in drinking water is dangerous for children, but what we found was that the arsenic in lumber is an even greater risk," Sharp is the principal author of the report. "In less than two weeks, an average five-year-old playing on an arsenic-treated play set would exceed the lifetime cancer risk considered acceptable under federal pesticide law.
The arsenic can also cause fatigue and an abnormal heart rhythm. ... Long-term exposure to arsenic will cause chronic health problems. ... The other 96 women were not exposed to the arsenic. ... The best way is to test your water for arsenic. ... Wells are more likely to have arsenic contamination. ...
Because there was no law mandating checks for arsenic in tube-well projects, tests for arsenic were not conducted until several years after. ... In 1993, arsenic was first found in the tube-wells by Department of Public Health Engineering of Bangladesh but it was widely denied until international arsenic conference in Dhaka in February 1998(Chakraborti,2015). As of 2009, the Bangladesh Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey estimated that 27.6 million people still drank water with high levels of arsenic. The issue is especially serious because of the length of time it takes for arsenic poisoning...
The article cites some of the health effects of arsenic poisoning, stating that effects of arsenic poisoning are slow to arise, but can be deadly (Rahman, 2002). ... These two symptoms represent the most prominent threats when dealing with arsenic, although the study also cites rising mortality rates, likely at least partially attributable to the arsenic in water (Rahman, 2002). ... The second main health concern in relation to the arsenic poisoning cited in the study is the lack of knowledge as to what, exactly, this exposure to arsenic actually does to the citizens of Bangladesh. Much like c...
When it came time for Miss Emily to purchase the arsenic that she would later give to Homer Barron and cause his death, she visited the druggist. ... The druggist, following regulations on the arsenic, informed Miss Emily that "the law requires you to tell what you are going to use it for" (625). Miss Emily remained silent "stared at him eye for eye, until he looked away and went and got the arsenic and wrapped it up" (625). As if to cover himself for dispensing the arsenic the druggist labeled the poison "For Rats" (625). ...
She uses that authority over the townspeople and it is shown by her visit to the druggist, there she buys arsenic poison. The salesmen ignore the laws, which require Emily to tell him why she is buying the arsenic poison. "Miss Emily just stared at him, her head tilted back in order to look him eye to eye, until he looked away and went and got the arsenic and wrapped it up" (pg.77). ...
(Faulkner, 58) Emily asked for arsenic, but the druggist explained that for such a poison she would have to give her intentions. "Miss Emily just stared at him, her head tilted back in order to look him in the eye for eye, until he looked away and went and got the arsenic and wrapped it up." (Faulkner, 58) The speculation of both the reader and the townspeople was that the arsenic was purchased on the basis of suicide. The arsenic was not however used for Miss Emily to kill herself. ... (Faulkner, 61) Miss Emily had used the arsenic, not to kill her, but the man who she loved and did ...
As Homer Barron symbolizes the new generation Miss Emily doesn't want to lose to the new generation and her love so she buys the arsenic. Miss Emily becomes mentally ill as she buys the arsenic to kill Homer Barron because she cannot bear to give up their relationship. ... Miss Emily used the servant to take her to get the arsenic in which she used to kill Homer Barron. ...
This happens as she denies her father's death, refuses to discuss or pay taxes, ignores town gossip about her being a fallen woman, and does not tell the druggist why she is purchasing arsenic. ... She knew when she bought the arsenic poison what her intentions were. ... She only speaks few words and she persuades the druggist to let her purchase arsenic, a deadly poison. ...
