| arsenic |
an oxide of arsenic used to improve color, transparency, and brilliance, often used when producing opaque white glass or opaline.
Ãâó: www.beerstein.net/articles/bsj-1b.htm
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| arsenic |
Arsenic is a steel-grey metallic element that is found naturally in rocks and soil. When it combines with other elements, it can become poisonous, which makes it useful as an agricultural insecticide and poison. Arsenic can bioaccumulate in plants and animals.
Ãâó: www.trentu.ca/nwhp/glossary.shtml
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| arsenic |
To control infections and increase weight gain, chickens are fed compounds containing arsenic, listed as a known carcinogen in the US Department of Health's 9th Report on Carcinogens. Most is excreted in chicken manure, which is piled into rows or used as fertilizer on fields, then contributing a huge quantity of arsenic to the environment annually.
Ãâó: www.sustainabletable.org/intro/dictionary/
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| arsenic |
A naturally occurring element in the environment. Arsenic in drinking water commonly comes from natural sources in the ground, but some can come from industrial pollution. At high concentrations it can cause cancer.
Ãâó: www.clwa.org/education/glossary.cfm
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| arsanilic acid |
[USP] an arsenical antibacterial used in veterinary practice for the prevention and treatment of swine dysentery.
Ãâó: www.mercksource.com/pp/us/cns/cns_health_library.j...
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