EPA-600/1-76-036
November 1976
Environmental Health  Effects Research Series
                          L3
                                                                Park, North Carolina 27711

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                                             EPA-600/1-76-036
                                             November 1976
                ARSENIC
                      by

           Subcommittee on Arsenic
Committee on Medical and Biologic Effects of
          Environmental Pollutants
         National Research Council
        National Academy of Sciences
          Contract No. 68-02-1226
              Project Officer

              Orin Stopinski
    Criteria and Special Studies Office
    Health Effects Research Laboratory
    Research Triangle Park, N.C. 27711
   U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
    OFFICE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
    HEALTH EFFECTS RESEARCH LABORATORY
    RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. 27711
       U. S.  ENVIRONMENTAL  PROTECTION
             N. J.  08817

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                                  ABSTRACT

     This 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
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.
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COMMITTEE ON MEDICAL AND BIOLOGIC EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS








 HERSCHEL E. GRIFFIN, Graduate School of Public Health,  University of




      Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Chairman




 RONALD F. COBURN, University of Pennsylvania School of  Medicine,




      Philadelphia




 T. TIMOTHY CROCKER, University of California College of Medicine, Irvine




 CLEMENT A. FINCH, University of Washington School of Medicine,  Seattle




 SHELDON K. FRIEDLANDER, California Institute of Technology,  Pasadena




 ROBERT I. HENKIN, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, D.C.




 IAN T. T. HIGGINS, School of Public Health, University  of Michigan,




      Ann Arbor




 JOE W. HIGHTOWER, Department of Chemical Engineering, Rice University,




      Houston, Texas




 HENRY KAMIN, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina




 ORVILLE A. LEVANDER, Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville,  Maryland




 DWIGHT F. METZLER, Kansas State Department of Health and Environment,




      Topeka




 I. HERBERT SCHEINBERG, Albert Einstein College of Medicine,  Bronx, New York




 RALPH G. SMITH, School of Public Health, University of  Michigan,  Ann Arbor



 ROGER P. SMITH, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New  Hampshire








 T. D. BOAZ, JR., Division of Medical Sciences, National Research  Council,




      Washington, D.C., Executive Director
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COMMITTEE ON MEDICAL AND BIOLOGIC EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS









 HERSCHEL E. GRIFFIN, Graduate School of Public Health,  University of




      Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Chairman




 RONALD F. COBURN, University of Pennsylvania School of  Medicine,




      Philadelphia




 T. TIMOTHY CROCKER, University of California College of Medicine, Irvine




 CLEMENT A. FINCH, University of Washington School of Medicine,  Seattle




 SHELDON K. FRIEDLANDER, California Institute of Technology,  Pasadena




 ROBERT I. HENKIN, Georgetown University Hospital, Washington,  D.C.




 IAN T. T. HIGGINS, School of Public Health, University  of Michigan,




      Ann Arbor




 JOE W. HIGHTOWER, Department of Chemical Engineering, Rice University,




      Houston, Texas




 HENRY KAMIN, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina




 ORVILLE A. LEVANDER, Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville,  Maryland




 DWIGHT F. METZLER, Kansas State Department of Health and Environment,




      Topeka




 I. HERBERT SCHEINBERG, Albert Einstein College of Medicine,  Bronx, New York




 RALPH G. SMITH, School of Public Health, University of  Michigan,  Ann Arbor




 ROGER P. SMITH, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New  Hampshire









 T. D. BOAZ, JR., Division of Medical Sciences, National Research  Council,




      Washington, D.C., Executive Director
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                            CONTENTS


1    Introduction                                                  1
2    Chemistry of Arsenic                                          6
3    Distribution of Arsenic in the Environment                   28
4    Metabolism of Arsenic                                       121
5    Biologic Effects of Arsenic on Plants and Animals           173
6    Biologic Effects of Arsenic on Man                          257
7    Summary and Conclusions                                     318
8    Recommendations                                             333
     Appendix A:  Arsenic Content of Plants and Plant Products   340
     Appendix B:  Arsenic Content of Animals                     355
     Appendix C:  Determining Traces of Arsenic in Natural
                  Materials                                      371
     References                                                  380
     Reference Supplement                                        465
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                CHAPTER 1

              INTRODUCTION
                Prologue
   I am an evil, poisonous smoke .. .
But when from poison I am freed,
   Through art and sleight of hand,
Then can I cure both man and beast,
   From dire disease ofttimes direct them;
But prepare me correctly, and take great care
   That you faithfully keep watchful guard over me;
For else I am poison, and poison remain,
   That pierces the heart of many a one."
                                                     756
                                    (Valentini, 1694)
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     The alchemists' symbol for arsenic, a menacing coiled serpent,


probably symbolizes very well the element's prevailing evil reputation.



Anxiety about arsenic is not difficult to comprehend, inasmuch as



arsenic compounds were the preferred homicidal and suicidal agents



during the Middle Ages and arsenicals have been regarded largely in



terms of their poisonous characteristics in the nonscientific litera-



ture.  For example, an almost clinical description of acute arsenic


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poisoning appears in the novel Madame Bovary.     Flaubert's extensive



account of Emma Bovary's prolonged death throes must have made a



vivid impression on many a reader.  Arsenic has also been referred to



in more recent literature, such as Kesselring's drama, "Arsenic and



Old Lace."  Although arsenic was only one of three poisons used by the


                                          385
Brewster sisters to dispatch their guests,    "Strychnine and Old Lace"



or "Cyanide and Old Lace" would not have had as great an impact on the



public.


     A famous case of hypothetical arsenic poisoning was the alleged



attempt to do away with Napoleon Bonaparte on several occasions during



his exile on St. Helena.  After analyzing compilations of Napoleon's

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signs and symptoms during his later years, Forshufvud et al.



concluded that the Emperor had suffered intermittently from chronic



and acute arsenic poisoning.  Neutron-activation analysis of hair



reputedly taken from Napoleon's head showed considerably more arsenic



than samples from unexposed people.  An editorial concerning this


                        523                                   89 112
controversial hypothesis    set off a large measure of debate.  '


302,335,598,772
                                   original hypothesizers later


analyzed additional hair samples attributed to Napoleon and found a


distribution of arsenic along the length of the hair shaft that




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indicated a periodicity of exposure that coincided relatively well


                               226 668
with the course of his disease.   '      However, the evidence of



chronic arsenic poisoning of the Emperor was described as "unsatis-


                                   88
factory, irritating, and tortuous".     Another viewpoint was that



Napoleon may indeed have received arsenic, but "only in an honest


                       747
endeavour to help him."



     The possibility that arsenic compounds were prescribed for



Napoleon reveals another side of arsenic—its widespread use in



eighteenth- and nineteenth- century medicine as a tonic, or "alter-



 ative."  About the same time that Flaubert was writing Madame Bovary,



there were a half-dozen "official" arsenicals listed in the U.S.



Dispensatory.     The prevailing professional opinion at that time



concerning the medicinal use of arsenic was well summarized by


       27
Ranking   :  "Arsenic is ji safe medicine; none of the respondants



having found it permanently detrimental.  When given in a judicious



manner, it did not even induce serious temporary effects.  In the



few cases apparently leading to a contrary inference, there was



sufficient evidence of ignorant administration, or injudicious



perseverance on the part of the patient."  The heyday of arsenical



chemotherapeutics occurred in the early part of the twentieth century,



when Ehrlich discovered salvarsan (arsphenamine), which was effective



in treating human venereal diseases; but the use of these compounds



declined after World War II, with the advent of the more specific



antibiotics.



     The complex folklore surrounding arsenic might provide us with



an example of man's supposed ability to tolerate the element, inasmuch



as peasants in the Styrian Alps of Austria during the nineteenth
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century were said to consume arsenic habitually as a means of promoting


                 OO
physical stamina.     The origins of this custom are difficult to trace.


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One of the best early accounts was that of Roscoe,    who concluded:



"I.  That arsenious acid is well known to and widely distributed amongst



the peasants of Styria.  II.  That arsenious acid is taken regularly



into the system, by certain persons in Styria, in quantities usually


                                                          /CO

supposed sufficient to produce immediate death."  Maclagan    had



reached similar conclusions.  The nineteenth-century medical estab-



lishment, however,  especially in the English-speaking world, remained



highly skeptical of the phenomenon:  "Upon the whole, it is not



improbable that the accounts received of the habitual use of arsenic



by the peasants of Styria are either untrue or greatly exaggerated."


        454
Maclagan    later claimed that two habitual arsenic-eaters took their



dose in the presence of a scientific meeting on the Continent, thereby



providing "public testimony to the accuracy of the observations



previously made."  Unfortunately, this is one aspect of the biochemistry



of arsenic that will probably never be totally resolved.



     Although the earlier medicinal uses and criminal abuses of



arsenicals provide a helpful background of information about these



compounds, the primary purpose of this report is not to determine the



human hazards of such large direct exposures.  Rather, this report is



concerned primarily with assessing a more indirect hazard—the possi-



bility of man's harming himself by contaminating his environment with



arsenicals.   There are potential ecologic dangers, in that large



quantities of arsenicals are injected into the environment as a result



of industrial and expecially agricultural activities.  Paris green



(copper acetoarsenite) was the first pesticide widely used in modern
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agriculture (see Whorton    for an account of early agricultural




experience with this and other arsenicals), and several arsenic com-




pounds continue to be used today (see Chapter 3).  Moreover, recent




studies have again raised the question of the carcinogenicity of




inorganic arsenic compounds (see Chapter 6).  For some applications,




there appear to be no suitable substitutes for the arsenicals.




Therefore, we must learn to manage carefully the toxic yet useful




compounds of arsenic.
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                                CHAPTER 2



                          CHEMISTRY OF ARSENIC






     The chemistry of arsenic is a very extensive subject.  This chapter



is limited to a description of the chemistry of arsenic compounds



that have potential environmental importance.  A list of these compounds



is given in Table 2-1.



     In the natural environment, arsenic is rarely encounted in the form



of the free element.  More frequently it is a component of sulfidic ores,



in which it occurs as metal arsenides,  e.g., nickel diarsenide, NiAs,,,



cobalt diarsenide, CoAs., nickel arsenide, NiAs, cobalt arsenide sulfide,



CoAsS, copper arsenide sulfide, CuAsS,  and iron diarsenide, FeAs-.



Arsenates of aluminum, barium, bismuth,  calcium, cobalt, copper, iron,



magnesium, manganese, lead, uranium,  and zinc also occur naturally, along



with arsenic trioxide, which is formed  as the weathering product of



arsenides.  Realgar, As,S, , and orpiment, As^S-, are naturally occurring



sulfides of arsenic.   a  In one form or another, arsenic is present in


   .    546a  .     ..  271a            392b   . ,  ,, ,        ,   77b .
rocks,     , in soils,    , in water,      and in living organisms    in



concentrations of parts per billion to parts per million.  The commercial



use and production of inorganic and organic arsenic compounds has raised




local concentration of this arsenic element in the environment much above



the natural background concentrations.
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                                Table 2-1



              Arsenic Compounds of Environmental Importance
Arsenic trioxide
                             Arsenic pentoxide
o-Arsenous acid
                             o-Arsenic acid
    HAs02



m-Arsenous acid







Salts of arsenous acid;  arsenites



Salts of arsenic acid:  arsenates
 As, S.
   4 4


Realgar
     Orpiment

 (arsenic trisulfide)
   Arsenic pentasulfide
  CH3AsO(OH)2



Methylarsonic acid








    CH3As(OH)2



Methyldihydroxyarsine
    (CH3)2AsO(OH)



 Dimethylarsinic acid

  (cacodylic acid)
     (CH3)
D imet hy Ihyd r oxya r s ine
        (CH3)3AsO



Trimethylarsine oxide
       (CH3)3As



     Trimethylarsine
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          0
          t
      HO-As-OH
         NH2


 4-Aminophenylarsonic

   acid (arsanilic acid)
                                 Table 2-1

                                (continued)
                                                           0
                                                           T
                                                       HO-As-OH
                                                          OH      N°2
                                                3-Nitro-4-hydroxyphenylarsonic

                                                  acid
          0
          H
      HO-As-OH
       NO 2




4-Nitrophenylarsonic

  acid


          NH2           R

           >— N      ,

          N f   ) )	N
                                                          0
                                                      HO-AS-OH
                                                         o
                                                             L-C-NH,,
                                                              0
                                                 4-Ureido-l-phenylarsonic acid
                                        -As
                                            \
                                                       CH,
                                               S	CH
                                                       CH2OH
2-|"p_-(4,6-Diamino-s_-triazin-2-ylamino) -phenyl)

4-hydroxymethyl-l,3-dithia-2-arsacyclopentane

(Melarsoprol)
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                                Table  2-1




                                (continued)
                     H2NOC
                                          SCH2COONa
                                          SCH2COONa
bis - [Garboxymethylmercaptol(p_-carbamylphenyl)-arsine




disodium salt (Caparsolate, arsenamide)
                            As	0  —As
10,10-bis-(Phenoxarsine) oxide (Vinyzene)
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ARSENIC TRIOXIDE



     Arsenic trioxide is the primary product of arsenic smelters.   This oxide finds



direct industrial application -- e.g., as a glass decolorizing agent.   Other



commercially useful organic and inorganic arsenic derivatives are prepared



from it.



     Arsenic trioxide, As,,0,, has been reported to exist in three allotropic



modifications.  The cubic form, known as "arsenolite," is stable below -13 C.



At higher temperatures, there is the monoclinic form called "claudetite."  An



amorphous, glassy modification can also be prepared.  Because the rate of



conversion of the low-temperature cubic form to the monoclinic form is so low,



it is possible to heat arsenolite to its melting point of 272 C.  Claudetite



melts at 313 C.  A boiling point range of 457-465 C has been reported for



As^O-.      Arsenolite is made up of As,0, molecules in which four arsenic atoms



occupy the corners of a tetrahedron, with each pair of arsenic atoms joined by



a bridging oxygen atom.  The As,0ft molecules in arsenolite are arranged in such



a manner that their centers occupy the lattice points of a diamond structure.


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According to Becker and co-workers,    there are apparently two monoclinic forms



of arsenic trioxide (claudetite I and II), in which alternate arsenic and



oxygen atoms are linked into sheets, resulting in the formation of open macro-



molecular structures.  In the amorphous, glassy form, the macromolecular



structure is similar to that of claudetite, but irregular.
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     The cubic form is slightly soluble in water.  The solubility of arsenic




trioxide in 100 g of water is 1.2 g at 0 C, 2.1 g at 25 C, and 5.6 g at 75 C.



It is claimed that the aqueous solutions have a sweet, metallic taste.



The rate of dissolution is very  low, and several weeks are required to achieve



equilibrium.  The rate of dissolution of the amorphous, glassy form is higher



than that of claudetite.  Arsenic trioxide is slightly soluble in glycerol.



The compound is not hygroscopic.



     Arsenic trioxide begins to sublime at 135 C.  Vapor-pressure data     for



cubic arsenic trioxide are summarized in Table 2-2.



     When metallic arsenides or arsenic-containing sulfides are roasted in air,



and when arsenic-containing coal is burned, arsenic trioxide is formed.  The



vapors condense in the flues and on the walls of the stacks as a powder



commonly called "white arsenic."  Some arsenic trioxide finds its way into the



air.  When the vapors are condensed on a surface at temperatures above 250 C,



the glassy modification is formed,  which slowly converts to the crystalline,


     ,,  .   ,    260b
tnonoclinic form.



ARSENIC PENTOXIDE



     When elemental arsenic  or arsenic trioxide   is oxidized by nitric acid, the



resulting mixture evaporated and the residue dehydrated, white hygroscopic



crystals of arsenic pentoxide, AsJX, are obtained.  Thermal decomposition of



the pentoxide results in its conversion to the trioxide with concurrent loss



of oxygen.  The pentoxide, in contrast with the trioxide, is very soluble in




water; 630 g of As205 dissolve in 100 g of water.



ARSENOUS AND ARSENIC ACIDS



     Presumably, when arsenic trioxide is dissolved in water, the solution



contains arsenous acid, H»AsO_.  When As.O, was dissolved in an acidic aqueous


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solution, only the undissociated species, As(OH)~, was detected.      Raman




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                                Table 2-2
               Vapor Pressure of Cubic Arsenic Trioxide—
     Temperature, C





          100




          120




          140




          160




          180




          200




          220




          240




          260
Vapor Pressure,





   0.000266




   0.00180




   0.01035




   0.0473




   0.186




   0.653




   2.065




   5.96




  15.7
-Data from Gmelins Handbuch. . . .
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spectral and nuclear-magnetic-resonance studies     indicate that, unlike the



phosphorous acid molecule, which has both hydrogen-phosphorus and hydrogen-



oxygen bonds, all the hydrogen atoms in arsenous acid are linked to oxygen



atoms.  Arsenous acid cannot be isolated.    On evaporation of its solutions,



arsenic trioxide is obtained.  The successive pK  values for As (OH)., have been
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                 ft An                  *} Q 0 a

reported as 9.23,    12.13, and 13.40.      In alkaline solution, the anions


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 AsO(OH)2 , and As02(OH)  , and AsO~   might be present.  However, it has been



claimed that the m-arsenite ion, As02 , is also present in such solutions.



     According to the reaction scheme shown below, p_-arsenous acid and



m-arsenous acid could form as products of the hydrolysis of As,0,-.  By analogy



with the phosphorus compound, the meta acid would be expected to be polymeric.



However, the arsenic-oxygen-arsenic bond is known to possess extreme hydrolytic



instability.  Hence, the monomeric ortho form would be expected to be the pre-



dominant species.    '      This question merits additional investigation.


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     The existence of the As   cation in aqueous solution does not appear to



have any experimental support.  Reactions of the type shown below conceivably


                                                                              14 la
occur, but experimental evidence is lacking, even in strongly acidic solution.





          H,0 + HO" + AsO+ <    As(OH)_   - As"1"3 + 30H~.
           <£                          ,3


The extraction of arsenous acid from water by amyl alcohol has been reported.
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     The hydroxides of iron (II) or (III), chromium, and aluminum readily


 ^   v            jj 260b
absorb arsenous acid.



     Arsenic acid, ELAsO, , can be prepared in the form of a white crystalline



solid, HLAsO/ '%H20.  This is the product formed when arsenic trioxide is



dissolved in nitric acid and the solution is evaporated.  It is a fairly


                                                               222a
strong acid, with pK  values reported as 2.20, 6.97, and 11.53.      Arsenic



acid is an oxidizing agent in acid solution, with an E-^o value of 0.56 V for



the reaction:






          H3As04 + 2H  + 2e"^Z± HAs02 + 2H20           (If HC1)




It is generally agreed that trivalent arsenic is considerably more toxic than



pentavalent arsenic,     so the question of whether arsenic exists in aqueous


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media in the form of arsenite or arsenate -- i.e., AsO.,   or AsO/   is very



important.  Thermodynamic calculations     indicate that, in oxygenated ocean



water, the ratio of the activity of arsenate to that of arsenite should be


  26
10  :1.  An E,-PH stability diagram has been published (Figure 2-1).  However,


                               357
the ratios found in ocean water    were in the range 0.1:1 to 10:1.  Several



reports have claimed that bacteria are capable of reducing arsenate to arsenite


,  .   ,     ,             357
in fresh and ocean water.



ARSENITES AND ARSENATES



     Arsenites of the formulas MH2As03, M2HAs03, and MjAsO., are known.  In



these formulas, M represents a univalent metal cation or one equivalent of a



multivalent cation.  The alkali-metal arsenites are freely soluble in water,



the alkaline-earth arsenites are slightly soluble, and the heavy-metal



arsenites are insoluble.   Scheele's green, whose formula has been reported



to be Cu(As02)2 and CuHAsO.,, is an example of an insoluble arsenite.





 1 formal hydrogen chloride




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Figure 2-1.  The Eh-pH diagram for arsenic at 25 C and 1 atm, with total


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arsenic 10   mole/liter and total sulfur 10   mole/liter.  Solid species



are enclosed in parentheses in cross-hatched area, which indicates



solubility less than 10"  mole/liter.  Eh = standard oxidation-reduction



potential.  (Reprinted with permission from Ferguson and Gavis.217)
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     Arsenic acid forms a corresponding series of salts that have similar



solubility properties.  Commercial lead arsenate, used as an insecticide,



consists of PbHAsO,  and some Pb (AsO,)-.  The pH of a saturated solution of



PbHAsO^ containing 0.22 mg/liter at 25 C is 4-5.     The solubility product



constant     for Pb.(AsO/),? has been reported to be 10   .   Calcium arsenate



(London purple), also used as an insecticide, consists of 617o calcium


                                              260d
arsenate, Ca3(AsO,)?, and 9% calcium arsenite.



     Condensed arsenates or arsenites, which are  salts of polyarsenic or



polyarsenous acids or a corresponding meta acid,  are known in the solid state.



The arsenic-oxygen-arsenic bond in these compounds has extreme hydrolytic



instability.  It is therefore very unlikely that  any species containiiig an



arsenic-oxygen-arsenic group can be present in aqueous media in appreciable


              668a
concentration.
0
KO-Is-OH
OK
0
+ HO -As -OK ,
1
OK
-H20
-r
+H20
0 0
> T t
* KO-As-O-As-i
OK OK
                                                   OK




     dipotassium hydrogen arsenate      tetrapotassium diarsenate





                  000


                  T    t    r
                O-AS-O-AS-O-AS-

                  I    I     I
                  OK   OK   OK


              potassium m-arsenate
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The above-mentioned hydrolytic instabilities are important and must be taken

into account whenever the replacement of the biologically ubiquitous phosphate

groups by arsenate is considered.

ESTERS OF ARSENOUS AND ARSENIC ACIDS

     Neutral esters of arsenous acid or arsenic acid can be prepared, provided

that the reaction products are protected from the action of moisture and

   .**         *  668a
acidic compounds:


               OR                            OR


              :As-OR                      0*.As-OR


               OR                            OR


         triorganyl arsenite            triorganyl arsenate

The arsenic-oxygen-carbon bond also has considerable hydrolytic instability.

Esters of these acids are therefore not stable in aqueous media.  Because

these acids have three hydroxyl groups that can react with alcohols, three

series of esters could be formed -- ROAs(OH)2, (RO)2AsOH, and (RO)3As.  It

seems, however, that monoesters and diesters of arsenous acid and of arsenic
                              f f o f.
acid have never been isolated.      1,2-Dihydroxyalkanes and 1,3-dihydroxyalkanes

react with arsenic trioxide to form cyclic esters.

     Because there are similarities between arsenic acid and phosphoric acid,

the possibility that arsenate can replace the important phosphate group in

biologically essential molecules (such as the monosaccharide phosphates and

adenosine triphosphate) must be considered.  However, arsenic acid esters are

much more easily hydrolyzed than phosphoric acid esters.  It has been

postulated   '     that the glucose-enzyme complex, which generally reacts

with phosphate to produce glucose-1-phosphate, can also interact with arsenate.

The glucose arsenate thus formed is immediately hydrolyzed, regenerating


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glucose that cannot take part in further reactions unless it is rephosphory-



lated.  The competition between arsenate and phosphate has been proposed in


                               432a 727
many other enzymatic reactions.    '



ARSENIC SULFIDES



     Because of the low solubility of arsenic sulfides under conditions pre-



valent in anaerobic aqueous and sedimentary media containing hydrogen sulfide,



these compounds may accumulate as precipitates and thus remove arsenic from



the aqueous environment.  The most important sulfides of arsenic are realgar,



orpiment, and arsenic pentasulfide.  Realgar occurs in nature as an arsenic



ore.  The arsenic trisulfide and pentasulfide are formed when hydrogen sulfide



reacts with trivalent or pentavalent inorganic arsenic compounds in the



presence of hydrochloric acid.  Saturated solutions in distilled water contain



sulfide at approximately 4 ic 10   mole/liter.  The solubility in water contain-



ing hydrogen sulfide is somewhat lower, but of the same order of magnitude.  In



alkaline solution, the sulfides dissolve, with formation of thioarsenites or



thioarsenates.  These sulfides are decomposed by cold water in the absence of



hydrogen sulfide within several days, mainly with formation of arsenic oxides,



hydrogen sulfide, and sulfur.



     The sulfides are generally stable in air at room temperature, but realgar



is highly susceptible to attack by oxygen under illumination.  At higher



temperatures, the sulfides of arsenic react with oxygen.   e
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ORGANIC ARSENIC  COMPOUNDS
     A very  large  number of  arsenic  compounds which  contain  one  or more
arsenic-carbon bonds have  been 'synthesized.  The  large variety of compounds
is made possible by the property  of  the  arsenic atom to bond  from one to
five organic groups which  can  be  aromatic  and/or  aliphatic.   The valencies
not used  in  bonding organic  groups can be  linked  to  other atoms  and groups.
Such compounds may contain trivalent or  pentavalent  arsenic  atoms or be
onium derivatives  of arsenic.  Table 2-3 lists the most important general
types of  organic arsenic compounds.
     The  organic arsenic compounds which have environmental  importance are
those which  contain methyl groups, the aromatic arsenic derivatives employed
as feed additives  and in veterinary medicine and  a few others which may have
importance in biological cycles.

METHYLATION  OF ARSENIC COMPOUNDS
     It has  been known for almost 100 years that  inorganic arsenic compounds,
such as Scheele's  green and Paris green, can emit a  poisonous gas.     This
gas is formed by the action  of molds and was found to be trimethylarsine.
Challenger demonstrated that Penicilllum brevicaule can convert arsenic tri-
                                                             rsonic and
                                                             117b,118b
oxide and arsenites to trimethylarsine.    '     With alkylarsonic and
dialkylarsinic acids, mixed alkylmethylarsines were obtained.
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                      Table 2-3




         Survey of Organic Arsenic Compounds
RAsX
R2AsX
               X = H, halogen, NRo, OR,  SR,  SeR, alkali metal,




                   pseudohalogen
R3As





' Tt A «  V
               Triorganylarsine




LR.As, 'X       Tetraorganylarsonium salt (X = uninegative anion)




RcAs           Pentaorganyl arsenic
(RAsY)n        Y = 0, Sr NH, NR




R2As-X-AsR2    X = 0, S, Se, NR
R3AsY
               Y = 0, S, Se, Te, NR




               X = halogen
RAsO(OH)9      Organylarsonic acid
R AsO(OH)      Diorganylarsinic acid
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     The reduction and raethylation of arsenate by Methanobacterium under


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anaerobic conditions were reported by McBride and Wolfe.     The arsenate is



presumably reduced to arsenite, which is then methylated to methylarsines.



Wood   a studied the synthesis of dimethylarsine from arsenate in a reaction

                                                                       /• « 1

that requires methylcobalamin and methane synthetase.  Schrauzer et al.



showed that methyl(aquo)cobaloxime-As_CL-DTE in water, methylarsine, dimethyl-



arsine, arsine, and methane were produced.  Methylarsine was also obtained



from HoAsO,-DTE-methyl(aquo)cobaloxime in the presence of Zn/NH/Cl.  These


                                       +3
authors suggested a reaction between As   and CH.,  (from the cobaloxime) to


             +2                                       +3
produce CILAs  .  However, because the existence of As   cations in aqueous



solution is very unlikely, a displacement reaction of the following type



appears to be more likely:




                    CH3" + As(OH)3 —	> CH3As(OH)2 + Otf.



                                           methyldihydroxyarsine




CHEMISTRY OF METHYLARSONIC ACID



     Methylarsonic acid, CH-AsO(OH)„, is a herbicide           for  some grass



species.  Very little is known about the molecular interaction of this acid



or its salts with biologically important compounds.  The known chemistry of



methylarsonic acid is outlined in Figure 2-2 to point out which compounds



could be formed from it.



     Methylarsonic acid is a dibasic acid     with pK  values of 4.1 and 8.7
                                                     £1


and can form neutral and acidic salts.  The alkali-metal salts are soluble,



whereas the heavy-metal salts are insoluble in neutral and mildly acidic media.



Methylarsonic acid undergoes dehydration above 130 C to a polymeric
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                CO
                to
o    o
      ^x
       CO
                                                    CM
                                                  O
                                                   m
                                                                      CM
"ai
3
                                                                            o.
                                                                            3
                                                                            O
                                                                            M
                                                                            60
             CO
  CO
O
 09
  CM
S
  CO
O
 CO
                                                                    A
             CM
            O
            CO
                                                                                    CM
                                                                                  CO
                                                                                                              T\
                                                          °CM
                                                          co
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          44 a
anhydride.     Differential thermal analysis of diaodium tnethylarsonate showed
                                               •3 O -I L
that complete combustion was achieved at 660 C.      Arsonic acids can be
esterified with alkanols and diols under anhydrous conditions.  The esters are
very easily hydrolyzed.  It should be noted that aliphatic arsonic acids react
with hydrogen sulfide to give sulfur-containing arsenic compounds.  Thiols have
been shown to convert arsonic acids to organyl-bis-(alkylthio)-arsines (K. J.
Irgolic, personal communication.)   This reaction merits serious consideration.

It is known that trivalent arsenic compounds interact with protein thiol groups
(as discussed later), inactivating, for instance, enzymes.  Pentavalent arsenic
compounds, such as tnethylarsonic acid, have thus far not been shown to react
with thiol groups in biologic systems, but might be able to.  If the conversion
of methylarsonic acid to methyl-bis-(alkylthio)-arsine, which has been carried
out in the test tube (K. J. Irgolic, unpublished results), also occurs in a cell,
disturbance of enzyme activities is very likely.  For methylarsonic acid to be
transformed to dimethylarsine or trimethylarsine, a reduction of the pentavalent
compound within the biologic system must occur.  Very little is known about the
mechanism of this reduction.

CHEMISTRY OF DIMETHYLARSINIC ACID
     Dimethylarsinic acid  (cacodylic acid), (CH3)2AsO(OH), and its salts find
widespread use as postemergence contact herbicides.  It is very similar in its
reactions to methylarsonic acid.  The arsenic-carbon bonds are very stable, but
                                                  31a                      99a
are cleaved by heating with solid sodium hydroxide    or chromium trioxide.
                                34a
The acid has a pK,  value of 6.2.     In strongly acidic solution, dimethyl-
                 Si
arsinic acid exhibits basic properties and forms adducts with mineral acids.   a
The reactions of dimethylarsinic acid are summarized in Figure 2-3.  It has been
                                                            37a
pointed out that dimethylarsinic acid reacts with HSCH-CONH     and
HSCH2CH(NH2)COOH   & to produce the trivalent arsenic derivatives R-As-SR1.
REACTIONS OF ALKYLARSINES AND DIALKYLARSINES
     Alkylarsines, RAsH2> and dialkylarsines, R2AsH, have been detected as
products formed by the reduction and methylation of inorganic and methylarsenic
acids.   They have also been used in experiments to elucidate their effects

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  on biologic systems.     Methylarsine, CH-AsH^, is a gas at room temperature.



  The alkylarsines are sensitive to oxygen, but are not spontaneously flammable



  in air.   c>      They are unreactive to water.      A saturated solution of



  methylarsine in water contains arsine at 80 ppm.      Alkali-metal hydroxides



  have no effect on alkylarsines.    '      In the absence of oxygen, alkyl-



   arsines are thermally stable.  Methylarsine was kept at 240 C for 3 hr without



  decomposition.      The products of oxidation of alkylarsines are (RAs) ,



 (RAsO)  , and RAsO-H,,, depending on the reaction conditions.



       Dimethylarsine is an air-sensitive liquid that boils at 36 C.  It bursts



  into flames on contact with air.      The oxidation products are arsenic acid



  and arsenic trioxide.



  REACTIONS OF ALKYLDIHALOARSINES AND DIALKYLHALOARSINES



      AIkyJhaloarsines, RAsX- and R-AsX, are distillable liquids.  They are



  strongly desiccant and irritating to the nose, throat, and bronchi.      Because



  of these properties, 2-chlorovinyldichlorarsine (lewisite), which has been re-



ported to have the odor of geraniums,   a   has received considerable attention as



  a compound suitable as a war gas.  Lewisite and similar compounds cause pain-



  ful, slow-healing blisters on the skin, violent sneezing, and severe pain in the



  throat and chest.      Castro     found that ethyldichlorarsine inhibits



  cholinesterase in human plasma.



       Alkyldihaloarsines hydrolyze on contact with water or moist air,



  probably forming alkyldihydroxyarsines, RAs(OH)_.  However, only arsenosoalkanes.



  (RAsO) , have been isolated from the reaction mixtures.



       It is important to note that the arsenic-halogen bond hydrolyzes very



  slowly.  This is to be contrasted with the extremely rapid hydrolysis of the



  phosphorus-chlorine and antimony-chlorine bonds.  Hence, the chlorides of



  arsenic, both organic and inorganic, are unique among the group VA elements.





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The painful, slow-healing burns caused when arsenic chlorides come into con-




tact with the skin or the mucous membranes might be explained as follows:




The arsenic halide contacts the tissues and penetrates rapidly and deeply.




The arsenic-chlorine bond then undergoes very slow hydrolysis, with the




release of hydrogen chloride.  The hydrogen chloride released causes the tissue




damage.  Hence, the arsenic itself may not be the toxic agent in lewisite and




related compounds, but it may exacerbate the effect of hydrogen chloride produced.




     Of great biologic importance are the facile reactions that alkyldihalo-




arsines, alkyldihydroxyarsines, and arsenosoalkanes undergo with thiols.  All




these compounds easily condense with the sulfhydryl groups to form alkyl-bis-



      ,_,.    ,    751a,787a
organylthioarsines:





               RAsX2 + 2HSR1 -  >  RAs(SR')2 + 2HX.





With 1,2-dithiols and 1,3-dithiols, the very stable 2-arsa-l,3-dithiacyclopentane




and hexanes are produced.    '      Such reactions may very well take place




with the thiol groups of proteins.   If thiol groups are present in enzymes,




trivalent arsenic compounds can form stable bonds with them, thus preventing




the enzymes from functioning properly.  The likely reaction between lipoic acid,




a building block of the enzyme pyruvate oxidase, and a trivalent alkyldihalo-




arsine is the following:
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                   0
                                            enzyme
        E  _NH — C~(CH2)4  —-j^   ]    	>
                               S 	S                   S    SH
                                 |
                     C - 0
oxid.
        CoA-SCOCH3    +       »~Vr  ^       CoA-SH	]
                               SH    SH
                                        RAsCl,
                                        	*     r
                                                      S     S
                                                          I
                                                         R
British antilewisite (dimercaprol), l,2-dimercapto-3-hydroxypropane, reacts

similarly with trivalent arsenic compounds.      DiaIkylhaloarsines and

dialkylhydroxyarsines react similarly with thiols, but cannot form the stable

neutral ring compounds with dithiols.
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                               CHAPTER 3




              DISTRIBUTION OF ARSENIC IN THE ENVIRONMENT






NATURAL SOURCES




Earth* s Crust




     Arsenic ranks twentieth among the elements in abundance in the




earth's crust.  The abundance of arsenic in the continental crust of




the earth is generally given as 1.5-2 ppm.  Thus, it is relatively




scarce.  Nevertheless, it is a major constituent of no fewer than 245




mineral species.  Arsenic is found in high concentration in sulfide




deposits, where it is present as the native element or alloys (four




minerals), arsenides (27 minerals), sulfides (13 minerals), sulfosalts



(sulfides of arsenic with metals such as lead, copper, silver, and




thallium, 65 minerals),  and the oxidation products of the foregoing  (two




oxides, 11 arsenites, 116 arsenates, and seven silicates).  Of these




minerals, arsenopyrite is by far the most common.  In addition, many




sulfides contain appreciable amounts of arsenic in solid solution; the




most important of these is pyrite, which has a maximal arsenic content




of about 5% (common range, 0.02-0.5%).  The arsenic-bearing sulfides and




sulfosalts oxidize readily; under surface conditions,  oxidation proceeds




to arsenic trioxide and to the arsenate stage.






Igneous and Sedimentary Rock




     Concentrations of arsenic in igneous rocks are listed in Table 3-1.




No trend of concentration is apparent with respect to content of silica




or other major elements.   The limited data available indicate rather




uniform distribution of arsenic among the major constituent minerals,




except for slight enrichment in the sulfide minerals of igneous rocks.





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                          TABLE 3-1

                                          a
                 Arsenic in Igneous Rocks —
Arsenic Concentration, ppm
Rocks
Ultrabasic
Basalts,
gabbros
Andes ites,
dacites
Granitic
Silicic volcanic
No.
Analyses
37
146
41
73
52
Range Usually
Reported
0.3-16
0.06-113
0.5-5.8
0.2-13.8
0.2-12.2
Average
3.0
2.0
2.0
1.5
3.0
—Estimated on the basis of data of Onishi    and Boyle and
 Jonasson.79
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     Data on the concentration of arsenic in sedimentary rocks are
summarized in Table 3-2.  Shales, clays, phosphate rocks, and sedimentary
iron and manganese oxides are notably enriched in arsenic.  The data of
Tourtelot    indicate that most of the arsenic in nonmarine clays and
shales is associated with the clay minerals, whereas a considerable
proportion of the arsenic in offshore marine samples is present as
pyrite.  Tourtelot, Schultz, and Gill    found a correlation between
the arsenic and organic carbon concentrations.  A similar correlation
                                        615
was observed by Ruch, Kennedy, and Shimp    for unconsolidated sediments
of Lake Michigan; they attributed this arsenic to man's activities—
the arsenic content in surface sediments (0-6 cm) averaged more than
twice that at depths greater than 20 cm (12.4 vs. 5.3 ppm).
     It should be noted that a higher than average content of arsenic
is commonly found in sandstones, shales, and coals associated with
uranium mineralization in Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, and South Dakota;
this suggests considerable mobility of arsenic.
     High concentrations of arsenic (maximum, 2,100 ppm; average, 115
ppm; median, 60 ppm) have also been noted in sediments from the area
of hot brines in the Red Sea.   '
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     Most of the analyses for phosphorites   '    are related to samples
from the United States (Table 3-3).  There is considerable variation in
arsenic content, even from a single area, and no correlations with
contents of concentrations of phosphorus pentoxide, organic matter, or
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other major constituents are proved.  Gulbrandsen    suggests a
correlation of arsenic with organic matter for the phosphorites of the
                                                        686
Phosphoria Formation (Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho); Stow    found no such
correlation for Florida land-pebble phosphate, but found a positive
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                           TABLE 3-2
                Arsenic in Sedimentary Rocks~
                                    Arsenic Concentration, ppm
Rocks

Limestones

Sandstones

Shales and clays

Phosphorites

Sedimentary
  iron ores

Sedimentary
  manganese ores

Coal
No.
Analyses
37
11
324
282
Range Usually
Reported
0.1-20
0.6-120
0.3-490
0.4-188
Average
1.7
2.0
14. 51
22.6
  110
1,150
  1-2,900


(up to 1.5%)

  0-2,000
400   ?
a                                         545                         70
""Estimated on the basis of data of Onishi    and Boyle and Jonasson.

—Excluding one sample with arsenic at 490 ppm.

c                   79
—Boyle and Jonasson    give 4 ppm.
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                                TABLE  3-3
                        Arsenic in Phosphorites—
Locality and Type of Rock
South Carolina, river rock
South Carolina, land rock
Florida, hard rock
Florida, land pebble
Florida, soft
Tennessee, blue rock
Tennessee, brown rock
Tennessee, white rock
Kentucky
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Montana
Idaho
Wyoming
Utah
British Columbia
Europe
North Africa
Israel
Insular (West Indies,
Pacific)
Southern Australia
No.
Analyses
4
4
8
31
6
7
25
3
3
8
3
25
27
17
14
1
10
13
?
21
2
Arsenic Concentration,
Range
56.8-888.1
9.2-27.5
1.4-9.6
3.6-21.2
0.4-18.6
8.4-37.7
5.1-56.1
4.8-21.7
6.7-12.7
14.6-188.2
15.6-19.3
<10-106
8.4-60
<10-150
8.4-43.2
—
7.6-54.8
7.0-36.7
20-40
5.1-76.2
20.3-24.3
•71 1
Average
68.4
17.4
5.4
11.9
7.5
20.4
14.6
10.6
9.9
61.0
17.6
40.0
18.5
26.4
16.0
28.3
25.1
17.4
?
16.3
22.3
9-7
ppm
Med ian
14.3
15.9
5.7
11.6
5.7
19.8
12.5
5.2
10.3
43.8
17.9
30
15
17
14
28.3
20.8
16.3
?
12.0
22.3
re
—Summarized mainly from Tremearne and
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correlation with iron content.  The available analyses have been made




on whole rock; consequently correlations of arsenic with other




constituents can be made with confidence only if the purified phosphate




mineral and associated clay material are determined. It would be




especially desirable to conduct such studies on samples of high arsenic




content.
Soil




     Arsenic  is present  in all soils and the geologic history of a particular soil




determines its arsenic content.  The natural arsenic content in virgin




soils varies  from 0.1 to 40 ppm.  The average is about 5-6 ppm, but it




varies considerably between geographic regions.  Soils overlying sulfide




ore deposits  commonly contain arsenic at several hundred parts per




million; the  reported maximum is 8,000 ppm.  This arsenic may be present




in unweathered sulfide minerals or in an inorganic anion state.  The




most common sulfide is arsenopyrite, although arsenosulfides of almost




any metal cation can be found.  Inorganic arsenate may be bound to iron




and aluminum  cations or oxides or to any other cation present (such as




calcium, magnesium, lead, and zinc).




     Arsenic may also be bound to the organic matter in soils, in which




case it is released into the soil solution as the organic matter is




oxidized and is then available for plant uptake or fixation by soil




cations.  Some arsenic from other inorganic forms is also available for




plant uptake, inasmuch as the slightly soluble iron and aluminum




arsenates and the soil solution are in equilibrium.  The amount released




for plant uptake is a function of the particular chemical and physical
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forms of individual arsenic compounds.  The amount of available arsenic



(extracted with 0.05 N hydrochloric acid and 0.025 N sulfuric acid) is



small in virgin soils and averages about one-tenth of the total arsenic


                                 357
present in most cultivated soils.





Water



     The cycle of arsenic in natural waters has recently been reviewed by


                   217
Ferguson and Gavis.     Data on the arsenic content of waters and



sediments are summarized in Tables 3-4 and 3-5.  Sugawara and Kanamori



showed that the ratio of As(V) to total arsenic was close to 0.8:1 in ocean


              82
water.  Braman    reported ratios of 0.56:1 and 0.81:1 for a tidal flat



and saline bay water, respectively.  He also found that As(III), methanearsonic



acid, and cacodylic acid were present.  The ratio of As(V) to As(III),



based on thermodynamic calculations, should be 10^6;i for oxygenated



seawater at a pH of 8.1.  In reality, it is 0.1:1 to 10:1.  This



unexpectedly high As(III) content is caused, at least in part, by biologic re-


                    357

duction in seawater.      The content of arsenic in seawater is a small



fraction (perhaps 0.1%) of the amount calculated to have been carried



into the sea.  Nearly all the arsenic has been precipitated or adsorbed



on marine clays (probably most important), phosphorite, and hydrous



oxides of iron and manganese.  The scavenging of arsenic from solution



by coprecipitation with hydrous oxides of iron and manganese in laboratory



experiments is well known, but its occurrence in natural waters has not


                               499
been studied in detail.  Moenke    noted that spring waters (pH, 5.1)



of high arsenic content precipitated about 80% of their arsenic in iron-



rich sediments within 160 m of the source of entry.



     The high content of arsenic in hot springs is notable; fumarolic



gases have been reported to contain arsenic at up to 0.7 ppm.   Extremely
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high arsenic concentrations have been reported in some ground waters

                                274  401
from areas of  thermal activity,    '   from areas of rocks with


high arsenic content,   '    a>'°' an{j  ^n  8ome  waters  of high dissolved  salt
             7 AO
 content.    '     Most  of  the  other  high  values  reported  in  rivers  and


 lakes and  in sediments  (Tables 3-4  and 3-5) are probably due to


                                            18
 industrial  contamination.  Angino and others    have shown  that household



 detergents  (mostly of  the high-phosphate type) widely used  in  the  United



 States contained arsenic at 1-73 ppm; their use probably contributes

                                                            f\ 7^
 significant amounts of  arsenic to surface waters.  Sollins,    however,



 felt that,  after dilution during use, the concentration would  be well



 below the  recommended maximum and constitute no particular  hazard.  It



 has been generally assumed that surface waters, like the ocean, are



 "self-purifying" with respect to arsenic — i.e., that the arsenic is



 removed from solution by deposition with sediments; but quantitative



 studies are lacking.  Sediments are always higher in arsenic than  the



 waters with which they  are associated.



     The data on ground waters are  inadequate.  About 3% of the analyses



 show arsenic at more than 50  ppb, the 1962 maximal permissible concen-


                          721
 tration in  drinking water.     In view of recent reports of chronic


                                                               73
 arsenic poisoning attributed  to the use of such waters in Chile    and

           f\ ff\
 in Oregon,   afurther study is imperative.  The volcanic rocks from



 which the arsenic-rich  waters come  in Oregon are of a type  that is


                                    228
 common in the Western United  States.
Plants



     Arsenic is ubiquitous in the plant kingdom.  Its concentration


varies from less than 0.01 to about 5 ppm (dry-weight basis).
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                                         TABLE 3-4

                                  Arsenic in Fresh Waters
Water
United States, lakes:

  New York, Chautauqua
  Michigan
  Superior
  Wisconsin
  California, Searles
  California

  Florida, Echols
  Florida, Magdelene

United States, rivers:

  Hillsborough
  Withlacoochee
  Fox (polluted watershed)
  Yellowstone
  Narrow
  Providence
  Seekonk
Arsenic Concentration,
pg/liter (ppb)	
 3.5-35.6
 0.5-2.4
 0.1-1.6
 4.0-117
 198,000-243,000
 0.0-100
 0.0-2,000
 3.58
 1.75
                                                        Reference
      ,000
                               0.25
                               0.42
                               100-6,
                               4.5
                               0.90
                               0.75-0.90
                               2.48-3.45
  Sugar Creek  (contaminated)  <10-1,100
  Columbia
  Schuylkill

United States, canals;

  Florida

United States, well water:
  California
  Florida
  Minnesota (contaminated)
  Washington
  Oregon
                               1.6
                               30-180
                              <10-20
                              <10-*2,000
                              "0.68
                               11,800-21,000
                               5.0-6.0
                               0.00-1,700
  United States, Puget Sound   1.5-1,200

United States, rainwater,
  Rhode Island                 0.82
  Washington, Seattle          17
Argentina, Cordoba             480-1,490
   (drinking water)            traces-300

Bosnia, Shebrenica, spring     4,607
                                                        Lis and Hopke426
                                                        Seydel&47
                                                        Seydel647
                                                        Chamberlain and
                                                        White ejt al.762
                                                        Livingstone429
                                                        Livingstone429
                                                        Braman and Foreback84
                                                        Braman and Foreback84
Braman and Foreback
Braman and Forebacfc84
Brown et al. ^
Ellis203
Ray & Johnson593
Ray & Johnson593
Ray & Johnson593
Wilder768, Durum et al.

Wedepohl546
Kopp and Kroner393
                          Grantham and Sherwood
                                                                              269
                          Goldsmith et al..260*:,
                          Braman and Foreback
                                           260a
Fairhall^-3
Goldblatt, et. al.

Crecelius and Carpenter1613

               CQQ
Ray and Johnson  "
Crecelius et ZL!
Guatelli et al.
Bado33
                          Ivancevic and Tomic
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                                    TABLE 3-4  (Cont'd.)
Canada
   (well water)

Chile

Italy, Modena Province
   (ground water

Japan;
   Rain
   Rivers  (40)
   Aomori  Prefecture
   Lakes

 Germany:

   Elbe River
   Rhine River

 Greece, lakes

 Formosa,  well water

 New Zealand:  (rivers)
               c
   Waikato River"
   Waiotapu Valley
 Yagnob, Daiyee River
   (suspended)

 Sweden:

   Rivers
   Ice, glacial
   Antarctica
              d.
 Spring waters,  California,
   Kamchatka, USSR, New Zealand

 Oil and gas field waters, Calif..
   Louisiana, Hungary

 Thermal waters, Wyoming, Nevada,
   California, Alaska, Iceland
              e
 Spring waters,  USSR, Wyoming,
   Algeria, Iceland
 0.5-15
<2.3-7.500

 800

 3.0-5.0
 0.01-13.9
 0.25-7.7
 30-3,950
 0.16-1.9
 20-25
 3.1

 1.1-54.5

 800
 5-100
 trace-276,000
 100-300
 0.2-0.4
 2.0-3.8
 0.60-0.75
 130-1,000


 0.0-5,800


 20-3,800
        Goulden and Brookshank
        Wyllie787
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 30-500
        Borgono and Greiber
                            73
                             736
        Vivoli and Beneventi
        Kanamori and Sugawara
        Kanamori and Sugawara^""
        Noguchi & Nakagawa
        Wedepohl546
        Wedepohl546
        Kolle et al.391

        Wedepohl546

        Fan and Yang  *
        Lanchaster et al.
                                       401
                             .274
        Grimmett and Mclntosh'

        Kvashnevskaya and Shablovskaya
        Wedepohl546
        Weiss and Bertine
        Kanamori and Sugawara^""
        White et al.
        White et al.
        White et al.
                                  762
                     762
                     762
^Dissolved solids, <2,000 ppm.
—Dissolved solids, >2,000 ppm.
      in bicarbonate; of geothermal origin.
        White jit al. 762

—High in bicarbonate and boron.
•^Deposit travertine.
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Locality
United States:
   New York, Chautauqua
   Texas

   Winyah Bay
   Lake Michigan

   Lake Superior
   Lakes, Wisconsin
   Sugar Creek  (contaminated)
   Puget Sound
   Washington,  rivers
      Skagit
      Stillaguamish
      Snohomish
      Duwamish
      Puyallup
      Nisqually
      Dosewallips
      Duckabush
Japan
   Minamata area
Netherlands, Rhine Delta
New Zealand;  Waiotapu
   Valley muds
Marine
Pelagic
England
                                     TABLE 3-5
                               Arsenic in Sediments
                                Arsenic Concentration,
^-0. 5-306.0
 3.0
 0.8-8.0
 8.0-12.0
 5.0-30.0
 7.2-28.8
 2.8-5.4
 0.1-45.0
 4,470-66,700
 2.9-10,000

 15-34
 17-48
 22-74
 15-40
 2.6-7.5
 4.5-12
 7.4
 6.8
 0.0-93.4
 4.7-60
 ND-310

 51-14,250
 6.6
 40
 5.5-19
                            Reference
Ruppert et al.
Ahr3
                                          619a
Presley and Gulp
                588
Johnson
    615
       358
Ruch
Seydel
      647
     .647
             654
Seydel
Shukla e£ al.
Wilder768
Crecelius et al.161a,161b
Crecelius and Carpenter
Crecelius and Carpenter
Crecelius and Carpenter
Crecelius and Carpenter
Crecelius and Carpenter
Crecelius and Carpenter
Crecelius and Carpenter
Crecelius and Carpenter
Kanamori and Sugawara
       , ,284
Hamaguchi
deGroot et al.171
                       161a
                       161a
                       161a
                       161a
                       161a
                       161a
                       161a
                       161a
Grimmett and MeIntosh
                  586
                     274
Portmann and Riley"
Bostrom and Valdes
                  76
Leatherland and Burto"
                      409
ND = Not detected.
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Appendix A  lists the arsenic concentrations of some plants and plant products.



Differences  in arsenic content probably reflect species differences in plants



and,  in a larger sense, environmental and edaphlc factors in a particular geo-



graphic region.  Plants growing  in arsenic-contaminated soils generally have



higher residues than plants grown in normal soils.  Concentrations are less than



5.0 ppm As  (dry wt) or 0.5 ppm As (fresh wt) for untreated vegetation, while



treated plants may contain much higher levels.  On the other hand, values for



some  nontreated plants are as high as or higher than those for plants that were



treated with arsenic or grown in arsenic-contaminated soil.  Natural variations



between plants, plant species, available soil arsenic, and growing conditions



are all responsible in part for these discrepancies.  There appears to be





little chance that animals would be poisoned by consuming plants



containing arsenic residues from contaminated soils, because plant



injury occurs before toxic concentrations could appear.



     Marine plants, particularly algae and seaweed, may have extremely



high arsenic contents.   In 11 varieties of British seaweed examined,



a range of 5.2 ppm (in Chondrus crispus) to 94 ppm (in Laminaria

                       O £ I

digitata) was recorded.     In green algae, the amount of arsenic



varied inversely with the apparent chlorophyll content,  from 0.05 to


                              465
5.0 ppm on a dry-weight basis.     For brown algae, values of around



30 ppm have been reported.





Animals and Humans



     Arsenic is present in all living organisms (Appendix B). Marine fish



may contain up to 10 ppm; and coelenterates, some mollusks, and



crustaceans may contain higher arsenic concentrations.  Fresh-water



fish contain up to about 3 ppm, although most values are less than 1



ppm.  Domestic animals and man generally contain less than 0.3 ppm on





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a wet-weight basis.  The total human body content varies between 3 and


4 mg and tends to Increase with age.  With the exception of hair,


nails, and teeth, analyses reveal that most body tissues contain less


than 0.3 ppm.


     The median arsenic content in 1,000 samples of human hair was 0.51


ppm, as determined by neutron-activation analysis.     The median


concentrations for males and females were 0.62 and 0.37 ppm, respectively.


Arsenic content of hair has served as an indicator in incidents of


suspected poisoning.  Values greater than about 2-3 ppm indicate possible


poisoning, although higher concentrations have been recorded in occupa-


tional surveys.  For example, a survey of workers in a copper processing


plant in Czechoslovakia showed mean arsenic contents of 178 ppm in 21

                                                         •3
persons exposed to air containing As^O  at 1.01-5.07 mg/m  and 56.6 ppm

                                                      o
in 18 persons exposed to air containing 0.08-0.18 mg/m ; a control

                                 585
(nonexposed) group had 0.149 ppm.     In such occupational surveys, it


is important to distinguish between exogenous arsenic from atmospheric


pollution and cosmetics and that from ingestion.  Nail clippings from a


patient with acute polyneuritis from arsenic poisoning contained arsenic

               7^0                                                       "}44
at 20-130 ppm. /J   The normal arsenic content of nails is 0.43-1.08 ppm.


     The arsenic content of urine can vary normally from 0.1 to 1.0 ppm.


Great daily variations exist and depend on the amount of arsenic in


various foodstuffs.  It is generally high after consumption of seafood.


When arsenic is ingested, the amount excreted increases over several days


to a maximum and then declines to normal.


     Some of the highest concentrations of arsenic in biota are encountered


in marine organisms.  The average arsenic content of fresh-water fish—
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and including shad, gar, carp, bullhead, pickerel, bluegill, black


                                                                 205
bass, white bass, buffalo, and horned dace — varied up to 2.1 ppm.



The average oil content of these fish was only 2.49%, but the oil carried



22.8% of the total arsenic present.  The arsenic in the liver oil of the



large-mouth black bass averaged 30 ppm.  These values are generally



lower than have been reported for marine fish, which range up to 32.4 ppm


                                                                      143
for cod.  Shrimp contain arsenic at 3.8-128 ppm on a dry-weight basis.     A



survey of canned seafood showed the following arsenic concentrations :



clams, 15.9 ppm; oysters, 16.0 ppm; smoked oysters, 45.8 ppm; lobsters,


                                174
22.1 ppm; and shrimp, 19.9 ppm.





Air



     Trace amounts of arsenic may be present in air.  Although no 24-hr



maximal atmospheric concentration has been set in the United States ,



3 pg/m  has been recommended in the U.S.S.R. and Czechoslovakia.



The threshold limit recommended for industrial workers is 500 ug/m  for
                                      3
arsenic and its compounds and 200 ug/m  for arsine.     Exposure standards



for inorganic arsenic have recently been proposed by the Occupational


                                 722
Safety and Health Administration.     The proposed standards limit air



concentration to "4 ug As/m  of air averaged over an eight hour period."



A ceiling limit of 10 ug is proposed for any 15-min period during a work



shift.



     Data on emission of arsenic to the atmosphere have been summarized



by Sullivan    and by Davis and Associates    and are discussed at the



end of this chapter.  Arsenic content in air and dust is summarized in



Table 3-6.  In areas remote from industrial contamination, air concen-


                                                     3

trations of arsenic generally are less than 0.02 ug/m , whereas in urban
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                                    TABLE  3-6

                             Arsenic In Air and Dust
 Locality

 United  States:

  Maryland

  Washington, D.C.

  Miscellaneous

  Tacoma, Wash.

  Tacoma, Wash.

  Fly ash

 Australia

 Czechoslovakia

 Czechoslovakia

 England

 Japan:
 Mexico:
 Russia:

  Rostov

  3,000-5,000  meters from
     copper smelter

  300-4,000  meters from
     power plant

 Germany
Arsenic Concentration
         _     Dust,
Air, yg/m      ppm
0.005-0.012

0.02

0.01-2.50

               1,300^
0.041-0.078

0.012-0.066


0.005


0.8-6.0


58-160


3.8-24.8
•^Dust from copper smelter.
    " remote from copper smelter.
      from cattle dipping.
      power plant.
^Airborne.
               680-1,700

               10-12^
               750-3,800*-
               1.0-297
               Reference
                                         22
                          22
Aras et al.

Aras et al.

Sullivan692

Milham and Strong

Milham and Strong

Natusch et al.526
                                491
                                               491
               Commission of Public Health,
                 Queensland"2^
               Bencko et al.
               Porazik et al.
              585

              266
               Goulden et al.
                            458
               Mamuro et al.

0.012-0.19^"    Mamuro et al.
                                                                        459
               Navarette et al.527a
               Bespalov et al.
                              60
               Rozenshtein
                          613
                          613
               Rozenshtein
               Schramel et al.
                                             631
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areas they vary from less than 0.01 to 0.16 pg/m .  Two of the air

                                                               o
values reported as "United States, Miscellaneous" are 2.50 pg/m  in

                                                          , 3
Anaconda, Montana, in 1961-1962 (the maximum) and 1.40 ug/m  in


                        692
El Paso, Texas, in 1964.
MAN-MADE SOURCES


Production


     Data on domestic and world production, imports, and domestic


consumption of arsenic from 1964 to 1973, as shown in Table 3-7, were


                                                                723a
obtained from the Bureau of Mines Minerals in the U.S. Economy.


Much of the arsenic processed in the United States is imported in copper


ore and concentrates.  An equal amount is imported as arsenic compounds.


Agriculture is the largest user of arsenic, accounting for about 80% of


the demand.  Figure 3-1 indicates sources of arsenicals by country and


type of material in 1973.  Tables 3-8, 3-9, and 3-10   show U.S. imports


for consumption of white arsenic, U.S. imports of arsenicals by class,

                                       723
and world production of -white arsenic.


     In the United States, arsenic is produced entirely as a byproduct


of the smelting of nonferrous-metal ores.  Domestic production of


arsenic has been adversely affected since the 1920's, when very large


quantities of imported byproduct arsenic became available from a copper


mine in Sweden whose ore contained a high proportion of arsenic.  The


demand for arsenic was reduced after World War 11 by the advent of


organic substances developed during and after the war that were used as


pesticides and for other purposes for which arsenic had previously been


used.  The resulting surplus of byproduct arsenic kept the price of


white arsenic (77% arsenic metal) at 6.25-6.75 cents/lb from July 1968


through 1973.  However, in early 1974,  the price increased to 13 cents/lb.
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                                      TABLE 3-10
                         World Production of Arsenic Trioxide"
Country
Brazil
Canada
France
Germany, West
Japan
Mexico
Peru
Portugal
South-West Africa,
Sweden
U.S.S.R.(e)
United States
Total
a
"Derived from 1973
Arsenic
1970
328
71
11,236
408
974
10,075
851
209
b
Territory of— 4,478
18,078
7,880

54,588
Production, tons
1971
163
50
8,844
40
1,054
12,658
723
205
4,080
19,290
7,880

54,987
1
Bureau of Mines Minerals Yearbook, Minor
1972
181
30
10, 000 (e)
491
471
5,618
1,123
15
2,612
17,857
7,940

46,338
Metals, p.
1973(p)
76
—
10,000
520(e)
500 (e)
4,828
l,200(e)
22
8,981
18,200(e)
7,990
w
52,317
, 723
tm •
 Including calculated trioxide equivalent for output reported as elemental
 arsenic and arsenic compounds other than trioxide.  In addition to countries
 listed, Argentina, Austria, Belgium, People's Republic of China, Czechoslovakia,
 East Germany, Finland, Hungary, Southern Rhodesia, Spain, The United Kingdom,
 and Yugoslavia have produced arsenic or arsenic compounds in previous years,
 but information is inadequate to ascertain whether such production has con-
 tinued and, if so, to what extent.
b.
 Output of Tsumeb Corp., Ltd., for year ending June 30; values given are for
 white arsenic equivalent of reported black arsenic oxide production.

  p = preliminary
 ee - estimated
  w = withheld to avoid disclosing individual company  confidential data.
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     Arsenic is a troublesome contaminant in ores.  Some arsenic




compounds volatilize during smelting and must




be removed from smelter exhaust gases.  Its presence in metals reduces




electric conductivity and malleability to below commercial specifications




for most uses.  The cost of removing arsenic during smelting and re-




fining exceeds its value.  Arsenic was last produced for its own value




during World War II, when military uses increased demand and supplies




from Sweden were interrupted.  Substantial resources of high-grade




arsenic ore are available in the United States, in case arsenic




production again becomes necessary.




     Arsenic is present in appreciable amounts in many lead-zinc and




copper ores; therefore, emission of arsenic may be a problem at any




smelter treating such ores.  However, the only U.S. plant recovering




arsenic from those ores is a copper smelter in Tacoma, Washington.  This




facility is equipped to smelt copper ores and concentrates containing a




considerable proportion of arsenic and to complete smelting of inter-




mediate products—such as flue dust, speiss, and various residues of




high arsenic content—received from other smelters.




     At the Tacoma plant, the high-arsenic ores and concentrates




treated usually contain 3-15% arsenic, and the speiss and flue dust




5-30% or even more.  The charge is first roasted with reducing fluxes to drive




off as much arsenic as possible.  Fluxing is necessary to ensure




vaporization of arsenic, because arsenic pentoxide, As.O , forms stable




arsenates with common metallic oxides.  Pyrite, galena, or carbonaceous




material added to the charge reduces the pentoxide to trioxide, which




sublimes at 193 C.  The arsenic compounds are collected in cooling flues or




chambers, where the temperatures of the gas and vapor are controlled.
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They enter the first chamber at approximately 220 C; by the time the




gas and vapor reach the last chamber, they have been cooled to 100 C




or less.  The condensed crude product Is 90-95% arsenic trioxide.




Exhaust from the cooling flues passes through baghouses and Cottrell




preclpitators to remove any remaining arsenic trioxide or other dust.




The calcine, now low in arsenic, is smelted for copper and other metals.




The impure trioxide, As 0_, is resublimed and recondensed to remove




impurities, until a product with the required purity is obtained.    '




     The arsenic-containing ore from U.S. mines received at Tacoma




originates mainly in the But£e, Montana, and Coeur d'Alene, Idaho,




districts.  However, most of the arsenic feed material comes as




concentrates from foreign mines for treatment at the Tacoma copper




smelter or is an intermediate product from the treatment of ores at




other U.S. smelters.




     Since 1971, federal and state regulations have been adopted that




will greatly limit atmospheric discharges of particulate matter and




sulfur from metal smelters, power generating stations, and other




industrial plants.  Large construction programs were in progress during




1974 at nearly all nonferrous smelters and at most coal-fired electric




generating plants to install equipment that will remove about 99% of



the particulate matter from smelter exhausts and will treat all stack




gases in acid plants or other sulfur-removing facilities to lower the




sulfur content of the final discharge to a harmless concentration.  As




larger percentages of particulate matter and sulfur dioxide are removed




from effluent gases, so also should the amount of arsenic emitted be




lowered.
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Uses

     Approximately 97% of the arsenic produced enters end-product

manufacture in the form of white arsenic, As^O.,, and the remaining 3%,

as metal for metallurgic additives in special lead and copper alloys.

     In an expanding agricultural market, agricultural uses accounted

for about 81% of total consumption of arsenic in 1973 (Table 3-7).  Arsenic

trioxide is the raw material for arsenical pesticides, including lead

arsenate, calcium arsenate, sodium arsenite, and organic arsenica'ls.

These compounds are used in insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, algicides,

sheepdips, wood preservatives, and dyestuffs and for the eradication of

tapeworm in sheep and cattle.


Insecticides.  The names, uses, and toxic dosages of several important

arsenical pesticides are listed in Table  3-11.  Compounds like Paris

green (copper acetoarsenite) used to be popular insecticides in

orchards, but are of minor importance today.  Likewise, lead and calcium arsenate

have been used extensively in the United States for insect control on
                                      but current usage is slight.
fruits, tobacco, cotton, and some vegetables,/ The U.S. Department of

Agriculture (USDA) used to be responsible for registering arsenical

pesticides; today, all uses of arsenical pesticides for crop protection

are registered by the Environmental Protection Agency.

     Lead arsenate was first used about 1892.  It has been used chiefly

for controlling the coddling moth, weevils, grasshoppers, Japanese

beetles, cankerworms, leaf rollers, tomato fruitworms, bud worms, scale,

plum curculio, cabbageworm, potato bug, and tobacco hornworm.  Lead

arsenate is a stomach poison, with very little contact activity when

used on chewing insects.  Calcium arsenate is more effective than lead

arsenate in combating the cotton boll worm.


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                                        TABLE 3-11

                Names and Properties of Some Important Arsenical Pesticides
Pesticide
Arsenic acid
Cacodylic acid
DSMA
MSMA
Calcium arsenate
Lead arsenate
Application Rates
and Methods	

1 1/2 qt/acre of
the 75% concentrate
3-10 Ib/acre
Directed after emergence
on cotton at 2.25 Ib/acre;
2-3.8 Ib/acre for lawn and
ornamental uses

Directed after emergence
on cotton at 2.25 Ib/acre;
2-3.8 Ib/acre for lawn and
ornamental uses

1 1/2-3 Ib/acre in 100
gal of water or dust at
2-25 Ib/acre

3-60 Ib/acre or 1-60
lb/100 gal of water
Copper acetoarsenite  1-16 Ib/acre
  (Paris green)
Sodium arsenite
1-20 Ib/acre in dry
baits
Commercial Uses

Cotton desiccant to
facilitate mechanical
harvesting

Lawn renovation and
general weed control in
noncrop areas

Cotton and noncrop
areas; crabgrass
Cotton and noncrop
areas; crabgrass
Cotton insecticide;
fruits, vegetables,
and potatoes

Fruits, vegetables,
nuts, turf, and
ornamentals

Baits and mosquito
larvicide

Baits and a livestock
dip; a nonselective
herbicide, rodenticide,
desiccant, and aquatic
weed killer
Toxicity,
LD50, mg/kg

 48 (young rats)
100 (older rats)
830 (rats)
1,800 (rats)
1,800 (rats)
150
100
 10
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     Pesticides related to lead arsenate include lead arsenite, Pb(AsO ) ,


used to a limited extent as an insecticide and fungicide; lead metarsenate,


Pb(AsO_); and monolead orthoarsenate, PbH,(AsO^)„, and trilead arsenate,


Pb (AsO,)2, used as insecticides.


     Magnesium arsenate, Mg (AsO ) MgO • H_0, was first used as an
                           J    4 ^       ^*

insect stomach poison on the Mexican bean beetle around  1920-1930, but its


use is now very limited.  Zinc arsenate has been used as an insecticide


since about 1920 and controls many of the same pests as lead arsenate.


It has been used in place of lead arsenate, because it leaves no lead


residue.  Compounds related to zinc arsenate used as pesticides include


zinc fluoroarsenate, ZnFAsO,, to control coddling moths and zinc


metarsenite, ZnCAsO-)-, used to a limited extent as a wood preservative.


Zinc arsenite, Zn-(AsO-) , has been used as an insecticide on chewing


insects since about 1900, mainly on potatoes;     it is too phytotoxic


to use in orchards, bush crops, or other forage crops.


     Sodium arsenite came into use as an insecticide between 1920 and


1930, mainly as a bait and as a livestock dip.  As an insecticide, it


must be used very carefully because of its extreme phytotoxicity;


consequently, it is applied around the base of plants to prevent contact


with the foliage.  As a cattle dip, it is used to control ticks, fleas,


and lice.  Unfortunately, many children and domestic animals have been


harmed accidentally by sodium arsenite.


     The USDA took action to reduce the hazards from some arsenical


pesticides intended for use in and around homes.  In a press release


dated November 24, 1967, the USDA proposed to decrease the percentage


of sodium arsenite and arsenic trioxide in products for home use.


Specifically, the following actions were recommended:  products containing
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more than 2.0% sodium arsenite or 1.5% arsenic trioxide would not be




registered for use around the home, and labels for arsenical products




registered for agricultural, commercial, or industrial use would be




required to display prominently the statements "Do not use or store in




or around the home" and "Do not allow domestic animals to graze treated




area."  A press release dated July 17, 1969, gave notice that these




restrictions were put on arsenical products for home use.






Herbicides.  The inorganic arsenicals, primarily sodium arsenite, have




been widely used since about 1890 as weedkillers, particularly as




nonselective soil sterilants.  Consequently, it found use around military




and commercial installations—along roadsides and on railroad rights-of-




ways.  The use of sodium arsenite for the control of crabgrass (Digitaria




sanguinalis') expanded rapidly from only a few hundred tons a year in the




early 1950's to 5,000 tons in 1959.




     The use of organic arsenical herbicides, MSMA (monosodium methanear-




sonate), DSMA (disodium methanearsonate), and cacodylic acid (dimethylarsinic




acid), has grown rapidly in the last decade.  MSMA and DSMA have been




used as selective herbicides for the postemergence control of crabgrass,




dallisgrass (Paspalum dilatatum), and other weedy grasses in turf.  They




are currently used extensively as selective postemergence herbicides in




cotton and noncrop areas for the control of Johnson grass (Sorghum




halepense), nutsedge (Cyperus spp.), watergrass, sandbur (Cenchrus spp.),




foxtail (Echinochloa spp.), cocklebur (Xanthium spp.), pigweed (Amaranthus




spp.), and grasses in noncrop areas.  DSMA was first used for cotton weed




control in 1961 to enhance the activity of another herbicide, 3',4'-dichloro-




-2-methylacrylanilide.      In 1963, 71,000 acres in Mississippi were
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treated with DSMA as a directed spray, and more than 329,000 acres were

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treated in 1964.  x

     The need for the selective herbicides for cotton production in the

United States is particularly critical.  Johnsongrass, a hardy perennial

species, is extremely difficult to control and is estimated to infest

approximately 4.3 million acres of cotton producing soils.  The methanearsenates

are selective economic herbicides for Johnsongrass control.  Unfortunately,

no complete estimates are available on the amounts of MSMA or DSMA being
                                                 O f.
used in the United States.  In 1969, Baker ejt a_l.   estimated that the annual

use in the United States ranged from 6,000 to 8,000 tons.  An informal survey

conducted by the National Cotton Council from reports submitted by different

state specialists resulted in an estimate of 4.5 million acres that received
                    c OC
MSMA and DSMA salts.     Assuming two applications of 2 Ib/acre, an


  estimate of 9,000 tons of MSMA and DSMA would appear to be reasonable.

  It must be emphasized that these are only estimates.  Nevertheless, they

  do indicate that substantial amounts of these organic arsenicals are

  finding widespread use in major cotton growing regions.  The National

  Cotton Council's survey also indicates that severe economic repercussions

  would be felt in the American cotton industry if these substances were
              because of losses in yield due to weed competition. 525
  lost to the farmer, /   In 1972, it is estimated that 9,500 tons of

  MSMA were consumed in the United States.

       Cacodylic acid is a contact herbicide that will defoliate or

  desiccate a wide variety of plant species.  It has been used as a crop

  destruction agent (Agent Blue)  in South Vietnam.  Cacodylic acid is not
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registered for use on agricultural commodities.  It is registered as a

silvlcide (forest pesticide) and for lawn renovation.


Desiccants.  Arsenic acid is used extensively as a cotton desiccant in the

Black Prairie of Texas, the rolling plains of Oklahoma and Texas, and the

high plains of Texas.  This use of arsenic acid as a cotton desiccant began

about 1955.  The use of desiccants has increased rapidly in these cotton

growing regions, owing to the widespread use of mechanical pickers.  About

85% of the treated acreage is in Texas.  In 1971, over 98% of the U.S. cotton

crop was harvested by machines.  There are two types of mechanical harvesters--

the cotton picker and the cotton stripper.  Desiccants are used to prepare

cotton plants for stripper harvesting by depleting the leaves and other plant

parts of moisture.  The reduction in moisture improves harvesting efficiency

and prevents degradation of fiber quality that results from leaf staining.  In
addition, the earlier harvest results in less insect damage and lower insecticide use.
Because of the lower harvesting costs, cotton harvest by stripping is rapidly

expanding.  In Texas, about 75% of the cotton was machine stripped and about

25%, machine picked, in 1970.

     It was reported that 2,500 tons of arsenic was used as desiccants on

1,222,000 acres of U.S. cotton in 1964.  In 1971, it is estimated that Texas

alone treated over 2 million acres with arsenic acid as a desiccant.  Arsenic

acid is applied once at a rate equivalent to 1.5 quarts of 75% orthoarsenic

acid per acre.  This rate of application represents a maximum of about 4.5 Ib

of the actual technical chemical per acre during any one season.  On the

basis of figures for Texas in 1971, this would amount to over 4,500 tons of

arsenic acid used as a desiccant.
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Wood preservatives.  Compared quantitatively with the organic liquid wood



preservatives (pentachlorophenol and creosote), arsenic is of lesser importance.



The use of the principal wood preservatives in the United States in 1968-1973



is shown in Table  3-12.  Use of chrotnated copper arsenate has increased three-



fold in that period.  Pentavalent arsenic compounds are used alone or



  mixed with other substances.  Lansche has summarized the uses of some



  of the compounds, including Wolman salts (25% sodium arsenate), ammoniacal



  copper arsenite  (1.3% arsenic trioxide), and Osmosalts (25% sodium


            404
  arsenate).     There are three "Bolidensalts" (which probably derived their



  name from the Boliden mining operation in Sweden), including the



  following trade-name products:  Bolidensalt BIS, a zinc-chromium



  arsenate (20% arsenic acid, 19% monohydrogen sodium orthoarsenate, 16%



  sodium dichromate, and 43% zinc sulfate); Bolidensalt BIS Copperized



  (20% arsenic acid, 19% sodium arsenate, 16% sodium dichromate, 22% zinc



  sulfate, and 22% copper sulfate); and Bolidensalt K33, the



  copper-chromium arsenate (34% arsenic pentoxide, 26.6% chromium trioxide,



  14.8% cupric oxide, and 24.6% water).  The zinc and chromium arsenates are



  used in a water solution in wood preservative plants and are applied to



  wood under vacuum and pressure.  They are precipitated in the wood



  fibers, making the treated wood resistant to leaching.





  Feed additives.  Four organic arsenicals (arsanilic acid, 3-nitro-4-



  hydroxyphenylarsonic acid, 4-nitrophenylarsonic acid, 4-ureido-l-phenylarsonic



  acid), all substituted benzenearsonic acids, have qualified for feed-additive



  use under the Food Additive Law of 1958 (see Chapter 5).   A food-additive



  petition demonstrating safety and efficacy of each is on record with the



  Food and Drug Administration (FDA).   Drug combinations that include one of



  the arsenicals require separate petitions.   These are to be found in the



  Federal Register and in the Feed Additive Compendium, a Miller Publishing Co.




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                                    TABLE 3-12
                Use of Principal Wood Preservatives, United States
Preservative
                       1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973

Creosote
Petroleum
Coal tar
Total

136,799
73,588
20,469
230,856

128,226
68,071
19,618
215,915
Liquids , 1
125,624
75,624
21,903
223,151
,000 gal
116,553
81,122
21,449
219,124

110,499
85,664
21,670
217,833

97,582
79,986
17,063
194,631
                                           jolids, 1,000 Ib
Pentachlorophenol     26,389     25,542     28,461     32,039     36,546     38,837
Fluor chrome
  arsenate phenol

Chrornated zinc
                       3,971      4,539      2,687      2,169      1,914      1,683
                       1,526      1,384      1,462      1,336      1,774      1,949
Acid copper
chr ornate
Chromated cooper
arsenate—'—
All others
Total
1,139
3,215
1,554
37,794
872
4,668
1,050
38,055
755
6,033
820
40,218
1,178
8,572
749
46,043
1,238
9,748
999
52,219
1,635
11,667
1,270
57,041
      from
—Includes copperlzed.
-rlncludes fire retardant use.
—Includes Boliden salts.
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adjunct to Feedstuffs, a news journal for the feed industry.    Three of the



pentavalent organic arsenicals were marketed in the early 1950's and


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described in an FDA-sponsored symposium.     The discussion also included


the coccidiostat, arsenosobenzene, a trivalent organic arsenical (later



abandoned with the advent of the Food Additive Law).  The arsenical feed



additives were further discussed In a second symposium on drugs in feeds



sponsored by the National Academy of Sciences.     The recommended uses



and safety considerations are discussed in Chapter 5 of the present



report.



     Less arsenic is used in feed additives than in pesticides,



defoliants, or herbicides.  In a typical year, the following are



manufactured or sold:  arsanilic acid, 1,500 tons; carbarsone, 500 tons;



3-nitro-4-hydroxyphenylarsonic acid, 1,000 tons; and combinations, 500



tons.



     Concern was expressed about the fate of the various arsonic acids



excreted by animals.  Although these have been shown to undergo no



degradation or only minor structural alteration before excretion, it  is



not known to what extent they accumulate  in poultry litter  or manure.



Morrison reported  that  commercial use of 3-nitro-4-hydroxyphenylarsonic



acid yielded arsenic at 15-30 ppm in the litter, but the concentrations


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of arsenic in the poultry tissues and feathers were not high.     Indeed,



the tissue concentrations in birds raised on the litter did not appear to



differ from those in birds raised on wire.  At the recommended fertilization


rate for poultry litter, 4-6 tons/acre, the addition of arsenic to soil



was calculated as 1-2 ppm per year.  The arsenic concentrations of soil,



cover  crops, and alfalfa crops fertilized for up to 20 years with
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arsenical poultry litter were not increased.  Drainage water after 20


years of such fertilization was reported to contain arsenic at 0.29 ppm.




Drugs.  Inorganic arsenic compounds have been used in medicine since the


dawn of history and have been claimed to be effective in many diseases or


where a tonic was indicated.  The introduction of Salvarsan (arsphenamine)


by Ehrlich at the turn of the century gave rise to intense activity on the


part of the organic chemists, and it is estimated that more than 32,000


arsenic compounds were synthesized.


     These drugs were active primarily against the parasites causing


syphilis, yaws, relapsing fever, trichomonal vaginitis, trypanosomiasis,


and ameblc dysentery.  With the advent of penicillin, the use of these


drugs has been largely discontinued, although some are still in common use.


(Some of these compounds have been reintroduced for other purposes—e.g.,


as feed additives and herbicides—and their dosages when used as drugs


should be recalled when their toxicity for man and animals is considered.)


Sodium cacodylate was used as a tonic and given by injection (because of


its poor absorption when given orally) at 0.03-0.10 g every 2-3 days.


It often produced the odor of garlic in the urine, breath, and sweat.


DSMA (then called Arrhenal) was used for the same purpose and in the same


dosage.  The phenyl arsonate Atoxyl (sodium arsanilate) was once used


hypodermically in trypanosomiasis at 0.03-0.06 g/day.


     The following drugs are in current use in human and veterinary


medicine.

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     o  Glycobiarsol    - used in intestinal amebiasis, trichomoniasis,


        and moniliasis; toxicity rare, because only 4% is absorbed.
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     o  Carbarsone -  used  In  intestinal  amebiasis  in man,     and


        black head in turkeys    and  chickens;     toxicity  rarely  reported;


        lacks effect  on  optic nerve reported  for other  p_-NH2  arsenobenzenes.

                                              263 457                 21,464
     o  Melarsoprol - used in trypanosomiasis   '    and filariasis;


        occasional reactive encephalitis,  usually  fatal.


     o  Tryparsamide  - used in syphilis  and trypanosomiasis with cerebral


        involvement;    '   can cause retinitis with optic  atrophy.


     o  Neoarsphenamine  -  used in eperythrozoonosis of  swine  and

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        Spirillum minus  infections (rat-bite  fever) in  man.


     o  Dichlorophenarsine -  used in  dirofilariasis  (heartworm infection)


        in dogs.365'397



     o  Thiacetarsamide  (Caparsolate)  -  used  in filariasis  in dogs     and

                                   552 553
        lungworm  infection in dogs.

                                                   1QA  sco ceo
     o  Acetarsamide  - used in filariasis  in  dogs.    '    >;o


     o  Lead arsenate - used  in Monieziasis in  sheep and  goats.

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     o  Melarsonyl -  used  in  filariasis  in dogs   and  trypanosomiasis.
War gases and riot control agents.  The war gas lewisite,3-chlorovinyl-


dichlorarsine,  was used in World War I and was highly effective in


producing casualties, because it caused skin lesions that were difficult


to heal.


     Arsenic compounds are still in use that are less toxic than lewisite


but that are highly irritating to the skin, eyes, and respiratory tract,


thereby causing dermal pain, lacrimation, sneezing, and vomiting.  (The


commonly used tear gas and mace apparently are not arsenicals, but


alkylating agents related to chloroacetophenone.)  Information on these


compounds, both chemical and pharmacologic, is difficult to obtain,
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because research data on them are classified, or for other reasons.




Some such compounds are  listed  in Table 3-13.




Ruchhoft et al.    were Interested in the possibility that the use of




these compounds would contaminate city water supplies, and they studied




some of them with that possibility in mind.  Rothberg    was Interested




in the possibility that these compounds could cause sensitization and




tested the alkylating agents CS (0-chlorobenzilide malononitrile), CN




(ct-chloroacetophenone), and BBC (a-bromotolunitrile) and the arsenical




compound DM (phenylarsazine chloride) in guinea pigs.  He found that CS




and CN caused sensitization, but that DM and BBC did not.




     In summary, several arsenical compounds are available for use as




riot-control agents that act as severe irritants to the skin and mucous




membranes.  Information about their other pharmacologic and toxicologic




effects is not available in the literature.






Other minor uses.  Because of its semimetallic properties, arsenic has




metallurgic applications as an additive metal.  Addition of 0.5-2% to




lead improves the sphericity of lead shot.  The addition of up to 3%




arsenic to lead-base bearing alloys Improves their mechanical properties,




particularly at high temperatures.  A small amount of arsenic is added to




lead-base battery grid metal and cable sheathing to increase their hardness.




     Addition of smaller amounts of arsenic improves the corrosion




resistance and raises the recrystallization temperature of copper.  At




0.15-0.50% it improves the high-temperature properties of copper parts used




for locomotive staybolts, firebox straps, and plates.  At 0.02-0.05%, it




minimizes or prevents dezincification of brass.  It has been claimed that
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                                  TABLE  3-13
or riot-control agents-
Chemical
Methyldichlorarsine
Ethyldlchlorarsine
Lewisite
(S-chlorovinyldichlorarsine)
Phenyldichlorarsine
Diphenylchlorarsine
Adamsite
(phenylarsazine chloride)
Dipheny 1 cy anoar s ine
Solubility,
mg/liter H20
at 20 C
1,000
1,000
500
Insoluble
14.4
15.7
Sparingly
Soluble
Formula
CH3AsCl2
C2H5AsCl
ClCH:CHAsCl
C6H5AsCl2
(C6H5)2AsCl
6 4
(C6H5)2AsCN
Chemical
Warfare
Symbol
MD
ED
Ml
PD
DA
DM
DC
Diphenylaminocyanoarsine
—Data from Gates et al.    and Ruchhoft et al.
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small additions of arsenic to brass minimize "season cracking" (failure



of stressed material in a corrosive environment).



     High-purity arsenic (exceeding 99.999%) is used in semiconductor



technology.  This material may be produced from the reduction of purified



arsenic compounds, such as arsenic trioxide and arsenic trichloride, with



hydrogen or the thermal dissociation of arsine.  Specifically, it is used



to make gallium arsenide, which is used in such semiconductor devices as



diodes, transistors, and lasers.  Indium arsenide is used for infrared



detectors and in Hall effect applications.  Small quantities are also used



as a dopant in germanium and silicon devices.  High-purity arsenic



trichloride and arsine are used in the production of epitaxial gallium



arsenide.  A series of low-melting-point glasses containing high-purity



arsenic have been developed for semiconductor and infrared applications.



     Nearly all glass contains arsenic as an additive.  It aids in the



formation of glass and is a fining agent for removing gases, an



oxidizing-reducing agent, and a decolorizing agent.  The arsenic content



of glass is normally 0.2-1%.



     Arsenic is also used as a catalyst in the hydrogenation-cracking of



hydrocarbons in the presence of olefins, in the manufacturing of paper



pulp and chloromethylsilane   in the oxidation of propene to acrolein,



and in the ozonization of cyanides.  Arsenic finds use in the Giammarco-



Vetrocoke hydrogen sulfide removal process for treating coke-oven gas,


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synthesis gas, and high-pressure gas streams.     Alkaline arsenites and



arsenates are used to react with hydrogen sulfide and absorb it from gas.
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Residues


     Arsenic, which occurs ubiquitously in nature, may also enter the



biosphere through unintended contamination from industrial activity or


through desired use, e.g., as a pesticide, medicine, or feed additive.



Some of the arsenic is easily recycled in nature (that from pesticides,


medicines, etc.) but other arsenic (such as that used as additives in metal



and glass) is not easily recycled.  The following sections discuss the


residues that occur in the biosphere as a result of man's activity.




Soils.  Soils are usually contaminated with arsenic through the use of



pesticides, although some contamination occurs from smelting



operations, burning of cotton wastes, and fallout from the burning of fuel.



An excellent review of arsenic behavior in soil has recently been published.


Arsenic in the environment can undergo oxidation, reduction, methylation, and



demethylation in soil.



     Large residues have been found on orchard soils that received 30-60  Ib  of



lead arsenate per acre per year from pesticide applications, which began in


the early 1900"s.  The soils have therefore received 1,800-3,600 Ib of lead


arsenate.  This is equivalent to an arsenic concentration of 194-389 ppm,


if the arsenate remains in the top 6 in. of soil.  Arsenic was accumulated

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at up to 2,500 ppm,    in a fine soil.  It contained high concentrations of


hydrous iron and aluminum oxides or their cations.  Little arsenic


accumulates in sandy soils thai; are low in available iron and aluminum


compounds.  Soils removed from orchard production after these concentrations


of arsenic are reached are generally phytotoxic, although the toxicity may



decrease with time.   If a tree is to be replanted in areas with such



concentrations, the soil may be excavated and replaced by new soil to


promote growth.




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     High-arsenic soil may b& toxic to plant life.  However, different soils



with the same total arsenic content do not have the same toxicity to



plants, unless they have similar contents of iron, aluminum, organic



matter, and phosphate and similar pH and unless the plants grown on them



are under the same environmental stresses.  Woolson


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e£ al.    have shown that various chemical forms of arsenic



have different phytotoxicities.  Thus, soils containing high concentrations



of easily soluble arsenic (soils low in reactive iron and aluminum) will



be more toxic than soils with low concentrations of easily soluble arsenic



although the total arsenic contents may be similar.  Because plants growing



in high-arsenic soils have very little growth, human consumption of high



arsenic residues through the plant food chain is unlikely.  Plant growth



is reduced as arsenic content increases.  For instance, a total arsenic



content of about 300 pptn equivalent to extracted available arsenic at



about  30 ppm in an average soil will reduce growth of many crops by



about  50%.  Seedlings shown to contain arsenic at 15 ppm on a dry-weight



basis have suffered a 50% reduction in growth; this is equivalent to about



1.5 ppm on a fresh-weight basis, which is below the tolerances set by the



Food and Drug Administration for arsenic in fruits.  Sensitive crops, such



as green beans, are adversely affected by extracted available arsenic at



as low as 5 ppm.



     The use of different, fertilizer materials and fertilization practices



also influences the soluble arsenic content of soils and the arsenic



content of the harvested crop.  A high phosphate application to soils



receiving arsenicals increases the arsenic content of corn foliage, but


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apparently not of corn seed.  Schweizer    showed the effects of phosphate



fertilization on DSMA residues with cotton bioassay.  The toxicity depended
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on the amount of phosphate applied and on the soil type.  Phosphate


fertilizers may contain arsenic at up to 1,200 ppm, but at normal


application rates, "It seems highly Improbable that the arsenic In


domestic phosphate fertilizer exerts any toxic effects, even with very


large annual applications of the fertilizer over extended periods of


time."713


     Arsenic may be leached downward   in sandy soils.  In heavier soils,


little leaching Is likely.  High phosphate contents and excess phosphate


fertilization increase the rate of arsenic leaching.  Arsenate in


solution at saturation follows the order sodium arsenate > calcium

             c                          _y                      _9   128
arsenate (lO'-'M) > aluminum arsenate (10  M) > iron arsenate (10  M).  °»


Thus, the more soluble arsenates (sodium and calcium) will leach from a


soil more readily than the less soluble (aluminum and iron) forms.  When


a soil was subjected to leaching conditions with potassium biphosphate,


the percentage of aluminum arsenate (extractable with 0.5 N ammonium


fluoride) decreased and the percentage of the more Insoluble iron

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arsenate (extractable with 0.1 N sodium hydroxide) increased.      Thus,


the arsenic that remains after phosphate treatment and subsequent leaching


is Itself less phytotoxic.


     Total soil arsenic does not accurately reflect the form that is


available to plants.  Arsenic phytotoxicity decreases in this order:


water-soluble >  aalcium arsenate = aluminim araenate >  iron arsenate.


Toxlcity is probably related to the solubility constant of the individual


compound.  Extractants used to test for available nutrients (Bray P-l,


0.5 N sodium bicarbonate, and a mixed acid-0.05 N hydrochloric acid +


0.025 N sulfuric acid) more accurately reflect amounts of arsenic that are


available for uptake at the root surface.  Extractable arsenic at 5 ppm is


toxic to sensitive species.


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     The behavior of the organoarsenic herbicides in soil has been


                      O -I Q
reviewed by Hiltbold.     The organoarsenic herbicides are used in foliar



treatment at lower rates than the Inorganic arsenic insecticides.



Methylarsonic acid (MAA) and its salts (MSMA and DSMA) are selective



herbicides used to control specific weeds.  Cacodylic acid is a general



contact desiccant used to defoliate or destroy unwanted vegetation.



     Organic aliphatic arsenic compounds behave very much like the



inorganic arsenic salts in soil.  The methylarsonic acids are fixed in



soil and are only gradually leached through the soil profile.  Increased



amount and rate of leaching are caused by coarse soil texture and low



reactive iron and aluminum content.  Cacodylic acid is likewise



fixed by iron and aluminum in the soil, although not as strongly as



inorganic arsenate or MAA.  Metabolism of organic arsenicals occurs in



soil with inorganic arsenate as the major metabolite under aerobic



conditions.  A volatile organoarsenic compound, possibly dimethylarsine,



is generated in soil under both aerobic and anaerobic soil conditions

                    373 784Trimethylarsine  has also been isolated  above grass.

from cacodylic acid.    '   /  Residue accumulation in cotton soils should
be slower than that in orchard soils, because less arsenic is applied



with the organic arsenicals (1-2 ppm/year) than was applied with lead



arsenate (3.3-6.6 ppm/year).    In addition to strict accumulation from



application, the aliphatic arsenicals are reduced to arsines more readily



than is arsenate and will be lost from the site of application as a gas.


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     Large accumulations occur around smelters.     A survey of the



Helena Valley indicated that soil samples collected from the upper 4 in.



within a mile of the smelter stack contained arsenic at up to 150 ppm.



The arsenic content decreased with distance from the stack for a distance



of 5-10 miles.  A calculated total of 860 tons of arsenic has been added
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to the soil at a distance of 0.67-10 miles from the stack during 80 years




of operation.  Accumulations up to 380 ppm occurred around the Tacoma smelter.




     It should be noted that continued additions of arsenicals, regardless of




the source, may result in soils that are too toxic to support some forma of




plant life.  The constant turnover of organic matter and the resulting microbial




reduction and volatilization (see Figure 3-2) will tend to reduce high con-




centrations of arsenicals.  This will result in a reduction in toxicity.




Arsenicals will accumulate in soil when greater amounts are added than are




removed in harvested plants, through volatilization, and through leaching.
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Water.  As noted earlier, arsenic is found in all waters.  The U.S.



Geological Survey reported that 79% of 727 samples examined from across the



United States contained arsenic at less than 10 yg/liter (the 1962 recommended


                              195
drinking water concentration),    21% at greater than 10 yg/liter and 2%



at greater than 50 yg/liter  (the 1962 maximal allowable arsenic content



for drinking water).  The highest concentration was found in South Carolina



in a sample downstream from an industrial complex in North Carolina



(1,100 yg/liter), which contained an arsenical producing company.  At the



next sampling station downstream, the concentration was 10 yg/liter.  The



EPA has recently published primary interim standards for drinking water.



The maximal allowable arsenic content remains 50 yg/liter.   a



     Arsenic can be removed from industrial waste by several methods



before the waste is discharged into the water system.  Among the methods



reported are precipitation by calcium oxide and ferric chloride, basic



anion-exchange resins, passage through lime and ashes, and flocculation



with chlorine-saturated water and ferrous sulfate.



     Questions have been raised over the arsenic added to the environment



through phosphate detergents.  Angino found that water treated with cold


                                  18
lime contained arsenic at 0.4 ppb.    Water at the intake contained



2.6-3.6 ppb before treatment.  The arsenic in water returned to the Kansas



River after sewage treatment ranged from 1.5 to 2.1 ppb, which is lower



than the concentration at the intake.  Angino felt that arsenic in



detergents added significant quantities of arsenic to the river system;



others have felt that there was little danger.    '
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     Most arsenic in water is added through industrial discharges.  The



highest concentrations, other than those occurring naturally in spring



waters, are usually in areas of high industrial activity.



     Rivers seem to be self-cleansing relative to soluble arsenic.  The



arsenic concentration in solution decreases with the distance from the



source of pollution.  Arsenic decreased to background concentrations in



river waters 400-1,300 m from the source of pollution.  However, the



rate of disappearance was a function of stream characteristics.  Arsenates




and arsenites presumably form insoluble salts with cations in the water and



settles out in the sediments of these rivers.  Arsenic was detected at 75 ppm in



sediments of polluted waterways, compared with 11 ppm in clean waterways.



     Endemic contamination of fresh water supplies has been reported in



Argentina, Reichenstein, Silesia, and Antofagasta, Chile.  In Silesia, the



contamination arose through leaching of arsenic wastes from mining operations



into spring water.  In Chile, arsenic in drinking water decreased from 800


                                                                73
ppb to 30 ppb after the installation of a water treatment plant.



In New Zealand, dairy cattle have been poisoned by arsenic in mineral



springs.  Wells in Lane County, Oregon, were contaminated with arsenic



naturally and had high pH and high sodium and bicarbonate contents.



    Concentrations found in waters, ice, and oceans are presented in Table 3-4.



Waters with known contamination are generally high in arsenic, although



many waters not contaminated by man are also high in arsenic.  The latter



are generally alkaline, with very high sodium and bicarbonate contents.



Mud downstream from a source of contamination may also contain high con-



centrations of arsenic residues.
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Plants.  Plants are affected by arsenic applied intentionally as



pesticides and accidentally from smelter fallout.  The effects are usually



dose-related, but are strongly modified by a host of variables, including


plant species, geographic region, soil type, and climatic conditions.  Two



important dose-related effects measurable in plants are arsenic residues



and phytotoxicity.


     The detailed studies have been conducted on paired crop-soil residues



in tobacco.  Arsenicals were removed in 1952 from the list of recommended



insecticides for control of hornworms on tobacco (the arsenic insecticide



had been added directly to the leaf), and a sharp decrease in the arsenic



content of cigarettes was later reported.  The concentration of arsenic in



the cured leaf of field-grown tobacco was generally less than 2 ppm where



no arsenic was applied to soils.  In general, there was an increase in


arsenic content in tobacco with increasing rates applied to soils, but



this response is greatly modified by soil type.  The previous use of



arsenic pesticides in tobacco had been challenged as a possible health


hazard.  It was proposed that tobacco can be expected to contain high



concentrations of arsenic because of absorption from soil.  Results of

                                                   662
Small and McCants appear to refute this hypothesis.     In an extensive


survey of arsenic residues in soils and in cured leaves collected from


major flue-cured tobacco producing regions of North Carolina, soil arsenic


concentrations ranged from 1 to 5 ppm (average, 2.8 ppm), and leaf residues,


from 0.5 to 3.5 ppm (average, 1.5 ppm).  The arsenic content of these soils



appears to be within the natural limits for virgin soils, and that of the


resulting leaves, within natural background limits.  Apparently, previous



arsenic spray applications had not contributed significantly to soil


residues.  With low concentrations of
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arsenic in soils, soil type and other variables may be more important in



determining plant arsenic content than small increases in soil arsenic



concentration.



     Vegetables do not have significant arsenic content when grown in


                                                                 479
soils containing high concentrations of applied arsenic trioxide.



Soils in New Jersey were subjected to applications of lead arsenate at



250, 500, and 1,000 Ib/acre, and vegetables grown in these soils were



analyzed for arsenic (Table 3-14).  Arsenic uptake varied between plant



species and increased with increasing amounts of applied arsenic.  No



plants exceeded tolerance limits where limits existed.  Soils around smelters



contain high concentrations of arsenic.    '     This results in vegetation


                               322
with increased arsenic content.     In the East Helena area, arsenic



was found at 0.05 ppm or less in apples, kohlrabi, onions, radishes, and



string beans and at up to 3.3 ppm in fresh sunflower leaves.  Residues



in field crops varied from 0.05 ppm or less in wheat to 14.3 ppm in fresh



barley straw.  For this type of contamination, the amount of arsenic



present decreases in the order of pasture grasses, alfalfa, garden



plants, and small grains.



     There is no correlation between the selenium and arsenic contents


                                                  545
of soils and those of plants growing in the soils.     The arsenic content



of seleniferous soils from South Dakota varied from 7.1 to 18.4 ppm, and



the selenium content, from 1.15 to 5.00 ppm.  With a few exceptions,



however, indigenous plants contained more selenium than arsenic.  The



selenium content of plants varied from 0 to 266.7 ppm, and that of arsenic,



from 1 to 4.2 ppm.
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                                 TABLE 3-14
            Arsenic Content of Vegetables Grown in Soils Treated
with Lead AraenateS.
Vegetable
Lettuce
Eggplant
Tomato
Carrots
Broccoli
Baby beet roots
Baby beet tops
Peppers (seeds removed)
Snap beans
Radish tops
Radish roots
Arsenic, ppm,
Treated with
250 Ib/acre
0.08
Trace
Trace
Trace
Trace
0.08
0.08
Trace
None
0.17
0.02
in Vegetables Grown
Lead Arsenate at:
500 Ib/acre
0.10
Trace
Trace
Trace
Trace
0.08
0.08
Trace
Trace
0.33
0.17
in Soil
1,000 Ib/acre
0.12
Trace
Trace
Trace
Trace
0.12
0.13
Trace
Trace
0.60
0.22
"Derived from McLean et al.
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     It is important to note the large variability in the relationships
among soil arsenic content, plant arsenic content, injury symptoms, and
                                                                       729
phytotoxicity reported by different investigators.  Vandecaveye et al.
reported that alfalfa and grasses grown on a soil having soluble arsenic
at less than 2.5 ppm contained arsenic at 20-30 ppm on a dry-weight
                      455
basis.  MacPhee £t al.    analyzed pea and bean plants grown in
pesticide-persistence plots at Kentville, Nova Scotia.  The soil plots
contained arsenic at 126-157 ppm.  Most of the arsenic in the plant was
found in vines (2.1 ppm) and pods (0.88 ppm), with small amounts in
seeds (0.18 ppm).  Reed and Sturgis analyzed rice plants grown on
                      596
arsenic-treated soils.     They reported arsenic at up to 5.0 ppm in the
                                            779
rice head and 2.5 ppm in the straw.  Woolson    correlated extractable
arsenic with plant growth and plant residues for six vegetable crops.
Available arsenic concentrations of 6.2-48.3 ppm were necessary to
reduce growth by 50%.  At these concentrations, edible dry plant
contained arsenic at 0.7-76.0 ppm.
     There is evidence in the literature of beneficial effects on plant
growth from relatively high arsenic concentrations in soils.  Stewart and
     680
Smith    found that a concentration of 25 ppm in soils enhanced the growth
of peas, radishes, wheat, and potatoes, whereas beans showed a steady
decrease in growth when the arsenic content increased.  MacPhee e_t al.
reported an increase in turnip yields with a total arsenic content of 150 ppm
in soils.  This effect was attributed to control of the turnip root maggot.
However, there was a yield decrease in other crops tested, including
peas and beans.  A beneficial effect on several crops was noted when
fields were treated with high concentrations of calcium arsenate.  The
concentrations of total arsenic in soil where yield decreases were first
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noted for vetch, oats, and barley were 94, 188, and 283 ppm, respectively


(calcium arsenate applied at 500, 1,000 and 1,500 lb/acre).136  When


arsenic applied was below these toxic concentrations, the soils treated


with calcium arsenate yielded more than the untreated soils.  For


example, the yields of rye from soil treated with calcium arsenate at


188 ppm (1,000 lb/acre) were greater than the yields from the same soil


if untreated.  Wheat yields were increased at 1,131 ppm (6,000 lb/acre),


the highest concentration used.  In another soil type, corn, sorghum,


soybeans, and cotton showed yield increases from applications of 188 ppm


(1,000 Ib of calcium arsenate per acre).


     The increasing use of the methanearsonate herbicides (MSMA and


DSMA) to control weeds in cotton has led to an extensive survey of


cottonseed for arsenic residues.  Possible sources of methanearsonates


for human consumption, owing to their use in cotton, are cottonseed


flour and cottonseed oil and, indirectly, milk, meat, and eggs from


cows and chickens fed cottonseed meal.  Reports compiled by the National


Agricultural Chemicals Association (NACA) Industry Task Force for

                                 237
Agricultural Arsenical Pesticides    showed that methanearsonates cause


no significant arsenic residues in cottonseed if applied to cotton


after it has reached a height of 3 in. and before early bloom.  They


cause significant arsenic residues in cottonseed if applied as a


directed spray after early bloom.  Apparently, either DSMA or MSMA


translocated from leaves and stems to the immature ovule if applied at


flowering, reached a maximum if applied when the seed was growing most


rapidly, and decreased to a low concentration if applied to open cotton.


On the basis of these and other results, the registered label restricts


use of the methanearsonates from the time cotton is 3 in. high until first
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bloom.  It permits no more than two directed applications of DSMA or




MSMA of up to 3 or 2 Ib/acre, respectively, per application.  Within the




specified limits of growth stage, application rates, and application




methods, arsenic residues in raw undelinted cottonseed vary from 0 to




0.2 ppm above controls.  The analysis of a large number of cottonseed




samples from control fields has shown background arsenic concentrations




varying from the limit of detection of the method (about 0.05 ppm) to




about 0.3 ppm.  Therefore, the total arsenic content of samples from




treated fields varies from 0.05 to about 0.5 ppm.  The report of the NACA




Industry Task Force on. Tolerance for Methanearsonates    therefore




requested an arsenic tolerance of 0.5 ppm in cottonseed.  The same




report illustrates the human exposure likely to occur from this amount




of arsenic in cottonseed flour.  The average human would have to consume




about 1.5 Ib of cottonseed flour per day to reach 0.3 mg of arsenic from




this source, assuming the cottonseed flour all contained the maximum




of 0.5 ppm (0.3 mg is a 2,000-fold safety factor based on no-effect feed




concentrations for rats).  The average concentration of arsenic in




cottonseed flour, assuming both added and background arsenic, is about




0.15 ppm.  At this concentration, about 5 Ib of cottonseed flour could




be safely consumed per day.  In reality, however, very little cottonseed




flour is used in baking.




     Residues in plants and plant products grown in soils that had been




treated with arsenic or in material that had been sprayed itself are




listed in Table 3-6.  Residues are highest in samples taken soon after




spraying or dusting.  The highest residues in hops came from treating




them with impure sulfur.  Cotton leaves contained high concentrations of




arsenic, probably from being sprayed with arsenic acid before harvest.
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The treatment is used to defoliate cotton plants before mechanical



harvesting.  Grass had high concentrations from a sodium arsenite



spray.  Most other residue values were not very different from



those in plant material grown on untreated soil.  Although residues



may have been high on food crops (e.g.,  apples)  in the past, current



surveys indicate that arsenic contamination is not significant.  As



mentioned previously, arsenic acid is used as a desiccant in Texas and



parts of Oklahoma.  The FDA analyzed cottonseed products and various



commodities from areas where arsenical defoliation was known to be


          81
practiced.     The arsenic content of various commodities analyzed is



shown in Table 3-15.  Of another 159 cottonseed product samples tested



143 were positive; three samples were above the established arsenic



trioxide tolerance of 4 ppm allowed by the FDA, and the overall average



was less than 0,9 ppm,,  The report concludes that "these results indicate



that levels of arsenic in cottonseed products for human consumption from



areas in which arsenical defoliation is practiced are well below



established tolerances."





Animals.  Arsenic, because of its ubiquity, is eaten or drunk by all



animals.  The amounts of arsenic found in some animal tissues as a result



of normal exposure are presented in Appendix B.  Arsenic in abornmal amounts



may be ingested by eating plants or drinking water contaminated with



arsenic, breathing arsenic-containing dusts, or ingesting arsenic as a



medicine or poison.  Little arsenic is currently used in human



medicine, although it was used extensively in the eighteenth and



nineteenth centuries.  Phenylarsonic formulations are used as feed



additives to enhance growth in poultry and swine.
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                                          TABLE 3-15
— 	 — 	 Z --r • 	 	 ~ 	 	 	 --
No. of Samples
Product
Potatoes
Mustard greens
Turnip greens
Cabbage
Sweet potatoes
Radishes and tops
Lettuce
Carrot tops
Carrots
Corn
Bell peppers
Nonfat dry milk
Tomatoes
Peaches
Rough rice
Raw unshelled peanuts
Wheat
Cucumbers
Soybean oil
Cottonseed oil
Cottonseed meal
Spinach
Collards
No. Counties No. Positive for
Sampled Samples As^O,,—
1
3
2
3
1
1
3
1
3
1
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
1
6
5
1
2
2
5
4
7
1
1
27
1
10
1
2
I
1
6
4
2
3
2
2
13
9
1
2
— j
2
4
3
2
0
1
12
1
9
0
0
1
1
6
4
2
2
2
2
12
9
1
1
f^2^3 Concentration, ppm"
Average
0.02
0.01
0.03
0.01
—
0.01
0.01
0.16
0.03
—
—
0.01
0.01
0.07
0.16
0.01
0.03
0.03
0.09
0.13
0.90
0.04
0.01
Maximum
0.02
0.08
0.04
0.01
—
0.01
0.08
0.16
0.05
—
—
0.01
0.01
0.08
0.22
0.01
0.03
0.03
0.10
0.52
3.72
0.04
0.01
^•Derived from Bradicich et al.81
—Sensitivity of method, 0.01 ppm.
-Not corrected for average recovery of 71%.
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     Arsenic concentrations in animals that have been subjected to high



exposure are presented in Appendix B.  The highest residues in man are



generally in the hair and nails; high concentrations in other portions



of the body are transitory.  The highest residues—particularly in the



stomach, intestines, liver and kidneys—were from known cases of arsenic



poisoning.



     Animals subjected to arsenic pollution in the Helena Valley contained


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higher than normal arsenic residues, mainly in hair.     Horse hair



contained up to 5.9 ppm, with the higher values in horses living



closest to the smelter exhaust stack and eating locally grown hay.  Organ



analysis of a horse that died of unknown causes revealed residues (ppm) of



0.7 in the lung, 0.1 in the liver, 0.11 in flank muscle,



2.0 in hair, and a trace in the kidney.  Concentrations of cadmium,



lead, and mercury were also high.  Other miscellaneous animal products



from within 1.9 miles (3 km) of the stack were analyzed.  The results



were:  chicken muscle, trace; rabbit muscle, 0.6 ppm; whole milk, trace;



beef liv-;r, 0.2 ppm; beef muscle, 0.05 ppm; beef kneebone, not detected;



swine heart, trace; and sausage, trace.



     Arsenic concentrations may be increased in chickens and chicken products



if they have received arsenic feed additives up to slaughter.  Residues,



however, decrease rapidly after additive withdrawal.  Eggs apparently do not

                            39
contain detectable residues.



     Starlings, samples as part of a nationwide monitoring program, contained


                           470
low arsenic concentrations.     Only one sample (0.21 ppm) exceeded 0.05 ppm;



most contained arsenic at 0.01-0.02 ppm on a wet-weight basis.



     Fish and fish products contain the highest concentrations of the animal



kingdom, although they are exposed to arsenic only in the sea or rivers.
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Crustacea generally have the highest arsenic concentrations of the seafood



species, and oil from fish contains more arsenic than the flesh.



     Bees have often been subject to injury wherever arsenic compounds are



used, because only 4-5 ^g of arsenic is necessary to cause death.  However,



analysis of dead bees and contents within a hive have often revealed high


                       197 199
arsenic concentrations.   '




Foods.  The FDA has conducted surveillance and monitoring programs on pesticides



In food.  In one survey, arsenic in foods was monitored in samples collected


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from 30 markets in  29 cities for the period June 1966-April 1967.     The





sensitivity of the method for arsenic, as As^, was 0.1 ppm.   In this survey,



33 of 360 composite samples collected were positive for arsenic (range,



0.1-0.40 ppm).  In the survey covering the period June 1968-April 1969,139



57 of 360 composite samples were positive for arsenic (range,  0.1-1.0 ppm).



A breakdown of commodities, indicating the numbers of positive samples and the



concentrations (or ranges), is as follows:  meat, fish, and poultry,  15,



0.1-1.0 ppm; grain and cereal, 7, 0.1-0.2 ppm; fruit, 5, 0.1 ppm; sugar and



adjuncts,  5, 0.1 ppm; dairy products,  2,  0.1 ppm; potatoes, 3, 0.1 ppm; leafy



vegetables,  4, 0.1 ppm; legume vegetables, 3,  0.1 ppm; root vegetables, 3,



0.1 ppm; garden vegetables, 4, 0.1 ppm; oils, fats, and shortenings,  2,




0.1 ppm; and beverages, 3, 0.1 ppm.  Detailed analysis of these data is not pos-



sible; however, it is interesting that the highest concentrations occur in meat,



fish, and poultry.  The seaport city of Baltimore reported the highest concentra-



tions in this category (four samples and a range of 0.2-1,0 ppm) whereas the



inland cities of Kansas City and Minneapolis reported only three samples at



0.1 ppm.  Arsenic from seafoods may account for the high concentrations in



samples collected from Baltimore.
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     Arsenic  in a  sample  institutional diet  amounted  to  about 400  ug/day.


The amounts of arsenic  found  in  an  institutional diet  containing no  seafood are


shown in Table 3-16.  Arsenic  in various  foods was previously shown  in


Appendixes A and B.  Very little arsenic is currently found in food products

                                                                          /;o O
other than fish and fish  products.  The estimate of Schroeder and  Balassa


appears to be high in relation to other estimates that are  available  on total


arsenic consumption per day.


     The World Health Organization  reported  that average arsenic intakes for


Canada, the United Kingdom, the  United States,.and France varied from 25 to
33 ^ig/day; specific values ranged  from  7 to 60 jig/day.
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                                TABLE 3-16
                      Arsenic in Institutional Diet—
Meal
Breakfast
Dinner
Supper
Total
Mean
Diet Weight, g
766
861
899
2,526

Concentrat ion,
jig/g (wet)
0.06
0.34
0.08

0.16
Concentration,
jug/g (dry)
0.23
1.85
0.42

0.83
                                                                     Total. >ig

                                                                       46.0


                                                                       292.7

                                                                       71.9


                                                                       410.6
•^Derived from Schroeder and Balassa, 1966.
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     A survey of food made in Great Britain indicated that 100 jug of arsenic


                                         O Q£

would be consumed daily from all sources.     Analysis for arsenic resulted



in the following values for food stuffs:  cereals, 0.18 ppm; meat and fish,



12.95 ppm; fats, 0.05 ppm; fruits and preserves, 0.07 ppm; root vegetables,



0.08 ppm; milk, 0.05 ppm; meat, 0.10 ppm; and haddock and plaice, 2.0 ppm.


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The Japanese consume between 70 and 170 /ig of arsenic per day.     Food products



in Canada are low in arsenic, only roots and garden fruits averaging arsenic


                                      664
residues higher than 0.01 ppm in 1971.     In 1970, meats, potatoes, and roots



averaged greater than 0.01 ppm—0.18, 0.15, and less than 0.18 ppm, respect-



ively.  It is clear that the general population receives little arsenic in its


,  . 665
food.



     Several instances of accidental arsenic poisoning through contaminated



foodstuffs have been reported in Japan.  Soy sauce, which contained arsenic at



5.6-71.6 ^ig/ml, was implicated in a toxicity outbreak.  The arsenic was in the



amino acids (260-275 ug/ml) used in making the sauce; hydrochloric acid may


                                                                      535
have been the source nf arsenic in the preparation of the amino acids.






     Contaminated powdered milk was implicated in a similar outbreak in


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Japan.  It contained arsenic at 13.5-21 ppm.     Contamination of the milk


                                                                  389
was from sodium phosphate  (7.11% arsenic) used in its manufacture.






Air.  There are three major sources of arsenic in air:  smelting of metals;



burning of coal, vegetation, and agricultural wastes; and use of arsenical



pesticides.
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      Almost  all  arsenic  produced  for  commercial use  is recovered  as a  bypro-


 duct  in the  smelting  of  lead,  copper,  and  gold ores.  It  is removed from the


 smelter exhaust  gases.   These  are treated  to  remove  dangerous or  valuable


 substances,  many of which  are  emitted  as dusts, including arsenic trioxide,


 metal and  metal  oxide particles,  and  fly ash.  Arsenic trioxide is volatile,


 and nearly all of it  is  expelled  from the  ore as  a sublimate during smelting.


 Crude flue dust  is usually recycled to the furnace,  with  a consequent  buildup


 of arsenic,  sometimes to as much  as 30%.   The arsenic-rich flue dust and


 other arsenic-containing residues from domestic smelters  are shipped to  a


 single copper smelter, where the  arsenic is separated by  controlled roasting


 and processed to a commercial  form.   The arsenic-free calcine is  smelted to


 recover other metals.


      Even in the smelters  where arsenic is not recovered  for commercial  use,


 the tonnages involved are  very large.   A reverberatory furnace, for example,


 may smelt  as much as  2,100 tons of charge  per day and in  doing so burn

                                                                3
 240 tons of  coal. The  furnace would  produce  about 90,000,000 ft   of gas per


 day,  containing  up to 180  tons of solids.   This means that it would be neces-


 sary  to dispose  of 6-60  tons of arsenic each  day  with the lower value  being

             386,466
 more  common.



     Arsenic  is brought  into the air by a combustion process and  exists as


an oxide.  However, arsenic  is removed from the air by settling or rainfall,


and atmospheric concentrations do not build up.   Air samples may contain

                                                   1 I O
arsenic—for  example, rural England,  0.4-6.4 ng/kg;     an industrial area of


Osaka, Japan, 25-90 ng/ra ;     urban United States, 20 ng/m3;718 and rural.

                     3 591
Canada, 0.27-4.7 ng/m .      Nonurban areas had a  maximal  average  concentration


of 20  ng/m ,  with most values less than 10 ng/m .      Concentrations of
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 arsenic in fly ash increase by a factor of 10 as particle size decreases from



 74 to 1.1-2.1 jjg.   Those particles that escape most existing particle-


                                                                         S 76
 collecting systems (less than 5 jig)  contain high arsenic concentrations.



 Large cities generally have a higher arsenic concentration in the air than do



 small cities because of fuel combustion for electricity and heating.   An air

                           3

 arsenic content of 30 ng/m  was calculated on the basis of the amount of coal



 burned in New York City.  This agrees well with the observed air concentrations


                   692
 for New York City.



      Air quality data taken in 1950, 1953, 1961, and 1964 for 133 stations



 showed that the average arsenic content ranged from below detection to


         3                                                3
 750 ng/m ;  the average for all stations was about 30 ng/m .  The Montana State



 Board of Health reported ambient air concentrations for some cities in Montana

              AQQ                                                      _

 in 1961-1962.      The highest concentration in the state was 2,500 ng/m   in



 Anaconda, the site of the smelter that treats most of the arsenical ore  mined



 in the United States.



      Two serious incidents of air pollution by arsenic from smelters  in  the



 United States have been recorded in the literature.  The first incident  took


                          094 303
 place in Anaconda, Mont.,   '    where the rate of emission of arsenic tri-

                                     fi   O
oxide was 59,270 Ib/day (in 2.28 x 10  ft  of air per day) while the smelter



 was processing 10,000 tons of copper ore per day.  Although no atmospheric



 concentrations are recorded, edible plants contained arsenic trioxide at up



 to 482 ;ug/g.



      The second incident occurred in a small western town near a gold-



 smelter.  '    (The exact location is not mentioned.)  The mine had been



 operated intermittently since 1934.   In 1962, the operation was resumed  with



 a process that required converting sulfur and arsenic to sulfur dioxide  and
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 arsenic  trioxide.  The  smelter processed sufficient ore to produce about


 100  tons of  sulfur dioxide  and 40 tons of arsenic trioxide per day.  The dust


 collecting system designed  to collect approximately 90% of the toxic dusts


failed  to operate  as  expected, and toxic fumes escaped  into the atmosphere.


     These two  episodes indicate that there may be some degree of arsenical


 air  pollution at  every  smelter that  treats arsenical ores, especially when


 dust collecting equipment is inadequate or not working properly.  An example


 of the arsenical  pollution  potential estimated for Colorado  is shown in


 Table  3-17.     The  quantities of arsenic recovered in the concentrates and


 deposited in the  mill tailings were  not reported.






                                TABLE 3-17

                                                               a
           Arsenical Pollution Potential from Mills in Colorado—
Metal



mines)
mines)
mine)
Average
Arsenic
Content, %
0.07
0.08
0.28

Quantity of
Ore, tons
48,109
19,918
4,169

Potential

Arsenic
Pollution, tons
34
16
12



     Total                 --              72,196                62
%)ata from Kirk and Othmer.
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      Arsenicals are used for weed  control and  as desiccants for cotton plants



 before machine picking.   Thus,  dust  and gases  emitted from cotton gins con-



 tain arsenic.   At a distance of 150-300 ft (45-90 m)  downwind from a West Texas

                                               3
 cotton gin,  concentrations of 600-141,000 ng/m  were  detected.   The amount


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 found was  inversely proportional to  the distance from the source.




      The burning  of  cotton trash from a cotton gin is  also  a  source  of



 arsenic.  Approximately  377. of  the gins incinerate their  trash,  58%  return



 it to the  land,  and  57. handle it in  some other manner.  Arsenic  emission



 from incineration is not known.





      Arsenical pesticides  constitute one  of the  primary uses  of  arsenic.



From 1937 to 1940, the U.S. Public Health  Service  studied the effects of


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 lead  arsenate  on  orchard workers.     The  amounts  of  lead and arsenic to



which  they were exposed  in the air varied  with the operation  being per-



formed.  The arsenic concentration was  highest when they were burning the


                       3                                 3
containers (16,670 ;ig/m  ),  followed by  mixing  (1,850 ^ig/m ),  picking the



fruit  (880 jig/m3) , spraying  (140 /ug/m3),  and thinning  the fruit  (80 ug/m3).



It is noteworthy  that the  highest arsenic  concentration in  air came from



burning the containers.





Disposal



     The problems and methods of waste  disposal  associated with  each of the



major arsenic uses and processes are discussed in this section.  Much of the



available information on waste from the manufacture and use of arsenic con-



pounds is in a profile report on disposition of  hazardous wastes prepared



for the EPA in 1973,    which was used  extensively in  the preparation of this



section.
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Waste from Agricultural Uses of Pesticides and Herbicides.



     a  Cacodylic acid (dimethylarsinic acid):  Cacodylic acid is a



     contact herbicide used to defoliate or desiccate a wide variety of



     plant species and was used as a defoliant for crop destruction in



     South Vietnam.  It is registered for use in lawn renovation or as



     a silvicide.  Ottinger et_ al. indicated that the major source



     of waste from the agricultural use of cacodylic acid was pesticide



     residue left in empty containers after use.     Residues from plant



     leaves or material sprayed or applied directly on the soil become



     bound to soil particles and are not readily leached from the soil



     or taken up by plant root systems.  The present registered uses



     of the cacodylates preclude their application to food crops, so



     plant residues are not expected to enter the food chain.  However,



     burning or other types of disposal of material from sprayed areas,



     as well as erosion of soil from sprayed sites, could constitute a



     potential hazard.  The cacodylates are normally formulated as liquid



     solutions containing 2--3 Ib of cacodylate per gallon of solution.



     Stojanovic et^ al.. have estimated that 2.2-2.8% of the original



     contents is left in "empty pesticide containers."     An average of



     2.5% of the estimated annual use of 1,200,000 gal of cacodylate



     solutions is 30,000 gal left in containers.     The safe and



     economical disposal of pesticide-contaminated containers is a



     serious problem that has not been solved.
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o  Arsenic acid:  Arsenic acid is used extensively as a cotton



desiccant.  The amount produced has been estimated at roughly


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9,000,000 Ib in 1971.     As expected from the use of arsenic acid



as a cotton defoliant, residues are associated with the disposal



of cotton wastes from cotton gins.  Sullivan reported that



dust from the ginning operation can have an adverse effect on


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vegetation downwind of cotton gins.     Also, about 37% of the gins



burn trash that releases arsenic into the environment.  The



amounts released are not known.  Bag filters and electrostatic



precipitators are reasonably adequate for control of dust and



particles from the burning of cotton trash.  No specific information



is available on the removal of arsenic acid residues remaining in



containers after use, but it can be assumed that a small percentage



of solution will remain.  It is also unlikely that any adequate



control program is in operation for the collection and disposal of



empty arsenic acid containers.



o  DSMA and MSMA. (disodium methanearsonate and monosodium



methanearsonate):  DSMA and MSMA are used extensively in cotton



producing areas for selective weed control.  There is no specific



information on the disposal of used pesticide containers and crop



residues contaminated with arsenic, but the potential problems



with these compounds are probably the same as those with the



cacodylates and arsenic acid.  The magnitudes of the problems appear



to be similar, because the estimated amounts of material used



appear to be similar.  The potential for contamination of the



cotton plant or gin trash may be somewhat less with DSMA and MSMA,



because the use of these compounds is restricted to the period between



the time the plant is 3 in.  high and the first bloom.




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o  Arsenates (calcium, copper, lead, sodium, zinc, and manganese):




Only two of these compounds, calcium arsenate and lead arsenate,




are used extensively as agricultural pesticides.  The remaining




arsenates are not prepared for agricultural or any other use in any




significant quantity.  Approximately 2,000,000 Ib of calcium arsenate




and 7,700,000 Ib of lead arsenate were produced in 1969.   '  In




1972, the EPA stopped the registration of lead arsenate, so its




use is expected to decrease to the point of insignificance in the




very near future.     Strict government controls on the use of




calcium arsenate are expected to reduce its use in the near future.




The three major sources of arsenate wastes are residues in empty




containers; surplus pesticides stored by government agencies (the




Department of Defense and the EPA), state and municipal facilities,




and manufacturing plants; and soil contaminated from extensive use




of arsenate pesticides.  The latter constitutes the most important




waste problem with respect to the arsenates.  There is no wholly




satisfactory procedure for the recovery of contaminated soils,




except removal and mixing with clean soil to dilute the arsenic.




Because calcium arsenate and lead arsenate are almost always




formulated as dusts, granules, or wettable powder and shipped in




siftproof, multiwall paper bags, there is less residue in empty




containers.  Nevertheless, disposal of empty paper bags could pose




a problem, particularly if large quantities are burned or buried in




landfills.  There are no recommended procedures for the disposal of




these kinds of pesticide containers.  There is no information on




the possible problems related to the disposal of contaminated crop
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     residues.  However, Table 3-14 Indicates that, even with high




     application rates of lead arsenate, the residues in vegetable




     crops would probably be minimal.




     o  Copper acetoarsenite (Paris green) and sodium arsenite:  The




     production and use of these two compounds is not great.  The




     production of Paris green is estimated to be at least 100,000




     Ib/year.     One of the uses of sodium arsenite is in livestock




     dips for cattle tick control.  There are strict government controls




     on the use of these compounds, and the extent of use is expected to




     remain about the same or possibly to decrease.  One of the major




     problems with the disposal of arsenite wastes involves the dis-




     position of empty containers.  The arsenites are generally shipped




     and stored as liquid solutions, and the problem is handling and




     disposing of metal and plastic containers.  No satisfactory collection




     and disposal procedures have been devised, but, in view of the low




     volume of use (in comparison with other arsenicals) and its expected




     decrease, the problem is not particularly great.  Disposal of sodium




     arsenite cattle dips has created some localized problems, because




     of the large volumes of liquid and the high concentration of arsenic




     involved.  No totally satisfactory method for disposal is available,




     but landfill in very tight clay soil has been suggested.






Waste from Use of Arsenical Feed Additives.  Arsanilic acid, 3-nitro-4-




hydroxyphenylarsonic acid, 4-nitrophenylarsonic acid, and 4-ureidophenylarsonic




acid, are approved for use in animal feeds as therapeutic or growth-promoting




agents.  These compounds are packaged and sold by a variety of feed




ingredient and pharmaceutical manufacturers under many different trade




names.   Most are sold either pure or mixed with diluents—such as corn
 Personal communication, E. A. Woolson.




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germ meal, corn cobs, or calcium carbonate—and are sold directly to
feed manufacturers or individual farmers for mixing in poultry or
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swine feeds or for addition to the drinking water.
     Because these materials are fed to animals, the major concern with
respect to disposal has to do with the amounts that may be found in
animal wastes.  FDA regulations require that these arsenic compounds be
withdrawn from animals 5 days before slaughter.  There is evidence that
almost all residues are depleted during this period, and evidence
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accumulated by Peoples    and Calvert    indicates that only about
10-15% of ingested arsenic is absorbed by the animals.  Thus, it is
very likely that nearly all the arsenic fed will eventually appear in
animal excreta.  It is unknown whether the amounts fed to animals and
eventually excreted constitute a disposal problem.
     As shown by Morrison, arsenic in animal wastes did not
accumulate in soil or ground water after 20 years of poultry manure
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application.     The manure contained arsenic at 15-30 ppm, and the
                                                           A QO
application rate was 4-6 tons/acre per year.  Messer et al.    reported
that some poultry litter samples analyzed contained arsenic at up to
75 ppm (dry-wt basis), and Calvert    reported up to 45 ppm in dried
broiler manure.
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     In many Instances, swine and poultry wastes are stored In anaerobic



lagoons for long periods before disposal.  If these animals are fed



arsenic for therapeutic or growth-promoting purposes, all the arsenic-



containing compounds fed may accumulate in waste lagoons.  In a recent


      92a
study,    arsenic concentrations were measured in lagoons under swine fed



arsanilic acid at 0, 90, and 180 g/ton of feed.  The wastes were collected



during the growing period (31-198 Ib) and retained for 120 days in experi-



mental anaerobic lagoons.  The only two significant effects observed in



these lagoons were total arsenic contents (on a wet-sample basis) of 0.26,



5.77, and 10.60 ppm for 0-, 90-, and 180-g/ton feeding concentrations,



respectively, and dry-matter contents in the lagoons of 6.20, 3.57, and



2.89% for the 0-, 90-, and 180-g/ton feeding concentrations, respectively.



No studies have been conducted on arsenic contents of lagoons used for long



periods; inasmuch as lagoons may well be used for some 10-15 years, there



may be significant accumulations of arsenic.  The effects of these



accumulations on microbial activity in the lagoons and on later disposal



are unknown.





     On the basis of the amount of these arsenicals used each year,



estimated at a total of 6 million Ib and the fact that the manure will



probably contain arsenic at only 75-100 ppm, it is unlikely that manure



application       will create any problem with regard to arsenic



contamination of soil.  Morrison indicated that even to approach



amounts of arsenic that might affect plant growth, application rates



of manure containing arsenic at 30 ppm would need to be about 2,000


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tons/acre.
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     There might be a more serious problem when animal wastes are approved




for use as animal feeds.   Arsenic in poultry and swine wastes in some




instances may be incorporated into diets of animals for which no FDA clear-



                                               107             224
ance has been established.  Studies by Calvert,    by Fontenot,     and by


    431
Long    indicate that arsenic in manure fed to cattle and sheep can be




detected in tissues and that a short withdrawal period was sufficient to




reduce tissue arsenic to acceptable concentrations.




Waste from Industrial Uses of Arsenic




     o  Arsenic trioxide (As^) :  The American Smelting  and Refining



     Company (ASARCO) accepts and refines flue dust from a large part of the




     U.S. copper, gold, zinc, and lead smelting industry.   The principal



     methods for collection of flue dusts are discussed elsewhere in this




     report.  The flue dust is treated with other high-arsenic material to




     sublime off arsenic oxide, which is condensed in a series of condensing




     chambers.  This dust and dust that remains in the stream and is




     collected on bag filters or electrostatic precipitators is mainly




     impure arsenic oxide, which is refined to commercial arsenic trioxide.




     ASARCO currently accepts crude arsenic-containing ores and intermediate




     smelter products on a broad scale.  With the possible exception of




     some problems with its own flue control system, this appears to be a



     key to adequate management of arsenic wastes from smelters.     This




     is not to say that all smelters have adequate flue-gas control; as




     reported by Ottinger, some plants refuse to release data on flue-gas




     composition, and the one plant reporting indicated emission of 1.1 tons




     of particulate matter per day with a 34% arsenic content.
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     The major problem currently associated with arsenic management in the




smelter industry, aside from the escape of flue gases from the filters and




precipitators, is the fluctuating demand for the arsenic trioxide produced




by ASARCO.  Large overstocks of arsenic trioxide can and do result, but,




fortunately, these are at one site and controls are fairly easily implemented.




Current methods for storage are large siftproof and weatherproof silos at




the site of ASARCO's plant in Tacoma, Washington.  It has been suggested that,




with government subsidy, this system could become a national disposal site




for all arsenic trioxide and related arsenic compounds.




     Under some conditions of encapsulation, arsenic trioxide might be buried




in landfill sites.  However, there are insufficient data to determine whether




such a system would be adequate.  In any event, this method of disposal




should be used only if there are large oversupplies of arsenic trioxide and




if long-term storage facilities are not available.




     The principal concern in metal smelting and arsenic trioxide refining




processes is the more complete removal of arsenic from smelter flue gases.




The following is a brief description of methods now used to remove dust from




exhaust-gas streams:



     (1)  The use of electrostatic precipitators is the most common method,




     but they are only 70-90% effective and require flushing of grids;




     smaller, light particles normally escape entrapment; Ottinger e_t al.




     indicated that the negative responses received from their contacts with




     smelter operators suggested that this procedure was inadequate.
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      (2)  Filter-bag house operations are normally 99% efficient,
     but they require more power than precipitators and are more
     expensive to purchase and install; they are expected to be used
     more extensively when more complete abatement compliance is
     required.
      (3)  Charged-droplet scrubbers use a stream of electrostatically
     charged water droplets, which are accelerated through a field
     between a positive-voltage nozzle and the negative-voltage
     collector plates on the side of the flue; the water droplets
     collide with dust particles and carry them to the collector
     plates, where they drain away; efficiency is estimated at 99%
     and power requirements and installation expense are lower than for
     bag houses and precipitators.
     (4)  Sullivan reported on the use, in the U.S.S.R., of wet-vacuum
     pumps, instead of fabric bag filters; efficiency was reported
     to be 100%, although no specific information was made available
        *.u          692
     on the process.
     For the treatment of arsenic trioxide wastes, the recommended
process is long-term storage.  Improved flue-dust abatement equipment
is needed.  The use of fabric bag filters is currently the preferred
method in the industry, but it is not entirely satisfactory.

     o  Cacodylic acid:  The Ansul Company of Marinette, Wisconsin, and
     the Vineland Chemical Company of Vineland, New Jersey, account for
     about 80 and 20%, respectively,  of the U.S.  production of cacodylic
     acid.  The commercial production process, according to Ottinger
     et^ al., has three steps:  Arsenic trioxide is reacted with
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sodium hydroxide to yield sodium arsenlte, methanearsonic acid



is produced by the addition of methylchloride, and the mixture



is reduced with sulfur dioxide and methylated to produce cacodylic



acid.     There is no liquid waste from this process, because all



liquid streams are cycled back into the system.  A solid waste



is produced; it consists largely of sodium chloride and sodium



sulfate with about 1-1.5% cacodylate contaminants.  Currently,



about 60,000,000 Ib of this solid material are stored in concrete



vaults in the Marinette, Wisconsin, area.  There are no plans for this



waste, other than to store it indefinitely.  The waste management



systems in use are recycle and reuse, long-term storage, and



landfill in "class 1" sites.  As defined in Ottinger et al.,



a class 1 site is over either non-water-bearing sediments or



unusable water and is protected from surface runoff and flooding.



The Ansul Manufacturing Company has indicated that it will accept



unused cacodylates that were manufactured by the company and are


                                      19a
returned in their original containers.     This seems to be an adequate



means of waste management, if the materials are in a concentrated



form.  The long-term storage of cacodylates and the salt wastes



appears to be the only system for handling such waste today.



Storage containers should be constructed so as to avoid leakage



or release of arsenic materials, and they should be inspected



routinely.  Landfill disposal is generally unacceptable for



handling wastes, because of the potential danger to surface or



ground water.  There are, however, class 1 sites that could be



used, but such should be considered only for small quantities of



cacodylate wastes and only if no other system is available.
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o  DSMA and MSMA:  No information was found on the procedures used




for management of wastes of these two compounds, but, inasmuch as




the chemistry of their synthesis is similar to that of the




cacodylates, the methods for waste management during manufacture




should be similar.  Ottinger et^ al.    indicate that recycling




and reuse, storage, and landfill procedures for handling waste




products would be similar for MSMA, DSMA, and cacodylates.




o  Calcium arsenate and lead arsenate:  These compounds are




manufactured in a completely contained batch process.  The only




liquid effluents result from cleanup of equipment.  The contaminated




liquid is held in evaporating ponds at the plant site.  Water used




in the process is removed by drum or spray dryers, whose exhausts




are cleaned by scrubbers.,  The scrubber liquids are then used in




the preparation of the next batch of pesticide.  Bag filters are




used to remove particles that result from grinding and bagging.



Any aqueous filtrates from the purification processes are recycled




for the makeup of the next batch.




     Handling of waste after manufacture requires special con-




sideration, because it is generally a solid material; but, in



general, the procedures are similar to those for other arsenic




materials.  Recycling and reusing excess or unused materials are



acceptable practices, and the companies involved have indicated




that they would accept their own products in unopened containers.




Long-term storage in weatherproof storage bins is considered




adequate and is the practical method in use.  Land spreading of




unwanted stock of the arsenates using light applications on large      >,




areas of land is acceptable only if all alternative procedures
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have been considered.  Export of unwanted stock to countries




with less restrictive regulations on the use of arsenate has




been considered; this procedure would conceivably solve some of




our domestic problems, but it would not contribute to the control




of global pollution from arsenicals.  Another available option




is the recovery of other metals, particularly lead; it should be




remembered, however, that this would result in the production of




arsenic trioxide, which might constitute as much of a disposal




problem as the original product.  Landfill is generally not




acceptable as a disposal technique, because of the potential




danger of contamination of ground and surface waters; however,




the use of class 1 sites is considered adequate for small stocks




of arsenates, if all alternative systems have been ruled out.




o  Copper acetoarsenite and sodium arsenite;  As described by




Ottinger et al., copper acetoarsenite (Paris green) is




believed to be a mixture of copper metaarsenite and the copper




salt of acetic acid in a ratio of about 3:1.     Paris green is




manufactured by reacting sodium arsenite (made from the reaction




of arsenic trioxide with sodium hydroxide) with copper carbonate




and acetic acid by a batch process.  The reaction is considered




complete when a green product precipitates from solution, with




only a white supernatant fluid remaining.  The supernatant solu-




tion is said to be arsenic-free.  Ottinger et al.




indicate that only two companies remain as major manufacturers of




sodium arsenite:  the Chevron Chemical Company and the Los Angeles




Chemical Company.     The total production from these companies ±a




believed to be about 200,000-400,000 gal, containing 4-6 Ib of
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 sodium arsenite per gallon.       The solution is filtered before




 it is put in drums and the filter cake is buried.  The composition




 of the filter cake is not known, but it might be expected to




 contain some arsenic as a contaminant.  No other part of the




 manufacturing process has been identified as a source of arsenic




 pollution.  In general, the sources of arsenic waste and its




 handling are the same as for the arsenates, except that Paris




 green and sodium arsenite are usually sold and distributed in




 liquid solutions.  The adequate management systems are:  recycling




 and reuse, long-term storage, recovery of such metals as copper




 and lead and long-term storage of arsenic trioxide, and landfill




 in class 1 sites.  In addition to the arsenic content of these




 pesticides, as is the case with the arsenates, the metal content




 should also be considered in the selection of an appropriate




 disposal system.




 o  Miscellaneous industrial sources of arsenic waste;  The glass




 industry, according to Ottinger et^ al^., consumed about 4,100




 tons of arsenic trioxide in 1968 and 3,000 tons in 1971.5 L




Arsenic trioxide is used as a refining agent and is added in




purified form to molten-glass batches in 0.2-0.75% loadings.  The




arsenic trioxide is volatilized and disperses through the glass.




                                           No waste is produced




in the process, except for some glass slag, which apparently does




not constitute a disposal problem.
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     The 400 million tons of coal consumed each year produce an




estimated 300-6,500 tons of arsenic trioxide per year.  Urban areas




generally have a slightly higher air arsenic content than rural




areas.  No particular recommendations have been made for the control




of this source of arsenic, and it is unlikely, unless coal consumption




increases dramatically, that it constitutes a special pollution




hazard.  Furthermore, the proper use and design of pollution control




devices being incorporated by industries that use coal as an energy source




will probably limit arsenic emissions.




     The recently renewed interest in the land application of municipal




sewage sludge for disposal or as a source of plant nutrients has




generated concern for the heavy-metal content of these materials and




their effects on soil and ground water.  Arsenic has not been one of




the elements of major concern, and it has been difficult to obtain




much information on the arsenic content of effluent waste water and




sewage sludge.  In one study, the effluent waste water and sewage




sludge from 58 municipalities in Michigan, including Detroit, were




analyzed for a variety of elements, including arsenic.    The amounts




of arsenic detected ranged from less than 0.005 to 0.023 yg of total




arsenic per liter of effluent and from 1.6 to 17 mg/kg of air-dried




sludge.  However, the content of arsenic and heavy metals probably will




keep the use of sewage sludge and waste water effluents well below the




amounts needed to cause toxicity.
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Summary.  Table 3-18 summarizes the method of




            disposal of some of the principal arsenic compounds used in




the United States.  No one disposal system is being used to handle




arsenic wastes from the manufacture of the various arsenic compounds;




it is unlikely that any system would be wholly satisfactory for the




entire arsenic manufacturing industry.  In some instances, long-term




storage is the only method for disposal until alternate procedures for




disposal or recovery of arsenic or metals can be developed.  Recycling




or reusing arsenic from arsenic manufacture probably solves the




greatest number of problems, as far as disposal is concerned.  Unfavorable




economics is, and will be, the major limiting factor in recycling of




waste products.  Landfill in general would be a last resort for adequate




disposal, primarily because of the scarcity of class 1 sites near




manufacturing wastes.




     With respect to the disposal of arsenic compounds used in agriculture,




few if any well-controlled systems for disposal of crop residues, empty




arsenical containers, or other contaminated products are currently used.




Most manufacturers will accept unused packages of arsenicals, but the




user is generally left to his own devices when disposing of empty bags,




barrels, and bottles.  On the basis of the studies that have been




conducted, around 2-3% of some arsenical solutions is probably left in




containers after use; this represents a considerable potential hazard,




as far as the whole environment is concerned.  In many areas of the




United States, a comprehensive program is needed whereby empty containers




can be decontaminated or disposed of in a manner that will not create a




hazard to the environment.
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The Arsenic Cycle



     Frost proposed a closed organic arsenic cycle for the total



environment in which some form of arsenic is present in all phases of



the ecosystem (Figure 3-2).     Very few of the organic arsenicals were



identified, but a volatile; arsine was suggested as present.  Allaway



presented overall pathways! of environmental movement of trace elements,



which included arsenic.     Wood also proposed a cycle of toxic-element



movement through the "geocycle," with arsenic from.natural weathering pro-


                                                              778
cesses available later to microorganisms, plants, and animals.



     Sandberg and Allen proposed a model (Figure 3-3) for the arsenic


                                624
cycle in an agronomic ecosystem.     Their model contained 12 possible



transfers to and from a field for the organoarsenical herbicides.  They



concluded that transfers involving reduction to methylarsines, soil



erosion, and crop uptake were the primary redistribution mechanisms in



this model.  Treatment with cacodylic acid resulted in a theoretical



buildup of arsenic of 2.6-3.3 ppm/ha-year, whereas MSMA accumulated at



only 1.5-1.9 ppm/ha-year.  They concluded that "arsenic  is mobile and



nonaccumulative in the air, plant  and water phases of the agronomic



ecosystem.  Arsenicals do accumulate in soil, but redistribution


                                                             624
mechanisms preclude hazardous accumulations at a given site."     This



model does not include the application of arsenic trioxide to desiccate



cotton before harvest.



     Inputs into the environment and a redistribution of arsenic in the



terrestrial ecosystem are presented in Figure 3-4.  Natural inputs are



from volcanic action, decay of plant matter, and weathering of minerals



within the soil, whereas man-made sources of arsenic are combustion of coal



and oil, smelting of ores, and use of fertilizers and pesticides.  The



largest sink for man-made arsenic in the environment is the soil.




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     Onishi and Sandell calculated a balance between igneous rocks



 (arsenic content,  2  ppm) and sedimentary deposits  (shale and sediments,



 10 ppm; sandstone  and  limestone, 1.5 ppm).      They observed  that,  if  the



 amounts of sediments equaled that of weathered rocks, then much of the



 arsenic in sediments must come  from volcanism.  At present, this  input  is



 small, and weathering  of continental rocks is in approximate balance with



 oceanic sediment deposition.  Using estimates of arsenic weathering  (45,000



 tons/yr) and deposition rates,  Ferguson and Gavis  concluded that  "there



 is no  substantial  imbalance between natural weathering and deposition of


                     217
 arsenic at present."     The amount of arsenic from weathering transported



 to the oceans as part  of the dissolved load of the rivers is 33,000



 tons/yr.  Arsenic  from man-made sources is redistributed either through industrial



 processes, such as the burning  of coal, or by the  refining of  oil for



 gasoline and fuel  oil.  Man's activity does cause high environmental concentra-



 tions at some locations.



     Estimates are available for an arsenic balance at a coal-fired steam


                            72
 plant in Memphis, Tennessee.    The balance for most trace elements is satis-



 factory.   Elements that can be present in a gaseous form (e.g.,  arsenic and



 mercury) are not completely recovered.   Most arsenic recovered was in the pre-



 cipitation inlet fly ash, but 52-64% of the arsenic in coal could not be



 found.   It may have been lost in the gas stream.   Coutant et al.  found that



 "only  a  small percentage s  of  arsenic is  emitted from the stacks" and



 that it did not pose an important problem from an air pollution standpoint.



 "Arsenic tended to be distributed continuously through the system as a function



 of temperature," and "there is a definite tendency for concentration of



 arsenic  in the lower temperature deposits in the combustion system."  As



 coal utilization increases,  the amount  of arsenic escaping to the environment



will increase,  unless proper control measures are used.
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     Smelter activities have traditionally introduced large amounts of

arsenic into the environment.  The copper smelter at Tacoma, Washington, has

been examined for arsenic emission into the environment.  Crecelius et_  al.

reported that input amounts to 200,000 kg (220 tons) of arsenic trioxide per

year into the air via stack dust, 20,000-70,000 kg (22-77 tons) of arsenic per year

into Puget Sound through dissolved arsenicals in its liquid effluent discharge,

and 1,500,000 kg (1,653 tons) of arsenic per year in crystalline slag dumped
                          ARSB.'IC CO.VPCU.VOS
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   FIGURE 3-2.   A proposed arsenic cycle.  1) the cycle in nature  involves
                organic arsenicals, few identified.  2) marine algae may
                contain arsenic at up to 9 ppm, land plants generally  at
                less than 0.5 ppm.  3) edible tissues of food animals  con-
                tain, on average, below 0.5 ppm; fish, 0.5-3 ppm;  and
                crustaceans, 3-100 ppm.  (Reprinted with permission from
                Frost.)235
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          Consumption
           of crops
Application of
organic arsenic
  herbicides
                                       Dust, volatile
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                                       industrial and
                                       municipal waste
                                                 Arsenical Pesticides
FIGURE 3-3.
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A proposed  model for the arsenic cycle in an agronon
ecosystem.   (Reprinted from  Sandberg and Allen .    )
(Dotted  lines indicate minor or negligible  transfers.)
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into the Sound.      The installation of more pollution control equipment


at this smelter is planned, so the amount of arsenic released into the


air and water will decrease significantly.   a


     Information has been collected, to the extent available, to


develop a pattern of arsenic emission into the environment.  It included


information on the arsenic associated with mineral raw materials and


fuels, on the arsenic content of salable mineral products, on solid


waste discarded by mineral processors, and on effluents from mineral


plants.  Complete material balance reports were obtainable for only a


few plants.  However, considerable incomplete evidence was accumulated.


These data were used to trace the disposition of arsenic—through mineral


processing steps and consumption—in commodities containing significant


quantities of arsenic.  They were also used to determine the distribution


of arsenic throughout commercial production and the disposition of arsenic


used in agriculture and industry.  Arsenic emission to the atmosphere was


calculated with the factors listed in Table 3-19.




                              TABLE 3-19

                                               a
                       Arsenic Emission Factors~




Arsenic Source                   Arsenic Concentration
Mining and milling               0.45 ton/million tons of copper, lead,

                                 zinc, silver, gold, or uranium ore


Smelting and refining            955 tons/million tons of copper produced

                                 591 tons/million tons of zinc produced

                                 364 tons/million tons of lead produced


Coal                             1.4 tons/million tons of coal burned


Petroleum                        11.5 Ib/million barrels of petroleum
a                                               170
"Calculated on the basis of Davis and Associates    and Minerals Yearbook
     723                                                        "
1968.


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     The principal source of atmospheric arsenic from manufacturing is the



processing of nonferrous metals.  Gualtieri classifies 157. of



copper and copper-lead-zinc ores as being arsenical and states that they


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have an average arsenic:copper ratio of 1:50.     Analysis of nonferrous ores



considered nonarsenical are not available.  However, reference to



mineralogic descriptions of other principal nonferrous mining districts



indicates that arsenic minerals usually occur in trace quantities, are



seldom visible in ore specimens picked at random, and have not caused serious



pollution.  It is apparent that the arsenic content of nonarsenical ores



is less than one-tenth that of arsenical ores.  Arsenic concentrations



                                would be equivalent to 160 ppm in



arsenical ore containing 0.,8% copper and 12 ppm for nonarsenical ore



containing 0.6% copper.  The arsenic concentrations of rocks in the



earth's crust are shown in Tables 3-1 and 3-2 as; granite, 1.5 ppm;



other igneous, 2.0-3.0 ppm; limestone, 1.7 ppm; sandstone, 2.0 ppm; and



shales and clays, 14.5 ppm.  We may assume rock distribution in nonferrous



metal deposits as; granite, 25%; other igneous, 25%; limestone, 25%;



sandstone, 15%; and shale, 10%.  The average arsenic content of unminer-



alized rock in mining districts would then be 2.2 ppm.  The average arsenic



content of waste moved in mining is est_mated as the average of the values



for ore and unmineralized material, or 81 ppm for arsenical districts and



7 ppm for nonarsenical districts.



     An estimated 40% of the arsenic in copper or copper-lead-zinc ore



is left in the concentrator tailings.  Much of the arsenic can be allowed



to enter  the  tailing  or can be  depressed  into  an  iron  sulfide  tailing,



provided  that  the  arsenic  mineral  does  not  contain  valuable metals.   The



tailing is deposited  on the surface,  and  some  will  be  blown away  by  the
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wind; however, this quantity should not exceed 1% of the annual output.




Arsenic in gold and uranium mill tailings is subject to similar wind




losses.  Arsenic minerals in tailing dunes may eventually weather to




water-soluble compounds that will probably be transported over short




distances before reacting with iron, aluminum, calcium, and magnesium




in the soil to form largely insoluble substances.




     Most of the arsenic emitted to the atmosphere during nonferrous




metal production results from smelting.  At the primary smelter, arsenic




contained in the ores and concentrates becomes distributed among the




metal product, slag, speiss (a heavy metallic mixture of iron and




nonferrous arsenides), flue dust, and atmospheric emissions.  Arsenic in




metal is removed by pyrometallurgic or electrolytic refining methods;




the arsenic-containing residues are recirculated to the smelting furnaces.




After recovery of byproducts, primary furnace slag is discarded.  Speiss




is sent to smelters with facilities for processing high-arsenic material.




Flue dust contains much of the volatile arsenic that is expelled from the




furnace melt and collected in the stack-gas cleaning system.  Some finely




divided arsenic escapes ordinary dust precipitating units, but additional




cooling and cleaning of the furnace gases, as is done before sulfuric




acid recovery, should capture most of the finely divided materials.  Flue




dust is ordinarily recirculated to the furnaces, some of it being




removed, if necessary, to keep excessive arsenic from accumulating in




the system.  The high-arsenical flue dust usually contains considerable




metal value and, like the speiss, is shipped to the smelter equipped for




processing it.  At this smelter, the flue dust and speiss are roasted




with fluxes to remove as much arsenic as possible.  The arsenic is refined




to commercial-grade material, and the calcine is smelted for its metal




content.






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     Atmospheric arsenic emission during smelting was estimated for 1968


conditions by W. E. Davis and Associates on the basis of material


balances and sampling data obtained from industrial sources.     Average


arsenic emission was estimated at 4.9 Ib/ton of copper produced, 1.3


Ib/ton of zinc, and 0.8 Ib/ton of lead.


     Information obtained in February 1974 showed that arsenic emission


at smelters processing arsenical copper ores was much reduced from the


1968 emission and that the average arsenic emission from copper smelting


was 2.1 Ib/ton of metal.  No new data on emission from zinc and lead

smelters are available.  However, some information was obtained on the


arsenic content of ores and concentrates.  On the basis of the indicated


smelter inputs of arsenical and nonarsenical concentrates and estimated


percentage stack losses for smelters treating various types of ore, the


recovery factors were estimated.  These estimates are similar to those


determined by the Davis study for lead and zinc smelters.


     Arsenic is in all coal and may be associated with metal sulfides,


clay minerals, or organic material in the coalbed.  Using data developed


by Abernethy,    Davis    estimated that U.S. coal contains arsenic at

an average of 10 ppm in eastern fields, 5 ppm in midwestern fields, and
                         small
1 ppm in western fields.  A/fraction of the arsenic in coal escapes dust


collecting equipment and reaches the atmosphere.  Cuffe and Gerstle

estimated the average arsenic discharge
to the atmosphere from power plants at 0.000064 grains (0.004 rag) per


standard cubic foot, with 1 Ib of coal being burned for each 160 scf of

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flue gas.     This is equivalent to 1.4 ppm of the coal burned.   This factor
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should be applicable to industry-wide coal use, inasmuch as nearly all




coal consumed is burned in plants with fly ash control equipment.




Assuming 600 million tons of coal burned per year in the United States,



                                                             72
this would correspond to the emission of 840 tons of arsenic.




     The arsenic content of petroleum was investigated by Davis, who




obtained analyses of 110 oils.     The average content was 0.042 ppm, or




about 11.5 Ib/million barrels.  A future problem may arise from producing




oil from shale.  Oil from Colorado shale contained arsenic at 82 ppm.




This arsenic, however, could be removed by contact with a mixture of


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nickel sulfide and molybdenum sulfide on alumina under reducing conditions.




All arsenic present was removed until there was 7.2% arsenic on the




alumina; thereafter, arsenic was found in the effluent gases.




     Inconsequential arsenic emission results from mining and processing




of phosphate rock.  The average arsenic content of mine run rock is




estimated at 5.7 ppm; of washed rock, 12.0 ppm; and of discarded material,



                                                           713
2.6 ppm, on the basis of an analysis by Tremearne and Jacob    and



                                                           723
production data shown in Bureau of Mines Mineral Yearbooks.     Total arsenic




placed in waste impoundments would be about 200 tons annually, of which




perhaps 1 ton would be expected to enter the atmosphere through weathering.




About 17% of phosphate rock is used for electric-furnace manufacture of




elemental phosphorus.  The total arsenic in the furnace feed is about 60




tons, of which only a small proportion would reach the atmosphere.




     Iron ore contains arsenic, but only insignificant quantities of it




are emitted during iron and steel production.  Boyle and Jonasson




show arsenic contents of hematite up to 160 ppm and of magnetite up to


      79

3 ppm.    Arsenic occurs in part in the form of scorodite, a very stable




arsenate of iron.  In the blast furnace, the arsenic compounds are reduced
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to elemental arsenic, which combines with iron to form iron arsenide and




dissolves in the metal with very little of the contained arsenic reaching




the atmosphere.  Table 3-20 shows an industrial balance for arsenic




emission into the environment based on the estimated emission factors,




the rate of consumption of mineral fuels, and the rate of production of




nonferrous metals, including arsenic.




     Carton   a surveyed arsenic input and movement in the United States.




He estimated a total movement of about 119,000 tons of arsenic per year




(Table 3-21).   He distinguished between arsenic that is found in end products




and arsenic that is dissipated onto land, emitted in air and water, or




destined for landfills.   Of the 119,000 tons, most is fixed in products in




which the arsenic is immobile or is deposited in landfills as waste material.




The remainder is in a form that can move readily within the environment.




     About half the mobile arsenic comes from the use of pesticides.  That




which is applied to land becomes predominantly fixed in insoluble compounds




and is only minimally available for transport.  Arsenic that is emitted  into




air or water is most mobile and of greatest concern to the general population




surrounding the points of emission.  It is the airborne arsenic trioxide




residues that have been implicated in the arsenic-cancer question.  This




topic is discussed in Chapter 6.
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Table 3-21.  Summary of U.S. Arsenic Flow,  Dissipation,  and  Emission,  1974—
Location of Arsenic
Arsenic Flow,
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End products:
Steel
Cast iron
Other
Dissipation to land:
Steel slag
Pesticides
Copper leach liquor
Other
Airborne emissions:
Losses from copper smelting
Pesticides
Coal
Other
Waterborne effluent:
Phosphate detergents
Other
Landfill wastes:
Copper flue dusts
Copper-smelting slag
Coal fly ash
Other
26,438
17,089
3,638
5,711
63,030
39,690
11,565
9,702
2,073
9,757
5,292
2,536
717
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     Arsenic from man-made sources eventually reaches the soil.  Processed



arsenic is applied by way of pesticides and through natural contamination of




fertilizer materials.  Arsenic that is gaseous or is adsorbed onto



particulate matter is removed from the atmosphere through fallout or in



rain.  It is deposited on vegetation, on soil, or in water.  Once in the



water, arsenic can be accumulated to some extent by various forms of



aquatic life.  Arsenate in solution is adsorbed or incorporated into



phytoplankton and algae, and an organic compound is synthesized.  Fish,



when they consume the algae, incorporate this organic arsenical compound.



In some cases, the arsenical is further metabolized to yield high-molecular-



weight lipid materials, proteins, or easily-soluble low-molecular-weight



compounds.  The arsenical from aquatic life, when consumed, is generally


                                         142
eliminated with very little accumulation.




     Pesticidal arsenic that is deposited on the land may have several



fates.  A portion of methanearsonic acid and dimethylarsinic (cacodylic)



acid may be reduced to volatile arsines (under both aerobic and anaerobic


                                                                784
conditions, but the predominant degradation product is arsenate.     Under anaerobic



conditions, these two compounds are reduced to volatile arsines.  Arsenate

                        and/or methylated

and arsenite are also reduced/to volatile arsines under some conditions.   '



Braman detected dimethylarsine and trimethylarsine  or their oxidation



products above grass that had been treated with sodium arsenite,
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 methanearsonic acid, cacodylic acid, and phenylarsonic acid.    Volatile



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 cacodylic acid.  Volatilization occurred under both aerobic and anaerobic



 conditions.   Amounts volatilized were 0.64, 8.22, and 14.10,"{, of thf applied



 arsenate, MSMA, and cacodylic acid, respectively, in 150 days under aerobic



 conditions.   Under anaerobic conditions, a larger amount was produced from



 arsenate (1.60%), smaller amounts from MSMA (0.84%), and cacodylic acid (4.48%)



 Regardless of initial form or oxidative condition, only dimethylarsine was


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     Arsenate, from pesticide or from fallout and runoff, is fixed in the



soil as slightly soluble salts of iron, aluminum, calcium, and magnesium.



These may be true compounds or surface-adsorbed reaction products.  In



addition, some arsenic is bound in organic forms in the soil.  The arsenic



that is not in an insoluble form is available for leaching into ground



water, is available for uptake by plants and trees, and appears in spring



water.  As indicated earlier, all vegetation that grows contains arsenic.



Burning of agricultural wastes and forest and grass fires redistribute



arsenic into the atmosphere, from which it is redeposited on the earth



through particulate fallout or rain.  Fungi and bacteria in the soil



metabolize arsenic and the methylated derivatives to methylarsines.  The



methylarsines are unstable and are oxidized to As(V).  Some of the reactions



are shown in Table 3-22.  These processes are mediated by microorganisms



as well as by chemical action.  The faster reactions are the more



environmentally important ones.  The stable forms of manmade arsenic in



the environment are orthoarsenic acid and its salts.  All other forms of



methylated arsenical compounds yield orthoarsenic acid in soil as a major



sink.  This form, however, can be methylated and put back into the cycle



in nature.  Braman detected arsenic in the III, V, methylarsonic, and
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dlmethylarsinic forms in Florida water.    His samples could not have been




contaminated by pesticide application, so these forms appear to be part




of the natural cycle.




     The most important concept with respect to arsenic cycling in the




environment is constant change.  Arsenic appears everywhere in every




living tissue and is constantly being oxidized, reduced, or otherwise




metabolized.  In the soil environment, insoluble or slightly soluble




compounds are constantly being resolubilized and the arsenic presented




for plant uptake or reduction by organisms and chemical processes.  Man




has modified the arsenic cycle only by causing localized high concentrations.
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                               CHAPTER 4




                         METABOLISM OF ARSENIC









PLANTS




Introduction




     Among the many chemical combinations in which arsenic may exist, some




readily enter plants and translocate, some in the symplast some in the




apoplast  (nonliving cell-wall phase).




     Plants take up relatively small amounts of arsenic from soils in




their natural state and exhibit no symptoms of arsenic injury.  Around




smelters, high-arsenic soils may be rendered completely sterile and bare




of higher plants.




     Natural waters are usually low in arsenic, and plants reflect this




in their arsenic contents.  However, some natural waters are very high




in arsenic and may thus cause problems for plants (as well as animals).




     Arsenic in the air in gaseous form has not been known to cause injury




to plants.  Particles from smelter fumes and smoke may settle out on




plants;                   these may prove toxic to animals or to man, and




they may harm plants through the soil.






Absorption of Arsenic Compounds




     Arsenic rarely occurs naturally in the topsoil in quantities toxic




to plants.  Indeed, all soils contain some arsenic, and plants have




evolved in its presence.  In outcroppings of ores high in arsenic, small




areas may contain arsenic in toxic quantities.  Arsenic uptake by plants




is of concern principally around smelters, where arsenic trioxide dust has




spread over large areas, rendering the topsoil sterile.  With the introduction
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of modern methods of arsenic recovery, cases of soil sterilization by


smelter dusts have practically disappeared.  Sulfur dioxide, which often


accompanies the arsenic trioxide in smelter effluent, has caused more


widespread damage.


     The uptake of inorganic arsenic by plants affects the arsenic cycle.


The arsenic concentrates in leaves, which fall to the ground.  It is



returned to the surface of the soil, at least in some organic, pentavalent



form after the leaves decay.  Arsenic is known to be fixed in


soils.    Thus, what arsenic occurs in a mobile form is absorbed out of


a deep soil profile, is deposited on the surface, is fixed to varying


degrees, and after oxidation, is subject to leaching by rainwater.


Eventually, some of the arsenic originally present in the soil is returned


by leaching and takes its original position in the soil and ground water.


Some of it also moves in the ground water into springs and streams and is


eventually carried into the ocean.


     Studies of arsenic fixation in soils indicate that arsenic absorbed


by plants must be mainly in the soil solution.  Thus, arsenic in waters


should be available for uptake by microorganisms, algae, and the roots


of higher plants.  Except for locations around smelters or where the


natural arsenic content is unusually high, the arsenic taken up is


distributed throughout the plant body in nontoxic amounts, e.g., arsenic


trioxide below 0.02% (dry weight) of foliage or 0.0003% (dry weight) of


roots in the case of bindweed.     These values are very high, compared


with those reported by Woolson for the arsenic content of a wide variety


of plants—0.03-0.5 ppm.


     Natural arsenic absorption from the air is negligible.  Smelter


fumes and dusts may deposit on plant leaves, but there is no evidence that
*
 See Appendix A.
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arsenic from this source is taken into plants.  Sulfur dioxide in the



atmosphere, and more recently constituents of smog, may have deleterious



effects on plants, but not arsenic.  Although arsenic may be present in



volcanic emissions and in some soils, it is rapidly oxidized in air to



a particulate form that will not penetrate plant cuticle.





Translocation of Arsenic Compounds



     The application of dilute sodium arsenite solution to bindweed foliage



in 1917 resulted in the killing of root tissues and showed that it was


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possible for toxic compounds to be translocated in plants.



     Two vascular systems in plants are responsible for translocation:



the xylem, which transports water and salts absorbed by roots from the



soil to the tops of plants; and the phloem, which carries elaborated



food materials from green to nongreen parts of the plant.



     Under conditions of high transpiration, the rate of intake of water



by roots, even from an abundant supply, may fall so far behind the rate



of evaporation from leaves that a reduced or subatmospheric pressure is



built up not only within the xylem conduits, but within all living cells.



Under these conditions, if the .;tylem is cut or broken under a solution, the



liquid will be forced into the conduits until the internal pressure



equals that of the atmosphere.  If the plants are growing in soil in



which the moisture Is below field capacity, solution will be forced into



their cut stems and move throughout the roots, the liquid originally



present in them moving osmotically back into the soil.  This is a



reversal of the normal flow of the transpiration stream.  If a solution



of a strong acid is applied to the leaves so that they die rapidly, the



sap that the cells contain can be forced into the
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 xylem and down Into the roots.   If  arsenic  in  sufficient  quantity  is




 included in such a solution,  it  too will  be injected  into the  roots,




 where its toxic action is  expressed,  and  the roots will die.   This is  the




 mechanism responsible for  translocation of  arsenic in the acid-arsenical




 method.




      When the tops of plants  were cut off at the  ground level  under sodium arsenite




solution, the roots were killed to depths  of 7  ft  and  even more.  And if




 normal plants were sprayed with  the acid-arsenical solution  and  resprayed




 with water often enough to keep  the foliage wet for an hour, depth of




 penetration of the arsenic was increased.  On  the basis of the anatomy




 and  physiology of bindweed plants and their distribution  in  soils, it  was




 explained that the translocated  acid-arsenical spray  could not be  used for




 eradication, because roots at the edges  of infestations  have available




 water and hence do not absorb arsenic solution.     The authors  stressed




 the  influence of temperature, incident radiation, humidity,  and  air




 velocity on evaporation from  leaves.   They  recommended delaying  application




 until after dark.




      In  years of deficient rainfall,  when the  soil is moistened  to only




 3  ft  or  less,  the acid-arsenical method is  not effective  for killing




 bindweed,  because arsenic  does not  penetrate below the current season's




 roots, which are confined  to  the moist soil layer.  The acid-arsenical




 method might prove useful  in  eliminating  old deep-rooted  perennial weeds




 before the application of  a soil sterilization treatment.




      Sodium arsenite,  long used  as  a  general contact  herbicide,  was not




 considered to be translocated, probably because,  as a contact  treatment,




 it was used at a concentration that rapidly destroyed the foliage. This




 prevented food movement with  which  arsenic  movement is associated. At
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 lower concentrations, it was combined with acid to hasten penetration;

 this also rapidly killed the foliage.  Rumberg et al.    compared DSMA

 at 100 rag/ml with sodium arsenite (4 parts As20o to 3 parts NaOH) at

 50 mg/ml; both DSMA and sodium arsenite were labeled with arsenic-76.  With

 soybean plants, they found evidence of translocation of sodium arsenite,

 but the organic form of arsenic, DSMA, proved to be more mobile.  Sodium

 arsenite injury appears first as loss of turgidity, indicating possible

 effects on membrane integrity, whereas the organic arsenicals usually

 cause slowly developing chlorosis with little or no wilting; different

 enzyme systems may be affected.  Rumberg ejt^ a.1.    suggested that the rapid

 injury from sodium arsenite treatment may be responsible for the lesser

 transport; the arsenite usually produces injury symptoms within a few

 hours of treatment, whereas DSMA requires many hours or even days to

 produce chlorosis.

      Cacodylic acid is considered to be a general contact toxicant.   It

 is applied in solution to cuts around the base of trees or on foliage.

 Apparently, its only translocation is apoplastic.  DSMA and amine methylarsonate

(equal parts of tetraoctyl and tetradodecyl ammonium raethylarsenates)

were both shown by Long and Holt to be effective  for controlling purple
                                                                     432
 nutsedge (Cyperus rotundus) in bermudagrass (Cynodon dactylon) turf.     This

 result can be explained only by translocation from foliage to tubers,

 a movement with the assimilate stream via the phloem.  In a later paper,

 Long, Allen, and Holt showed that those organic arsenicals kill nutsedge

 tubers if they are applied several times over a 2-year period.    Long and
     432
 Holt    showed amine methylarsonate to be somewhat superior to DSMA  at

 equivalent rates of application—a result that seems logical in view of

 the mechanism of herbicide activation described by Crafts and Reiber.
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     In further studies on purple nutsedge, Holt et _a_l. ,    using single



and repeated applications of amine methylarsonate to shoots of single



tubers and shoots of terminal tubers on chains of tubers, found that



arsenic was translocated laterally into tubers separated from the



treated shoots, by up to four tubers.     The tuber at the opposite end of



the chain from the treated shoots tended to have a higher arsenic content



than the tubers between; translocated arsenic tended to be higher in



tubers in which active growth was taking place.   This is in accord with



the source-to-sink nature of food movement; actively growing tubers are



active sinks.  There was no apparent relationship between the arsenic



content of tubers and their ability to produce new shoots, and there was



a tendency for tubers to produce more than one shoot in the regrowth



after treatment.  Evidently, arsenic treatment altered the apical



dominance in tubers that received arsenic.  The writers concluded that



death of tubers after repeated treatments was due to depletion of food



reserves, rather than to the concentration of arsenic in the tubers.  The



variability in arsenic content in killed tubers and the variability in



the number of treatments required to kill tubers suggest that failure to



sprout is not related to the overall arsenic content of the tuber; some



viable tubers contained more arsenic than some dead ones.  Interruption



of normal oxidative phosphorylation and exhaustion of the food supply



resulting from increased sprouting may also have been involved in the



ultimate death of tubers.  In the repeated-application tests, the arsenic



content decreased in tubers from which new rhizomes, tubers, and shoots



developed.  This indicates retranslocation, a property common to



phosphate, amitrole (3-am±no-l,2,4-triazole), and dalapon (a sodium salt



of 2,2-dichloropropionic acid) in plants.  The high arsenic content of
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terminal tubers and the appearance of chlorosis in untreated shoots




confirm this interpretation.  Roots and newly developing shoots were




not analyzed, and these might account for the loss of arsenic after the




initial influx into a sprouting tuber.




     Translocation of the methanearsonates is indicated in many field



                                                                       644
studies.  For example, johnsongrass greenhouse studies by Sckerl et al.




showed rhizome deterioration when 12-in. plants were sprayed with DSMA.


             381
Kempen et al.    showed a single 6-lb/acre treatment gave better rhizome




and regrowth control than 3 Ib/acre.  However, McWhorter found no




evidence of rhizome deterioration in his many trials; he ascribed control


                 483
to top-kill only.




     On Paspalum conjugatum (sour grass), Headford suggested that failure  of




sequential treatments of DSMA to give good results may have been due to




relatively inferior transport to the shoot apices.     On purple nutsedge,




Holt et al.    showed arsenic accumulation in tubers after foliar sprays.



                                                                    380
On hardstem bulrush, Hempen indicated that rhizomes showed symptoms.




Lange's trials on deciduous trees indicated translocation, in that




symptoms appeared in new growth and in untreated growth on the trees (per-




sonal communication, 1968).  Studies on cotton by Ehman and Baket £t al.




indicated that arsenic derived from methanearsonates applied to the foliage




may ultimately be present in cottonseed.  '




     Rumburg et al. did comparative translocation studies with I   As I DSMA

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       As/sodium arsenite on soybean at 85 F  (29.4 C) and found translocation




to be graater with DSMA.     But he was able to recover only 30-407. of the




radioactivity from the DSMA in the foliage, whereas 85% of the arsenite




was recovered.  He asr-umeci that the DSMA not recovered may have gone into




the roots, which he did not measure.
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     With crabgrass, Rumburg et al.    found translocation and toxicity



with DSMA greater at 85 F (29.A C) than at 60 F (15.6 C) on crabgrass



and soybean; on the latter plant, movement was more basipetal (to the



basal stem) than acropetal (to the opposite primary leaf and trifoliate



leaf).  The toxicity of sodium arsenite and cacodylic acid was not



affected by the temperature difference.


                                        fiO
     Sckerl and Frans    indicated that L  C/MAA was absorbed by



johnsongrass roots in significant amounts in 1 hr and moved throughout


                  642
the plant in 8 hr.     Spot applications of the acid formulation applied



to foliage resulted in acropetal movement within 8 hr and movement through-



out the plant within 24 hr.



     Duble et al. studied the translocation of two organic arsenicals


                   l H6
in purple nutsedge.     DSMA and amine methane arsonate (AMA) were



the forms used, and tracers containing carbon-14 were applied to greenhouse


                                                Ful
plants.  Chromatographic tests on extracts from L  CjDSMA-treated plants


                                                          14
indicated that the compound was not readily degraded; the   C-As bond


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appeared to remain intact although some |^  Clcarbon dioxide was found



several days after treatment.  Comparison of the retardation factors


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CRf)  of plant extract-DSMA with that of standard I   CIDSMA suggested that



a plant extract-DSMA conjugate might have been formed; the values for



extract and standard solution were 0.59 and 0.66, respectively; only one



spot was found in each case.   Over 85% of the material applied to the



plant remained in the treated shoots.  DSMA moved both acropetally and



basipetally in single leaves, and such movement was not influenced by



relative age of the leaf.   The writers reported that both DSMA and AMA



are moved symplastically and apoplastically—a property that they share



with amitrole.  Carbon-14 distribution in an untreated shoot appeared
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                                               14
to be very similar to that reported by Andersen   for amitrole



distribution in the same plant.



     It seems apparent from those results that translocation in nutsedge



follows a source-to-sink pattern and that the amount of arsenic moved



into a tuber depends very much on the sink activity of that tuber.



Duble et al. found that actively growing terminal tubers in a chain



accumulated arsenic, whereas intermediate and dormant tubers did not.



Thus, the arsenic content of a tuber may not serve as an index of the



lethality of a treatment; the effects of the initial impact of arsenic



on later growth activity may be the critical factor in lethality and



continuing transport of arsenic to growing roots.  Other tubers and



shoots may mask the effects of the arsenic content, as determined by



analysis at any time.



     McWhorter found no evidence of translocation of DSMA in



johnsongrass in field and greenhouse tests.     Sckerl and  Frans,  by
                     N
contrast, found that    C|MAA was both xylem- and phloem-mobile in


                        643
johnsongrass and cotton.     Root uptake of this labeled  arsenical by



johnsongrass from nutrient solution was rapid, and translocation into



all portions of the plant took place within 4 hr.  Apoplastic movement



in both plants was more rapid than symplastic movement; symplastic


                                                       641
movement was more rapid in johnsongrass than in cotton.     As Duble et al.



found, chromatography of extracts from johnsongrass revealed values
that differed from those of treated plants and standard
                                                             MAA
solutions; Sckerl and Frans suggested complexing with sugars, organic



acids, or both.  When amino acid fractions were prepared from methanol



extracts of both plants, an MAA metabolite with a positive ninhydrin



reaction was found in the johnsongrass fraction.  Comparing R  values,
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 the authors suggested a complex with histidine or one of  its analogues.



 Amino acid accumulation was noted in johnsongrass as a result of MAA



 treatment, and the authors suggested that the MAA metabolite may block



 protein  synthesis or some other biosynthetic pathway.



     Wilkinson and Hardcastle produced radioactive arsenic (arsenic -76)



 by neutron activation and determined concentrations of this radioisotope



 in new  (unsprayed) and old (MSMA-sprayed) cotton leaves and in the soil


                                                            769
 from beneath the plants; MSMA treatment rate was 2.24 kg/ha.     By using



 long counting periods, they were able to extend the lower limit of detection



 to 5 ng  of arsenic.  Table 4-1 presents the results of the analyses.



 Differences in arsenic content of young untreated leaves  from the two



 increments of MSMA application (i.e., one to three; four  to six applications)



 may be due to dilution of arsenic content by continued growth.  The increasing



 arsenic  content in new unsprayed leaves also indicates the presence of trans-



 locatable arsenic from MSMA-treated leaves.







     Kempen has made a study of MSMA in plants, principally johnsongrass,



using both detached leaves and whole plants.3'"  He found that relatively



high temperature, 35 C,  and light,  2,800 ft-c (30,128 Ix), produced 50%



necrosis of rhizomatous johnsongrass foliage in less than a day,  whereas



lower temperature, 15 C,  and light,  320 ft-c (3443.2 Ix),  required 12



days to give the same results.  Regrowth from rhizomes showed similar



trends,  indicating that  the arsenic  had translocated into the rhizomes.



Translocation of the label from leaf-applied    CJMSMA was primarily



acropetal in the xylem,  but small amounts also moved basipetally,  proving



that this organic arsenical is phloem-mobile.   Within a week,  the  arsenic



was transported from a treated mature leaf into the leaf  base and  sheath,
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                          TABLE 4-1


Arsenic Content of Leaf and Soil Samples Taken from Field-grown
Cotton
No. Treatments
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
Treated with MSMA
Arsenic
New Leaves
(Unsprayed)
0.05
0.13
0.95
0.23
3.15
4.80
10.30
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at 2.24 kg/ha~
Content, yg/g
Old Leaves
(Sprayed)
0.17
0.45
1.05
0.90
17.30
41.10
30.25

Soil
3.75
8.25
8.35
7.50
10.15
4.00
11.20
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  "Derived from Wilkinson and Hardcastle.
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to meristematic regions, and to roots and rhizomes; this indicates
symplastic movement.  Presence of the methanearsonate was detected by
autoradiography and by counting.
     Sachs and Michael"found cacodylic acid and MSMA to be transported
about equally from the leaves to the terminal buds and expanding leaves
of bean plants.     There was no indication that either was demethylated or
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reduced to a trivalent compound.  With    C MSMA, Sachs and Michael found
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that about 40% of the carbon-14 and arsenic recovered was bound to another
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molecule to form a ninhydrin-positive complex.     Sckerl and Frans
reported this ninhydrin-positive complex, as well as a sugar complex,
and postulated that such a complex may block a specific biosynthetic
pathway and that this blockage may account for the herbicidal activity.
Duble et al. noted that DSMA was almost completely complexed with
some plant component and that the complex was the mobile form of the
          187
herbicide.     They also found that less than 0.1% of the carbon-14 applied
as DSMA was metabolized arid given off as volatile carbon-14 10 days after
treatment.  They concluded that the carbon-arsenic bond was stable in
                                 739
plants.  However, Von Endt et al.    found this carbon-arsenic bond to
be rapidly broken in soils, which suggested that the bond is subject to
attack by some biologic systems.
                     14
     In studies with   C-labeled MSMA, MAA, and DSMA, Keeley and
Thullen found little translocation of these herbicides from
                                                    375
cotyledons to developing leaves of cotton seedlings.     An exception was
noted where I  C MSMA was applied at 13 C; there was little contact
injury of the treated cotyledons, and the terminal leaves were well labeled.
     With the same three herbicides in studies on purple and yellow
nutsedge, Keeley and Thullen found the yellow species to be more
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susceptible; the yellow species absorbed and translocated more of the



14                                      374
  C-labeled tracers than did the purple.     In chromatography of plant




extracts and standards, there was less than 5% variation; nutsedge plants




did not readily metabolize these arsenicals in 72 hr.




     Surfactants have been found to increase the penetration and




translocation of the organic arsenical herbicides.  The principal




manufacturer of the methanearsonates formulates mixtures containing




tested surfactants.  Apparently, anionic and nonionic surfactants are




satisfactory with these materials.




     A summary of the above discussion is presented in Table 4-la.  In




almost all cases, the arsenicals are translocated either upward or down-




ward.  The rate and direction of movement vary according to plant species




and chemical.  The degree of response may be temperature-dependent.  A




metabolite may be formed in susceptible species, but the formation is




apparently not necessary for efficacy.
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MICROORGANISMS

                                                            *y f\ i
     The sources of arsenic available to animals and man are    natural (such


                                        474
as water, plants, and animal tissue) and    synthetic (such as agricultural



chemicals, industrial wastes, and drugs).  Although this chapter is



concerned primarily with animals, the natural sources of arsenic are



modified by bacteria, molds, and algae, and they will be discussed from



this point of view.
Bacteria


                               474
     It has recently been shown    that Methanobacterium (MoH strain) can



reduce and methylate arsenate to dimethylarsine.  The medium must contain



methylcobalamin as a methyl donor and adenosine triphosphate in a hydrogen



atmosphere.  The formation of the alkylarsine was detected by its odor



and by aerating into 2N nitric acid to oxidize it to cacodylic acid


                              (~14  1              f74 "1
                              L  CH., Icobalamin and L  Asjs

                                                     fl4l
a double—tagged compound was isolated whose ratio of L Cjmethyl to



arsenic-74 was 2.0:1.  When cacodylic acid was used as a substrate, the



alkylarsine was formed without the need of a methyl donor.  The presence
(dimethylarsinic acid).  With |_  CH., Icobalamin and L  Asjsodium arsenite,
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of an excess of sodium arsenite inhibited the production of the



alkylarsine, the reaction producing methylarsonic acid.  The use


                                                                     712
of formal oxidation numbers for arsenic in Figure 3 of Wood's article

                                                    the valence of arsenic

can be misleading, in that there is no actual change in/as explained


           794
by Zingaro.     It should be noted that dimethylarsine was not positively



identified, because both cacodyl (tetramethyldiarsine) and cacodyloxide,



which have a strong garlic odor, could have been formed and would have


                                                      712
the same methyl:arsenic ratio.  The recent suggestion    that such a



reaction in stream sediments could be hazardous to fish is without



foundation; methylarsine decomposes to methylarsonic acid in the


                   592
presence of oxygen,    and the latter compound is less toxic than



sodium arsenite.



     The necessity for an anaerobic atmosphere greatly limits



the possibility of this reaction in soil.  Such conditions may be



present in the rumen of the cow, and there is evidence that both



arsenate and arsenite can be methylated by rumen flora.



     The reverse procedure, the demethylation of MSMA in soil, has been
                        MSMA was added to loam, 1.7-10% of the compound

                        "14 1
                          C carbon dioxide and arsenates.  This did
         739        14
reported.     When    (



was degraded, yielding



not occur in soil sterilized by heat.  A fungus and two actinomycetes



isolated from the soil degraded 3, 13, and 9% of MSMA added to a substrate.



The bacterial species similarly isolated degraded 20% of the MSMA to arsenates,



which are more toxic compounds.  It should be noted that this process produces



a more toxic compound.





Fungi and Molds



     As early as 1815, cases of arsenic poisoning were reported to have



been caused by wallpaper containing such arsenic compounds as Scheele's




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green  (cupric arsenite) and Schweinfurt green (cupric: acetoarsenite,



Paris  green).  The mechanism was first thought to be the ingestion of



particulate material from the paper; but, when poisoning occurred with


                                               960
fresh  paper, that theory was abandoned.  Gmelin    was the first to



report that rooms where symptoms occurred had a garlic odor, and he



ascribed it to a volatile arsenic compound produced by molds on damp



arsenic-pigmented wallpaper.  Numerous investigations attempting to



identify the chemical nature of this volatile arsenical have been



reviewed by Challenger,   '    whose own research established the



chemical structure of the compound.



     Gosio used pure cultures of bacteria and fungi on a potato medium



and found that, although no bacteria produced a garlic odor, a mold,



Penicilliumbrevicaule (formerly Scopularippsis brevicaulis), was very



active.  He analyzed the gas formed and concluded that it was an alkyl arsine


            265
(Gosio gas).   Sodium cacodylate also produced garlic odor in cultures of


                  114                                584
of S. brevicaulis,    and Monilia sitophila Saccardo.



     In a series of studies begun in 1931, Challenger    identified the



volatile substance produced from breadcrumb cultures of four strains of


                                  118
S. brevicaulis as trimethylarsine.     This compound was produced from



sodium arsenite, sodium methylarsenate, and sodium cacodylate.



     In 1932, Thorn and Raper    isolated from soil several strains of



fungi that were active in producing Gosio gas, including strains of



Aspergillus, Fusarium, and Penicillia.  They also found that the strains



were active with a wide variety of arsenicals used commercially and



suggested that any arsenical could probably be acted on by fungi.


                                       146
     Several fungi isolated from sewage    can reduce arsenic compounds



to trimethylarsine (TMA), as identified by gas chromatography and mass
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spectroscopy.  Candida humicola was the only organism producing TMA from



arsenate and arsenite.  C. humicola. Penicillium, and Gliocladium produced



TMA from MMA and DMA.






     It is apparent  that a wide variety of fungi, particularly those



found in soil, can methylate both organic and inorganic arsenic compounds



to the highly volatile TMA, which could thereby be lost to the air.  The



environmental fate of TMA is unknown, as there are no studies to place this



process in the normal arsenic cycle; it may play an  important role where



arsenic concentrations are high as  a result of the use of arsenical pesticides.






Algae


                             735
     The review by Vinogradov    on marine organisms includes a table of



the arsenic contents of the principal varieties of marine algae reported



by workers from 1902 to 1948.  The values vary from 0.1 to 95.0 ppm,



without apparent relation between a species and its arsenic content.



The marine algae had higher contents than freshwater species.  This



difference may be due to the lower concentration of arsenic in fresh



water; it was found  in New Zealand that algae grown in lakes fed by hot



springs with arsenic contents as high as 0.1 ppm had arsenic concentrations


                                               401
between 20 and 1,450 ppm on a dry-matter basis.     These concentrations



prevented the use of the dried algae for animal food, because the arsenic



concentrations produced in edible organs were above tolerance.



     The relationship between the water concentration and the uptake of



arsenic by algae has been studied experimentally in aquariums containing
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                                                               I
several species of algae, fish, and soil.  The addition of L  AsJ sodium




arsenite to such a system resulted in high concentrations of arsenic in




all species of algae within 2 hr.  The arsenic was easily washed off




with dilute hydrochloric acid and was considered to be loosely held on



                                                   37
the surface, rather than absorbed into the tissues.



                   347
     Isensee et al.    studied the distribution of cacodylic acid and




dimethylarsine in nontoxic concentrations in an ecosystem including algae,




Daphnia magna, snails, and fish.  They found (Tables 4-2 and 4-3) that




the lower food-chain organisms, algae and Daphnia, accumulated more




cacodylic acid and dimethylarsine than the snails and fish and that there was no




buildup throughout the food chain.  The gradual loss of cacodylic acid




and dtmethylarsine from the water phase of the ecosystem could be accounted for by




the increasing mass of the growing algae.  It was suggested that


       and not biomagnification

adsorption/was important in the distribution pattern, inasmuch as algae




and Daphnia have larger surface:area/ratios than snails and fish.



          445
     Lunde    has shown that absorption takes place when marine and




fresh water algae are grown in aquariums in the presence of trivalent




and pentavalent inorganic arsenic.  Algae of both marine and fresh-water




origin can synthesize both fat-soluble and water-soluble organic arsenic




compounds, as shown in Table 4-4.  It was suggested that algae are an




important source of the organic arsenic compounds found in organisms




higher in the food chain.




     The total arsenic in seaweed collected from the fjords of Norway,




where there is minimal pollution, varies with the species from 0.15 to



                              443
109 ppm on a dry-matter basis,    as shown in Tables 4-5 and 4-6,  If the




oil from seaweed is saponified, the major part of the arsenic is found in the




unsaponified lipid, rather than in the fatty-acid fraction, as shown in



-r U1  /  -,
Table 4-7.
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                                             TABLE  *t-
         Tissue Content (Ppm) of 14C-Cacodylic Acid in Algae, Daphnia, Fish, and Snails after
         Various Exposure Times, Rates, and Treatments"

  Treatment                                             Fish              Fish             Snails             Snails
    ppm*          Algaec            Daphnia1         w Daphnia"         w/o Daphnia11         w algae'          w/o algae'

      0.1          4.5(45)'           3.9(39)         0.09(0.9)          0.14(1.4)         0.9(9)            2.0(20)
      1.0          17.0(17)           41.6(42)         0.36(0.4)          0.92(0.9)         2.3(2.3)           8.5(68.5)*
     10.0          71.4(7)           254.0(25)         6.71(0.7)          11.20(1.1)         7.3(0.7)          68.3(6.8)

  " Average ol 3 replications
  * Solution concentrations of "C-labeled cacodylic acid
  c Samples taken alter two-day exposure.
  " w  Daphnia—fish  placed in untreated solution containing CA-treated Daphnia. Without Daphnia, fish placed in CA-treated solution not containing
Daphnia. All fish harvested after two days
  ' w Algae—snails placed in untreated solution containing CA-treated algae Without algae, snails placed in CA-treated solution not containing algae All
snails harvested after 7 days.
  ' Bioaccumulation ratios given in parentheses
  "Reprinted  with  permission from  Isensee  et  al.



  \ typographic    error  in  the  original publication;  should  be  8.5  (8.5)
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                                         TABLE A-
       Accumulation of "C-Labeled Cacodylic Acid and Dimethylarsine (Generated in Oxygen or Nitrogen) by
       Algae, Snails, Daphnia, and Fish
Solution
concentration. ppb°
Treatment
Cacodylic acid

Dimethylarsine
(oxygen)

Dimethylarsine
(nitrogen)


BR<
Ppm"

BRC
Ppm"

BRf
Ppm°
1 day
10.6


7.0


7.0

32 days
6.1


3.9


4 7

Algae
1635 ± 358d
9 82 ± 1.18

1605 ± 155
6 26 ± 0.60

1248 ± 140
5 92 ± 0 66
Snails0
1st harvest
419 ± 21
2.60 ± 0 04

446 ± 21
1.74 ± 0.08

299 ± 12
1 41 ± 0 06
2nd harvest
110 ± 16
0.69 ±0.13

1 76 ± 23
0.69 ± 0.09

129 ± 13
0.61 ± 0.08
Daphnia
1658 ± 463
16.40 ± 10.00

21 75 ±290
10.35 ± 3.11

736 ± 104
5.23 ± 0.68
Fish
21 ± 6
0.32 ± 0.07

19 ± 7
0.07 ± 0.02

49 ± 24
0.17 ± 0.05
° Based on total 14C activity, expressed as parent compound, at 32 days Fish exposed tor 3 days
" First harvest, halt of snails harvested at 32 days Second harvest, hall of snails placed in untreated solution and harvested 16 days later
' Bioaccumulation (ratio) calculated by dividing cpm/mg tissue by cpm/mg of solution
" Standard error of the mean for 2 replications.
                                                                 31(7
 "Reprinted with permission  from  Isensee  et_ aj_.
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                                       TABLE 4-4

                                «
         Accumulation of arsenic  In algae as arseno organic compounds in the

                  lipid phase and in the aqueous phase, respectively
                                                   Culturing media
                                     Salt Water                      Fresh water
                             Lipid phase    Aqueous phase    Lipid phase    Aqueous phase
Phaeodactylum tricornutum
Chlorella ovalis
Chlorella pyrenoidosa
Oscillatoria rubescens
Skeletonema costatum

2900
1600
1100
2000
1300
710
2800
400
540
1800
190
240
 The calculation is based on the ratio between organic bound As-74 in the lipid phase
 and inorganic As-74 in the medium,  and correspondingly in the aqueous phase and in
 the medium.


*                                     445
 Reprinted with permission from Lunde.
                                        TABLE 4-5
                          Arsenic in Seaweed (Reine in Lofoten)—
Sample and Location
Pelvetia canaliculata, Reine
Pelvetia canaliculata f Reine
Fucus serratus, Reine
Fucus serratus, Reine
Fucus spiralis, Reine
Fucus spiralis, Reine
Fucus vesiculosus, ovre Reine
Fucus vesiculosus_, ovre Reine
Lamina ria digitata lamina, Reine

Date of
Collection
March 1951
June 1951
March 1951
June 1951
March 1951
June 1951
March 1951
June 1951
April 1952
Ash, % of
dry matter
23.6
17.6
27.6
23.8
25.3
21.6
23.2
20.6
36.2
Arsenic
Content, ppm
22
21
47
40
34
26
65
26
73
        a                   443
        "Derived from Lunde.
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                                  TABLE 4-6~

                      Arsenic in Seaweed (Trondheimsfjord)
Sample and Location

Laminaria digitata lamina, Munkholmen
Laminaria digitata lamina, Flakk
Laminaria hyperborea lamina, Munkholmen
Laminaria hyperborea lamina, Munkholmen
Laminaria hyperborea stipes, Munkholmen
Ascophyllum modosum, Flakk
Gigartina mamillosa. Flakk
Rhodymenia palmata. Flakk
Fucus yesiculosus, Flakk
Fucus vesiculosus. Flakk
Fucus serratus. Flakk
Fucus spiralis. Flakk
Pelvetia canaliculata, Flakk
     Date of
     Collection
  October
    April
 February
  January
     June
September
    April
    March
    March
September
September
September
September
1956
1957
1957
1962
1957
1968
1952
1952
1952
1968
1968
1968
1968
Ash, % of
dry matter

   27.6
   38.0
   37.0
   36.9
   36.8
   19.9
   30.
   31.
   20.0
   17.9
   21.9
   24.8
   23.7
.5
.5
Arsenic
Content, ppm

   109
   107
    69
    55
    94
    22
    10
    13
    39
    24
    28
    15
    15
a   .  , .          443
-Derived from Lunde.
                                  TABLE 4-7

             Arsenic in Oil and Fatty Acids Extracted from Seaweed-
Sample—
Laminaria digitata
Laminaria saccharina
Laminaria hyperborea
Ascophyllum nodosum (1968)
Ascophyllum nodosum (1969)
Fucus vesiculosus
Fucus Serratus
Fucus spiralis
Pelvetia canaliculata

Arsenic
Oil
221
155
197
7.8
49
35
27
5.7
10.8
Cpn.tent, ppm
Fatty acid
36
7.5
16
5.2
21
5.1
6.1
5.0
7.3
           ^Derived from Lunde.
           —Samples collected off the west coast of Norway.
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Plankton



     The term "plankton" includes both phytoplankton and zooplankton.



Both are primary sources of food for marine and fresh-water animals and



are the starting point for the biologic phase of the recycling of arsenic.




In spite of its primary importance, there is little specific information




about the metabolism of arsenic by marine or fresh-water plankton.



                           205
     In 1942, Ellis et^ al^., ,   who were interested in the source of




arsenic in the oil of fresh-water fish, analyzed the zooplankton of a




pond and found that the ether-extracted remainders contained arsenic at


                                                        193
3.0-51 ppm, and the oil fraction, 4.0-25.7 ppm.  Dupree,    in 1960,




studied the effect of treating a pond with sufficient sodium arsenite to




raise the water concentration to 8 ppm.  The control arsenic concentrations



in the plankton varied from 0.0-10.9 ppm, reached peak values of 4,000-8,000




ppm, and fell slowly to 1,000-3,600 ppm over 60 days as the concentration


                                   37                  T74 "I
in the water fell.  Ball and Hooper    used sufficient L  As\sodium arsenite



on a pond and aquariums to be able to follow its concentration in a complete




ecosystem of fish, water plants, plankton, and soil over an extended period.




The initial water concentration, 200 pCi/ral, declined at a rate that



corresponded to an equivalent rate of increase in the soil concentration




from 0-2,000 pCi/g.



     The plants reached 1,100 pCi/g in 2 hr.  Leaves that dropped off early




in the death of the plants retained their shape, but showed counts as high



as 15,000 pCi/g.  The low-arsenic tissue was probably lost early, leaving




tissue having the highest retentivity for arsenic.  The early rapid uptake




by the leaves at a time when the soil concentration was low indicates that




the leaves, not the roots, are the primary path of arsenic uptake.  The




plant chara was not killed, but did accumulate high concentrations of arsenic.
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      Phytoplankton were reduced by 50% in a day and recovered slowly over



 4 days.  Zooplankton were greatly reduced and recovered even more slowly.



      The fish showed little or no radioactivity, indicating that they take



 up arsenic from the water not directly, but mainly from arsenic-containing



 food.



      These results indicate that water plants take up arsenic from the



 water rapidly and that, when they die, their arsenic is recycled, except



 for that eaten by animals.  It would be interesting to determine the



 chemical composition of the arsenic compounds involved at each step of



 this ecosystem.





 MOLLUSKS ANDCRUSTACEANS



      There are no reliable data on the arsenic content of fresh-water



 mollusks and crustaceans, but it is generally considered to be much lower


                                                                          735
 (by a factor of 10) than that in marine species, as stated by Vinogradov.



      It is interesting to compare the work reported between 1919 and 1933,



 as compiled by Vinogradov in Table 4-8, and later work of Costa and



Da Fonseca,    Del Vecchio et_ al.,    Coulson et^ al_.,    and Lunde,    as



 shown in Table 4-9.  Although there are wide variations between studies and



 within the same species in a single series, there is no evidence of a trend



 in arsenic concentration with time, nor are there significant geographic



 differences.



      The arsenic compounds present in mollusks and crustaceans have never



 been characterized chemically, but studies in which shrimp were fed to



 rats and humans clearly indicate that the compounds are less toxic than



 arsenic trioxide and, although absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract,


                                                                       142
 rapidly excreted in the urine in both rats and humans.  Coulson et al.
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were probably correct in postulating that the arsenic was bound in a complex



organic molecule, whose characteristics deserve study by modern biochemical



methods.  Concern over the high arsenic content of seafood makes such study



imperative.






                               TABLE 4-8

                                                         a_
            Arsenic in Shelled Mollusks (ppm, wet weight)
                            Arsenic

                       Concentration, ppm
Organism
Oyster
Oyster
Oyster
Oyster
Oyster
Mussel
Cockle
Whelk
Sea snail
Land snail
Softshell clam
(wet wt)
4.1
3.7
2.0
1.1
34.0
68.0
19.0
18.0
21.0
0.3
2.0
Reference
121
147
764
321
121
121
121
121
121
121
764
Date
1926
1925
1933
1919
1926
1926
1926
1926
1926
1926
1933
   a                     735
   ~Data from Vinogradov.
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                                      TABLE 4-9

                         Arsenic In Mollusks and Crustaceans
Organism

Gulf shrimp
Bay shrimp
Deep-sea shrimp
Cockle
Cockle
Sea Snail
Rockshell
Rockshell
Cuttlefish
Mussel
Oyster
Octopus
Shrimp
  M
Crab
  ii
Lobster
Mussel
Lobster
Mussel
Clam
Oyster
Squid
Arsenic concentration,
ppm (wet wt)
1.94
2.44
15.10
9.10
1.27
18.80
3.83
17.30
36.60
41.60
5.94
15.40
30.70
3.7-6.6
1.3-2.4
3.6-63
14.6-26.4
1.8-3.7
6.2-11.5
.7-2.8
1.2-3.6
2.6-40.3
4.4-19.6
1.3-38.2
2.7-7.0
2.1-33.4
12.0-54.5
7.9-19.4
10.8-17.2
3.0-3.3
2.6-2.9
3.5-3.7
2.2
8.0
11.6
7.6
6.5

Reference
142
142
142
142
142
142
142
142
142
142
142
142
142
141
141
141
141
141
141
141
141
141
141
141
141
141
141
141
173
173
173
439
439
439
439
439
439

Date Location
1935 Texas
a
Georgia
ii
Alabama
Louisiana
S. Carolina
ii
ii
ii
ii
it
ii
1967 Portugal















1962 Fiume, Ital
Civitavecch
Taranto, It,
1970 Norway
it
ii
it
ii
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FISH

     The presence of relatively high arsenic concentrations in marine

fish has been known since 1875, and commissions were set up in England

and Sweden in 1900 to study reported cases of arsenic poisoning due to
                               735
the eating of fish.  Vinogradov    summarized the early reports and

included data on both marine and fresh-water species.  There was no

clear difference between marine and fresh-water species, with respect

to arsenic concentration  in the entire fish             —it varied

between 0.2 and 3.6 ppm.  However, the arsenic content of the liver oils

was much higher in fresh-water than in marine fish.
                 205
     Ellis et al.    analyzed 15 species of fresh-water fish and found

that the arsenic concentration of the whole fish varied from 0.30 to

1.3 ppm, whereas that of the liver oils was 0.9-101.0 ppm.  He attributed

these concentrations to the arsenic in the diet of these fish, inasmuch

as he found that the livers of amphipods, isopods, and crustaceans had

total arsenic concentrations of 3.0-5.0 ppm and arsenic at 4.5-26.0 ppm
                      434
in their oils.  Lovern    had shown that the oil of fresh-water fish had

a composition that resembled the lipid fraction of the zooplankton on

which the fish fed.
            f\ *?9
     Sadolin    in 1928 found total arsenic concentrations in codfish

and herring of 1.3 and 0.4-.8 ppm, respectively.  He found liver to have

a higher arsenic concentration than muscle, owing to its larger oil

content.  The oil that had an arsenic content of 3.0-4.0 ppm was studied

extensively by him, but he was unable to isolate the compound to which

the arsenic was bound.

     Although fish-oil concentrations are high, most of the total arsenic
                                439
in fish is in the muscle.  Lunde    has studied the water extract
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 (N-liquor) and pressed cake of fish muscle and found that the water



 fraction had most of the arsenic and selenium (Table 4-10).  Attempts


 to fractionate the N-liquor with Sephadex did not yield conclusive



 results, but indicated that more than one organic arsenic compound was



 present with a molecular weight below 5,000.  He had previously shown


 that the arsenic was tightly bound and did not exchange with either


f74 "1            f74 1         447
 1  Asjarsenate or j_  Asjarsenite.


          438
     Lunde   has attempted to isolate the lipid fraction containing the



 lipid-soluble organic arsenic compound in the oil of fish and other



 marine animals.  He found that there are two types of compounds, an



 arsenic-containing acid that follows the fatty acids during saponification


and a type that is converted to a water-soluble compound by this process.

                    444
More recently, Lunde    has analyzed fish from various seas around Norway



 for organic and inorganic arsenic.  He distilled the inorganic arsenic



 from 6.6 N hydrochloric acid as arsenic trichloride and considered the


remainder to be bound to organic molecules.  He also recognized that the



arsenic trichloride could in part have come from the breakdown of easily


decomposed organic arsenic compounds.  As shown in Table 4-11, most of the


arsenic in marine fish is present in the organic form.



     When fresh-water ponds are treated with sodium arsenite to control


water weeds, the arsenic concentrations in the water are reflected in the


                255
fish.  Gilderhus    compared water and fish concentrations; the results


are shown in Table 4-12.
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                          TABLE 4-12



    Arsenic Residues in Water, Bottom  Soils, and  Fish  from


                                                a
              Pools Treated for 8 Weeks  in  1962—
Pool
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Arsenic
Application Rate
in Herbicide,
ppm
2.31 yearly
0.69 yearly
0.23 yearly
0.69 monthly
0.23 monthly
control
0.69 weekly
0.23 weekly
0.023 weekly
Arsenic Residues after 8 Weeks, ppm
Water
1.01
0.056
0.024
0.43
0.12
n.d.
4.81
0.98
0.12
Fish Flesh
0.38
0.35
b
1.02-
0.17
0.02
n.d.
b
3.88~
b
0.78"
0.09
Soil
92.1
37.3
10.7
38.1
22.5
n.d.
44.9
36.7
6.5
a                        255
"Derived from Gilderhus.

b
""Small fish.
n.d. = no detectable amount.
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BIRDS


     The diet of birds, excluding predators, is composed of seeds, grass,


fruit, and insects.  The concentration of arsenic in the diet is quite low--

                                                   £ O O
around 0.1 ppm, according to Schroeder and Balassa.     With a method that


determines organic (methylarsonate) and inorganic arsenic simultaneously,

            400
Lakso et al.       found both johnsongrass and cottonseed to contain


methylarsonic acid at 0.05-0.10 ppm and only traces of inorganic arsenic.


The tissues and excreta of birds should reflect this intake, but no such


studies have been made.


     Quantitative studies have been made to determine the arsenic


residues in birds that were fed growth-promoting drugs (see section on


feed additives below).  In 1948, Ducoff    injected L  As]sodium arsenite


into chickens and other animals and found that it was excreted faster


by the chicken than by any other animal.        The chicken retained only


2% at 60 hr,  compared with 90% for the rat.


     The chemical nature of the arsenic normally found in bird tissues is


not known, but analyses of eggshells with the helium-arc method suggest


that the high concentrations of methylarsonic acid and cacodylic acid

                                                                    •ft
present (Table 4-13) must have been derived from the bird's tissues.

            564a
     Peoples     fed chickens a diet that contained arsenic at 0.8 ppm for


21 days.  Neither the control nor the test animals showed concentrations


above 0.01 ppm, which was the limit of detection in leg muscle, breast


muscle, and eggs.  This study should be repeated, with higher dosages


and with determination of the organic, as well as the inorganic, arsenic


concentrations.
*
 R. S. Braman, personal communication, 1974.
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                             TABLE 4-13

                                                             c

      Analysis of Various Samples for Methylarsenic Compounds




                                      Arsenic Concentration
Sample                        Methylarsonic Acid      Cacodylic Acid


Chicken eggshell                    1.3 ppb                4.8 ppb

                 _b,£
Bobwhite eggshell                   7.3 ppb                14.3 ppb


Scrub jay eggshell—                 1.7 ppb                7.9 ppb


                                    1.3 ppb                5.2 ppb

                       d
Seashell (unidentified)"            1.3 ppm                7.0 ppm


Phosphate rock                      0.005 ppb              0.005 ppb


   (local source)
o

—Data from R.S. Braman  (personal communication).  Accuracy  is within  10%.


b
~~Egg shells collected at the Archbold Research  Station,  Florida


Q

—Phenylarsonic acid tentatively identified in this  sample.



—Also contained As(III) at <0.02 ppm and As(v)  at 3.14 ppm.
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MAMMALS



Forms of Arsenic in the Diet and Water



     Normally, the intake of arsenic from water is not significant,



except in areas of abnormally high concentration, such as Fa]Ion, Nevada,



and Lane County, Oregon.      The arsenic compounds present presumably are


pentavalent inorganic, but proof has not been reported.  It would be



interesting to determine the selenium:arsenic ratio in areas where the



high arsenic concentrations appear to be innocuous to animals, because



these elements are known antagonists.





Plants



     Arsenic concentrations in plant foods are presented in Chapter 3 and



Appendix A.  The finding that the arsenic in johnsongrass and cottonseed is



almost entirely in the form of methylarsenate,    a compound of  low



toxicity, should be considered in evaluating the importance of arsenic



derived from plant sources.




Animal Tissues


                              142
     The work of Coulson et al.     was discussed earlier.  "Shrimp



arsenic" is probably an organic  compound of low molecular weight that is



easily absorbed and rapidly excreted by rats and humans.  A compound with



similar properties is found in the liver of swine that are fed arsanilic



acid.     When the dried liver was fed to rats, 97% of the arsenic was



excreted in 7 days, whereas only 30% of the equivalent amount of arsenic fed



as arsenic trioxide was excreted in the same time.



     The normal sources of arsenic available to man and animals are



probably complex organic molecules,  whose nature offers a necessary and



interesting field of research.
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     The abnormal sources of arsenic that can enter the dipt from



plants or animals include arsenical pesticides, such as lead arsenate,



arsenic acid, and sodium arsenite.










Physiologic Aspects of Arsenic Absorption from the Gastrointestinal Tract



     Compounds that enter the gastrointestinal tract are subjected to the



action of bacteria and enzymes and, after absorption into the portal



venous system, must pass through the liver before reaching the general



circulation.  This process could alter the chemical form of such compounds,



at least in part, before they reach other organs.



     It has recently been shown that arsenates and arsenites are altered


                 399a
in cows and dogs.     After a control period, cows were fed sodium



arsenate and potassium arsenite daily for 5 days and then fed the



control diet for 7 days.  Urine samples were collected twice a day and



analyzed for inorganic arsenic and methylarsonates.  As shown in



Figure 4-1, the concentrations were low in the control period, increased



during the feeding of the arsenicals, and returned to normal within 5-7



days after return to control feed.  It is clear that more than 50% of



both the trivalent and pentavalent inorganic arsenic was methylated.



Because the rumen is anaerobic and is a site of great bacterial activity,



it was thought that the action was similar to that of methanobacteria.



However, when the experiment was repeated on dogs (Figure 4-2), a similar



degree of methylation occurred, which cast doubt on bacterial action as



the sole mechanism.  Inasmuch as the process results in a less toxic



compound of arsenic, it is truly detoxifying.  The rapid excretion of the



relatively large doses of arsenic suggests that no substantial portion of



the added arsenic is retained.
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    the urine  of four cows fed  sodium
    arsenate (2.75 rag/kg).
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   Average concentrations of methanearsonic
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   the urine of four dogs fed sodium
   arsenate (4.13 mg/kg).
                                                  Average concentrations of methanearsonic
                                                  acid (MA) and  inorganic arsenate  (IA)  in
                                                  the urine of four  dogs fed potassium
                                                  arsenite (1.94 mg/kg).
           FIGURE 4-2.   (Reprinted with  permission from  Lakso and Peoples.
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     The mechanism of intestinal absorption of organic arsenicals in rats has



             341
been studied.     Solutions of carbarsone (£-ureidobenzenearsonic acid),




tryparsamide (sodium N-phenylglyclnaraide-p_-arsonate), and sodium cacodylate




(sodium dimethylarsonate) were injected into isolated loops of small




intestine in anesthetized rats, and the arsenic remaining in the loops




was determined periodically.  The results indicated that the process was




simple diffusion and was not an active transport mechanism.  The rate of




diffusion was not related to the molecular size of those compounds, and,




inasmuch as the compounds had a high trichloromethane:water ratio, they




probably passed through the lipid portion of the cellular membranes.






Distribution of Arsenic in the Body




     The most complete study of the distribution of arsenic in animals




and man resulted from studies with radioactive isotopes of arsenic.


                          340         r?4  1
     In 1942 Hunter et ai^.    injected \__  Asjpotassium arsenite sub-




cutaneously into rats, guinea pigs, rabbits, chimpanzees, a baboon, and




leukemic humans and analyzed their tissues and body fluids.  With the




exception of the rat, in which the arsenic concentrates in the red blood




cells, the arsenic is generally distributed to all tissues, with the



largest total amount going to the muscles.  Most of the arsenic was




excreted by the kidneys; excretion was essentially complete in 6 days,




with only a trace appearing in the feces.  Arsenic does not pass into



the spinal fluid of humans, but small amounts were found in apes.


                 435

     Lowry et al.    fractionated various tissues from this experiment




and studied the acid-soluble lipid, and protein fractions for




arsenic and phosphorus content.  They also separated liver protein into




different fractions, including nucleoprotein.  Most of the arsenic was in
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the protein fraction, a small amount in the acid-soluble portion, and




a trace in the lipid fraction.  The nucleoproteins did not  take  up mort



arsenic than other proteins, and there was no evidence that phosphorus




was displaced by arsenic in tissues.


                  190      | 76  I
     Ducoff jjt_ a.l_.    used ^  Aslsodium arsenite on rats, rabbits, mice,




and man, studying their excretion rates and tissue distribution  patterns.




The rat retained most of the arsenic in the red blood cells, with smaller




concentrations in the spleen, heart, lungs, kidneys, and liver.  In




rabbits, the arsenic was lowest in the blood and highest in liver, kidneys,




and lungs.  The most interesting results are shown in Figures 4-3 and 4-4,



which compare the relative excretion rates in rat, man, and rabbit and the



blood concentrations of arsenic in rat, man, rabbit, and chicken, respectively.




                405
     Lanz et al.    studied the absorption, distribution, and excretion




of arsenic-74 injected intramuscularly in the rat, dog, cat, chick,




guinea pig, and rabbit.  The accumulation of arsenic in the tissues after




48 hr showed that less that 0.27% was stored in the organs studied in




all species except the rat and cat, which stored 79% and 5.6% respectively,



in the blood.  They studied the distribution of arsenic in rat blood



and found that none was bound in the plasma proteins, a trace in




cellular "ghosts," and most of it in hemoglobin from which it could not



be removed by dialysis.  Arsenic was rapidly excreted in the urine as



inorganic compounds, with 10-15% of the arsenate being reduced to the



trivalent form.  Their analytic method required the precipitation of the



arsenate as magnesium ammonium arsenate; the filtrate was assumed to be




trivalent arsenic (which is highly questionable).


                  484

     Mealey et al.    studied the distribution and turnover of radioactive



arsenic after intravenous injection into man.  The isotope used, arsenic-74,
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                          M      «»      Tt
                             HOURS AMrft INJCCTI04
FIGURE 4-3.  Excretion of arsenic-76.   Cumulative excretion from
             the time of  injection  is  expressed as percentage of
             the administered dose.   (Reprinted with permission
             from Ducoff et al. ^0  ).
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was 90% in the trivalent form and was given as the sodium salt in a




dosage of 2.3 mCi/70 kg.  The different rates of urinary excretion




indicated that the arsenic was distributed into three compartments, as




shown in Figure 4-5.  Clearance rates for each were calculated as the




percentage of the total dose per hour, giving 25%/hr for compartment I,




2.5%/hr for II, and 0.3%/hr for III.  The proportion of pentavalent arsenic




in the urine showed a steady increase until the fourth day, when it remained




constant at 75%.




     The low rate of excretion of arsenic in the rat is probably due to




fixation of 80-90% of it in the hemoglobin of the red cell, which must




break down before the arsenic can be released.  The high content in blood




also makes it difficult to get true tissue values in such organs as the




spleen and ]iver.  In an attempt to find another small-animal model for



            564
man, Peoples    studied the distribution of arsenic in rats, guinea pigs,




rabbits, and hamsters that were fed arsenic trioxide; the results are shown




in Table 4-14.  The hamster appears the animal of choice, with the rabbit




also a good possibility.




     The relationship between arsenic ingestion and urinary arsenic has



led to its use in measuring industrial exposure.  The importance of


                                                              £ r\ fj

checking the diet for the intake of seafood has been reported.     It




is interesting that a wide variety of fish, crustaceans, and mollusks




caused increases of up to 10 times the normal content lasting for over




20 hr.  No symptoms were reported at concentrations that would have caused




serious poisoning if the substance ingested had been sodium arsenite.  The




chemical nature of the arsenic compound is unknown, but it is probably



organic.
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         20    40   GO   80   OO   120   140   160   180   200  220  24O  260   280
                              Time ofter Injection (Hours)
FIGURE 4-5.   Rate of urinary excretion of radioarsenic in five
              subjects.   (Reprinted with permission from Mealey et al.
484
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                                        TABLE 4-14




                    Arsenic in Tissues after 21 Days of Feeding a Diet
Containing Arsenic
Trioxide
at 50 ppm
Arsenic Concentration, ppm
b
Animal-
Rat
Guinea
Pig
Rabbit
Hamster
Control
Fed
Control
Fed
Control
Fed
Control
Fed
Liver
0.0
20.0
0.0
1.0
0.0
1.0
0.0
15.0
Heart
3.3
43.0
0.0
20.0
0.0
0.2
0.0
7.0
Kidney
1.5
25.0
0.0
1.0
0.0
1.5
0.0
5.0
Spleen
0.6
60.
0.
15.
0.
0.
0.
2.
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
Fat
0.6
12.0
0.0
0.8
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.7
Muscle
0.7
3.0
0.0
2.0
0.0
0.2
1.8
2.5

Brain
0.5
3.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.0

G.I
Tract
0.6
15.0
1.0
2.0
0.1
1.5
1.5
30.0

Skin Blood
0.6 15.0
27.0 125.0
0.0 0.0
4.0
0.0 0.1
2.5 1.5
0.0 0.0
38.0 2.5
—Derived from Peoples.
"Tour in each group.
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                                QA
     With the helium-arc method,    the urine of four subjects was
analyzed for As(III), As(V), methylarsonic acid, and dlmethylarsenic acid,
the results are shown in Table 4-15.  The average excretion of 66% of the
arsenic as DMA is striking, especially because the subjects were from
Florida and likely to eat seafood.  The relationship of industrial exposure
to seafood intake should be analyzed with this method.
     The distribution of arsenic in the cow has been studied with a
                                       564
variety of compounds in nontoxic doses.     The feeding of
arsenic acid to cows at 0.05-1.25 mg/kg of body weight for 8 weeks did
not increase the arsenic content of the milk, but did increase the
arsenic in the tissues.  Urine was the main pathway of excretion, which
was very rapid—as the urine was free of arsenic 2 days after arsenic
administration was discontinued.  The valence of urinary arsenic was
determined; pentavalent arsenic was the only form found.  A similar study
with sodium arsenite and cacodylic acid yielded essentially the same
results (Peoples, unpublished data).  When MSMA was fed to lactating
cows the blood concentration of arsenic rose, but the milk concentration
remained low.
     These results support: the conclusion that there is a blood-mammary
barrier to arsenic.  The most likely explanation is that an active transport
mechanism is saturated at normal plasma concentrations.  Aliphatic organic
and inorganic arsenic must use the same transport mechanism.  Toxic doses
                                                              467
of arsenic do not break down the barrier to arsenic.  Marshall    gave
Jersey heifers lead arsenate in their feed at 12.95 mg/100 Ib of body
weight for 126 days and noted no values in the milk above the control
                                                            221
value of 0.05 ppm.  The same results were obtained by Fitch,    who fed
a heifer 0.3428 g of arsenic trioxide daily for 3 days without increasing
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                                     TABLE 4-15
                                                                    a
               Analysis of Human Urine Samples for Arsenic Compounds
As(III)

M,
M,
M,
F,

age
age
age
age

28
27
42
40
Average
ppb
<0.1
5.1
<0.5
2.4
1.9
Methylarsonic Dimethylarsinic
As(V) acid acid Total,
% ppb
0
20 7
2
10 4
3
.84
.9
.4
.3
.9
% ppb
8.1 0.61
30 2.5
7.8 2.4
18 1.8
1.8
% ppb
5.9 8.
9.7 10.
8.1 25.
7.6 15.
15.
9
4
2
5
0
% ppb
86.5 10
40.2 25
84.0 30
64.5 24
22
.4
.9
.0
.0
.6
a                    84
"Derived from Braman.     The results are given in parts per billion  (ppb) as
 arsenic.  The precision of individual runs is ± 10% relative, or ± 0.1 ppb for
 small sample sizes.  Four other samples not completely analyzed give:  methylar-
 sonic acid, 3.6 + 2.4 (S.D.) ppb; dimethylarsinic acid, 15.5 ± 6.8 (S.D.) ppb.
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 the arsenic content of the milk.   In these acute studies,  the skin and
 hair were found to have low concentrations, indicating slow uptake.
              189
 Dubois et^ ai^.    showed that exposure to arsenic in atmospheric dust
 can give fallacious results—up to 243 ppm.  Washing in detergent
 reduced all values to 3.0 ± 1.0 ppm.
                   402
      Lander et al.    examined hair in arsenic poisoning cases and
 found a wide range of concentrations, 3.0-26.0 ppm.  These values were
 reached a short time after exposure, and the concentration in hair near
 the scalp was often no higher than that in hair near the tip.  The
 difference was thought to be due to contamination from sweat.  The same
 situation was found in the nails.
                        571
      Perkons and Jervis    used neutron-activation analysis on human
 hair and reported the frequency distribution of 12 elements, including
 arsenic, as shown in Figure 4-6.   The range of arsenic concentration of
 1-5.5 ppm is in accord with the concentrations in washed hair found by
              189
 Dubois et al.     Apparently, the value of hair as a reliable indicator
 of chronic arsenic poisoning is open to serious question.    (See Chapter 6)
      The valence of arsenic in water, food, and body tissues is largely
 unknown, not because of its lack of importance, but because of the
                                                                     161
 technical difficulties involved.   The method of Crawford and Storey,
in which ethyl xanthate is used to extract trivalent arsenic, has worked
                               257
 well in the hands of Ginsburg,    who used it in renal clearance studies
 of arsenite and arsenate in dogs.  Ginsburg found that arsenate is
 reabsorbed in the proximal renal tubule and is reduced in part to
 arsenite, which then appears in both urine and blood.  This is the only
 evidence of a reduction in valence in a living animal.  Winkler
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analyzed the livers of rats that had been fed sodium arsenite and found



that most of the arsenic was pentavalent.  Livers of rats fed sodium



arsenate and sodium arsanilate contained only pentavalent arsenic.


                              564
With Winkler s method, Peoples    found only pentavalent arsenic in the



urine of cows fed arsenic acid.



     The arsenic content of neoplasms has received scant attention,



although arsenic is often listed as a carcinogen, particularly in


                               179
books on dermatology.  Domonkos    reviewed studies on the arsenic



content of normal skin, skin that was pigmented by exposure to arsenic,



and keratoses.  Most of the reports indicated normal or low concentrations



of arsenic in the lesions, compared with nearby normal skin.  He used



neutron activation to determine the arsenic in skin and epitheliomas



in humans with and without a history of arsenic ingestion.  The arsenic



content of skin samples varied from 0.15 to 95 ppm when taken from the



same patient, and that of four epitheliomas in one patient, from 0.22



to 4.1 ppm.  The values for skin vary from 0.1 to 5.0 ppm, regardless



of a history of arsenic ingestion.  He concluded that arsenic determination



in skin lesions was of no value.


                                                                  190
     There are some data on other types of tumors.  Ducoff et al.



administered sodium arsenite to a person with a parotid tumor; the



tumor took up less arsenic than the liver and kidney and the same amount



as most of the other organs.  Ducoff et al. also studied the uptake in



mice inoculated with Jackson-Brues embryoma and lymphoma.  The concen-



trations in the tumors and organs were too variable to show a significant



trend.  The liver:spleen:kidney arsenic ratios were different in normal



and tumorous mice.
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                  349          I 74
     Hunter et_ aJU    injected!   As/potassium arsenite into two



leukemic humans and found that the tissue distribution resembled that



in the guinea pig.



     There is no evidence from these data that neoplasms have any



peculiar ability to store arsenic.





Dermal Absorption of Dimethylarsinic Acid in Man



     In 1972, the forestry workers in north central Washington applied



MSMA and cacodylic acid into the cambium layers of trees.      The



purpose was to thin the trees and thereby ensure a better stand.  The



technique resulted in wetting of the workers' clothing, and many



developed a garlic breath odor.  Urinary arsenic studies were made on



a six-man crew over a period of 9 weeks, samples being taken on Monday



and Friday of each week.  Each man used a different procedure, as



follows:  (1) a control, (2) hack squirt tool with MSMA or (3) cacodylic



acid, (4) injection hatchet with MSMA or (5) cacodylic acid, (6) MSMA



with injector tool.  The difference between the two chemical means and



the method means was not significant at the 5% level.  The control was



significantly lower than all chemical treatments, with Monday values



being significantly lower than Friday values.  The values plateaued or



dropped during the study, indicating the chemicals did not accumulate.



There were no health problems related to the compounds used.



     Further studies were made on forestry workers who were exposed to


                                     744
cacodylic acid over a 2-month period.     An attempt was made to



correlate blood and urinary arsenic concentrations with degree of



exposure—without much success.  The urinary values were markedly



increased, but did not reach the heights of the previously mentioned
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study.  They attributed the odor to arsine, which is highly unlikely,


since it is so toxic.  When cacodylic acid was commonly used as a. tonic,

                                                                        67 9
the odor on the breath was reported to be caused by tetramethyldiarsine.


Sufficient amounts of arsine to give the breath an odor would be lethal.


As would be expected, none of the workers complained of ill health, be-


cause the amounts of cacodylic acid absorbed were less than the dose


formerly prescribed as a drug, or 30 mg/day.
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                                CHAPTER 5




             BIOLOGIC EFFECTS OF ARSENIC ON PLANTS AND ANIMALS







     Arsenic has long held a position of ambiguity with regard to its




activity in biologic systems.  In spite of the recognized toxicity of




many forms of arsenic, various arsenicals have been used in the practice




of medicine.  A specific nutritional role for inorganic arsenic has been




uncovered only recently, but animal feeds have been supplemented with




"growth-promoting" organic arsenical additives for many years.  Another




curious feature of arsenic biochemistry is the ability of the element




partially to counteract the ill effects of yet another toxic substance,




selenium.  This chapter summarizes what is known about the detrimental




and beneficial effects of arsenic on living systems other than man and




discusses in as much detail as appropriate the molecular mechanisms




responsible for these effects.  Previous reviews have dealt with the




toxicology,     general biochemistry,      and pharmacology     of




arsenic.







MICROORGANISMS




Toxicity




     The state of knowledge regarding the effects of arsenic on micro-




organisms was summarized very well in a study by Mandel £t_ al.462  on




the action of arsenic on Bacillus cereus.  The trivalent sodium arsenite




was found to inhibit growth at a lower concentration (0.4 mM) than the




pentavalent sodium arsenate (10 mM).   The toxicity of the arsenate




could be increased by lowering the phosphate concentration of the growth




medium, whereas the inhibitory effect of arsenite was independent of
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phosphate concentration.  This inverse relationship between the toxicity



of arsenate and the concentration of phosphate might be related to the



fact that arsenate can compete with phosphate for transport.      However,



Da Costa    found that phosphate could suppress the inhibitory effects of
arsenite, as well as arsenate, on the growth of fungi.  Mandel et_ al



showed that neither arsenate nor arsenite produced any specific effects



in B. cereus on the incorporation of radioactive precursors into ribonu-



cleic and deoxyribonucleic acids, proteins, or cell wall.  Radioarsenite



was bound by the microorganism much more strongly than radioarsenate, in



agreement with the hypothesis that the toxicity of a particular arsenical


                                                323
was related to the binding of it to the tissues.     Because no



instance of interconversion between As(V)  and As (III) could be established, it



was concluded that the two compounds inhibited the growth of B. cereus



by separate mechanisms.  The mechanisms of toxicity of arsenicals for



this organism seem to be similar to those proposed for mammalian systems,



which are discussed later.



Adaptation



     The adaptation of microorganisms to arsenic compounds was of great



practical interest during the earlier part of this century, because organic



arsenicals were used extensively as trypanocides at that time.  The



resistance to organic arsenicals was found to depend on the nature of the



chemical substituents on the phenyl ring:    water-attracting groups (such



as -OH and -NH-) , less hydrophilic groups (such as -CH_ and -N02) , and groups



highly ionized at a pH of 7 (such as -COOH) .  The state of oxidation of the



arsenic is of little consequence in inducing resistance to any of these compounds.
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The mechanism of drug resistance in trypanosomes is usually a de-




creased permeability to the drug, and the nonarsenical portion of




the molecule largely determines the uptake of the drug by the




parasite.




     A decreased permeability to arsenic appears to be a rather




widespread adaptational mechanism, in that a decreased arsenic uptake




was observed in Escherichia coli mutants that were resistant to




arsenate    and in Pseudotnonas pseudomallei that had adapted to




arsenite.      In the latter case, no increase in the content of




a-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase, total sulfhydryl compounds, or




lipoic acid was observed in the resistant bacteria. ->°  That the




total quantity of free thiol groups may be important  in some cases




of arsenic tolerance, however, was suggested by the work of




Harington, ^9-2 wno found that resistant strains of the blue tick




contained more total sulfhydryl than sensitive strains.




     Novick and Roth"' showed that the penicillinase plasmids, a




series of extrachromosomal resistance factors in Staphylococcus




aureus, carry determinants of resistance to several inorganic ions,




as well as resistance to penicillin.  Among the inorganic ions were




arsenite, arsenate, lead, cadmium, and mercury.  Resistance to




arsenate was found to be induced in cultures of plasmid-positive




strains by prior growth with an uninhibitory concentration of the




anion.  Dyke et al.    observed that strains resistant to arsenate,




mercury, and cadmium were nearly always resistant to multiple




antibiotics and produced large amounts of penicillinase.   Although




the general genetic and physiologic properties of these ion-resistance




markers have been studied, hardly any work has been done on the bio-




chemical mechanisms of this sensitivity and resistance.
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PLANTS


     Arsenic occurs in all soils and natural waters; thus, plants


have obviously evolved in the presence of arsenic ions.  It could


therefore well be that arsenic is an essential element for plant


growth, but it has not been proved.     There are no well-authenticated


beneficial effects of arsenic on plants.  Arsenic is chemically similar


to phosphorus, an essential plant nutrient.  That it can substitute


for phosphorus in plant nutrition, however, is doubtful; in some soils,


arsenic toxicity is increased by the application of phosphate fertilizer


(through the release of fixed arsenic).    Other interactions between


arsenic and plant nutrients are treated later.


Biochemical Response to Arsenic Compounds


     When arsenic in solution penetrates the cuticle and enters the


apoplast system (the non-living cell-wall phase), it bathes the external

surface of the plasmolemma of the symplast.  This is the location of at


least some of the enzymes of the living plant.  One of the first symptoms


of injury by sodium arsenite is wilting, caused by loss of turgor, and


this immediately suggests an alteration in membrane integrity.  Reaction


of trivalent arsenic with sulfhydryl enzymes could well explain the


effects of membrane degradation—injury and eventually death.


     In general, arsenates are less toxic than arsenites.  The arsenate


symptoms involve chlorosis, but not rapid loss of turgor (at least in


the early expression of toxicity), and the contact action of the arsenates


is more subtle.  Arsenate is known to uncouple phosphorylation.  Thus,


the coupled phosphorylation of adenosine diphosphate (ADP) is abolished,


the energy of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is not available, and the

                          -I -JQ
plant must slowly succumb.
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     Arsenate has other profound effects on plant systems.  For




example, Figure 5-1 shows the relative effects of arsenite and




arsenate on the activation of the enzyme fumarase.  Fumaric acid




is a constituent of all plants and is involved in the citric acid




cycle.  Fumarase carries out the conversion of fumarate to L-malate.




     The above examples typify the role played by the organic




arsenical herbicides in plant metabolism.  When one considers the




number of reactions in plants that involve sulfhydryl groups and




phosphorus, it is easy to appreciate the ways in which arsenites and




arsenates may upset plant metabolism and interfere with normal growth.




The ability of arsenate to enter into reactions in place of phosphate




is probably the most important way in which arsenic acts as a toxicant.




Not only does it substitute for phosphate in a number of ways, but




work with labeled arsenates and arsonates indicates that these com-




pounds are absorbed and translocated much as phosphates are.  It is




difficult to visualize a more effective way in which -an herbicide




might kill a plant.





Phytotoxicity of Organic Arsenicals




     Injury symptoms on crop plants resulting from toxic quantities




of arsenic in soils were noted in the 1930's, when it was found that




young trees planted in old orchard soils grew slowly and were stunted.^71




Young apple trees, in addition to being stunted, had leaf symptoms




that indicated water-deficiency stress, which implied injury to the




roots; pears showed similar symptoms. ™°




     Peach trees planted on these old orchard soils that have accumulated




lead arsenate exhibit by midsummer a red or brown discoloration along
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Initial
Velocity
AT senate
                                   8
 FIGURE 5-1.  Velocity of activation of fumarase by arsenate and arsenite
              ions as a function of pH.  Adapted from Dixon and Webb.178
                                   473)
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the leaf margins and then throughout the leaves.  The discolored




tissues die and drop out, giving the leaves a shot-hole appearance.




Defoliation also occurs and may be complete by late summer.  The injury




appears first in the older leaves; young leaves on shoot Lips may




remain normal.  Yields of fruit may be reduced, and the trees are




usually stunted.  Thompson and Batjer    performed experiments aimed




at correcting arsenic injury to peach trees.  They found correlations




between shot-holing and defoliation and between leaf arsenic content




and defoliation; arsenic content varied between 1 and 4 ppm.  They




found that zinc sulfate applied at 10 Ib/tree reduced defoliation;




nitrogen application at 1.4 Ib/tree also reduced defoliation; a com-




bination of these two treatments reduced defoliation that had been




as high as 81% to around 2-3%, even eliminated it in some orchards.




Repeat treatments with zinc in later years had little or no effect,




but maintaining a high nitrogen content reduced defoliation at later




years.




     Lindner and Reeves^" explained that arsenic injury was confused




with western X-disease, which is caused by a virus.  They described the




symptoms of the viral disease and arsenic toxicity; both cause shot-




holing and defoliation, but arsenic-affected trees have greener leaves,




and X-disease causes some chlorosis.  Leaves that showed arsenic injury




symptoms contained arsenic at 2.1-8.2 ppm; normal leaves, 0.9-1.7 ppm.




Viral-diseased trees may produce deformed fruits, which drop prematurely;




fruits of arsenic-affected trees are of normal form and remain on the




tree for the normal period.  Arsenic analyses of leaves provide the most




accurate diagnosis.
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             779
     Woolson    studied the uptake and phytotoxicity of arsenic in



six vegetable crops grown in a greenhouse.  Sodium arsenate was mixed



into three soil types; after moistening, the cultures were left for a



month for the arsenic to come to equilibrium.   Sensitivity to the



arsenic decreased in the following order: greenbeans, lima beans,



spinach, cabbage, tomato, and radish.  All crops were fertilized at



rates indicated by standardized soil tests and crop needs.  The yields



indicated that arsenic was generally most phytotoxic in the Lakeland



soil; no plants grew when the arsenic concentration was 500 ppm.  At



10, 50, and 100 ppm crops survived; growth was proportional to arsenic



concentration.  The amount of available arsenic in some treatments



continued to change throughout the 19-month experimental period; some



of the change may have been the result of the addition of phosphate



fertilizers, particularly where available arsenic reached a minimum



and then increased.  Plant growth at any particular degree of available



arsenic in the soil may be affected by the amount of available phosphorus

                      •70 o

in the soil solution.




     The organoarsenical  herbicides  are  not growth  regulators in the



way  that plant hormones are;  they  apparently  act  through or  on enzyme



systems to  inhibit  growth.   They kill  relatively  slowly;  the first



symptoms are  usually  chlorosis, cessation of  growth, and gradual brown-



ing, and dehydration  and  death follow.   Rhizomes  and tubers  may show



browning of the  storage  tissues; buds  fail to sprout,  and the whole



structure eventually  decomposes.   Cotton plants treated  by directed



spraying with MSMA  show retarded growth  from  which  they  may  recover.  ^
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      When resprouting of tubers or rhizomes does occur, treatment


 should  be repeated  when some of the leaves have reached full size;


 treatment before then will not result  in translocation, because move-


 ment  of the  assimilate stream into the underground  organs is necessary


 to  carry the toxicant to the proper sites of action.
     Rumburg et al.    reported DSMA-induced loss of chlorophyll in


crabgrass within 2-3 days of treatment at 75 or 85 F (24 or 29 C) , but


it was hardly noticeable after 5 days at  60 F  (16 C) ; the results are


summarized in Table 5-1.


     Others have observed symptoms on various annual plants, but few


detailed descriptions are noted in the literature.  Many annual weeds are


ultimately desiccated and become necrotic after treatment.  Regrowth from


axillary buds is usually chlorotic.  Cotton and other plants become


deeply pigmented (red) in the stem and petiole and even the leaves, if


the arsenicals are applied in sublethal dosages.


     On perennials, such as johnsongrass, chlorosis does not develop


before necrosis on sprayed foliage, but regrowth usually is chlorotic


for some period.    On purple nutsedge (Cyperus rotundus) , Holt est al .•'•"''


described symptoms as "a chlorotic appearance which starts at the leaf


base and progresses toward the leaf tip until the entire leaf is chlorotic"


and as "first visible four days after the initial applications of AMA."


     On hardstem bulrush (Scirpus acutus) , an aquatic species, stems


became chlorotic; necrosis proceeded from the tip concurrently with


development of a tan discoloration over the length of the stem; after a

                                                  op r\
month, the entire stem became brown and collapsed.    Stems regrowing


from the bulrush rhizome were chlorotic with necrotic tips and usually


died.



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                         TABLE 5-1

    Effect of Temperature after Treatment on the Degree
                                                 a.
        of Chlorosis Induced by DSMA in Crabgrass
                            Chlorosis Rating
DSMA,
Ib/Acre
2
6
18
Mean
60 F
5 Days
0.2
0.2
0.3
0.2
(16 C)
10 Davs
2.7
3.3
2.7
2.9
75 F
5 Davs
3.2
6.8
7.1
5.7
(24 C}
10 Days
2.2
6.0
7.1
5.1
85 F
5 Days
1.8
5.1
5.4
4.1
(29 O
10 Days
2.0
7.1
7.6
5.6
Derived from Rumburg et al.
                            619
A scale of 0-10; 0 = no chlorosis; 10 = complete chlorosis.
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           / f\ 1
     Lange    studied MSMA toxicity symptoms on  stone  fruits by spray-


ing MSMA at 4 and 16 Ib/acre on  the bottom one-third of  the foliage.


He observed a spotty chlorosis of  the  leaf, followed by  necrosis of all


or part of  the leaf and often defoliation.  Untreated  upper leaves and


new growth  showed symptoms of injury that indicated movement of the


toxic material to the untreated  area.
                                                         application

     Many  factors could affect response; they  include  herbicide / rate and


formulation, surfactant,  timing, volume  of carrier, quality of diluent,


pH, timing  of evaluation, ecotypes, senescence,  stage  of growth, dormant-


season disturbance of root systems before treatment, fertility, moisture


availability and continuity, plant competition,  temperature, light intensity,


and insect  and mechanical wounding of  foliage  before treatment.  Any of


these can  have a dominant effect on the  response.

                                                                  temperature-
     Several researchers who have  studied methanearsenates have reported /


influenced  results.  Sckerl et al.   , Kempen  et_ _al.,    Laurin and Deve


Riepma,     and Bounds     all mentioned that toxicity was greater at


higher temperatures.      Toxicity  was  less on  johnsongrass in regions of


California  influenced by  cool marine air, and  higher rates of application


were required than in hotter regions.  One controlled-environment study of


Rumberg et  al_.    indicates that chlorosis occurred considerably earlier


in crabgrass at higher temperature (24 or 29 C,  versus 16 C), and injury,


as measured by dry weight after  10 days, was greater at  higher temperature.


With sodium arsenite and  cacodylic acid, temperature had no effect.
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     Kempen -'''found that relatively high temperature (35 C) and light



[2,800 ft-C (30,140 lx)] increased the necrosis of johnsongrass foliage



and the kill of the rhizomes, compared with low temperature (15 c)  and



light [320 ft-C (3,445 lx)].   He found that only 1 day was required



for 50% necrosis of the foliage at the higher temperature and light,


                                                          483
but 12 days at the lower temperature and light.  McWhorter    and Kempen


      381
et al.    suggested that droughtiness after application increased weed



control.




     In studies on the effects of AMA on food reserves in purple nut-

                     i O r

sedge, Duble and Holt    found, by tracer experiments and chemical



analysis, that starch disappeared and arsenic increased in tubers of



plants that were given repeated applications of the herbicide.  In



general, AMA-treated plants had a higher rate of utilization of the



products of photosynthesis than untreated plants.   Apparently, carbo-



hydrates were utilized in preference to fats and proteins.






     From the results of Woolson's work, it is evident that total arsenic



in a soil is not correlated with phytotoxicity; correlation between


                                              781
plant growth and available arsenic is better.       Some  soils can



remove arsenic from the soil solution more rapidly and more completely



than other soils by fixation on soil colloids.  In these  experiments,



Hagerstown soil removed 2-5 times more arsenic than did the other two



soils.  Woolson et al. concluded that the large amount of available



arsenic in the Christiana soil may have resulted from the high phos-



phorus content, which prevented formation of insoluble iron arsenates



through competition for reaction sites on the surface of  soil particles.
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 Also  involved  is the larger amount of available aluminum in the Hagerstown


                                   782
 soil.   Woolson,  Axley,  and Kearney    have shown that, at high arsenic




 concentration  in some soils, aluminum is more important than  iron in




 removing arsenic from the soil solution.


                        oc

      Arle and  Hamilton    found that topical applications of MSMA affected




 growth of cotton more than applications of DSMA.  There were usually no




 deleterious effects of single treatments with DSMA; single applications




 of MSMA later  and at higher rates reduced yields.  Repeated treatments



 with MSMA reduced yields more than DSMA treatments.


                         375
      Keeley and Thullen    studied the responses of cotton plants to




 topical applications of MSMA, DSMA, and MAA at 13, 20, and 31 C.  DSMA



 proved to be less injurious to young cotton plants than MSMA.  Injury




by MSMA was severe at 13C,  intermediate at 20 C, and low at 31 C, and




inclusion of 0.4% surfactant with  the MSMA increased the injury.  Injury




by DSMA was intermediate at  13  C,  low at  20  C,  and  lacking  at  31 C,  and



inclusion of surfactant in  the  spray  solution increased injury only



slightly.




     Cotyledons  of cotton seedlings absorbed [  C]MAA  and [  C]DSMA.



MSMA solution in these experiments was adjusted to a pH of  6.4,  and  the



DSMA to a pH of  10.4.  Autoradiographs of cotton plants treated  with



  C-labeled MSMA, MAA, and DSMA showed evidence of greatest absorption



and translocation of MSMA at  13 C,  slight translocation at  20  C,  and no




translocation at 29 C. Very little  [14C]MAA or [1<4C]DSMA was translocated.




These results are contrary to the generalization for translocation of




assimilates and other tracers, which normally penetrate and move more




readily at higher temperatures.  (Rumberg e_t^ al.    found chlorosis




from DSMA treatment and the translocation of DSMA to increase with



temperature.)
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Interactions between Arsenicals and Nutrients
     Several studies have been conducted on interactions between phosphorus
and arsenic in soils and nutrient solutions.  Because these two elements
have somewhat similar chemical characteristics, substitution of arsenic for
phosphorus might occur in plant metabolic products.  Rate trials in soil
and nutrient solutions, however, have yielded conflicting results, partially
because available phosphorus and arsenic concentrations have not generally
been determined.

      Schweizer    showed that high phosphorus content increased the
 toxicity of DSMA to cotton, but there was considerable variation between
 the two soil types tested.
      Little is known of interactions between arsenic and phosphorus in
                  Pi -1
 plants.  Everett  •'•-'•indicated that phosphorus increased the arsenic
 content of bluegrass in a turf treated with tricalcium arsenate.   However,
 he found that phosphorus reduced absorption of tricalcium arsenate
 (measured as arsenic)  from nutrient solutions from 246 to 29 ppm.   He
 stated that phosphorus at  100 ppm reduced the soluble arsenic in  the
 nutrient solution from 15.8 ppm to 2.6 ppm.   This  might account for the
 lack of increase in arsenic uptake with high phosphorus in nutrient
 solutions.  Everett also indicated that crabgrass  absorbed twice  as much
 tricalcium arsenate as did  bluegrass;  this  suggests a species difference.
        641
 Sckerl    ,  in his review  of the literature,  indicated that phosphorus
 reduced arsenic toxicity.
          754
      Webb    suggested that arsenates  inhibit various phosphatase
 enzymes about  as potently as phosphate and probably combine with  the
 enzymes in a  similar manner.   Sckerl  ^1related that arsenate competes
 with phosphorus for uptake  and transport  in  the cell.
      That arsenicals might  interact  with  zinc is indicated by work of
 Batjer and Benson 4*   and Martin (personal communication,  1968).   Batjer
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and Benson showed that toxicity in peaches (but not apples) grown in


arsenic-contaminated soils could be reduced by foliar applications of


zinc or iron chelates or soil applications of zinc or iron sulfates.


Zinc chelates worked best and reduced the symptoms and the arsenic


content of peach leaves.  Martin  related that orchardists in the


northwestern United States use zinc sulfate at 5 Ib/tree plus generous


amounts of ammonium sulfate when starting peach trees in high-arsenic


soils.


     Burleson and Page    did root studies with flax that indicated


that, with absorption of more than optimal phosphorus, phosphorus and


zinc reacted together in a manner that reduced either their mobility


or their solubility.  Sharma et^ al.    showed that translocation of zinc


to shoots was inhibited by high soil phosphorus.

                     on/
     Krantz and Brown '  published a list of zinc- and iron-sensitive


plants; there was no obvious correlation between symptoms of deficiency


and susceptibility to methanearsonate sprays.


Mode of Action


     Considering the overall action of arsenites as herbicides, it


seems important that they are able to penetrate the cuticle and enter


into the apoplast phase of the plant system.  Here, they may move with


transpiration water and bathe the cells of the foliar organs to which


they have been applied.  At low concentration, it seems possible that


arsenites are absorbed into the symplast and then translocated for at


least short distances.  Under most conditions in which these compounds


have been used in the field, their concentrations have been such that


rapid contact injury has precluded extensive translocation.  This is


related at least partly to their rapid effect in membrane degradation.
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     The arsonates, in contrast, have much lower contact toxicity; they



are absorbed and translocated, at least in species that have succumbed



to treatment; such as johnsongrass and nutsedge.  In susceptible



perennial weeds, the great virtue of MSMA and DSMA has been their



ability to penetrate into and destroy underground tubers and rhizomes.



Thus, with a few repeated applications, these arsenicals have controlled



two of the most serious perennial weed species—species that have resisted



control by any other means.



     As topical sprays, these compounds are inactivated almost instan-



taneously on contact with the soil and therefore may be used with



impunity in many row crops; cotton is one of the more important of these.



Although arsenicals in ordinary herbicidal dosages are rapidly rendered



unavailable to plants in the soil, and although most soils have a very



great capacity to inactivate and hold arsenic, arsenic residues in



soils may eventually become troublesome.  For this reason, in any weed



control activity involving arsenical herbicides, integrated programs of



herbicide rotation should be used.  If such programs are used, occasional



application of the organic arsenicals in the particular roles in which



they are highly effective may not result in soil residues of any signifi-



cance .



     As for the chemical mechanisms by which the organic arsonates kill



plants, their relatively slow action involving translocation and pro-



ducing chlorosis as a primary symptom seems to implicate disturbance



of phosphorus metabolism.  Not only are they absorbed and translocated



in plants much as are phosphates; but also, they affect many organelles



in the cells, including the chloroplasts, in all of which phosphorus plays


                29
important roles.
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     This interpretation is further  strengthened by evidence of Schweizer




that the addition of phosphorus  to two  silt-loam soils  increased the




toxicity of DSMA to cotton, possibly by saturating sites in these soils




on which both  arsenate  and  phosphate are  fixed.  As early as 1934, Albert




reported that  residues  of calcium arsenate became more  toxic to several




crops where phosphate fertilizer was applied heavily.   There is substan-




tial evidence  that phosphates and arsonates tend to replace each other




chemically, but that arsenic cannot  serve  the many essential roles of




phosphorus in  plants.




     The uncoupling of  oxidative phosphorylation and the formation of




complexes with sulfhydryl-containing enzymes may also enter the picture




of arsenic phytotoxicity.  However,  trivalent arsenic is the form commonly




associated with these effects, and this would implicate arsenites, rather




than arsenates or arsonates.







LABORATORY ANIMALS




Factors that can Influence the Toxicity of Arsenic Compounds.




     Table 5-2 summarizes information on the toxic and no-effect doses




of several arsenic compounds.  The variety of systems described in the




table suggests some of the factors that can influence the toxicity of




arsenic.  For example, the studies of Harrison e_t_ ai. "-* illustrate




effects that the chemical and physical properties of arsenic trioxide




can have on its acute toxicity.  The toxicity of arsenic trioxide




depended on the purity of the substance used; the crude commercial




material was less toxic than the purified material.  Although the




impure arsenic trioxide was less toxic, it caused much more gastric and




intestinal hemorrhage than the purified arsenic trioxide.  This study
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 plus  many  of  those  discussed  below were carried  out  in the  rat,  a  species


 that  has a highly peculiar  metabolism of arsenic (see  Chapter 4).   The


 reader should be  aware  of this  problem and  understand  that  the rat is a


 species to be avoided  in arsenic research.


     In addition to testing the oral toxicity of aqueous solutions of


 the "crude" and "pure" arsenic trioxide, Harrison e_t al^.     also investi-


 gated the acute toxic effects of both preparations when given in the


 dry state mixed in feed.  When arsenic trioxide was administered in


 this manner, the toxic dosage was almost 10 times as high as when it


was given in aqueous solution, regardless of whether the crude or the


pure material was tested.  These results are in accord with those of

           £ O Q
Schwartze,     who found that a solution of arsenic trioxide was more


 toxic than the undissolved compound and that the toxicity of different


preparations of solid arsenic trioxide administered orally varied markedly,


depending on their coarseness or fineness.  The dependence of the


toxicity of arsenic trioxide on the physical form in which it is  given


is probably a result of its rather poor solubility; e.g., Harrison et al.295


commented that heating was required to solubilize arsenic trioxide.


The practical consequences of the great variation in toxicity of  arseni-


cals due to their different solubilities were recently emphasized by
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                1 80
Done and Peart,    who criticized government regulations that equated


the poison hazard of the highly soluble sodium arsenite with that of


the less soluble (and thereby less toxic) arsenic trioxide  (although the


latter does have a toxic potential).


     Harrison e£ al. also demonstrated a species difference in the


resistance to acute poisoning with arsenic trioxide: mice were less


affected by the arsenic compound than were rats.  Similar species differ-

                                 OO o
ences were shown by Kerr et al.,    who noted that turkeys and dogs were



more susceptible to the toxic effects of the organic arsenical 3-nitro-4-


hydroxyphenylarsonic acid than were chickens and rats.  McChesney et^ al.


reported that sodium o^-N-glycolylarsanilate was about 20 times as toxic

                                                295
to cats as to mice.  The work of Harrison et_ ad.     revealed that even


different strains of mice had very different abilities to tolerate


arsenic trioxide.  These species and strain differences in the toxicity


of arsenic could have important implications regarding the use of labora-


tory animals as predictive models for human response.  The average esti-

                                                          727
mated fatal dose of arsenic trioxide for humans is 125 mg.    For a


70-kg man, this is equivalent to about 1.4 mg of arsenic per kilogram


of body weight.  Thus, a human is much more sensitive to the toxic effects


of arsenic on a weight basis than a rat, and it is obviously dangerous to


extrapolate results from rodents to humans.


     Another factor that can influence the toxicity of arsenic is the


valence of the element.  Direct comparison of the intraperitoneal LD7t. of


sodium arsenite and sodium arsenate in the rat shows that the trivalent

                                                                   2?9
form of arsenic is about 4 times as toxic as the pentavalent form.


This difference due to valence is also seen in tissue-culture studies in


                                                     629
which many confounding metabolic effects are avoided.    Differences
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related to valence apply to the organic arsenicals, as well as to the



inorganic.  In fact, the greater toxicity of the trivalent form versus



the pentavalent is such a good generalization that a microbiologic assay




for distinguishing As(III) and As(V) on the basis  of their different


                              436
toxicities has been suggested.



     The toxicity of a number of synthetic aromatic organic arsenicals



has been the subject of several investigations, because of the value of



these compounds for improving weight gain and feed efficiency in swine



and poultry.  Generally speaking, the organic forms of arsenic are con-



sidered less hazardous than the inorganic forms, and this is shown by the


                                     629
tissue-culture work of Savchuck et al.     Arsenic concentrations of 84



and 65 ppm in the form of 3-nitro-4-hydroxyphenylarsonic acid and sodium



arsanilate, respectively, were needed to cause a 50% growth inhibition



of HeLa cells, whereas a concentration of only 2 ppm in the form of sodium



arsenate was required to inhibit growth by the same amount.  However,



feeding arsenic at 114 ppra in the diet of rats as 3-nitro-4-hydroxyphenyl-

                                               OQ O

arsonic acid caused an 83% mortality in 4 days,    whereas arsenic at



125 ppm in the diet as sodium arsenate caused only a mild growth depression



after 12 weeks.    Furthermore, the intraperitoneal LD,.- of arsenic as


                                                             3 83
3-nitro-4-hydroxyphenylarsonic acid is 18.8 mg/kg in the rat,    whereas


                                                                229
the LD   of arsenic as sodium arsenate is given as 14-18 mg/kg.



To put the above studies in the proper perspective, it should be pointed



out that the recommended concentration of 3-nitro-4-hydroxyphenylarsonic



acid for feed additive use is only 25-50 ppm in the diet, or arsenic at



7-14 ppm.



     Arsanilic acid is another aromatic organic arsenical that is widely


                                           240
used as a growth-promoter, and Frost et_ cil.    reported that it had no



harmful effects on rats over several generations when fed at 500 ppm in


                                  5 3fi
the diet.  However, Notzold ej^ al^    noted an incoordinated gait in





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swine, and Al-Timimi and Sullivan    saw a growth inhibition in turkeys




when arsanilic acid was fed at an arsenic concentration of 400 ppm.




Again, to put these studies in perspective, it should be emphasized that




the recommended concentration of arsanilic acid for feed additive use is




only 50-100 ppm.




     Perhaps of more direct concern to consumers is the toxlcity of




arsenic that occurs naturally in seafood, such as shrimp (such arsenic




compounds are commonly referred to as "shrimp arsenic").  Public awareness


                                                                          O / 0

of this potential hazard was heightened by an article in Consumer Reports.




However, many of the allegations in the article were disputed in a press




report.    The work of Coulson e_£ al.    showed that rats (and humans) do




indeed absorb shrimp arsenic from the gastrointestinal tract readily,




but this form of arsenic is excreted rapidly in the urine.  These authors




also found no evidence of toxic effects of feeding "shrimp arsenic" at




17.7 ppm in the diet of rats for 52 weeks.  Criteria of toxicity included




growth, physical appearance, activity, and histologic appearance of the




liver, spleen, and kidneys.




     No toxic symptoms were reported by Morgareidge,    who supplemented




rat diets at 16 ppm with protein-bound arsenic derived from the livers of




turkeys whose diets had contained 0.56% £-ureidobenzenearsonic acid.



                 759
Welch and Landau    observed no toxic reactions in rats fed a diet con-




taining 1% arsenocholine for a week.  The apparent lack of toxicity of




this arsenic compound may be of considerable interest, in light of the


             440
work of Lunde,    who discovered in fish oils two arsenolipids with




chemical properties that resemble those of phospholipids.




     Still another class of organic arsenical compounds is the aliphatic




arsenicals, such as cacodylic acid and the sodium salts of methanearsonic




acid, which are discussed later.  Although these compounds are used widely




as herbicides, their toxicity is less than that of inorganic arsenical herbicides.



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The Problem of Toxic Veraua "No-Effect" Dosages



     In addition to the complexities just discussed, there is a factor



that confounds the interpretation of toxicologic data—namely, the cri-



terion used to Judge whether a given dosage is toxic.  For example,



arsenic at 5 pptn in the drinking water as sodium arsenite from weaning

                                                                       £ o c

until death is not toxic to rats, with respect to growth or life span,


                                   634
and is only slightly toxic to mice.    An identical experiment, however,



carried out through three generations of mice revealed that the ratio of



males to females born increased in mice exposed to arsenic, compared


               636
with controls.    It was concluded that exposure to some trace elements



in dosages that do not interfere with growth or survival may affect re-



production.  Thus, a more sensitive indicator of toxicity showed the



detrimental effects of a dosage that had previously been regarded as



"safe."  With sophisticated assessment techniques, such as biochemical



and enzyme measurements, even more subtle effects of poisons can be


                                          52
detected.  For example, Bencko and Simane    found that the respiration



rate of liver homogenates prepared from mice that had received arsenic



at 5ppm as arsenic trioxide in their drinking water was only 61% of that



of the normal controls.  However, the dosage of arsenic used by Bencko



and Simane was 100 times higher than the currently recommended maximal


                                                       524
concentration (0.05 ppm) of arsenic in drinking water .
     An even more sensitive method for determining the toxic effect of



arsenic compounds was used by Weir and Hine:    conditioned-avoidance



technique to assess the deleterious effects of various ions in the aquatic



environment of fish.  In this study, arsenic (as arsenate) was found to



impair conditioned-avoidance behavior of trained goldfish after 48 hr of
                                  -194-

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exposure to concentration of only 0.1 ppm, which is only 1/320 of the lethal
concentration for 50% and only 1/15 of the lethal concentration for 1% of
the fish.  The relevance of this work to mammalian systems is far trom clear,
but the data suggest at least that similar behavioral experiments should be
carried out with animals exposed to various substances suspected of being
environmental hazards.

Mechanisms of Toxicity of Arsenic Compounds
     The difference in toxicity between trivalent and pentavalent arsenic
compounds can best be understood by considering the biochemical mechanisms
of action of these two distinct families of compounds.  This aspect of
arsenic toxicology has been the subject of numerous reviews.    ' ^ ^ »
573 , 683 , 727   The eariy WOrk of Ehrlich, Voegtlin, and others suggested
that organic arsenicals exert their toxic effects in vivo by first being
metabolized to the trivalent arsenoxide form and then reacting with sulfhydryl
groups of tissue proteins and enzymes to form an arylbis(organylthio)arsine:
                                           3R1
         R-As=0 + 2 R ' SH -------- >• R-As              + H20 .
Later work showed that several enzyme systems containing thiol groups could
be poisoned in this way and that in most cases the activity of the enzyme
could be restored by adding an excess of monothiol.
     An important exception to this generalization, however, proved to be
the pyruvate oxidase system, which could not be protected against trivalent
arsenicals by even a 200% excess of monothiol.  Such an apparent anomaly
was clarified when it was shown that, under some circumstances, arsenicals
can complex with two sulfhydryl groups in the same protein molecule, thereby
forming a stable ring structure that is not easily ruptured by monothiols.
                                  -195-

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This finding stimulated the testing of various dithiol compounds for



their ability to block the action of arsenicals on pyruvate oxidase and



led to the discovery of British antilewisite (BAL), or 2,3-dimercaptopro-



panol, which eventually became a widely used antidote for arsenic poison-



ing.  The simultaneous interaction of arsenic with two thiol groups( led


                     539a
Peters and associates    to postulate the existence of a dithiol-containing



cofactor in the pyruvate oxidase system.  This idea was later verified



experimentally when lipoic acid was identified as a component of pyruvate



oxidase.  The reaction of an arsenoso compound with lipoic acid to yield



a ring structure that can be cleaved by BAL is illustrated in Figure 5-2.




This reaction summarizes what is currently felt to be the mode of action



of trivalent monosubstituted arsenicals in exerting their toxic effects



in biologic systems and illustrates the biochemical rationale for the use



of BAL to counteract arsenic poisoning.



     It should be pointed out, however, that the toxic effects of



inorganic trivalent arsenic (arsenite) can often be potentiated by BAL


                                223
in vitro.  Fluharty and Sanadi,    for example, showed that an equimolar



mixture of arsenite and BAL uncouples oxidative phosphorylation in rat



liver mitochondria and drew the conclusion that arsenite is the true



active inhibitory species and that the BAL served only as a vehicle for



transporting arsenite to a dithiol enzyme site.  Siegal and Albers ^6



found that addition of equimolar BAL decreased the arsenite concentration

                                               (electric eel)

necessary to produce 50% inhibition of Electrophorus/microsomal (Na+/K ) -



ATPase from 6 mM to 0.1 mM.  The authors suggested that the BAL-arsenite


                                             786
complex reacted directly with the enzyme.   Wu    perofrmed a careful kinetic



analysis of the dithiol-dependent inhibition of rat liver glutamine



synthetase by arsenite and proposed the scheme shown in Figure 5-3.
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             complex.786
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This scheme was thought to account for several facts regarding the dithiol-




dependent inhibition by arsenite, including the ready dissociation of the




enzyme-arsenite complex and the reversal of the inhibition by cysteine.




McDonough    suggested that the BAL-arsenite complex can act as an in-




hibitor of germination, inasmuch as lettuce seeds soaked in mixed solutions




of sodium arsenite and BAL yielded lower germination ratios than did seeds




soaked in either compound alone.




     The mechanism of action of the toxic effects of inorganic pentavalent




arsenicals is less clearly understood than that of the trivalent arsenic




compounds .  It is possible that pentavalent arsenic is reduced to trivalent




arsenic before exerting its toxic effects,  '     but whether that happens




in vivo is controversial.   '       Unlike the trivalent arsenicals, the




pentavalent forms do not appear to react directly with the active sites of


        O (if)

enzymes.    Rather, arsenate can compete with inorganic phosphate in phos-




phorylation reactions to form unstable arsenyl esters, which then decompose


              -I Q1

spontaneously.    Arsenate has also been shown to uncouple oxidative phos-



            ] 59
phorylation,    presumably by competing with inorganic phosphate at one of



                                         119
the energy-conserving steps.  Chan et_ al_,    have isolated an arsenylated




component of rat liver mitochondria that they feel may represent the arsenic




analogue of a low-molecular-weight phosphorylated mitochondrial constituent




that plays a role in oxidative phosphorylation.  A nonhydrolytic mode of




action of arsenate in inhibiting mitochondrial energy-linked functions has



                       497
recently been proposed.






Adaptation to Toxicity of Arsenic Compounds




     Most early investigators reported that animals were unable to adapt


                                                    £ Q Q

to the toxic effects of inorganic arsenic compounds,    although adaptation
to some organic arsenicals was readily achieved.    In spite of the early
                                  -199-

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                                                                         54
failures to demonstrate adaptation to inorganic arsenic, Bencko and Symon




have recently shown that the LD   for arsenic as arsenic trioxide adminis-




tered subcutaneously could be increased from 10.96 to 13.98 mg/kg in




hairless mice as a result of giving arsenic at 50 ppm as arsenic trioxide




in the drinking water for 3 months.  Additional evidence that suggested




an adaptive response to arsenic was the finding that the decreased meta-




bolic oxygen consumption observed with the liver homogenates from mice




given arsenic at 50 ppm in the water for 32 days returned to normal after



                           49
64 days in the experiment.    However, no such adaptation was seen in mice




given arsenic at either 5 or 250 ppm in the water.  Moreover, this experi-




ment seems somewhat inconsistent with an earlier report from the same




laboratory, which showed that liver homogenates from mice given arsenic




at 50 ppm in the water for 256 days exhibited a decreased consumption of



        52
oxygen.    Apparently, the range of experimental conditions under which




adaptation to arsenic can be obtained is quite limited.




     The mechanisms of these adaptive responses to arsenic are not known,




but Bencko and Symon    found that mice given arsenic at 50-250 ppm




in the water accumulated arsenic in the liver and skin until the sixteenth




day of the experiment, after which retention decreased.  The authors




suggested that either decreased absorption or increased excretion of




arsenic could account for their results.  Studies with [  As]arsenate




revealed that mice previously exposed to arsenic at 50 ppm as arsenite in




the water for 64 days displayed a significant decrease in the retention




of a later dose of radioarsenate administered parenterally.     Although




the authors interpreted their results as evidence of an increase in




capacity of the excretory mechanism for arsenic due to arsenic exposure,




this experiment could also perhaps be explained by a saturation of the
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tissue binding sites for arsenic by previous arsenic intake, which could



then cause an "apparent" increase in the excretion of the element.  Clearly,



more research is needed to determine whether animals are able to adapt to



the toxic effects of inorganic arsenicals.





Experimental Inhalation Toxicity



     Air pollution due to arsenic is a particular problem in some parts



of Czechoslovakia, because of the high arsenic content of some coal



burned in power plants there.  Consequently, Bencko and associates of



the Institute of Hygiene in Prague have carried out a number of studies



concerned with the experimental inhalation toxicity of arsenic.    *



These workers pioneered the use of the hairless mouse for such investi-



gations, because other animal models had several disadvantages for


                                54
research in arsenic toxicology.    The rat, whose arsenic metabolism



is peculiar (arsenic tends to accumulate in the blood), was ruled out as



a test animal.  The rabbit and guinea pig were also considered unsuitable



for these studies, because in some of the work arsenic was to be adminis-



tered via the drinking water and the variable consumption of fresh



vegetables by the animals would contribute to an irregular water intake.



However, the hairless mouse had a number of experimental advantages for



inhalation toxicity determination.  First, it could not put its nose into



its fur to "filter" the air being breathed.  Moreover, there was no hair



to trap the arsenic-containing dust; such dust could otherwise be ingested



later as a result of cleaning or grooming.  Finally, the lack of hair on



the mouse enabled the investigators more readily to determine any derma-



tologic changes caused by the arsenic.
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     Hairless mice were exposed to fly ash whose particle size was less


than 10 ym and that contained 1% arsenic in the form of arsenic trioxide.


The exposures were carried out on 5 days/week for 6 hr/day in dust chambers


specially designed for the application of solid aerosols.  The mean arsenic

                                                       3
concentration in the dust chamber was 179.4 + 35.6 yg/m  of air, which was


about 3 times higher than the maximal concentration of arsenic found in


the vicinity of the offending power plants.  During the first 2 weeks of


the experiment, there was a considerable increase in the concentration of


arsenic in the livers, kidneys, or skin of the exposed mice.  However, there


was a significant decrease in the arsenic content of the liver and kidney


samples during the fourth week of exposure, although no such decrease was


observed in the skin.  This decline in the arsenic content of tissues


was similar to that seen in animals given arsenic orally and suggested


an adaptation to arsenic.  Unfortunately, these workers did not carry out


physiologic measurements to evaluate effects of the arsenic exposure on


the metabolism of the experimental animals.

              793
     Zharkova   " studied the effect of continuous 24-hr exposures to

                              3
arsenic trioxide at  25-37 /ig/m  of air on various physiologic


characteristics in rats.  He found that such treatment resulted in a lag
        gain,
in weight /disordered chronaxie ratios of antagonist muscles, suppression


of cholinesterase activity, reduction in concentration of sulfhydryl


groups in blood proteins, an increase in the number of reticulocytes ,


a decrease in blood hemoglobin, porphyrinuria, reduction in ascorbic


acid in all organs and tissues, and accumulation of arsenic in the organs


and tissues.   Few experimental details were presented in the translated


paper, so it  is difficult to assess the biologic significance of these


results.  Although the physiologic importance of disordered chronaxie
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ratios, suppressed enzyme activities, and reduction in sulfhydryl groups


in proteins might be questioned, weight lag, anemia, and porphyrinuria are


more difficult to ignore.  Moreover, the concentrations of arsenic used


in the investigation were very low, although they still exceeded the occupa-


tional exposure standard for inorganic arsenic recently recommended by the

                                                              722
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).




     Rozenshtein    investigated the effect of continuous exposure to


arsenic trioxide aerosols on albino rats.  He found that round-the-clock

                                         Q
exposure to arsenic trioxide at 60.7 ug/m  produced inhibition in the


central nervous system, reduced the content of sulfhydryl groups,


inhibited cholinesterase activity, and raised the concentration of


pyruvate in the blood.  Similar continuous exposure to a concentration

           3
of 4.9 vg/m  caused disturbances of conditioned reflexes and of the


 chronaxie  ratio  of  antagonistic muscles  and  a reduction  in  the  content  of


sulfhydryl groups in the blood.  Exposure to both concentrations resulted


in a marked accumulation of arsenic in the body and morphologic altera-


tions in the organs and tissues.  Inasmuch as no functional, biochemical,


or morphologic alterations were observed when the animals were exposed

                                3                                o
to arsenic trioxide at 1.3 ug/m , Rozenshtein recommended 1 yg/m  as the


maximal mean diurnal permissible concentration of this compound in the

           614
atmosphere.     Again, the physiologic implications of these results are


not clear.


     The main drawback in the research of both Zharkova and Rozenshtein


was that the test animal used was the rat, which has a peculiar arsenic


metabolism.  Also, the rats had considerable body hair, which could trap


the arsenic aerosol.  The arsenic trapped in this way could then be


ingested by the animal as a result of cleaning and grooming.  Finally,
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the rats used in both studies were exposed to arsenic trioxide on a




continuous 24-hr/day basis , whereas the NIOSH standard was meant to




apply only in situations of intermittent exposure.  Nonetheless, further



                                                            720
research should be carried out to evaluate both experiments .






Arsenicals and Resistance to Infection
     Gainer and Pry     showed that virus-infected mice treated with




large doses of arsenicals had higher mortality rates than untreated




controls.  Viral diseases so affected by arsenic included pseudorabies,




encephalomyocarditis, and St. Louis encephalitis.  Although several




experimental protocols were used, arsenical treatment generally con-




sisted of injecting subacute doses of sodium arsenite at the time of




inoculation with virus or administering sodium arsenite or 3-nitro-




4-hydroxyphenylarsonic acid at rather high concentrations of arsenic




(75-150 ppm) in the drinking water for various periods before or after




inoculation.  In one case (western encephalitis virus), mortality was




significantly reduced if the mice were given sodium arsenite at the




time of inoculation with virus, but mice treated with 3-nitro-4-hydroxy-




 phenylarsonic acid in the drinking water after inoculation had higher




mortality than did controls.  British  antilewisite (BAL) did not




inhibit, but appeared to stimulate, the mortality- increasing activity




of sodium arsenite in pseudorabies infection.  This observation is




consistent with other reports that under some circumstances BAL may




potentiate the toxicity of arsenicals.




     The protective effect of a synthetic double-stranded homopoly-




nucleotide complex of polyinosinic acid and polycytidylic acid (poly I/




poly C) against mortality in mice due to western encephalitis virus
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was Inhibited by sodium arsenite treatment.  Because the protective

role of poly I/poly  C against viral disease has been associated with

the action of interferon, Gainer and Pry244  hypothesized  that  the  arsenical
                                                                   f
stimulation of mortality after inoculation with viruses was at least

partially explainable by interferon dysfunction.  Indeed, a later paper

by Gainer    ^    showed that the induction of interferon by poly I/

poly C in rabbit kidney cell cultures could be inhibited by sodium

arsenite.  It was found somewhat unexpectedly, however, that, although

high concentrations of arsenite inhibited the action of exogenous mouse

interferon added to cultures of mouse embryo cells, low concentrations

of arsenite increased the antiviral activity of low concentrations of

interferon.

                                    244
     The research of Gainer and Pry     seems to have  two  major ecologic

consequences.  First, exposure to large doses of arsenic clearly impairs

a mouse's ability to resist viral disease.  However, the size of the

doses of arsenic used in these studies was such that any relevance of

these data to human pollution problems would have to be limited to

outbreaks of massive arsenical toxicosis, such as the Morinaga dry
              CO"!                                /! O C
milk incident     and the Ube soy sauce episode.  "    In this regard,

the follow-up study revealed that children poisoned in the Morinaga in-

cident, among other problems, also have a decreased resistance to in-

fection.  The mechanism of action of arsenic in decreasing resistance to

infection is not known with precision, but the results of Gainer indicate

that decreased interferon production or action may be involved.  A non-

specific effect of heavy-metal poisoning cannot be ruled out inasmuch

                  308
as Hemphill et al.     have shown that mice treated with lead had a

greater susceptibility to challenge with Salmonella typhimurium than
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controls that received no lead.  A decrease in resistance to infection



might very well be expected in any group of animals additionally stressed


                                                                392
by exposure to a metabolic poison.  Although Roller and Kovacic     re-



cently found that exposure to lead decreased antibody formation in



mice, Gainer and Pry were able to rule out alterations in antibody for-



mation or action as the primary factors accounting for the stimulating



effects of arsenicals on the mortality of their virus-infected mice.



     A second ecologic consequence of Gainer's     experiments is re-



lated to the remarkable observation that low concentrations of arsenic



appeared to increase the ability of exogenously added mouse interferon



to block the infection of cultured mouse embryo cells with vesicular


                243

stomatitis virus.  Although the author himself had some reservations



concerning the proper interpretation of his data, the stimulation of



interferon action by arsenic seemed to be real.  Gainer suggested that



an increased antiviral activity of interferon could provide a rationale



for the beneficial "growth-promoting" effects of arsenical feed additives


                                                                243
in livestock through reduction in disease incidence or severity.    Any



conclusions regarding the possible effects of low concentrations of



arsenicals in the environment on the ability of humans to resist



disease must await further research.





Arsenic as Antagonist to Selenium Poisoning


           514
     Moxon     first demonstrated the protective effect of arsenic



against selenium poisoning when he found that arsenic at 5 ppm as sodium



arsenite in the drinking water largely prevented liver damage in rats



whose diet contained selenium at 15 ppm as seleniferous wheat.  Moxon



and DuBois     then showed that arsenic was unique in its ability to



prevent selenium toxicity; all other elements tested were unable to
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protect against all manifestations of chronic selenosis.  Sodium arsenite



and sodium arsenate were equally effective against seleniferous grain,


                                          188
but the arsenic sulfides were ineffective.      Arsanilic acid and 3-nitro-



4-hydroxyphenylarsonic acid, two organic arsenicals used as "growth-



promoters" for livestock, also exhibited a beneficial action against


                                                            30*3
selenium poisoning in rats when given in the drinking water .      There



is evidence that it would be practical to use these two agents to protect


                                          111 , 745                     12
swine and poultry in high-selenium regions .           Amor and Pringle



even suggested the use of an arsenic-containing tonic as a  prophylactic



agent against selenium poisoning  in  exposed  industrial  workers.



     The metabolic basis for the beneficial effect of arsenic in selenium



poisoning remained confused for some time, because arsenic was known to



block the biosynthesis of dimethyl  selenide,  a detoxification product


                                                                  544
in animals that received subacute doses of selenium by injection .



Moreover, the protective effect of arsenic against dietary selenium was



not seen if the arsenic was given in the diet, instead of the drinking


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water,     and Frost     has shown that the toxicities of arsenic and



selenium are additive if both elements are given in the drinking water.


                                                   539
These results agree with those of Obermeyer et al.> "    who recently



observed an additive toxicity between arsenite and trimethylselenonium



chloride or dimethyl selenide.


                          245
     Ganther and Baumann     studied the influence of arsenic on the



metabolism of selenium when both elements are injected in subacute



doses and found that the excretion of selenium into the gastrointestinal



tract was markedly stimulated by arsenic.  Levander and Baumann



observed an inverse relationship in arsenic-treated rats between the



amount of selenium retained in the liver and the amount excreted into



the gut; and they concluded that the bile might be the route by which
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selenium was appearing in the gastrointestinal tract.  This hypothesis




proved correct when it was discovered that in 3 hr over 40% of the selenium




injected could be recovered in the bile of rats  that also received arsenic,




whereas only 4% of the selenium was excreted into the bile of rats not given




arsenic.     This effect of arsenic on the biliary excretion of selenium was




not confined to subacute toxicity experiments:  a response of selenium to




arsenic was seen at dosages approaching a rat's daily intake of selenium




when fed some crude commercial diets.  Sodium arsenite was the most




effective form of arsenic in enhancing the biliary excretion of selenium,




but arsenate and 3-nitro-4-hydroxyphenylarsonate were also active to some




extent.  In experiments with radioactive arsenic, it was found that selenium




stimulated the biliary excretion of arsenic, just as arsenic stimulated the




excretion of selenium.  InLtial attempts to characterize the forms of




selenium in rat bile suggested that the element is probably present in




several forms, including some macromolecularly bound selenium.




     Although these studies provide an understanding on a physiologic basis




of how arsenic counteracts selenium toxicity, the chemical mechanism of the




process is still far from clear.  The most logical hypothesis to account




for the arsenic-selenium antagonism from the molecular point of view assumes




that arsenic combines with selenium—perhaps, in analogy with sulfur




chemistry, by reacting with selenol (-SeH) groups—to form a detoxification




conjugate that passes readily into the bile.






Nutritional Essentiality of Arsenic




     A number of older reports in the literature suggest that arsenic in




small amounts may play a useful metabolic role in tissues, rather than




being merely an accidental contaminant.  Underwood    has cited several of




these early references that claimed beneficial effects of arsenic, including






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stimulation of growth in tissue cultures and enhancement of growth and




metamorphosis of tadpoles.  More recently, Askerov et al.   have found that




spraying leaves with a 0.002% arsenic solution leads to a 10% increase in




viability of silkworm caterpillars and a 29% increase in cocoon yield.




     Despite several subjective reports on the effects of arsenic on the




appearance of the haircoat or in the prevention or cure of anemia, numerous




attempts to induce an experimental dietary deficiency have failed, probably



                                                    337
because of the ubiquity of the element.  Hove et al.    fed rats a milk




diet fortified with iron, copper, and manganese and found that arsenic




caused a slight initial delay in the decrease of hemoglobin when the minerals




were withdrawn from the milk.  However, these authors concluded that, if




arsenic is essential for rats, the requirement must be somewhere below the


                                                                      Ann

2 yg daily that was provided by the milk alone.  Schroeder and Balassa




reported that rats and mice grew well and survived normally when they received




only 0.26 yg of arsenic per 100 g of body weight per day in food.  Skinner




and McHargue    found that rats responded to arsenic supplements with increased




hemoglobin when fed a ration composed mainly of skim milk powder and sucrose




and adequately supplemented with iron and copper,




     Sharpless and Metzger    have presented some evidence that arsenate can




act as a mild goitrogen when fed in the diet at 5 ppm.  To get a significant




goitrogenic effect, however, such high concentrations of arsenic were needed




that these workers concluded that there was only a remote possibility that




arsenic could act as a positive goitrogenic agent in man.




     A report by Muth et_ al.    suggested that arsenic may have some activity




in preventing selenium deficiency diseases, inasmuch as addition of arsenic




at 1 ppm as sodium arsenate to selenium-deficient ration significantly




reduced the incidence of myopathy in lambs.  This observation has not been
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confirmed, however (Westwig and Whanger, unpublished data).  Attempts to




demonstrate a beneficial effect of arsenic in other selenium deficiency
diseases, such as liver necrosis in rats    and exudative diathesis in




chickens,    have been unsuccessful.




     Using purely theoretical arguments based on the tissue distribution of


                                           / oo
various trace elements, Liebscher and Smith    decided that arsenic behaves




more like an environmental contaminant than a nutritionally essential




mineral.  However, a recent preliminary communication has presented evidence



                                        533
of a requirement for arsenic by the rat.     To demonstrate an arsenic




deficiency, the experimental animals had to be housed in plastic cages




placed in laminar flow racks.  The rats were fed a specially formulated




purified diet that contained arsenic at only 30 ppb.  The deficiency signs



were most striking in male rats and included rough hair coat, low growth




rate, splenomegaly, decreased hematocrit, and increased osmotic fragility




of red cells.  These preliminary results appear to be verified by recent




work describing an arsenic deficiency in goats and minipigs fed semisynthetic


                                               18a

rations containing arsenic at less than 50 ppb.    Deficiency signs included



impaired reproductive performance, decreased birth weights, increased neo-




natal mortality, and lower weight gains in second -generation animals.  None



of these deficiency signs were observed in control animals fed the semi-




synthetic diet supplemented with arsenic at 350 ppb.
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DOMESTIC ANIMALS




Inorganic and Aliphatic Organic Arsenicals




     Arsenic appears to be second only to lead in importance as a toxi~


                                   99 300
cant in farm and household animals.  '        Toxicoses caused by



inorganic and aliphatic organic arsenicals are generally manifested




by a syndrome entirely different from that caused by the phenylarsonic




feed additives and therapeutic agents; therefore, the phenyl arsonic




compounds will be discussed separately.




     Some of the more co'omon sources of arsenic poisoning include grass




clippings from lawns that have been treated with arsenical crabgrass




control preparations; grass, weeds, shrubbery, and other foliage that


                                            98
have been sprayed with arsenical herbicides;   dipping of animals




in vats that years before had been charged with arsenic trioxide; and




soils heavily contaminated with arsenic, either through the burning of




arsenic formulations in rubbish piles or through the application of



                                                   130 590
arsenical pesticides to orchards and truck gardens-.   '       The more



common sources of arsenic for small animals, especially cats, include


                                                         99
ant and snail baits, which usually contain 1-2 % arsenic.



     Man and all lower animals are susceptible to inorganic arsenic



poisoning, but poisoning is most often encountered in the bovine and




feline species and results from the  contamination of their food supply.




The incidence of arsenic poisoning in these two species is closely



                                                                  513
followed in other forage-eating animals, such as sheep and horses.




Poisoning by inorganic arsenicals occurs only occasionally in dogs and



rarely in swine and poultry„




     The toxicity of inorganic arsenicals varies with the species of




animal exposed, the formulation (e.g., trivalent arsenicals are more
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toxic than pentavalent), the solubility, the route of exposure, the
rate of absorption from the gastrointestinal tract, and the rates of
                         130 590
metabolism and excretion.    '       In practice, the most dangerous arsenic
preparations are dips, herbicides, and defoliants in which the arsenic
is in a highly soluble form.  Unfortunately,
animals often seek out and eat such materials as insulation, rodent
baits, and dirt and foliage that have been contaminated with an inorganic
arsenical.
     Because so many factors influence the toxicity of arsenic, there is
little point in attempting to state its toxicity in terms of milligrams
per kilogram of body weight.  The lethal oral dose for most species,
however, appears to be 1-25 mg/kg of body weight as sodium arsenite,
and  3-10 times that range as  arsenic trioxide.
     That the toxicity of an arsenical is greatly influenced by its
solubility and particle size and thus by the extent of its absorption
from the intestinal tract or skin is illustrated by an experiment
                     99
conducted with swine.       Sodium arsenite was given in the feed at
up to 500 ppm continuously for 2 weeks.  The pigs readily ate the contam-
inated feed, but manifested no signs of acute arsenic poisoningo  When
the concentration was increased to 1,000 ppm, the pigs refused to eat
the feed.  When sodium arsenite was added to their drinking water at
500 ppm, severe poisoning and death occurred within a few hours.  It was
concluded that the lethal dose of sodium arsenite via drinking water
was 100-200 mg/kg of body weight.
     Experience with field cases of arsenic poisoning indicates that
animals that are weak, debilitated, and dehydrated are much more suscep-
tible to arsenic poisoning than normal animals, probably because renal
excretion is reduced.
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     Arsenic poisoning In most animals Is usually manifested by an acute



or subacute syndrome.  Chronic poisoning, although it has been reported,



is seldom seen and has not been clearly documented.



     Arsenic affects tissues that are rich in oxidative systems, pri-



marily the alimentary tract, kidneys, liver, lungs, and epidermis„   It



is a potent capillary poison; although all capillary beds may be involved,



the splanchnic area is the most commonly affected.  Capillary damage and



dilatation result in transudation of plasma into the intestinal tract



and sharply reduced blood volume.  Blood pressure usually falls to the



point of shock, and cardiac muscle becomes weakened; this contributes



to circulatory failure.  The capillary transudation of plasma results



in the formation of vesicles and edema of the gastrointestinal mucosa,



which eventually lead to epithelial sloughing and discharge of the


                                       590
plasma into the gastrointestinal tract.



     Toxic arsenic nephrosis is more commonly seen in small animals and


                         99
man than in farm animals.      Glomerular capillaries dilate, allowing



the escape of plasma; this results in swelling and tubular degeneration.



The anhydremia that results from the loss of fluid through other capillary



beds and the low blood pressure contribute to the oliguria that is



characteristic of arsenic poisoning.  The urine usually contains protein,


                           99
red blood cells, and casts.



     After percutaneous exposure, capillary dilatation and degeneration



may result in blistering and edema, after which the skin may become dry



and papery.  The skin may then crack and bleed, providing a choice


                            590
site for secondary invaders.



     Most textbooks report that arsenic is accumulated in the tissues



and slowly excreted, but this appears to be true only in rats.  Most
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species of livestock and pet animals apparently excrete arsenic rapidly



      This phenomenon is very important when one considers arsenic con-



tent of tissues as a means of confirming suspected poisoning.  Experience



with field cases In the Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory, Iowa State



University, indicates that, if an animal lives several days after con-



suming a "toxic" amount of arsenic, the liver and kidney tissues may



contain less arsenic than is ordinarily considered diagnostic of arsenic


          94 96                                              513
poisoning.  '   Other authors have reported similar findings.





Signs and Lesions of Toxicosis.  Peracute and acute episodes of poisoning



by inorganic and aliphatic organic arsenicals are usually explosive, with



high morbidity and mortality over a 2- to 3-day period.  The poisoning



produces intense abdominal pain, staggering gait, extreme weakness,



trembling, salivation, vomiting (in dogs, cats, pigs, and perhaps even



cattle), diarrhea, fast feeble pulse, prostration, ruminal atony, normal


                                              99 590

to subnormal temperature, collapse, and death,  '



     In subacute arsenic poisoning, animals may live for several days and



show depression, anorexia, watery diarrhea, increased urination followed



by anuria, dehydration, thirst, partial paralysis of the rear limbs,



trembling, stupor, coldness of extremities, and subnormal temperature,,



The stools may contain shreds of intestinal mucosa and blood.  Convulsive



seizures are not usual.  Poisoning resulting from arsenical dips usually



results in some of the signs noted previously, in addition to blistering



and edema of the skin, followed by cracking and bleeding with associated


                    590
secondary infection.



     Characteristic gross lesions associated with inorganic and aliphatic



organic arsenic poisoning include localized or general reddening of the



gastric mucosa (abomasum in ruminants), reddening of the small intestinal
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mucosa (often limited to the first few feet of the duodenum), fluid



gastrointestinal contents (sometimes foul-smelling), a soft yellow



liver, and red edematous lungs.  Occasionally, in peracute poisoning,



no gross changes are noted post mortem,,  The inflammation is usually



followed by edema, rupture of the blood- vessels, and necrosis of the



mucosa and submucosa.  The necrosis sometimes progresses to perforation



of the stomach or intestine.  The gastrointestinal contents may include



blood and shreds of mucosa.  There may occasionally be hemorrhages on


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all surfaces of the heart and on the peritoneum.



     Histopathologic changes include edema of the gastrointestinal



mucosa and submucosa, necrosis and sloughing of mucosal epithelium,



renal tubular degeneration, hepatic fatty changes and necrosis, and



capillary degeneration in vascular beds of the gastrointestinal tract,



skin, and other organs.  In cases involving cutaneous exposure, a dry,


                                                 590
cracked, leathery, peeling skin may be prominent-





Diagnostic Criteria.  In peracute, acute, and subacute poisoning, arsenic



tends to be concentrated in the liver and kidneys.  Normal animals



usually have a concentration of arsenic in these tissues of less than



0.5 ppm (wet-weight basis).  In animals that are dying of acute or



subacute arsenic poisoning, the concentration may be 2-100 ppm in these



organs, usually higher in. the kidneys than the liver.  A concentration


                                             99
above 10 ppm would confirm arsenic poisoning.      The urine of poisoned



animals often contains protein, red blood cells, and casts.  The arsenic



content of the urine varies with the form of arsenic, the route of


                                                                    99

exposure, and the species and usually ranges from 2 to 100 mg/liter.



     Whenever an episode of illness is characterized by rapid onset and





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gastroenteritis, with only minor signs of central nervous system involve-



ment, and results in weakness, prostration, and rapid death, inorganic



or aliphatic organic arsenic poisoning should be considered.  The diagnosis



is substantiated by the finding of excessive fluid in the gastrointestinal



tract with inflammation and necrosis of the gastrointestinal mucosa.



Liver, kidney, stomach and intestinal contents, and urine should be



obtained for arsenic analysis.  A modified Gutzeit method has worked



well in one laboratory;   it involves the digestion of 5 g of wet



tissue in nitric-perchloric-sulfuric acid or air oxidation in the pres-



ence of magnesium oxide in a muffle oven, and the use of an arsine



generator and a silver diethyldithiocarbamate arsenic-sensitive color



reagent.



     In acute poisoning, renal tissue and often hepatic tissue may



contain arsenic at more than 10 ppm (wet-weight basis).  If several days



have elapsed since exposure, however, the liver tissue may contain only



2-4 ppm, whereas the kidney tissue may have a diagnostically significant


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concentration.  '         The concentration of arsenic in gastrointes-



tinal contents and urine will also aid in determining the route and degree



of exposure.



     Diseases often confused with arsenic poisoning, expecially in



ruminants, include hypomagnesemia (grass tetany), urea poisoning,



organophosphorus insecticide poisoning, bovine viral diarrhea (mucosal



disease complex), and poisoning from plants containing nitrates, cyanide,



oxalates, selenium, or alkaloids.  Lead poisoning in bovines sometimes



results in sudden death and could be confused with arsenic poisoning.



However, central nervous system signs - such as blindness, circling,



depression, and convulsive seizures - are more prominent in
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lead poisoning.



     Conditions that may be easily confused with arsenic poisoning in



dogs and cats include heavy-metal intoxications (thallium, mercury, and



lead) and ethylene glycol poisoning.  Arsenic poisoning is considerably



more acute than the syndromes associated with heavy metals.  Enteric



infections that cause vomiting, diarrhea, and collapse can also resemble



arsenic poisoning.






Therapeutic Measures.  The key to successful treatment of inorganic and



aliphatic organic arsenic poisoning is early diagnosis.  Even so, the



prognosis should be heavily guarded.



     In ruminants and horses, which do not vomit readily, large doses



of saline purgative may be given in an attempt to remove the unabsorbed



material from the gastrointestinal tract.  Demulcents may be given to



coat the irritated gastrointestinal mucous membrane.  Sodium thiosulfate



should be given orally and intravenously:  adult horses and cattle



20-30 g orally in approximately 300 ml of water and 8-10 g in the form



of a 10-20% solution intravenously, and sheep and goats about one-fourth



of those amountSo  British antilewisite (BAL) is a sulfhydryl-containing



specific antidote for trivalent arsenic.  Its value as a therapeutic agent



for arsenic poisoning in large animals is questionable.  Therapeutic



results with this compound in large animals have been disappointing, per-



haps because veterinarians have not repeated the treatment every 4 hr



for the first 2 days, four times on the third day, and twice a day



for the next 10 days until recovery is complete, as has been recommended.



Five-percent BAL is added to a 10% solution of benzyl benzoate in arachis


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oil and given at 3 mg/kg of body weight,       It is important to give



supportive therapy, such as electrolytes to replace body fluids, and to
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provide plenty of drinking water.



     In small animals, if there is an opportunity for early treatment,




the stomach should be emptied before the arsenic can pass into the in-




testine and be absorbed.  Gastric lavage with warm water or a 1% solution




of sodium bicarbonate is preferred, although such emetics as apomorphine




may be used early in the treatment.  When signs of arsenic poisoning




are already present, gastric lavages or emetics should not be used.  BAL




should be given intramuscularly at 6-7 mg/kg of body weight three times




a day until recovery.  Fluids should be administered parenterally to re-




hydrate animals that have been vomiting or have had diarrhea.  If uremia




has developed, lactated Ringer's solution should be used; B-complex




vitamins may be added to the Ringer's solution.  After rehydration, 10%




dextrose solution should be administered at 20 ml/kg of body weight; this




should result in diuresis.  The urinary bladder should be catheterized to




determine the rate of urine flow.  If flow increases considerably after




the administration of 10% dextrose and the urine contains considerable




sugar, the uremia may be controlled by administering lactated Ringer's




solution and 5-10% dextrose alternately.  If acidosis is present, 50%




sodium lactate may be added to the lactated Ringer's solution at 2.5-5.0




ml/liter.  Protein hydrolysates may be added to supply amino acids, but



they must be given slowly to avoid inducing more vomiting.  B-complex




vitamins should be injected daily, and whole blood should be transfused




if indicated by the occurrence of anemia or shock.  There should be no




effort to administer drugs or food orally during the period when the




animal is vomiting.  When emesis has stopped, kaolin-pectin preparations




can be given orally to aid in controlling diarrhea.  Antibiotics are




indicated to prevent secondary infections, and meperidine should be given as




needed to lessen abdominal pain.  As improvement occurs a high-protein




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 low-residue diet should be fed, and other supportive therapy discontinued.
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Phenylarsonic Feed Additives

     Organic arsenical formulations have been used as feed additives for

disease control and improvement of weight gain in swine and poultry since

the mid-19401s.  These compounds are phenylarsonic acids and their salts.

The structural formulas of these four acids are:
        0
        ii
     HO-As-OH
HO-As-OH
 Arsanilic acid  3-Nitro-4-hydroxy
                   phenylarsonic
                   acid
                                         0=N=0
   0
   n
HO-As-OH
                                  H-N-CONH.
                 4-Nitro        4-Ureido-l-
               phenylarsonic  phenylarsonic acid
               acid
The most widely used compounds are arsanilic acid; its sodium salt, sodium

arsanilate, and 3-nitro-4-hydroxyphenylarsonic acid,  >  .  The additives

are considered to improve weight gain and feed efficiency and to aid in

the prevention and control of some enteric diseases of swine and poultry

63,98,235,505,506^


     There is still considerable discussion regarding the mode of action

of the organic arsenicals.  However, it seems certain that the phenylarsonic

compounds have an action different from that of inorganic and aliphatic
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  organic arsenicals.   The arsenic incorporated in the additives is in

  the pentavalent form, and it is likely that  they have their primary

  action as pentavalent arsenicals,  which may  account  for their charac-

  teristic rapid renal excretion.

       There have been several theories as to  the possible therapeutic and

  nutritional effects  of phenylarsonic feed additives.  First,  it is

  known that some organisms cause a thickening of the  intestinal wall;

  thus the additives may inhibit these organisms by interfering with their

  enzyme systems, which would result in a thinner intestinal wall and better

  nutrient absorption.  A second theory is that the additives,  by interfering

  with the development of the bacterial cell wall or by inhibiting normal

  cellular production  of proteins and nucleic  acids, lower the harmful bac-

  terial population.  A third possibility is that these compounds have a

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  sparing action on one or more of the nutrients required by growing animals.



       Some workers have suggested that both the toxicity and the efficacy of

  these compounds are  due to their degradation and reduction to inorganic tri-

  valent forms.   »»        Eagle and Doak      reported that arsenoso

  compounds have direct activity, whereas arsonic acid compounds become

  active when they are converted to arsenoso compounds.  Other research,

  however, clearly established that arsanilic  acid and acetylarsanilic acid
 (4-acetamidophenylarsonic acid)
/ were excreted unchanged by chickens and that there is no evidence that

  these compounds are  changed to any others or converted to inorganic

  arsenic. 160,502,554,555,557  Similar results were obtained in studies

  with 3-nitro-4-hydroxyphenylarsonic acid and 4-nitrophenylarsonic acid

  in chickens.  Similar experiments by other workers with rats, rabbits, and

  swine indicate that  the phenylarsonic acids  for the  most part are excreted
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unchanged by the kidneys, although some apparently undergo a limited
amount of biotransformation.   '
     Because pentavalent arsenic compounds do not react readily with sulfhydryl
groups and the phenylarsonic acids are apparently excreted unchanged,
one must conclude that the mechanism of their action is something
other than interaction with sulfhydryl-containing enzymes and proteins.
The predominant lesions produced by these compounds in swine and poultry
are peripheral nerve demyelination and gliosis, and it has been postu-
lated that the phenylarsonic acids act  to produce a vitamin B-complex
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deficiency, such as a deficiency of vitamin B,, or B,.       This postula-
                                             6     l
tion has not been studied experimentally.
     When the phenylarsonic compounds are injected parenterally, they are
mostly excreted in the urine within 24-48 hr.  When they are given orally,
a considerable percentage is excreted in the feces.  This indicates
that they are poorly absorbed by the intestinal tract.  The proportion
that is absorbed, however, apparently is excreted rapidly by the kidneys.
40,502,503,504,555

Recommended Uses and Factors Affecting Toxicity.  The registered uses
of the phenylarsonic acid feed additives are listed in Table 5-3.  Arsan-
ilic acid and sodium arsanilate are recommended at 50-100 ppm (0.005-0.01%)
in swine and poultry feeds for improving weight gain and feed efficiency
and for other uses.  They are recommended at 250-400 ppm (0.025-0.04%) in
swine feed for 5-6 days for the control of dysentery.  The margin of
safety for arsanilic acid and its salt is wide in normal animals.  However,
the effective concentration and the chronic-toxicity concentration may
impinge on one another under some conditions.  The health of the exposed
animals and management practices, especially those involving availability

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of water, are important contributing factors for adverse reactions to


organic arsenical feed additives.  Animals with diarrhea are usually


dehydrated and thus are excreting very little urine.  Because these


arsenicals are excreted via the kidneys, their toxicity is greatly


increased when they are given to animals with diarrhea.  The morbidity


is usually high, and the mortality very low.  Experimentally, clinical


signs appear after 3-10 days of exposure to high concentrations in the



feed (e.g., 1,000 ppm) and within 3-6 weeks at lower concentrations

                99
(e.g., 250 ppm).


     The maximal safe dietary concentration of arsanilic acid for young


turkeys (up to 28 days old) was reported to be between 300 and 400 ppm


(0.03-0.04%). U


     Roxarsone, 3-nitro-4-hydroxyphenylarsonic acid, is recommended at


25-50 ppm (0.0025-0.005%) for chickens and turkeys and at 25-75 ppm


(0.0025-0.0075%) for swine for improving weight gain and feed efficiency.


It is also recommended at 200 ppm (0.02%) for 5-6 days for the control of


dysentery (Feed Additive Compendium, 1975).'Swine may exhibit clinical


signs after consuming 250 ppm in the feed for 3-10 days and have been

                                                                Qf.  QQ
chronically poisoned by a concentration of 100 ppm for 2 months.  '


     4-Nitrophenylarsonic acid has been recommended for chickens and turkeys


at 188 ppm for prevention of blackhead.  It has not been recommended for


ducks or geese and has only limited use as a feed additive.



     p_-Ureldopbenylarsonic  acid is recommended for the prevention of


blackhead in turkeys and increased growth rate at 375 ppm in the feed.


     Arsanilic acid and sodium arsanilate are most commonly used as


swine feed additives.  Toxicoses may occur, however, with any of the


phenylarsonics in any of the species.  The circumstances usually associated
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                                    TABLE 5-3
                    Arsenic Compounds Used as Feed Additives —
                                                             a/
Compound
Concen~ration in

Ccri, I etc Feed, Z    Species
                    Purpose
i./sar.ilic acid
or sodium
arsanilatc
0.005-0.01
                    0.025-0.04
Chickens (broilers) Increase growth rate
                    and feed efficiency
                                        Growing turkeys

                                        Laying hens


                                        Swine
                    Chickens (up to
                    8 days)
                    Improve pigmentation

                    Improve egg
                    production

                    Increase growth rate
                    and feed efficiency;
                    prevent dysentery

                    Prevent coccidiosis
                                        Swine (5-6 days)    Control dysentery
3-Nitro-4-hydroxy-  0.0025-0.005
phenylarsonic acid

                    0.0025-0.0075
                    0.02
                    Chickens and
                    turkeys

                    Swine
                    Increase growth rate
                    and feed efficiency

                    Increase growth rate
                    and feed efficiency
                    Swine (5-6 days)    Control dysentery
4-Nitrophenyl-
arsonic acid
0.01875
Growing turkeys
and chickens
Prevent blackhead
4-Ureido-l-phenyl-  0.0375
arsonic acid
                    Growing turkeys
                    Prevent blackhead
                    and increase growth
                    rate
a/   Derived from the Feed Additive Compendium, 1975. ^
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with toxicoses related to the organic arsenicals used as feed additives
include:
o    Purposeful incorporation of excessive amounts in feed or water .
o    Mistaken feed formulation resulting in excessive amounts in feed.
o    Prolonged and excessive administration in combination with other drugs.
o    Treatment of animals with a severe diarrhea and debilitation, which
     have increased susceptibility because of reduced renal excretion of
     the arsenical.
o    Limiting of the water available to animals being exposed to thera-
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     peutic concentrations of organic arsenicals.  '
Poisoning by organic arsenicals in swine is not uncommon and probably is
second in frequency only to water-deprivation-sodium-ion toxicosis syn-
A     41°
drome .

Signs and Lesions of Toxicosis.  Acute clinical signs may appear after 3-5
days of exposure to high concentrations of phenylarsonic compounds in the
feed.  Signs include incoordination, inability to control body and limb
movements, and ataxia.  After a few days, swine and poultry may become
paralyzed, but will continue to eat and drink (Figure 5-4).  Arsanilic
acid and sodium arsanilate may produce blindness, but this is rarely
seen with 3-nitro-4-hydroxyphenylarsonic acid toxicosis.  Erythema of
the skin, especially in white animals, and sensitivity to sunlight may
also be observed.  The clinical signs are reversible up to a point.  Re-
moving the excess arsenical will result in recovery within a few days,
unless the clinical signs have progressed to partial or complete paralysis
                                                          99,543
resulting from irreversible peripheral nerve degeneration.
     Chronic poisoning occurs in swine and poultry when excessive but
lower concentrations of phenylarsonic compounds are given in the feed

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or water for more than a few weeks.  Animals will continue to eat and



drink and remain alert while progressively developing blindness and partial



paralysis of the extremities.  The onset of signs is usually insidious


and therefore not alarming to the herdsman.  Goose-stepping, knuckling of



the hock joints, and other manifestations of abnormal locomotion occur.


Such animals usually have poor weight gain and feed efficiency.


     Poultry usually become incoordinated and ataxic after consuming ex-



cessive concentrations of 3-nitro-4-hydroxyphenylarsonic acid, but more



commonly exhibit ruffled feathers, anorexia, depression, coma, and death



when exposed to excessive concentrations of arsanilic acid or sodium



arsanilate.96'98'487


     Postmortem findings in swine and poultry affected by organic arsenicals



include no gross changes, except skin erythema in white Digs and muscle


                         96 98 291                291
atrophy in chronic cases.  '  '     Harding e£ al.    reported abnormal dis-


tention of the urinary bladders in pigs poisoned by arsanilic acid0



     Detectable histopathologic changes in swine are confined to the optic


tracts, optic nerves, and peripheral nerves.  Major lesions noted are


necrosis of myelin-supporting cells, degeneration of myelin sheaths and


axons, and gliosis of affected tracts (Figures 5-5 through 5-7)„  Damage


is first seen after about 6-10 days of feeding on excessive arsenical and


is characterized by fragmentation of the myelin into granules and globules



and, several days later, by breaking up of the axons.  There is an ob-



vious increase in the severity of the lesions with the progression of the



toxic syndrome.  No microscopic changes are seen in the brain, cord,



kidneys, liver, or other organ systems.   '   '
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Excretion and Recommended Withdrawal Time.  In general, phenylarsonlc compounds



are rapidly excreted by the urinary system in domestic animals and poultry„



Once they are absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract, 50-75% of the



material is excreted within 24-hr.  Excretion of the remaining 25% is


   .   ,       ,       ,   o ,n j     410,402,503,504.   A...    .
much slower and may take 8-10 days .                   Although nervous tissue



tends to accumulate relatively small amounts of the phenylarsonic compounds,



their excretion rate from this tissue appears to be relatively low,


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less than 50% excretion 11 days after withdrawal -



     Ledet et ale^  ^  measured arsenic contents of various organs from



swine after their consumption of arsanilic acid at 1,000 ppm in the diet



(10 times the recommended concentration for continuous feeding for im-



proving weight gain and feed efficiency) for 19 days-  The results are



presented in Table 5-4.


                         209
     Evans and Bandemer,     measured the arsenic content of eggs from hens



fed diets containing arsanilic acid at 100 and 200 ppm for 10 weeks and



found concentrations below the tolerance, established by the FDA, of 005 ppnu



     Baron^   reported on the accumulation and depletion of arsenic in



tissues of chickens fed a ration containing 3-nitro-4-hydroxyphenylarsonic



acid at 50 ppm (0»005%).  Medication was started when the chickens were



4 weeks old, and the birds were killed at 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 11, 14, 28,



56, and 70 days of medication and on day 1 through 14 after withdrawal of



medication.  Five birds of each sex from both the medicated and nonmedicated



groups were killed on the days indicated.  The arsenic concentrations



found in kidney, liver,  muscle, and skin are presented in Table 5-5.
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                                    TABLE 5-4
           Arsenic in Swine Organs After Consumption of Arsanilic Acid
                                                                       a/
Tissue

Kidney
Liver
Muscle
Blood
Rib
Peripheral nerve
Spinal cord
Brain stem
Cerebellum
Cerebrum
Elemental
Control

<0.02
<0»02
Nc/
<0.02
N
<0.02
<0.02
<0.02
<0,02
N
Arsenic (wet wt), ppm after withdrawal—
0 Days

8.33
9.67
0.92
1.94
0.46
1.57
0.74
1.04
1.23
Oo82
3 Days

2.90
3.10
0.29
0.25
0.18
1.17
0.76
0.90
1.58
1.09
6 Days

2.24
1.65
0.29
0.19
0.24
1.06
0.80
0.91
1.10
0.84
11 Days

1.90
1.75
0.31
0.45
0.08
0.61
0.25
0.62
0.85
0.51
a/  Derived from Ledet et al.411




b/  Control mean of three animals; 0 days, mean of three animals; 3, 6, and 11




    days, mean of two animals.




c/  Negative to test.







     FDA regulations require that all labels of feeds containing any of the




phenylarsonic compounds include a warning that such feed must be withdrawn from




swine and poultry 5 days before slaughter.  Elemental arsenic tolerance of




2.0 ppm for uncooked swine liver and kidney tissues and 0.5 ppm for uncooked pork




muscle and edible chicken and turkey tissue and eggs have been set.
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                               TABLE 5-5

               Arsenic in Chickens Fed Ration Containing

                                                          al
            3-Nitro-4-hydroxyphenylarsonic Acid at 50 ppm —


     Arsenic Concentration  (wet wt), ppm	
     Medicated Chickens
     On Medication
Off Medication
                                                            	 Nonmedi-
          		 cated
Tissue    Day 1   Day 7   Day 56  Day 70  Day 71  Day 75  Day 80  Day 84  Chickens

Kidney    0.93    0.76    0.52    0.64    0.22    0.10    0«09    0.08    0.05

Liver     1=31    2.43    1.26    1.26    0.69    0.43    0.32    0.19    0.0*   "

Muscle    0.03    0.07    0.05    0.04    0.03    0.01    0.02    0.02    0<>02

Skin      0.05    0.11    0.06    0.05    0.08    0.02    0.03    0.03    0.02
Derived from Baron.
                   40
Diagnosis of Toxicosis Produced by the Phenylarsonic  Acids.  Organic arsenical

poisoning in swine and poultry can be diagnosed tentatively on the basis of

the characteristic signs of wobbly, incoordinated gait and ataxia.  Animals

and birds that have paralysis of the extremities without central nervous

system involvement, that undergo high morbidity with low mortality, that

continue to eat and drink if food and water are made available (especially

in the case of swine), and that show little or no gross change on postmorj:ea

examination should be suspected of having been exposed to excessive concen-

                                    40
trations of phenylarsonic compounds.   (Figure 5-4 shows the appearance of a
pig suffering from arsenic paralysis.)
     Concentrations of arsenic in tissue are rarely diagnostic, because th»

organic arsenicals are excreted without being metabolized by the kidneys.

If the animal has not been eating for 3-5 days, the arsenical will for the
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most part have been excreted from the body and will not be of diagnostic


value.  If liver and kidney specimens are obtained from animals that have


been on feed containing excessive organic arsenical, an arsenic concentration


of 3-10 ppm (wet-weight basis) would have diagnostic significance„  Blood


concentrations of 1-2 ppm would also be diagnostically significant.  More


important diagnostically is the concentration  of organic arsenical

            96
in the feed.      Arsanilic acid and 3-nitro-4-hydroxyphenylarsonic acid


concentration of 250 and 100 ppm respectively, should be viewed as signifi-


cant if such other factors as diarrhea and limited water intake are evident


in swine and poultry.


     Microscopic examination of longitudinal sections of peripheral and


cranial nerves is important in confirming a diagnosis of organic arsenical


toxicity in swine and poultry.  It should be kept in mind, however, that


demyelination and gliosis will not be evident in the optic tract earlier


than 10 days after the beginning of exposure, nor will these lesions be


evident in sciatic and brachial nerves earlier than 2 weeks after the be-


ginning of exposure.291'410 (See Figures 5-5 to 5-7.)
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FIGURE 5-4.    Pig with quadriplegia after 18 days of feeding arsanilic




               acid (900 g/ton).  (Reprinted by courtesy of Marcel
                                               411
               Dekker, Inc., from Ledet et^ a!L. ,    p. 443).
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FIGURE 5-5.
Sciatic nerve from control pig.  An axon appears as a




faint gray line between arrows 1.  Note darkly stained




neurokeratin network, arrow 2.  Harris hematoxylin and




eosin Y stain.  (Reprinted by courtesy of Marcel




Dekker, Inc., f rom Ledet ejt al. ,411 p. 447.)
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FIGURE 5-6.    Sciatic nerve from pig fed arsanilic acid (900 g/ton) for



               16 days.  Note contraction of myelin around intact axon, arrow



               1; myelin fragment, arrow 2; and myelin ovoid, arrow 3.



               Harris hematoxylin and eosin Y stain.  (Reprinted by


                                                                  411
               courtesy of Marcel Dekker, Inc., from Ledet e_t al. ,



               p. 447.)
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FIGURE 5-7.    Sciatic nerve from pig fed arsanilic acid (900 g/ton) for



               27 days.  Animal had developed quadriplegia.   An estimated



               60% of the nerve fibers were damaged.  Note axon with myelin



               contracting around it, arrow 1;  fragment of myelin, arrow 2;



               and myelin-containing fragment of axon, arrow 3.  Fragmented



               axon is stained darker than myelin.   Harris hematoxylin



               and eosin Y stain.  (Reprinted by courtesy of Marcel Dekker,


                                       411
               Inc., from Ledet et al.,    p. 448.)
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AQUATIC ORGANISMS




     Because arsenic compounds are poisonous to microorganisms and lower




aquatic organisms, they have been used in wood preservatives and paints




and in pesticides.









     Arsenates have a limited use in power-plant cooling towers to control




various fungi that attack and cause deterioration of structural wood




However, they are rarely used for this purpose, because of their relatively




high toxicity; instead, a "preservative" (which may contain arsenate)




is used.  It has been suggested that some of the "preservative" may enter




the aquatic environment.




     Arsenic has been found to be quite toxic to invertebrates and has




therefore found application in the control of the shipworm Bankia setacia,




and other wood-borers.  It tends to be accumulated by mollusks and may have




chronic effects on them.




     In addition to the acute toxicity of chemical compounds under controlled




laboratory conditions, there is a need to examine pollutants for chronic




toxicity.  The long-term effects of exposure to sublethal concentrations may




be as important as direct lethality, in that such exposure may limit




development, growth, reproduction, metabolism, or other physiologic pro-




cesses.  For those who are charged with responsibility for managing the




aquatic environment and its renewable resources, it may be important to




know the sublethal concentrations of arsenic at which long-term chronic




effects become manifest.  In estuaries, for example, where migrating anad-




romous  fish tend to linger in order to become acclimatized to changing




salinities, the sublethal concentrations of a pollutant could have serious




consequences.  Although the fish may not be killed, the stress of sublethal




concentrations of pollutants may have serious biochemical, physiologic,




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and behavioral Implications.  Adult fish migrating upstream may be unable


to reach their spawning grounds or may  be unable to reproduce for other


reasons.  Effects of long-term exposure to low concentrations of arsenic


singly or in combination with other metals is generally unknown,,


     Pollutants are rarely found in the environment in isolation,.  Most


laboratory bioassays are conducted on single chemicals under controlled


conditions.  This provides a simpler toxicologic experiment than do mixtures,


It is known, however, that some substances can act synergistically or an-


tagonistically.  Arsenic renders selenium less toxic and has been experi-


mentally added to feeds for cattle and poultry in areas high in selenium.


The two elements appear to have an antagonistic effect on each other, causing


a reduced toxicity„  Copper and mercuric salts, however, are each more


toxic when in the presence of the other.


     Although considerable information has been published on the effects


of arsenic on aquatic organisms, most of the research has concentrated on

                      144 '} 13
fresh-water organisms;   '"    very little is known about effects on marine


organisms.  Again, however, most of the data collected have been related to


lethality, not sublethal physiologic stress.


     In compiling data on the effects of arsenic on aquatic organisms, con-


siderable use was made of two publications, Water Quality Criteria    and


Toxicity of Power Plant Chemicals to Aquatic Life.    Although


it was not possible to review all the original articles covered in those


two documents, the information provided can be used to delineate the effects


of arsenic on aquatic organisms, particularly fish and shellfisho  Toxicity


data on arsenic on fish and shellfish are compiled in Table 5-60  The


toxicity data given for a particular compound can be highly variable, not


only because of different responses by different aquatic organisms, but



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also because of such other factors as water quality.  Among the character-



istics of water that can Influence the results of bloassays are temperature,



pH, dissolved oxygen, conductivity, hardness, oxidation-reduction potential,



dissolved chlorides, turbidity, and the presence of potentially toxic ions,,



     With respect to the lower forms of aquatic life, arsenic concentrations



of 3-14 ppm  have not harmed mayfly nymphs, and concentrations of 10-20 ppm


                                                  61 ft
have been harmless to dragonflies and damselflies.



     Surber and Meehan     carried out a comprehensive study of the toxicity



of arsenic trioxide to many different fish  food organisms, and their



results indicated that those organisms could tolerate a concentration of



2.0 ppm.

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     According to Jones,     sodium arsenate is not highly toxic to fish.



He found that sodium arsenate at 234 ppm, as arsenic, was lethal to minnows



at 16-20 C.



     Sodium arsenite has been used extensively as an herbicide for the control



of mixed submerged aquatic vegetation in fresh-water ponds and lakes.



Commercial sodium arsenite contains various amounts of other arsenic compounds



and impurities and is labeled in terms of equivalent arsenic trioxide,,  For



the control of submerged vegetation in ponds and lakes, applications of



2-5 ppm as arsenic trioxide (1.5 - 3.8 ppm as arsenic) have been found



effective.   '   '   These concentrations are generally considered to be



safe for fish.
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WILDLIFE



     The association of arsenic with murder and suicide has made its



agricultural and industrial uses particularly controversial.  It has often



been claimed, for example, that widespread kills of domestic animals,



songbirds, and other wildlife were caused by extensive use of arsenicals



as pesticides.



     It must be borne in mind that the biochemical characteristics



of this family of compounds vary considerably.  Previous chapters have



shown that the term "arsenicals" does not imply a homogeneous group of



compounds, but rather a heterogeneous group that have highly individual-



istic properties and, in particular, greatly varying toxicity.  Arsenic



is a ubiquitous substance that is commonly found in animal tissues, even



when pollution is not suspected.  By and large the organic forms of arsenic



are less toxic than the inorganic forms, and the pentavalent compounds


                                          427
are usually less hazardous than trivalent.     Unfortunately, most published



reports refer to total arsenic concentrations, and not to specific forms



of arsenic.
     Toxic oral doses of several arsenicals in some common wild species



are listed in Table 5-7.  Early work on this subject was concerned with the



effects of the use of arsenicals in various insecticides.  Chappellier

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rabbits, wild rabbits (Sylvilagus), hares (Lepus), and the gray partridge



(Perdix perdix) to evaluate the potential hazard of using lead arsenate,



copper acetoarsenite, and calcium arsenate to control the potato beetle



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given orally to the experimental subjects.  The authors noted that the


wild hares and domestic rabbits succumbed to similar amounts of the arsen-


icals, but the former were able to tolerate doses for slightly longer



periods — e«g«» arsenic at 40 mg/kg as lead arsenate killed the domestic



rabbit in about 24 hr, compared with 60 hr for the hare.  These studies



showed that the mammals were generally more susceptible to the arsenicals



studied than the partridges, which in turn were significantly more sensitive



than domestic fowl.  Rabbits generally appeared to consider foliage treated



with the three arsenicals repugnant and consumed other food if given the



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to control the potato beetle did not pose a great threat to wildlife.



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found that the mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)is even more tolerant to arsen-



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observations are based on 8-day LC   determinations; 2- to 3-week-old



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free diet for the remaining 3 days.  The order of sensitivity among the



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virginianus) > Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) >  ring-necked

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arsenite for a period that provided a total dose of 973 rag/kg,

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effect and, in fact, were recommended as a supplement to poultry feed in



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Arsenic Total Dose, mg
Comment
Bobwhite quail
Mockingbird (nestling)
Robin (nestling)
Meadowlark (nestling)
Redwing blackbird (nestling)
Brown thrasher (nestling)
Dickcissel (nestling)
Orchard oriole (nestling)
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English sparrow (nestling)
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fed grasshopper bait containing sodium arsenite or freshly poisoned grass-


hoppers to ring-necked pheasants without apparent ill effect.  One bird


consumed over 2,500 poisoned grasshoppers (approximately 8 mg of arsenic)


in a 20-day period and, after a 7-day rest period, was sacrificed and analyzed


for arsenic (Table 5-8).  Little accumulation of arsenic was observed.


The author noted that pheasants were reluctant to consume arsenic-containing


baits, but readily consumed poisoned grasshoppers.  The results indicate


that there was little danger to this species from the grasshopper-poisoning

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activities.  Helminen     also noted that spraying a potato field with an


arsenical insecticide had little effect on pheasants penned on this field.


     Several questionable studies (Table 5-9), although noteworthy because


they are among the few that involved songbirds, were conducted by Whitehead.


      Arsenic trioxide was used to poison western grasshoppers (Melanophis


bivittatus, M. femus-rubrum, M. bispinosus), which were fed to bobwhite


quail, mockingbirds (Mimus pholyglottos), robins (Planesticus migratorious),


meadowlarks (Sturnella magnus), redwing blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus),


brown thrashers (Toxostoma rufum), dickcissels (Spiga americana), orchard


orioles (Icterus spurius), scissortails (Muscivora forficata), and English


sparrows (Passer domesticus).  The author noted that, when quail consumed


the maximal amount (25 g) of grasshoppers, less than 10% of a toxic dose


was ingested; therefore, no detrimental effects were noted,,  Poisoned


grasshoppers were force-fed to the various nestling birds in the wildo


Many uncontrollable variables consequently also affected the outcome of


these experiments.  The results showed that fairly large numbers of poisoned


grasshoppers (up to 134, containing a total of about 40 mg of arsenic)


could be fed to nestling songbirds without any noticeable toxic effect.


About 49% of all the birds fed poisoned grasshoppers in this experiment
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matured, compared with about 60% of those fed unpoisoned grasshoppers.


Because there was great variability in these data, no significant detri-



mental effects were attributed to the arsenic consumption.  Generally,



the data indicated that songbirds experienced little danger from the inges-


tion of this pesticide in the form of poisoned grasshoppers.



     Work undertaken at the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center   ^  to



evaluate the possible dangers of widespread use of copper acetoarsenite



for mosquito control, particularly in southern marshes, indicated that



there is little hazard when this compound is applied at the recommended



rate of 0.75 Ib/acre.  Male cowbirds (Molathrus ater) were poisoned only



when fed copper acetoarsenite at about 225 ppm (arsenic at 100 ppm) in



the diet (Table 5-7) for 3 months; similar diets containing copper aceto-



 arsenite at 25 and 75 ppm (arsenic at 11 and 33 ppm) appeared to have no


effect on mortality.  Arsenic residues (Table 5-8) were determined in birds



that had died from consuming diets containing arsenic at 100 ppm.  (w. H.

Stickle, personal communication)
Whole-body concentration reached a peak of about 1.7 ppm (dry weight)



in yearling male cowbirds after about 6 months of feeding arsenic at 11 ppm


in the diet and thereafter appeared to level off.  Birds given arsenic at:



33 ppm reached a maximal whole-body concentration of about 6.6 ppm for the


same period.  Whole-body arsenic content continued to rise at this dose,



reaching 8.6 ppm at 7 months.  The latter concentration approaches toxicity.



     The herbicidal properties of arsenic made its use as a tree-debarker



an important factor in the northeastern U.S. wood pulp industry in the



1940's and 1950's.  Cook     reported two cases in New York in which



about 10 white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) consumed fatal amounts



of sodium arsenite that was used to debark pulp trees.  Field studies by

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arsenite) was lethal to deer when licked from the bark of treated trees.




No body weights were given, but, if we assume that one of the poisoned




deer (a yearling doe) weighed about 27 kg, then we can calculate, a minimal




lethal dose of about 34 mg/kg.  In a study to determine the palatability




or acceptability of sodium arsenite, potassium arsenite, and ammonium




arsenite to deer, the authors recorded the number of licks that the test




deer made on trees coated with solutions of these compounds.  They observed




that sodium arsenite was as palatable as sodium chloride, whereas potassium




arsenite was significantly less palatable, and ammonium arsenite was the




least acceptable to the deer.  The authors also report that wildlife kills




from arsenic poisoning in Michigan's upper peninsula in 1952 amounted to




five deer, four porcupines, and one rabbit on about 200 acres of commer-




cially treated trees.  In 1953 and 1954, apparently, only one wildlife




mortality was found in over 5,000 acres (which contained over 500 acres




of treated trees) in lower Michigan,,  The practice of debarking trees




with arsenicals for commercial use has been almost completely replaced




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     A well-documented report of a wildlife killoff attributable to arsenic



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white-tailed deer in Tennessee by the apparent misuse of arsenic acid as




an herbicide to control Johnsongrass.  The herbicide (USDA Reg. #295-6) was




labeled for use in controlling crabgrass and Dallis grass on Bermuda grass




lawns and was applied to a 600-acre field in preparation for planting




soybeans.  A 5-gal mixture containing 0.5 gal of arsenic acid was applied




per acre.  The dead deer were all found on the 600-acre field and appeared




to have died on the same day.  Apparently, the toxicity of this herbicide




dissipated in a few days, inasmuch as no further mortalities were recorded.






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  Autopsies showed  that  the deer  died  of  massive hemorraghic gastroenter-

  itis.   Analyses performed by the EPA Toxicology Laboratory showed that

  surface soil samples contained  arsenic  at up to 2.4  ppm,  whereas water

  samples from the  area  averaged  0.42  ppm.   Arsenic  concentrations in the

  dead deer are shown in Table 5-8„  It is  interesting that the farmer and

  cropduster using  the pesticide  in this  case were both taken to court by

  the Tennessee Health Department and  sued  for damages.  In an apparently

  unprecedented decision,  the defendants  were made to  pay for the poisoned

deer	$109/head, the amount needed to transport new deer into the area.  (W.
  D. Turner, personal communication)
      In March 1974,  another deer kill involving at least  two white-tailed

  deer was discovered in southwest Memphis  and Shelby  County, Tennessee, by
                            (personal  communication)
  R.  C.  Swiggart and W.  D.  Turner.  /   Although these deer were found in an

  area that had been treated with a cotton  defoliant in the fall of 1973,

  the probable cause of  death was determined to be the contamination of

  the water in a runoff  ditch with monosodium methanearsonate (MSMA).

  Several empty MSMA drums  were found  in  the ditch,  and mixing apparatus

  were nearby„  Tissue analyses of these  deer (Table 5-8) showed what are

  considered toxic  concentrations of arsenic.  This  is in agreement with the.

  studies of Dickinson,     who showed  that  the concentrations of arsenic in

  the livers of cattle fed  toxic  doses of MSMA were  less than half those

  found  in these dead deer.  Analyses  for chlorinated  pesticides and other

  heavy  metals were performed, but none were present in apparently toxic

  concentrations,,  As a  point of  perspective, these  deer were found on land

  cultivated by the same farmer referred  to by Swiggart et_ al_.°^° .  Al-

  though both reports can be related to misuse of arsenicals, the Swiggart

  et^ &\-_.  "  report appears to refer to an  instance  in which wildlife died

  from consuming contaminated herbage.  It  is therefore in  contrast with


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other reports cited here that indicate little hazard from the extensive

use of some arsenic compounds.  This is probably because of the varying

toxicity of the numerous arsenicals, as well as the saturation effects of

spraying huge acreages with arsenicals and leaving little untreated

foliage for the local wildlife population to consume.

     Little information is available on background or environmental

concentrations of arsenic in various wild species.  Bencko ^t^ a^L,,,

however, stated that rabbits reproduced normally when exposed to air from

a plant that discharged large amounts of arsenic for periods up to 12

months.  They observed significant although apparently nontoxic accumula-

tions of arsenic in the kidneys, hair, and nails of rabbits exposed for

9 and 12 months.  Martin and Nickerson^    monitored starlings (Sturnus

vulgaris) from 50 sites in the United States during 1971; except for one

sample in Michigan, all contained arsenic (whole body) at 0.04 ppm or less
                         (personal communication)
(Table 5-8).  Similarly, Stickle/   found that trapped yearling male

cowbirds not exposed to arsenic had brain, liver, kidney, muscle, and

feather-skin concentrations of less than 0.78, less than 0.41, less than

1.48, less than 0.19, and 0.13 ppm respectively.

     Andren et al. •*•'   have monitored the ecosystem of the Walker Branch

watershed in Tennessee for a number of trace elements, including arsenic.

Unfortunately, arsenic was determined by spark-source mass spectrometry

with a method that is only about 50% accurate.  The quantitative validity

of these data are therefore questionable, but the trends observed are

worth noting.  Such animals as earthworms (19 ppm) and cryptozoa (100 ppm),

which are close to the soil surface and tree roots (11 ppm), contained

high concentrations of arsenic.  Similarly, tree-canopy insects also had
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high arsenic contents (10 ppm).  Arsenic was the only element studied,




however, that showed any decline in concentration with higher trophic




levels.  For example, fieldmice contained arsenic at 1 ppm of the whole




body, but owls, which consume large quantities of mice, contained only




0.05 ppm (Table 5-8).  It is noteworthy that the hawk sample contained




8 times as much arsenic as the owl, although one would expect that they




consumed similar diets.




     In 1969, a large dieoff of common  auks —•  guillemots  (Urica allge),




razorbills (Alca torda), and puffins (Fratercula artica) «— was observed




in the Irish Sea0  Because the populations of these species of seabirds




have been declining in recent years, an extensive study325,645   of this




dieoff was undertaken by the: Natural Environment Research Council of Britain.




These birds congregate in large groups in open water and spend most of the




year at sea, except during March and April, when they gather at breeding




grounds.  It is significant that the killoff occurred in the late summer




and early fall, when the birds are flightless because of molting.  The




dieoff period began in late July and ended in mid-October, when a total




count of over 12,000 dead birds was recorded.  Most of the dead and




dying birds were washed ashore by storms, and nearly all the birds were




severely emaciated.  Although extensive pathologic, microbiologic, and




chemical testing was conducted, no conclusive explanation for the deaths




was determined.  The arsenic content of livers from 36 guillemots ranged




from less than 0.1 to 41 ppm (dry basis), with an average of 7.1 ppm.




Of the 36 samples, only five contained arsenic at more than 10 ppnu




Furthermore, apparently healthy birds shot in the same area were found to




contain arsenic at 007-20 ppm (average, 5.6 ppm)  in their livers„  These




data are similar to those obtained from the birds in the dieoff and do not




indicate that arsenic was directly involved in this instance.






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                                CHAPTER 6



                    BIOLOGIC EFFECTS OF ARSENIC ON MAN
TOXICITY



     The medicinal use of arsenic, though practiced for hundreds of years,



apparently reached a peak in the middle to late 1800"s and was a major


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mainstay in the limited medical armamentarium of the time.     Fowler's



solution, containing arsenic trioxide at 10 mg/ml (arsenic at about 7.6 mg/ml),



was prescribed for symptomatic relief of many conditions, ranging from acute



infections (although the germ theory of disease was not widely accepted until



the time of Pasteur, 1822-1895, and Koch, 1843-1910) to epilepsy, asthma, and



chronic, recurring skin eruptions, such as psoriasis and eczema.  Thus, many



patients received arsenic for periods of months and years.  It was in such



patients that the consequences of long-term administration of arsenic were



first recognized to be palmar and plantar hyperkeratoses, characteristic pig-



mentary changes on the trunk, and a variety of cancerous and precancerous



lesions on the hands, feet, and trunk.  There was, in fact, some initial con-



fusion:  psoriasis was, for a while, mistakenly thought to be a precancerous



condition.   '     Neubauer has provided an extensive review of these matters.



     The therapeutic usefulness of arsenic is apparently such that it has not



been easily abandoned by the medical profession.  Some justifications for its



use were cited by Pillsbury e_t a_l. in 1956;580a and a 1972 English text768*



states that a possible use of Fowler's solution is "in elderly patients with



bullous disease when steroids are contra-indicated."  Fierz cites patient



satisfaction in a large number of patients interviewed, including 55 of 64 with


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psoriasis.
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     Although still used, especially in Europe,    Fowler s solution has not



appeared in the U. S. Pharmacopoeia since 1950; arsenic trioxide is listed as



a reagent in the eighteenth revision, published in 1970.   However, both



inorganic and organic arsenic preparations are still manufactured for medical



and veterinary use in this country; and there is evidence that some goes to



people who find it useful in "tonics" and for a wide variety of symptoms



(more than 400 gallons of Fowler's solution were produced in 1974).  In addi-



tion to the use of medicinal arsenic, there was, during the nineteenth and



early twentieth centuries, widespread use of rat poisons and insecticides that


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contained arsenic and that left residua on fruits and vegetables.     The com-



bination of these two major "reservoirs" appears to have resulted in a



relatively high frequency of both deliberate and accidental arsenic poisonings,



some of them grotesque, such as the mistaken use of powdered arsenic trioxide


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for talcum powder, which resulted in the deaths of 17 children.     Thus,



physicians of the day were simultaneously using arsenic therapeutically and



treating the consequences of excessive exposure from environmental sources.



As DDT and organic pesticides fall into disfavor, increasing use of arsenicals



as pesticides and herbicides may again increase the concentration of arsenic



in the general environment.  This, in turn, would require a renewed "index of



suspicion" by modern physicians for the possibility of arsenic toxicity.  Some-



what more recent, but overlapping with the earlier period, has been the involve-



ment of physicians in recognition of and treatment for exposures to arsenic



associated with the industrial revolution.



Reactions to Contact with Arsenic



     Arsenic was at one time used in disreputable "cancer pastes" for its



caustic properties.  This is a property of arsenic trioxide
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and a greater or  lesser degree of  skin  irritation, particularly
in creases and where clothing binds, is the primary symptom in smelter
workers or their families exposed to dusts with a high arsenic content.  '
A striking consequence of direct contact with the mucous membranes of the nose
is perforation of the nasal septum, sometimes occurring after only a week or
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two of exposure.  '   '     Better working conditions, including improved
opportunities for personal hygiene, have  reduced the  incidence of this prob-
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lem.
     That topical exposure to arsenic results in local inflammation and vesi-
culation such as that seen with the war gas lewisite,  or 3-chlorvinyldi-
chlorarsine, has been of interest to investigators, including those who developed
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dimercaprol (British anti-lewisite, or BAL) at the time of World War II.
It is thought that the physical integrity of the epidermis depends on intact
pyruvate metabolism and that the sulfhydryl-combining properties of arsenicals
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inhibit the sulfhydryl-containing enzymes related to this pathway.     This
hypothesis has not been subjected to analysis by modern dermatologic biochemical
techniques.
     Besides acting as primary irritants, many arsenicals function as contact
allergens, so that very low, noncaustic concentrations may result in either
vesiculation  or folliculitis in previously sensitized people.  Holmqvist
studied workers in a larger copper ore smelting facility over a 2-year period
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and concluded that most of their skin eruptions were based on this mechanism.
He noted that, on patch testing, 80% of arsenic workers reacted to concentra-
tions of sodium arsenite, sodium arsenate, and arsenic pentoxide that caused
reactions in only 35% of "other" and 30% of new employees.  Holmqvist
suggested that selection of nonsensitized workers or "hardening" of the skin
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of those who were allergic functioned to control the incidence of hypersensi-


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tivity reactions.     His extensive literature review and study of 71 patients



does not suggest that any of the late cutaneous sequelae of arsenic ingest ion



are seen after chronic contact with the material, but no evidence (such as



urinary arsenic content) is presented to indicate the extent to which these



workers were absorbing arsenic through the skin and mucous membranes into the



systemic circulation.



     Evidence of systemic absorption of arsenic secondary to external exposure



has been repeatedly recorded, usually in the form of increased urinary



arsenic content correlated with the work week.   '   '   '     Little or no



information is available to apply to questions of the quantity of arsenic, its



physical and chemical form, and the duration of cutaneous or inhalation exposure



required to result in significant systemic effects.  It should be noted, how-



ever, that evidence of significant systemic concentrations of arsenic has been



found in several studies of the incidence of lung cancer in populations exposed



to arsenic dusts.  The possibility that the effect, if any, of arsenic in this



condition operates through a general body mechanism, rather than directly on



lung tissue, should not be ignored.



Acute Arsenic Poisoning



     Exposure to arsenic sufficient  to cause severe  acute  systemic  symptoms  requir-



ing prompt medical attention usually occurs through  ingestion of contaminated



food or drink.  The signs and symptoms are somewhat variable in degree and



timing and depend on the form and amount of arsenic, the age of the patient,



and other unknown factors.     The major characteristics of acute arsenic



poisoning are profound gastrointestinal damage and cardiac abnormalities.
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     According to Holland,    ^P'    ' symptoms may appear within 8 rain if

the poison is in solution, but may be delayed up to 10 hr if it is solid and

taken with a meal.  The signs, which are variable, range from excruciating

abdominal pain and forceful vomiting to cramps in the legs, restlessness, and

spasms.  "A feeble, frequent, and irregular pulse ushers in the other symptoms

of collapse, the livid and anxious face, sunken eyes /dehydration?/, cold and
             	                                                         i<
clammy skin /_shock?7....  A small proportion of the cases are classed as ner-
    > •  . •        »
vous or cerebral because...the...conspicuous...phenomena are...prostration,

stupor, convulsions, paralysis,  collapse, and death in coma."  Only a small

fraction of patients will develop any kind of skin reaction secondary to acute

arsenic poisoning.  Presumably,  the arsenic must be absorbed from the damaged

gut and find its way to the skin.  The usual reaction in these circumstances

is an acute exfoliative erythroderma, probably reflecting the fact that
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arsenic is a capillary and epidermal poison.   '

Subacute Arsenic Poisoning

     Systemic exposure to amounts of arsenic sufficient to cause symptoms but

inadequate to produce systemic collapse is of particular interest.  The patient

may go for weeks with gradually  increasing or variable signs and symptoms

related to several organ  systems and giving the appearance of a progressive

chronic disease state.  If death occurs, it may appear to have been the con-

sequence of the inexorable course of an obscure "natural" disease.  This

appearance has contributed to the popularity of arsenic as an agent of homicide.

Skin manifestations of such victims are particularly important, in that they

may offer critical clues  in the  unraveling of a mystery.

     The method of arriving at a therapeutic dose of Fowler's solution was

based on finding the patient's tolerance to increasing but nontoxic doses.
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As described by Holland,    the patient was given 5 drops (about 9 mg of arsenic



trioxide, or 6.8 mg of arsenic) "well diluted, after meals /_i.e., 3 times a day?",



increasing  the dose one drop daily until the disease is under control or until



the eyelids puff and the bowels move too freely....The dose is then reduced



to a safer  quantity, and persisted in until the warning returns, when it



is again reduced... .Occasionally persons are encountered j^in whom^ even the



minimum dose will produce unpleasant effects," such as one case of erythro-



derma after 10 mg of arsenic trioxide (7.6 mg of arsenic) taken over a 2-day



period.



     Holland's descriptions of arsenic poisoning were based on personal obser-



vation and reports of suicides and criminal cases in which rat or fly poison,


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as well as Fowler's solution, had been used.     Occasionally, enthusiastic



patients would overdo their use of medicinal arsenic, but this was uncommon,



because of the associated discomfort.   Holland described subacute poisoning



as producing loss of appetite, fainting, nausea and some vomiting, dry throat,



shooting pains, diarrhea, nervous weakness, tingling of the hands and feet,



jaundice, eczema, and erythema.  Longer exposure resulted in dry, falling hair;



brittle, loose nails; eczema; erythema; darker skin; exfoliation; and a horny



condition of the palms and soles.



     In 1901, Reynolds reported on the clinical findings in over 500 patients

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that he had personally followed.     These patients had been drinking for many



months 2-16 pints a day of beer contaminated with arsenic.  The measured amount



of arsenic in the beer was such that "a moderate drinker would only take a



tithe of the quantity of arsenic which /would be prescribed for7 an epileptic."



Therefore, the possible additive role of alcohol to the observed symptoms
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merited consideration.  Reynolds felt that the clinical manifestations were



of four distinct "types" based on whether cardiac, skin, or neurologic



symptoms predominated or were equally mixed, and he noted that these features



and the sequence of their appearance were in accordance with several previously


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reported episodes of arsenic poisoning.



     First to appear were digestive symptoms, especially vomiting and diarrhea,



to the extent that some patients gave up drinking beer, because it did not



"agree with" them.  Most, obviously, did not have so definitive a reason to



stop their intake of the poison, and a few were said to have had a stimulation



of the appetite.



     Catarrhal symptoms -- conjunctivitis, rhinitis, laryngitis, and bronch-



itis - appeared in a few weeks, with various skin eruptions.  The generalized



mucous membrane symptoms suggest a selective sensitivity of these organs.



Hoarseness due to thickening of the vocal cords and hemoptysis were mentioned.



     Insidious development of neurologic signs and symptoms began before the



appearance of the classical skin lesions, but could be so vague as to go



undiagnosed fo • many weeks.  Involvement of the nervous system began with



sensory changes, including paresthesias, hyperesthesias, and neuralgias.



Marked muscle tenderness was found to be of major diagnostic value.  Motor



weakness of all degrees, including paralysis with muscle atrophy progressing



from distal to proximal groups, was a frequent observation.  Mental confusion,



especially memory for time and place, was observed; but Reynolds felt that it



was less frequent than in straightforward chronic alcoholism and so discounted



any effect of arsenic on the cerebral cortex.



     Left-side heart failure with severe peripheral edema was observed in one-



fourth of the patients, and the 13 deaths in this series were all due to con-



gestive heart failure.  It is not clear whether this feature and the muscle
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tenderness described above were direct effects of arsenic on muscle fibers

or secondary to its action on blood capillaries and nerve tissue supplying

the affected tissue.  Skin changes were present to some extent in all the

patients, and a facial edema with an associated dusky red color was so typical

that it provided a major clue to the diagnosis on first sight of the patient.

The most outstanding problem was erythromelalgia:  the patients complained of

pain (possibly related to neuritis) combined with redness and swelling of the

extremities, particularly the palms and soles.  Excessive perspiration was

regularly a feature of the painful, hot, red, swollen feet, and patients

would not tolerate bedclothes or walking.  Various short-lived generalized

erythematous eruptions ranging from urticarial to measles-like were followed

by slight thickening and darkening of the skin, especially in the folds.

     Pigmentation was "generally not present in light-complexioned patients,

or merely amounts to a darkening of pre-existing freckles.  In darker people

it is practically always present in   greater or less degree /and_7 follows ....
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the erythematous blush."  The distribution of the early stages of the pigmenta-

tion was noted to be around scars, the neck, the armpits, the nipples, and,

generally more markedly the trunk; and in some patients, it showed "well-marked

lighter spots like  'rain-drops'," leading to a punctiform or patchy appearance

with the patches tending to run together to form a more or less continuous

discoloration.  A desquamation similar to that seen in scarlet fever might

occur, with some lightening of the dark skin.

     The familiar arsenical keratoses of the palms and soles were a late mani-

festation and took several forms:  "it may be in a few isolated scaly masses,

either thin or very heaped up in marked prominences, /pr_7 the whole palm or

sole is thickly covered with large white or dirty grey scales."  Reynolds, who
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watched these processes evolve in his patients, noted that "in cases where



there is no pigmentation  keratosis may be present and forms a most valuable



aid in the diagnosis of a case which might otherwise appear to be merely one



of alcoholic paralysis.  The process is very slow (many weeks)  in its


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development."



     Reynolds also described the nail changes of subacute arsenic poisoning,



observable some weeks after the intake of the poison was stopped, permitting



normal nail to grow out and thus revealing the "transverse white ridge across



the nail; proximal to this the nail is normal, but distal to it the nail is



whiter, cracked, thin, and towards the tip almost papery and much flattened.



In some cases there have been a series of parallel transverse ridges on the


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nails almost suggesting a series of week-end  'drinking bouts'."     This feature



of arsenic exposure, commonly given the appellation "Mees lines" on the basis



of a description in 1919,    was also reported by Aldrich,  prior to Mees's report,



     Viruses were not known in Reynolds's day, and his observation that 21 of



his patients had herpes zoster led him to speculate that arsenic might play a



role in the etiology of this condition.  Modern recognition that herpes zoster



is frequently seen in patients with depressed immunity suggests that Reynolds"s



cases had had a suppression of their immune capacity.  (It is interesting to



note that arsenic was used therapeutically for asthma, psoriasis and eczema --



conditions that also respond to therapy with a modern immunosuppressant, pred-


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nisone (see Harter and Novitch)



     Since Reynolds's time, reports of subacute arsenic intoxication have



tended to confirm his observations, although none has provided such carefully



detailed material on so large a group of affected people.  Even acknowledging



Reynolds's own misgivings about the contribution of alcohol to the neurologic
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manifestations and allegations that selenium, not arsenic, could have been


         235
at fault,    this article still stands as the definitive medical description



of subacute poisoning with ingested arsenic.



      The likelihood that selenium was also present in variable amounts in the



contaminated beer deserves special attention, in view of the many interesting



and unresolved questions about relationships between this element and arsenic.


                         715c
Tunnicliffe and Rosenheim     made the analyses on which they based their



conclusion "that selenium compounds have played a definite role in the recent



beer-poisoning epidemic."  These authors went on to state, however, that this



role was "subsidiary to that of arsenic."  Willcox     evaluated



    the available tests for arsenic and concluded that "the poisoning could



not have been due to selenium primarily and arsenic secondarily."  Tunnicliffe's



testimony before the Royal Commission on Arsenical Poisoning     reaffirmed the



secondary role of selenium in the epidemic, suggesting that cases of atypical



wasting and unusually severe neurological disease may have resulted from



excessive selenium.  Certainly, repeated  testimony before the Commission



by various chemists demonstrated repeatedly the presence of toxic amounts of


arsenic in beer from several parts of the country.27*»46a,393b,428a,570a,612a-c



     Mizuta et al. reported on 220 patients of all ages who had been poisoned



by contaminated soy sauce, with an average estimated ingestion of roughly



3 mg of arsenic (probably as calcium arsenate) daily for 2-3 weeks.  In this



group, 85% had facial edema and anorexia; fewer than 10% were said to have



exanthemata, desquamation, and pigmentation; and about 20% had peripheral ncuro-


      498
pathy.     Except for headaches and fevers, the findings in these patients



appear to be very similar to those reported by Reynolds, allowing for the more



acute nature of the episode and the natural differences in emphasis between



physicians separated by two generations and half the world.




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     The Japanese report does offer additional information based on the avail-



ability of modern diagnostic techniques.  Thus, although the majority of



patients' livers were enlarged, relatively few abnormalities were found in



liver function tests; and the description of five liver biopsies is not



particularly impressive.  (Zachariae e£ al. found no differences between liver



biopsies of 44 psoriatic patients with a history of arsenic therapy and 37


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similar patients without such history.    )  Conversely, there were no find-



ings on clinical evaluation of the heart and no evidence of the congestive



failure seen in Reynolds's somewhat more chronic patients; but electrocardio-



grams were abnormal in 16 of 20 patients, confirming the reports of Josephson



et_ al.     and Nagai ejt al.



     It is of interest that the Japanese patients' symptoms tended to diminish



after 5 or 6 days, despite continued intake of arsenic, and that neurologic



symptoms became prominent as much as 2 weeks after arsenic ingestion was dis-



continued, at which time urinary arsenic content remained high.  Hair was
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found to contain arsenic at 3.8-13.0 ,ug/g (ppm) near the root, compared with



0-1.5/ug/g near the end and 0.4-2.8/ag/g in control hair samples.



     In the early 1960's, physicians in Antofagasta, Chile, noted dermato-



logic manifestations and some deaths, particularly among children, that were



traced to a water supply containing arsenic at 0.8 ppm.  This water supply had



been in operation only since 1958.  In 1971, Borgono and Grelber reported on a


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series of studies of the inhabitants of this city.    Of 21 children referred



to Santiago for evaluation and treatment after 1962, 16 had recurrent broncho-



pneumonia during the first years of life, and all had bronchlectasis.  All 21



had been referred because of abnormal skin color and hyperkeratosis.  Peripheral



vascular manifestations in these children included Raynaud's syndrome, ischemia



of the tongue, hemiplegia with partial occlusion of the carotid artery,



mesenteric arterial thrombosis, and myocardial ischemia.  One autopsy showed



hyperplasia of the arterial media.



     In a survey of 27,088 schoolchildren, 12% were found to have the cutaneous



changes of arsenism; one-fourth to one-third of these had suggestive systemic



symptoms.  Eleven percent had acrocyanosis.   One hundred eighty inhabitants of



Antofagasta were compared with 98 people who resided in a city (Iquique) hav-



ing a normal water supply.  Most of the people studied were less than 20 years



old.  Of the Antofagasta residents, 144 had abnormal skin pigmentation, com-



pared with none in the 98 control subjects.  In the 180, 30% and 22% had



Raynaud's syndrome and acrocyanosis, respectively.  Other findings are shown


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in Tables 6-1 and 6-2  from Borgono and Greiber.



     The vascular diseases and the repeated episodes of pneumonia with bronchi-



ectasis observed in the children of this population are dramatic and deserve



special attention.  Clearly, exposure to significant amounts of arsenic from
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an earlier age may result in a clinical picture in growing children different



from that seen in adults.



     The Raynaud's phenomenon and acrocyanosis in this population are reminis-



cent of the report from Taiwan by Tseng e_t al. and suggest that chronic



arsenism has effects on the vasculature (possibly the neural control of



arteries) that are correlated with the more acute phenomena described by


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Reynolds and others as erythromelalgia and acrocyanosis.



     Tseng et al. surveyed a group of 40,421  (from a population "at risk" of



103,154) and found hyperpigmentation in 18.4%, keratotic lesions in 7.1%, and



blackfoot disease -- apparently secondary to  arterial spasm in the legs --


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in 0.9%.     They also found an apparent tenfold increase in the incidence of



skin cancer in patients over 59 years old.  The latter figure is difficult to



evaluate, because the usual incidence of these cancers in Taiwan is not given.



All these phenomena were shown to increase with increasing arsenic concentra-



tion in the well water of the 37 villages studied.  They also increased with



age, but the earliest ages noted for specific findings were 3 years for the



characteristic hyperpigmentation, 4 years for keratoses, and 24 years for skin



cancer.  The concentration of arsenic in the wells ranged from 0.017 to



1.097 ppm.  No cases of melanosis, keratosis, or skin cancer were found in a



group of 2,552 people living in an area where the wells contained almost no



arsenic.



     Feinglass reported on 13 persons exposed for 2.5 months to well water


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contaminated with buried insecticide.     Most patients were seen only once,



and the most prominent feature was intermittent gastrointestinal symptoms



related to water ingestion.  Two of the 13 had nail changes, and six to eight



had increased arsenic content of the scalp hair.  The author did not mention



edema, exanthema, hyperpigmentation, or hyperkeratosis.
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                                Table 6-1




              Clinical Manifestations Among 180 Antofagasta



                    and 98 Iquique Inhabitants3






                                   Incidence in        Incidence

                                   Antofagasta,        in Iquique,

Manifestation                           _%	             %





Bronchopulmonary disease history      14.9                5.3




Abnormal skin pigmentation            80.0                0.0




Hyperkeratosis                        36.1                0.0




Chronic coryza                        59.7                1.0




Lip herpes                            12.7                0.0




Chronic cough                         28.3                4.0






Cardiovascular manifestations:




   Raynaud's syndrome                 30.0                0.0




   Acrocyanosis                       22.0                0.0




   Angina pectoris                     0.0                0.0




   Hypertension                        5.0               10.0






Chronic diarrhea                       7.2                0.0




Abdominal pain                        39.1                2.0
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 Derived from Borgono and Greiber.
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                                Table 6-2

        Clinical Manifestations Among 180 Antofagasta Inhabitants

                   According to Skin Pigmentation, 1969a
Manifestation


Bronchopulmonary disease history

Hyperkerat os is

Chronic cough

Lip herpes


Cardiovascular manifestions:

   Raynaud's syndrome

   Acrocyanosis

   Angina pectoris

   Hypertension


Chronic diarrhea

Abdominal pain
Incidence in
Persons with
Abnormal Skin
Pigmentation
(N = 144) . 7.
   15.9

   43.7

   38.8

   14.5
Incidence in
Persons with
Normal Skin
(N = 36) . %
   6.2

   3.1

   3.1

   3.1
38.8
24.3
4.1
6.2
40.9
39.1
9.3
12.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
28.1
 Derived from Borgono and Greiber.
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   Heyman et al. studied 41 patients retrospectively in an effort to evaluate


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the response of arsenical neuropathy to BAL.      In the 21 patients for whom



a history of skin lesions was mentioned, there was a prominence of branny



desquamation 1-3 weeks after the exposure and a notable incidence of "herpetic



lesions of the mouth."



     There are many scattered case reports of subacute to chronic arsenic



poisoning in the literature.  Silver and Wainman provide a meticulous descrip-



tion of a patient who ingested approximately 8.8 mg of arsenic trioxide as



Fowler's solution daily for a total period of 28 months, as a remedy for



asthma.     Signs of arsenic poisoning, manifest as increased freckling and



as darkening of the nipples, first appeared in association with gastrointestinal



symptoms after 13 months; redness and puffiness about the eyes and hyper-



keratoses developed at approximately 1.5 years.  Neurologic symptoms in the



form of paresthesias and weakness were the last to be noted, occurring after



2 years.  When the arsenic intake was stopped, the pigmentation lightened but



the hyperkeratoses remained, and the asthma became more difficult to control.



This report is instructive, because the nature of episodes of accidental



arsenic poisoning does not usually permit definitive analysis of the amount



or duration of exposure necessary to produce reactions.  However, many authors



have suggested that there is substantial variation in individual susceptibility



to any given symptom or sign.  The increased likelihood that hyperpigmenta-



tion will occur in people whose skin is naturally darker supports this concept,



as does the fact that relatively small fractions of the exposed population



have any given feature.


                 572
     Perry et al.    noted, however, that all of a group of chemical workers



handling inorganic arsenic compounds had pigmentary changes and that one-third
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of them had "warts," although these are not well described.     They reported



that the cutaneous "changes were so evident that /the examiner/ could readily

                                              S7&

tell whether the man...was a chemical worker."  All these handlers had



increased urinary arsenic compatible in degree with the extent of exposure;



this indicates systemic absorption of the arsenic from dust, probably through



the lungs and skin.



     Pinto and McGill studied urinary arsenic content in workers exposed to


                                            583
arsenic trioxide dust and related compounds.     "The urinary arsenic in this



group was about 8 times the normal value, but they were said not to have the


                                                                  572
pigmentary and keratotic changes seen in the group of Perry et al.     Neither



paper describes the average length of employment or the ethnic backgrounds of



the workers, which might help to explain this discrepancy.



Chronic Arsenic Exposure



     Neubauer has provided an exhaustive review of the literature up to 1947,


                                                                      530

covering all forms of arsenic exposure with analysis for many factors.



Fierz actually examined 262 patients who had received long courses of medicinal



arsenic 6-26 years previously and found keratoses in 407, and typical skin


             220
cancer in 8%.     There was evidence of a dose relationship for both keratoses



and skin cancer.  Patients who had received more than 400 ml of Fowler's



solution (4 g of arsenic trioxide) had an incidence of hyperkeratoses of



greater than 50%, but as little as 60 ml (600 mg of arsenic trioxide) had



resulted in keratotic changes in one patient.  As little as 75 ml (750 mg of



arsenic trioxide) had been consumed by one patient with skin cancer.  The



shortest time to cancerous change was 6 years, with an average of 14 years,



compared with Neubauer's estimate of 18 years from review of the literature.
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Fi«rz noted that  1,450 invitations  for  a  free  examination had been sent to
                                                     220
patients who had  been given the  therapeutic arsenic.     Besides the 262 who
came for examination, 100 patients  provided written  reports, and information
was obtained about the deaths  of 11.  Five of  the  11 deaths were due to
systemic cancer,  and three  to  lung  cancer.
                                                                       9 OH
     Sixteen of Fierz's  21  patients with  cancer had  typical keratoses,
                   23
and Arguello e£ alt   reported on a large group of patients seen for arsenical
skin cancers In the Cordoba region  in Argentina, which had a high arsenic
                             59
content in the drinking  water    and found keratoderma in "100% of our  patients."
Most patients also had associated hyperhidrosis and abnormalities of pigmenta-
                                               220
tion, whereas those reported by  Fierz did not.     Arguello et al. noted that
                                                                    23
the pigmentation  appeared early  and was variable among the patients.    It was
described as small dark  spots  1-10  mm in  diameter, with a tendency to
coalesce, and appearing  predominantly on  the trunk, that Is, in the areas not
exposed to the sun.  These  and other  authors have  noted that atrophy may be
associated with telangiectasia and  loss of color,  or leukoderma, between the
                                                                 597
hyperplgmented areas (the "raindrop"  appearance cited by Reynolds   ).
     The characteristics of the  skin  malignancies  found in chronic arsenism
have been reviewed by Yeh and Yah e£  al.  in their  reports on the Taiwan
      789 790
cases.   '     A  prominent, even necessary, clinical feature of arsenical
skin cancer is its association with the characteristic keratoses or pigment
Irregularities on the trunk.  Several authors have cited a similar association
in exposed workers as evidence that arsenic may cause internal cancers,
           of
lesions are characteristically multiple and predominantly on the areas of the
body that are protected by clothing.  Both these features are notable,
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Inasmuch as "ordinary" skin cancers tend to be single and have been shown to

have a body distribution directly correlated with the amount of sun


exposure.        Arsenical lesions  (both keratoses and cancers) also appear


at an earlier  average  age  than do solar (senile) keratoses and related carci-


nomas.

     The histopathology of the  multiple and varied lesions seen in araenism
                                                                        I C O «
has been the subject of considerable interest among dermatopathologists.   '  '

490,501b,581,789,790   Lealons that  clinically are keratoses may show prolifera-


tion of keratin of a verrucous  nature,  may exhibit precancerous derangement of

the squamous portions  of the epithelium equivalent to those seen in Bowen's

disease and solar keratosis, or may even be frank squamous cell carcinomas.


Lesions that are less  keratotic and more erythematous may contain either


squamous cell  or basal cell carcinoma or a mixture of cell types.   Most authors

seem to agree  that keratotic lesions appear to be able to progress to frank


carcinoma, but observation of such an event is rare, and most cancers appear

to arise independently of the keratoses.

     The question of the association of Bowen's disease with arsenism has


stimulated considerable controversy.  Graham and Helwig analyzed 36 autopsies

of patients with Bowen's disease in whom arsenic intake had been ruled out as

much as possible.   a  It is striking that this group of patients differed

from patients with arsenism in  several  respects:  They lacked the typical

keratoses and pigmentation; they had a  tendency for the "typical Bowenoid"


squamous cell carcinoma in situ to precede the other cutaneous malignanacies

by an average of 6 years; there was an  incidence of approximately 80% of

associated internal malignancies (some diagnosed only at autopsy); and they


had suggestive evidence of a familial predisposition to the condition.  Of


more than 100 living patients with the diagnosis of Bowen's disease surveyed
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by the same authors, internal, malignancy had been diagnosed in 23.  These




features seem sufficient to distinguish Bowen's disease from chronic arsenism,


                                                       f) L. Q

despire the confusion later introduced by Graham e£ al.     If Graham and




Helwig's cases are representative, the association of systemic cancers is much




higher in Bowen's disease than has ever been suggested for chronic arsenism.
 Late Effects of Exposure to Arsenic



      One of the many unexplained puzzles about arsenic is that the character-



 istic skin cancers may appear years after exposure to the agent has ceased.
 Despite claims that arsenic could be demonstrated in the lesions,    there is


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 a possibility that these findings are a result of artifacts,    and alternative



 explanations should be sought, especially because it is now known that the



 half-life of an epidermal cell is  only  a few weeks and any incorporated



 material can be presumed to be diluted in new cell generations.  Interestingly,



 arsenic-induced pigment changes - which are irregular and associated with



 intermingled areas of atrophy, depigmentation, and telangiectasis - are



 reminiscent of those seen after chronic exposure to two well-known carcinogens:



 ultraviolet radiation and X rays.  Cancers that are secondary to these agents



 also appear long after the relevant exposure.  Conceivably, arsenic acts



 analogously in susceptible people, although it is clear that the carcinogenic



 "efficiency" of arsenic is far lower than that of x irradiation in causing



 skin cancers.



      Braun reported on 16 patients who had been exposed to arsenic in their


                                          ftfi
 occupation as vintners many years before.    No known exposure to arsenic had



 occurred since.  All had keratoses, nine had leukomelanoderma of the trunk,
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and seven had skin cancer or intraepidermal carcinoma in situ.  Eight had



lung cancer.



     Roth also studied 27 vintners whose arsenic exposure had occurred 10-14



years earlier.     His population was selected by having come to autopsy.



He found that 16 of the 27 had a total of 28 cancers, including five with



skin cancer.  There was hyperkeratosis of the palms and soles, "particularly



in the patients with tumors."  Melanosis was also present, but hard to



evaluate in the postmortem state.



     For a few months in 1955, a large number of babies in Japan received a



formula made from powdered milk contaminated with arsenic.  The report by



Eiji provides a fascinating view into the medical puzzle that the initial


                                          201
patients presented to their pediatricians.     The conscientious attention



to both the solution of the mystery and the care of the patients is impres-



sive.  In the (translated) words of Eiji, the episode deserved "the reflec-



tion of all those concerned.  This is necessary for the sake of the 62 young


                       201
lives who disappeared."     The subacute symptoms of poisoning in these



infants included the usual coughing, rhinorrhea, conjunctivitis, vomiting,



diarrhea, and melanosis, but the striking presenting features were fever and



abdominal swelling secondary to hepatomegaly.  Abnormal laboratory findings



included anemia, granulocytopenia, abnormal electrocardiograms, and increased



density at epiphyseal ends of long bones similar to the familiar "lead line."



Nagai e£ al. reported on a group of these children who were followed for more


              520
than 6 months.     Except for a measurable retardation in ulnar growth, they



found that all other features of the syndrome had disappeared, including



melanosis.  Follow-up is continuing, and a report by the Japanese Pediatric



Society in 1973 indicated that growth was still reduced and that there was a



probable incidence of leukomelanoderma in the children (aged 17-20 at the time)
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 of  15-30%.  The  children had  a  15%  incidence  of keratoais.     of greater  con-



 cern, however, was  the  observation  of  increased incidences of mental retarda-



 tion, epilepsy,  and other  findings  that  suggest brain damage in the arsenic-



 exposed children.   Presumably,  future  studies in this population (more than



 10,000 exposed infants) will  help to resolve  some of the standing questions



 regarding the latent  effects  of arsenic  exposure.



 Occupational Episodes of Toxicity



     Sheep-Dip Factory  Workers.  The cancer experience between 1910 and 1943 in



 this English factory  that  manufactured a sodium arsenite sheep dip is des-

                                                                           done  in

 cribed in the section on carcinogenesis.  Clinical and environmental studies were /


              572
 1945 and 1946,    including general air measurements, analysis of urine and



 hair for arsenic, and clinical  examinations.  High-exposure areas of the plant

                                                             o
 had arsenic concentrations ranging  from about 250 to 700 /ug/m .  The relation-



 ship of urine and hair  arsenic  to the prevalence of pigmentation and warts is



 shown in Table 6-3.



     Smelt era.  Holmqvist  reported  eczematous and follicular dermatitis in


                                           330
 smelter workers, primarily on exposed skin.     Patch tests showed sensitivity



 to both trivalent and pentavalent arsenic.  Birmingham e£ al. reported similar



 lesions that developed within a few months of the startup of a gold smelter that



handled ores containing large amounts of arsenic sulfide.67  Dermatitis developed



 in half the mill workers and in 32 of 40 students in a nearby elementary school.



     Vintners.  Butzengeiger reported that, of 180 vinedressers and cellarmen



with symptoms of chronic arsenic poisoning, about 23% had evidence of vascular



disorders of the extremities.     Arsenical insecticides were used in the



vineyards,  and exposure occurred not only with spraying, but during work in the
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                                Table 6-3
      Arsenic Concentration and Prevalence of Pigmentation and Warts*
                                   Arsenic
                                 Concentration,
Workers
Chemical workers
Maintenance workers
and packers
b
Control
No.
Persons
33
32
56
ppm
Urine
0.24
0.10
0.09
Hair
«*M^B_
108
78
13
Prevalence,
Pigmentation
90
38
18
%
Warts
29
3
4
                           Q "7 O
aDerived from Perry e£ al.

 Including two former chemical workers.


vineyards by inhalation of contaminated dusts and plant debris.  Most of the
workers consumed 1-2 liters of wine per day, and it was also believed to be
contaminated with arsenic.  All 15 workers with vascular disorders had hyper-
pigmentation, and all but  2 had palmar and plantar keratosis; six of the 15
had  gangrene of the fingers and toes.  The same association of vascular dis-
                                                                789
orders, hyperpigmentation, and keratosis was observed in Taiwan.
     Urinary arsenic content averaged 0.324 mg/liter, and hair arsenic,
0.039 mg/100 g.  Thus, the urine and hair had comparable concentrations, 0.3
and 0.4 ppm.  Butzengeiger reported that the electrocardiograms of 36 of 192
vinegrowers with chronic arsenic intoxication were definitely abnormal, with
                       102
no other evident cause.     The abnormalities included prolongation of the
Q-T interval and a flattened T wave.  In treated cases, these abnormalities
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diminished with the other evidences of toxicity.  Similar findings were


                             42                    259
reported by Barry and Herndon   and Glazener et al.     Arsenic-induced



myocarditis in these cases  is similar to the evidence reported in the Japanese



poisoning episodes described earlier.



Miscellaneous Considerations



     Organic arsenicals.  Organic arsenicals occupy an exciting place in the



history of scientific medicine, because they are the result of deliberate



attempts to develop chemicals with increased therapeutic efficacy and reduced

                                               synthetic

toxicity and are thus the first of a long line of/ chemotherapeutic agents.



Specifically, these agents were developed to exploit the antibacterial effects



of inorganic arsenic while reducing its toxicity by attachment to an organic



moiety.  The goal, of course, was a cure for syphilis.



     The major cutaneous side effects of the administration of organic arseni-



cals were rashes of varying types, many of which were thought to be allergic.



Although the actual incidence of such eruptions may have been quite small,


                                           345
considering the total number of doses given    their nature was such as to cause


                                                        693
considerable concern over and research into the problem.     Harvey stated that



the ultimate basis of the action of the organic arsenicals is the inorganic


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arsenic moiety that results from degradation in the body.     It is interesting,



however, that few, if any, patients receiving large doses of organic arsenic



over long periods are reported to have developed the characteristic hyper-



keratoses and irregular pigmentation associated with the use of Fowler's solu-



tion.232'530



     Arsenic in hair and nails.  The keratin of hair and nails is rich in



disulfides, and it has been postulated that arsenic is incorporated-, into the



growing portion of the hair root and the nail base.     The possibility raised
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                   402             is
by Lander and Hodge    that arsenic/excreted in the sweat in cases of acute



poisoning must also be considered, although their methodology did not



distinguish between eccrine and sebaceous gland secretions.  It has been shown



that arsenic in the environment reacts avidly with keratin and cannot be


                               413
removed with repeated washings.     Thus, attempts to utilize growing hair or



nails to determine exposure to ingested arsenic must be performed under cir-



cumstances that will guarantee an absence of external contamination.   '



Hair should be collected from control subjects simultaneously and analyzed in



parallel.  Even then, consideration must be given to the possibility of unsus-



pected contamination - e.g.,   from hair dyes and shampoos - if high arsenic



concentrations are found.  To avoid spuriously low concentrations, the timing



of the hair collection must be such that the root portion has grown out from



the hair canal (or the hair may be plucked out, roots and all).  If the patient



has been acutely ill, the exposure may have been sufficient to arrest hair



growth temporarily and thus delay the contaminated hairs' arrival at the scalp



surface still further.



     Arsenic and the immune response.  Several aspects of the medical side of



the arsenic story suggest that arsenic has the capacity to function selectively



as a suppressent of the immune response;  the medical conditions for which



arsenic was most popular were those for which steroid drugs are now the treat-



ment of choice; the high incidence of herpes zoster and herpes simplex in cases



of subacute arsenic poisoning is reminiscent of the same phenomenon in patients



deliberately immunosuppressed to receive kidney transplants; the presentation



of children in the Antofagasta episode with recurrent pulmonary infections is



reminiscent of the story of children with congenital immunodeficiency syndromes;



the reputed capacity of arsenic to reduce the lymphocyte count in leukemia may




reflect a selective sensitivity of this cell type to arsenic, which is again



analogous to the effects of steroids.




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      Although the possible role of the immune response in protecting the



body against cancer is not completely understood, that arsenicals may affect



such a mechanism clearly warrants further study.  Many of the techniques of



modern immunology have become available only in the last 10 years and remain



to be applied to the study of arsenic.


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     Arsenic as therapy.  Except for one brief positive report,    there is



little evidence in the literature that modern analysis has been applied to



the question of whether arsenic may have a useful therapeutic role.  As the



limitations of some of our modern "miracle drugs" have become evident (e.g.,



growth retardation, osteoporosis, Cushingoid changes, and hypertension with



steroids), serious consideration should be given to reevaluation of this



ancient remedy.



     Uniqueness of human skin.  Human epidermis has a number of distinguish-



ing characteristics.  Its relative hairlessness is associated with a squamous



cell layer that is considerably thicker than the two or three cells of furred



laboratory animals.  In addition, there is a widespread proliferation of



eccrine sweat glands not seen in any other animal, except a few primates.   a



In view of the propensity for arsenical keratoses to appear early and most



prominently on the palms and soles, where these glands are heavily concentrated,



it is conceivable that these structures are the mechanism through which arsenic



exerts its effect; because they are uniquely prominent in human skin, a suit-



able laboratory model for arsenical changes could be unavailable.   a



     Other dermatological conditions.  Palmar keratoses may occur independently



of exposure to arsenic, and several syndromes appear to be congenital.  In the



basal cell nevus syndrome, the palmar lesions are pitted (rather than protrud-



ing), tend to appear early in life, and are associated with such congenital



abnormalities as jar cysts and bifid ribs, as well as with multiple basal cell
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                                     13 2a
carcinomas that appear in adult life.



     A single report indicates that patients with internal malignancy may



have an Increased incidence of palmar keratoses.  Dobson et_ al. examined



671 patients with diagnosed malignancies and 685 patients with other diseases.



Of the cancer patients, 32% had palmar keratoses, compared with TL of the others.



Patients with breast cancer were the most striking group, with a 3970 incidence



of keratoses.  A standardized set of questions was  used to ascertain a history



of exposure to arsenic, and this revealed no difference between the tumor group



and the control group (137o and 10%, respectively).



TERATOGENESIS



     The teratogenic effects of arsenic compounds have been recognized only



recently.  However, potassium arsenate was one of the compounds used in the



early studies in the 1950's that led to the chick embryo test for teratogenic



agents.     Thus, Ridgway and Karnofsky found that injection of sodium arsenate



into embryonate chicken eggs at 4 days in doses of 0.20 mg/egg caused no



specific gross abnormalities in the resulting embryos 14 days later.  Growth



retardation (particularly of the legs), impaired feather growth, and abdominal

                    £ f\f\

swelling were noted.     This sort of response is commonly encountered in the



chick embryo system and is generally regarded as nonspecific.



     Even earlier, Franke e£ al. performed what might be called the first



teratogenic study of an arsenic compound, when they tested the effect of sodium


                                             230
arsenite on the development of chick embryos.     Injection of sublethal concen-



trations of arsenic into the eggs produced ectopic conditions, but no



monstrosities, such as produced by selenium.



     More recent studies have shown that teratogenic effects result from the



administration of sodium arsenate to hamsters, mice, and rats.  In the hamster

      910

study,     sodium arsenate Was administered intravenously as a single dose on
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specified days of gestation, and results were observed on the fifteenth day.



It was found that the eighth day was critical; there was a high incidence of



embryos with anencephaly and other defects, which occurred much less frequently



if the arsenate was administered earlier or later than the eighth day of



gestation.  A more thorough study of the spectrum of treatment effects caused



by the intravenous injection of sodium arsenate at 15, 17.5, or 20 rag/kg as a


                                                             219
single dose on the eighth day of gestation has been reported.     Deionized



water was administered to comparable hamsters as a control, and the data were



collected on the fifteenth day of gestation.  The incidences of dead, resorbed,



and malformed embryos depended on dose.  Thus, the fraction of the litter



resorbed ranged from about 5 to 80%, and the incidence of malformations ranged



from 20 to 90%.  Up to 80% of the embryos had anencephaly; up to 65% rib mal-



formations; up to 30%, exencephaly; and approximately 20%, genitourinary mal-



formations.  Incidence of renal agenesis and cleft lip and palate were lower.



Further analysis of the teratogenic consequences of sodium arsenate by Holmberg



and Fern showed that sodium selenite injected at 2 rag/kg simultaneously with a



teratogenic dose of sodium arsenate decreased the number of fetal resorptions


                                                     3 28
and congenital malformations caused by the arsenical.     This observation is



of interest, in light of the known metabolic antagonism between selenium and



arsenic.  The authors of the latter report stressed that the doses of arsenic



and selenium used in their experiments exceeded the usual environmental con-



tamination.  However, they also pointed out that remarkable species variation



can exist in the teratogenic response to any given teratogen (for example,



thalidotnide caused severe malformations in human embryos in relatively low



therapeutic does, whereas it took extremely high doses of the same compound to



produce malformations in experimental animals).  The paper concluded on a
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cautionary note suggesting that all potential teratogens be carefully




evaluated until individual species sensitivity to various teratogens is



determined.



     In mouse studies, Hood and Bishop administered a single dose (25 or 45



mg/kg) of sodium arsenate by intraperitoneal injection on a specified day



from the sixth to the twelfth day of gestation and observed the results on


                   332
the eighteenth day.     The injections given on the ninth day were most



teratogenic; 60% of 96 implantations were resorbed or dead, and 63% were



grossly malformed.  The defects included exencaphaly, micrognathia, protrud-



ing tongue, agnathia, open eye, cleft lip, fused vertebrae, and forked ribs.



Mice that received injections of distilled water served as controls.  Although



teratologic effects were seen at 45 mg/kg, 25 mg/kg was without effect.



Sodium arsenite was more effective; preliminary data show that the extent of



fetal anomalies caused by sodium arsenite at 10 mg/kg was comparable with that



caused by sodium arsenate at 45 mg/kg.  Hood and Pike reported that BAL



(2,3-dimercaptopropanol), when administered to mice at 50 mg/kg by intraperi-



toneal injection within 4 hr of sodium arsenate at 40 mg/kg, prevented the


                              333
arsenic-induced teratogenesis.



    Results similar to those reported for hamsters and mice were reported by


                  45b
Beaudoin for rats.     Each of a group of pregnant Wistar rats received an



intraperitoneal injection of sodium arsenate during days 7-12 of gestation.



The dosage of sodium arsenate varied; it was either 20, 30, 40, or 50 mg/kg



of maternal body weight.  The teratogenicity and lethality to embryos of



arsenate depended on dosage and time; maximal effects were seen when the dosage



was 30 mg/kg and the injection was given on day 8, 9, or 10.  The most common



malformations were eye defects, exencephaly, and renal and gonadal agenesis.



Ribs and vertebrae were the skeletal  elements most commonly  affected.
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    It is of interest that potassium arsenate was fed to four pregnant ewes


                                                     354
at 0.5 mg/kg during most of pregnancy without effect.



METAGENESIS



    As in the case of teratogenic effects of arsenic compounds, only a few

                            \

valuable mutagenesis studies exist.  Most of the research has centered on



chromosomal reactions to sodium arsenate.  There are no data based on the



host-mediated assay or the dominant-lethal technique.
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     One of the earliest observations that has meaning today was made by


              414
Levan in 1945.     Root meristem cultures of Alliutn cepa were treated for



4 hr with an unspecified arsenic salt at 10 concentrations, from lethal to



a no-effect.  Chromosomal changes were observed, including spindle disturb-



ances and metaphase arrests.  Similar effects, with minor variations, were



observed after treatment with salts of 24 other metals (mostly nitrates).



The changes resemble those caused by colchicine, but the changes cannot be



considered serious damage.



     Petres and co-workers have reported chromosomal breakage in human



leukocyte cultures after short-term in vrtro exposure to sodium arsenate   '



and in cultures obtained after long-term exposure to arsenical compounds



in vivo.578



     The cytotoxic and mutagenic effects of sodium arsenate were tested in



vitro on phytohemagglutinin-stimulated lymphocyte cultures in concentrations



of 0.05-30 >ug/ml of culture medium.   '     it was reported that 337, of meta-



phase plates were pulverized at 0.1 ^g/ml and 80-1007> at concentrations of



2 fig/ml or greater.  The "mitosis index" and the ") HI thymidine labeling index"



were decreased.  Arsenate has also been found to increase the total frequency


                                                                            746
of exchange chromosomes in Drosophila melanogaster treated with selenocystine



and several organic arsenicals have a harmful synergistic effect on the number



of abnormalities in barley chromosomes caused by ethylmethane sulfonate.



The overall significance of these chromosomal studies is difficult to assess,



inasmuch as many unrelated compounds may cause similar effects.  The fact that



arsenic compounds have caused chromosomal damage in a number of biologic



systems, however, should alert toxicologists to a possible role of arsenic in



chemically induced mutagenesis.
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     The in vivo studies were made on 34 patients at the University of


                     578
Freiburg skin clinic.     Thirteen of these patients had had intensive arsenic



therapy, some more than 20 years before the experiment; most of these were



psoriasis patients.  The control group (21 patients) consisted of 14 psoriasis



patients and 7 with eczema, none of whom had had arsenic treatment.  Phyto-



hemagglutinin-stimulated lymphocyte cultures were prepared from each patient



for evaluation of chromosomal aberrations.  The incidence of aberrations was



remarkably greater in the cultures of patients who had been treated with



arsenic.  Expressed as the frequency per 1,000 mitoses, secondary constrictions



were 49 in the arsenic group and 12 in the control, gaps were found in 51 in



the arsenic group and 7 in the control, "other" lesions were 26 in the arsenic



group and 1 in the control, and broken chromosomes were 65 per 1,000 mitoses



in the arsenic group and 2 in the control.  Aneuploidy was found at the expected



frequency in the arsenic group.  The extent of abnormalities attributed to



treatment with arsenicals is impressive; it is important that this study be



repeated.



     Paton and Allison investigated the effect of sodium arsenate, sodium



arsenite, and acetylarsan on chromosomes in cultures of human leukocytes and


                    559
diplold fibroblasts.     Subtoxic doses of the arsenicals were added to



leukocyte and fibroblast cultures at various times between 2 and 48 hr before



fixation.  In leukocyte cultures treated with sodium arsenite at 0.29-1.8


     o

x 10"  M for the last 48 hr of the culture period, 60% of 148 metaphases




examined were found to have chromatid breaks.  No significant number of breaks


                                                                -8
were found in cultures treated with sodium arsenate at 0.58 x 10   M, the



highest nontoxic concentration.  However, treatment with acetylarsan at


        -8
6.0 x 10   M resulted in 20% chromatid breaks in 50 metaphases examined.  Sodium



arsenite caused chromosome damage in diploid fibroblasts to which sodium arsenite


              •8
(0.29-5.8 x 10   M) was added to the medium for the last 24 hr of culture;





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chromatid breaks were found in 20% of 459 metaphases examined.  These results




support the in vitro observations of Petres ejt al.



CARCINOGENESIS




     The purpose of this section is to review and evaluate the evidence of




carcinogenic activity of arsenic compounds; the evidence is in four categories:



     o    Clinical reports of skin cancers associated with the medical




          use of arsenicals.



     o    Occupational studies of workers engaged in the manufacture




          of arsenic compounds, in smelting, or in the use of arsenicals.



     o    Population studies in areas of great exposure to environmental




          arsenic, primarily in water supplies.




     o    Experimental studies of arsenic carcinogenesis in laboratory



          animals.




     Recent reviews of the literature on carcinogenicity studies in animals




and man have been published by the International Agency for Research on


      343                                                                  720a
Cancer    and by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.




Clinical Reports



     The clinical association of skin cancer with the oral administration of



arsenic compounds began with a report by Hutchinson in 1888.      He described



six patients in whom skin cancer occurred and who had suffered for very long




periods from diseases of the skin (five with psoriasis, one with pemphigus).



In five of the cases, arsenic was known to have been used for a long time.




Neubauer in 1947 summarized 143 published cases of medicinal arsenical epithel-


                                                           530
iomas in a review for the British Medical Research Council.




          A small, but undetermined, proportion of people treated with




arsenicals developed cancers.  Of the 143 patients, about 70% received




arsenicals for skin disease; of these, half had psoriasis.  Nearly all the
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143 patients received arsenic in the inorganic trivalent form, the most common

drug being potassium arsenite as Fowler's solution.  A typical formula consists

of lOg of arsenic trioxide, 7.6 g of potassium bicarbonate, 30 ml of alcohol

(or tincture of lavender), and distilled water to 1 liter.       Approximately

907» of the patients received Fowler's solution for more than 1 year, and 50%
                         total
for more than 5 years.  The/quantity of arsenic ingested was variable, averag-

ing about 28 g.

     Multiple horny keratoses, especially the punctate or warty form on the

palms and soles, were commonly reported in patients who had received Fowler's

solution.  Keratoses occurred in about 90% of the cases of cancer ascribed to

treatment with Fowler's solution; only in a few cases did the keratoses spare

the hands and feet.  Melanosis is a common sign of arsenic ingestion, and the

hyperpigmentation is most marked at sites of normal pigmentation and at sites

of pressure from clothing.

     About half the skin cancers were squamous carcinomas arising in keratotic

areas, with predilection for the hands (especially the palmar and lateral sur-

faces of the fingers and the borders of the palms), the heels, and the toes.

About half were multiple superficial epitheliotnas of the basal cell variety

localized to the trunk and proximal parts of the extremities.  Only a few of

the 143 cases arose in psoriatic patches.  There was a substantial frequency

of mixed types of epitheliomas.  Of the 143 patients, 70% had multiple lesions.

Multiple lesions occurred even when squamous cancers arose in keratoses; there

was an average of two lesions per case.

     The elapsed time from the beginning of administration of the arsenical

drug to the beginning of the epitheliomatous growth was variable, but averaged

18 years, regardless of the type of lesion.  In cases with keratosis, the
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latent period to the onset of keratosis was about half the latent period to



the onset of the epithelioma - i.e., about 9 years.  In spite of the long  .



induction period, arsenic-related skin cancers started when the patients were



relatively young, one-third when they were 40 or younger and 70% when they were



50 or younger.



     Of the 143 patients, 13 had or developed miscellaneous cancers at other



sites, but such cases were not reported systematically; the reports commonly



presented one or a few case histories.  For example,  Regelson et  al.



reported a case of hemangioendothelial sarcoma of the liver in a 49-year-old



man who had taken Fowler's solution intermittently for 17 years to control


    .  .  596a
psoriasis.



Occupational Exposure



     There have been numerous reports of arsenic-induced occupational cancer,



such as those of the excess lung-cancer mortality among Southern Shodesian


                                                                548
miners of gold-bearing ores containing large amounts of arsenic     and of the



occurrence of lung and liver cancer and clinical arsenism among German vine-



yard workers exposed to arsenic-containing insecticides.  '    '



The association of cancer with high levels of arsenic



exposure has frequently been based  on the  existence of palmar or  plantar


           674
 keratoses.      However,  because  of the increased  concentration of  arsenic  in



 the  lesions  of  Bowen's disease,  arsenic has been  considered  as a possible


                                                       n/r Q

 cause of  the disease and accompanying visceral  tumors,    without  overt  prior



 exposure  to  arsenicals (see also discussion under "Chronic Arsenic Exposure").



      A number of  relatively quantitative  studies  of  cancer attributable  to



 occupational exposure to arsenicals will  be discussed in some detail.
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     A death-record examination was made of a British plant that manufactured



 sodium arsenite  sheep dip.    '     The factory was in a small country town



 within a  specific birth and death registration subdistrict.  In this and

                                                         (not factory workers)

 adjacent  subdistricts, death  certificates of 75 factory workers and I,2l6 men/



 in three  other occupational groups were obtained for the period 1910-1943.  Of



 the 75 deaths among factory workers, 22 (297») were due to cancer; of the other



 1,216 deaths, 157 (13%) were  due to cancer.  The proportion of deaths due to



 cancer was  even  higher among  men who actually worked with the manufacture and



 packaging of the arsenic-containing material:  16 of the 31 deaths of men so



 classified  were  due to cancer.  The number of deaths due to cancer according



 to site  for the  two groups is shown in Table 6-4, in which those deaths are



 expressed as a fraction of cancer deaths and as a fraction of total deaths.



 The absolute numbers of deaths and the fractions of cancer deaths are from the



 author's  paper;  the fractions of total deaths were calculated for this report.



 The data  suggest a relative excess in the factory workers of cancers of the



 respiratory system and skin,  whether calculated on the basis of cancer deaths



 or of total deaths; the corresponding deficits in cancers of the digestive



 organs and  peritoneum disappear when calculated on the basis of total deaths.



     Although Hill and Faning stated that the numbers of cancer deaths are



 small, they concluded that "there is a suggestion in the figures that the


                                                                    317
 factory workers  have been especially affected in the lung and skin."     Hence,



 there was an investigation of the environmental conditions at the factory and



 the clinical condition of the workers in question, compared with employees in


                                                             572
 other branches of the factory who were not exposed to arsenic.  The median air



 arsenic content  for the chemical workers at the various operations ranged from


               3

 254 to 696  jug/m  .  As an  upper limit, this was stated to represent the inhala-



 tion of about 1  g of arsenic  per year.  This amount of arsenic is roughly equiv-



 alent to  the amount received  by those patients getting arsenic medication for



skin diseases.                        -292-

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        The excretion of arsenic in the urine of 127 current employees was



determined; the scatter of these values was very wide.   Some exposed workers



excreted from 1 to nearly 2 mg per day, whereas many excreted less than



100/ig/day.  A few of the persons in the control group had very high excretion



rates, for which the authors found no explanation.   It is important to note



that 20 of 31 factory workers had been exposed to airborne sodium arsenite for



more than 20 years, and five of them for 40-50 years.   Furthermore, the median



age of the 31 exposed workers was 52 years, and the average age was 50.  None



of these men's lungs had pathologic signs attributable to their exposure to



sodium arsenite (radiographs were made, and vital capacity and exercise capa-



city were measured).



     The mortality experience of 8,047 white male smelter workers exposed to



arsenic trioxide during 1938-1963 was compared by Lee and Fraumeni with that


                                               412
of the white male population in the same state.     There was a threefold



excess total mortality from respiratory cancer in smelter workers, and this



reached an eightfold excess for employees working more than 15 years and



heavily exposed to arsenic.  When respiratory cancer deaths were grouped accord-



ing to degree of arsenic exposure, the observed mortality was significantly



higher than expected in all three groups:  approximately 6.7, 4.8, and 2.4 times



the expected mortality in the heavy-, medium-, and light-exposure groups, re-



spectively.  In addition to arsenic trioxide dust,  smelter workers were con-



currently exposed to sulfur dioxide.  Exposure to silica and ferromanganese and



lead dusts occurred in parts of the refineries where arsenic levels were low.



Therefore, a similar classification was made for relative sulfur dioxide exposure.



Respiratory-cancer mortality was directly related to sulfur dioxide exposure,



with observed deaths ranging from 6.0 down to 2.6 times
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the expected in heavy-, medium-, and light-exposure groups.  Most work areas



having heavy arsenic exposure were also medium sulfur dioxide areas and all



jobs with heavy sulfur dioxide exposure were medium-arsenic areas.  It was



observed that workers with the heaviest exposure to arsenic and moderate or



heaviest exposure to sulfur dioxide were most likely to die of respiratory



cancer.


                                 582
     A study by Pinto and Bennett    involved a smelting plant in the state of



Washington that produced arsenic trioxide as a byproduct.   The plant had an



average employment of 904 during the years 1946-1960.  During that period a



total of 229 deaths were reported among active plant employees and pensioners.



Thirty-eight of the dead were classified as exposed to arsenic.  Of the 38, six



died of cancer, including three cases of cancer of the respiratory tract.  The



total cancer experience of the arsenic-exposed workers was not higher than that



of the unexposed, although there was twice as much respiratory cancer in both

                           workers

exposed and unexposed smelter/ as expected from male mortality experience in



Washington.  Mortality among workers at the same plant was restudied by Milham


                                               491
and Strong, who published their survey in 1974.     They criticized the

              Pinto and Bennett

methodology of the/study.  The records of workers from the same plant revealed



40 deaths from lung cancer, which was significantly higher than the 18 expected



on the basis of rates in the general U.S. population.



     Snegireff and Lombard    made a statistical study of cancer mortality in



a metallurgic plant (A) in which arsenic was handled and in a control plant (Z)



in which "working conditions approximate those of Plant A except that no arsenic



is handled."  From 1922 to 1949, there were 146 deaths among the employees of



Plant A who handled large quantities of arsenic trioxide.   Of these deaths,



18 were due to cancer, including seven cases of cancer of the respiratory system.



In the control plant, 12 of 109 deaths between 1941 and 1949 were due to cancer,



including six due to lung cancer.  The authors stated that total cancer mortality
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in the two plants was not significantly different from the figures for the




state as a whole, and they concluded that handling of arsenic trioxide in the




industry studied does not produce a significant change in cancer mortality of




the plant employees.  However, as pointed out in the National Institute for




Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)  publication, Occupational Exposure to




Inorganic Arsenic, New Criteria - 1975,      there are a number of deficiencies




in the report.  Specifically, reanalyses of the data have revealed that actually



there was a large excess (approximately fivefold) of lung cancer deaths relative



to mortality from all causes among workers in both plants.  Thus, the data




demonstrated evidence of a carcinogen for the respiratory system among the




workers of both the plant in which arsenic trioxide was handled and the control




plant.



     Findings of increased risk of lung cancer among copper smelter workers are



not limited to the United States.  A retrospective study by Kuratsune e£ al. in




Japan revealed that of 19 males dying of lung cancer in a certain town, 11 had


                      workers

been employed as smelter/ in a local copper refinery, and in all cases the


                                                                              398
disease had become manifest after the men had stopped working at the refinery.



The authors' conclusion was that prolonged exposure to arsenic and possibly also



other compounds, seemed to be associated with cancer of the lungs.  Additional



groups exposed to inorganic arsenic, such as gold miners in Rhodesia,     hard-


                                 744a                            603a
rock miners in the United States,     and nickel refinery workers     have shown




an elevated mortality from lung cancer but evaluation of the role of arsenic is




difficult due to the presence of other suspected carcinogens in the working



atmosphere.




     A study at the Dow Chemical Company examined the incidence of respiratory




cancer among 173 decedents who were exposed primarily to lead arsenate and




calcium arsenate and 1,809 decedants  who worked in the same plant and were not




exposed to those compounds.     Data were presented on the relationship between





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cumulative arsenic exposure and the ratio of observed to expected deaths from




lung cancer.  The average exposure of each worker was calculated on the basis




of records of job assignments and data on the arsenic content of the air in




various parts of the plant.  Deaths from respiratory malignancy were 6-7 times




greater than expected for total inhaled quantities of 10.3 mg and 2-4 times




greater for 4.84-8.17 mg.  There was no association between the extent of




exposure and the time from beginning of exposure to death; most of the respira-




tory cancers occurred 20-40 years after initial exposure, regardless of total




exposure.
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     The ratio of observed to expected deaths was even higher (3.85:1) in
another category, malignant neoplasms of the lymphatic and hematopoietic
tissues except leukemia, than it was in malignant neoplasms of the respiratory
system (3.45:1).  There were six lymphomas reported, with the following
diagnoses on the death certificates:  four cases of Hodgkin's disease, and
one each of lymphoblastoma and reticulum cell sarcoma.
     By contrast with the Dow Chemical Company workers, orchard workers who
                                                             529
sprayed lead arsenate showed no evidence of increased cancer.     A mortality
study involving a cohort of 1,231 workers in Wenatchee, Washington, who had
participated in a 1938 morbidity survey of the effects of exposure to lead
arsenate insecticide spray was conducted in 1968-1969.  Air concentrations of
                                          2
arsenic during spraying averaged 0.14 rag/m .  The population was grouped
according to exposure in three categories and compared in terms of standardized
mortality ratios with the mortality experience of the state of Washington.
There was no evidence of increased mortality from cancer, heart disease, or
vascular lesions.
     In 1974, the mortality experience of retired employees of an Allied
                                                                          33a
Chemical Company pesticide plant in Baltimore was analyzed (Baetjer et al,   ;
A. M. Baetjer, personal communication).  The employees had been exposed to a
number of industrial chemicals, including arsenicals; there were no data on
the extent of exposure to the various chemicals.  Incidence of death among the
retirees was 3.5 times that among the general Baltimore population.  The
excess mortality was concentrated in cancer-caused deaths (14 times the expected),
particularly respiratory cancer and lymphatic cancer.  The noncancer causes of
death were at the expected rates.  These calculations were based on a total of
22 deaths in men from all causes during the period 1960-1972.
     Several human studies not generally available were reviewed in the NIOSH
document on occupational exposure to inorganic arsenic,   a including
unpublished reports to Kennecott Copper Corporation in 1971 and 1974; unpub-
lished papers presented at the conference on occupational carcinogenesis in
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New York City on March 24-27, 1975; and an evaluation by NIOSH of the study by
             529
Nelson et al.     In the last examples, independent sources of information
investigated by NIOSH contradicted rather than confirmed the report by Nelson
et_ al.  The conclusion drawn was that the report apparently did not accurately
depict the cancer experience of persons exposed to lead arsenate spray in the
Wenatchee Valley.7203
Population Studies
     High incidences of skin cancer have been reported in several population
groups exposed to high concentrations of arsenic in drinking water, including
people in the district of Reichenstein in Silesia, -^ Cordoba Province in
Agentina,   and Taiwan.^14
                            714
     A study by Tseng et al.    was done on the southwest coast of Taiwan,
where there were artesian wells with high concentrations of arsenic that were
used for more than 45 years.  The arsenic concentrations in the well water of
the surveyed villages ranged from 0.05 ppm to over 1.0 ppm with a median of
approximately 0.5 ppm.  The chemical form of arsenic in the Taiwanese artesian-
well water is also unknown; however, the reported occurrence of methane gas in
the water could preclude the existence of arsenic in the pentavalent form.
The total population of the area was approximately 100,000, and the survey encom-
passed the 40,421 inhabitants of 37 villages.  The overall prevalence rates for
skin cancer, hyperpigmentation, and keratosis were 10.6/1,000, 183.5/1,000, and
71.0/1,000, respectively.  The male:female ratios were 2.9:1 for skin cancer and
1.1:1 for hyperpigmentation and keratosis.  Generally speaking, the prevalence
of each of the three conditions increased steadily with age, though there was a
decline for cancer and hyperpigmentation in women above 69.  The prevalence rate
for each condition varied directly with the arsenic content of the well water.
The systematic effects of age and arsenic levels in well water on the prevalence
of skin cancer is shown in Figure 6-1.  Blackfoot disease, a local term for a
vascular disorder of the extremities, particularly of the feet, had an overall
prevalence rate of 8.9/1,000.  A dose-response relationship between this disease
and the amount of arsenic in the well water was similar to that observed for
skin cancer.
     The existence of arsenical waters in an eastern area of the province of
Cordoba, Argentina, has been known for many decades and is associated with
*
 K. J. Irgolic, personal communication.
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the occurrence of hyperpigmentatIon, keratosis, and skin cancer.  A study



made  in  1949-1959 indicated a higher proportion of deaths from  cancer in the



arsenical region than  in the rest of the province - 23.8% and 15.3%,.


             59
respectively.    The excess was due mainly to cancer of the respiratory and



digestive tracts in both men and women.  The excess cancer was  unrelated to



socioeconomic differences.



Experimental Animal Studies



      This section presents examples of tests that illustrate oral, topical,



and parenteral administration of arsenicals to rats, mice, and  fish.  A number



of laboratory animal studies designed to test arsenic compounds for carcino-



genicity are not included here, for such reasons as inadequate  numbers of test



animals, too short a test period, too low an exposure, and poor survival.  To



our knowledge, no adequate animal studies have been omitted that would add sub-



stantially to the examples that follow.



      In  general, animal studies have not shown carcinogenicity  for arsenic



compounds even when administered at near the maximally tolerated dosage for



long  periods.  Two notable exceptions are described first, and  then several of



the negative studies.


                    283
      In  1962, Halver    reported the occurrence of hepatomas in trout fed a



synthetic diet containing Carbarsone at 480 mg/100 g of diet.  The data were


                                 395
reviewed by Kraybill and Shimkin;    the original report is not readily avail-



able.  Of 50 trout exposed to Carbarsone, five developed hepatomas.  There



were  no  hepatomas in a large control group fed the synthetic diet without



Carbarsone.  However,  aflatoxin contamination of the diet may have been a



confounding variable.



                                         549
     More recently, Osswald and Goerttler    reported that subcutaneous injec-



tions of sodium arsenate in pregnant Swiss mice caused a considerable increase



in the incidence of leukemia in both the mothers and their offspring.  A
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0.0057o aqueous sodium arsenate solution was injected daily during pregnancy



for a total of 20 injections, each containing arsenic at 0.5 mg/kg.  Some



groups of offspring from the arsenic-treated females were given an additional



20 subcutaneous injections of arsenic (0.5 mg/kg) at weekly intervals.  Leuk-



emia occurred in 11 of 24 mothers (46%), 7 of 34 male offspring (21%), 6 of 37



female offspring (16%), and, in the offspring given the additional 20 injections,  ,



17 or 41 males (41%) and 24 of 50 females (48%).  Leukemia developed in only



3 of 35 male (9%) and in none of 20 female offspring of untreated cortrol mice.



Furthermore, 11 of 19 mice (58%) developed lymphoma after 20 weekly intravenous



injections of 0.5 mg each of arsenic as sodium arsenate.



     Long-term studies of effects of arsanilic acid on chickens, pigs, and


                                  240
rats were reported by Frost et al.     No adverse effects were seen in the



chickens and pigs after 4 years of feeding, nor in pigs fed 0.01% arsanilic



acid for 3 generations.  Male and female weanling rats from the F» generation



of a six-generation breeding study in which 0.01% and 0.05% arsanilic acid



was fed* were held on the 0.01% arsanilic acid diet or on the control diet for



116 weeks.  The overall tumor incidence was the same in all groups, and



resembled the historical incidence of tumors in the colony, 35-45%.  The signi-



ficance of these data lies in the fact that transplacental exposure to a



carcinogen followed by lifetime exposure to the same carcinogen is often the



most sensitive technique for detecting carcinogenicity of a substance,   a



but this test was negative.



     Boutwell  a used female mice (Rockland and a specially bred strain highly



susceptible to skin tumors) in a test for cocarcinogenicity of potassium



arsenite, KAsOj.  It was tested as an initiator, both orally by stomach tube



(a total of 2.4 mg in 5 days) and locally (a total of 1.2 mg in 8 applications
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during 5 days).  This initiating treatment was followed by topical applica-



tion of croton oil twice a week for 18 weeks.  He also tested potassium



arsenite as a promoter by daily applications (a total of 2.3 mg/week) after



a single 75->ug dose of dimethylbenzanthracene (DMBA).  The prolonged skin



applications of potassium arsenite were hyperkeratotic and ulcerogenic.  Other



experiments were done to determine whether arsenic would increase the yield of



skin cancers caused by suboptimal regimen of DMBA plus croton oil either when



given at the time of DMBA initiation or during the 24-week period of croton



oil promotion.  Under the latter condition, the mice were fed potassium arsenite



at 169 rag/kg of food.  This dietary concentration of 169 ppm (as potassium



Vtrsenite) is very high compared with the 0.5 ppm usually found  in the human



diet.   In no case was there  an effect  of arsenite on skin carcinogenesis in these



experiments.  Many tumors developed in the positive control mice beginning as



early as 6 weeks after treatment began.


                                    41
     Baroni, van Each, and Saffiotti   carried out a similar study with male



and female Swiss mice, testing the oral effects of potassium arsenite (100 ppm



in drinking water) as an initiator with croton oil promotion and as a promoter



for DMBA and urethane initiation.  Local skin applications of sodium arsenate



were tested as a promoter after initiation with DMBA or urethane.  The



arsenicals had no effect on tumorigenesis; and only a very slight degree of



keratosis was observed.


           494
     Milner    used 3 strains of mice that differed in susceptibility to the



induction of skin tumors by the application to the skin of methylcholanthrene-



impregnated paraffin, disks for 2-3 weeks.  The treated site was transplanted



syngeneically and observed for 8 weeks for tumor formation.   Arsenic trioxide



(100 ppm in drinking water) was administered either during methylcholanthrene
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exposure, to animals with transplanted skin, or both.   Arsenic exposure pro-



duced a small increase in the yield of papillotnas in the low-susceptibility



strain, a small decrease in the high-susceptibility strain, and no effect in



the intermediate-susceptibility strain.


                 104
     Byron et al.    fed either sodium arsenite or sodium arsenate to Osborne-



Mendel rats in a 2-year study at dietary concentrations of 15-250 ppm for



arsenite and 30-400 ppm for arsenate.  No carcinogenic activity of either



material was found.  These investigators also did a 2-year arsenic feeding



experiment on dogs, with negative results; however, this was an inadequate



observation period for studying carcinogenic responses in dogs.



     Hueper and Payne     incorporated arsenic trioxide in the drinking water



(either plain or with 12% ethanol) of groups of rats and mice.  The initial



concentration of 4 mg/liter was increased by 2 mg/liter each month to a maximum



of 34 mg/liter at 15 montha.  Thus, the daily intake of arsenic trioxide ranged



from 0.1 to 0.8 mg/rat.  The administration of arsenic trioxide was continued



until 24 months.  Neither the rats nor the mice developed any cancers in sus-



pected target organs - skin, lung, and liver.



     Kanisawa and Schroeder    and Schroeder et al.    found no carcinogenic



effects on mice exposed from weaning to senescence to potassium arsenite at



5 ppm in drinking water    or on rats on the same regimen.


                 395a
     Kroes et al.     studied the carcinogenicity of lead arsenate and sodium



arsenate with SPF-Wistar-derived male and female rats.  In addition, some groups



were intubated with a subcarcinogenic dose of diethylnitrosamine to investIgate



for a possible synergistic action leading to lung tumors.  Food intake and body



weights were recorded, and complete gross and microscopic examinations were made



on all animals.  Lead arsenate that was incorporated in the diet at 1,850 ppm
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was toxic and caused increased mortality; an adenoma of the renal cortex and



a bile duct carcinoma were found in this group but no significance can be



attached to one or two tumors in any group.  No cancer was associated with the



feeding of lead arsenate at 463 ppm or sodium arsenate at 416 ppra.  No syner-



gism with the nitrosamines was observed.  There was a high spontaneous tumor



incidence in this experiment.  The test diets were fed to female rats from the



time of parturition until the young were weaned, and these young were the test



animals.  Surviving rats were killed after 29 months of feeding.



     As Fraumeni points out, it is largely because laboratory studies have not



succeeded in producing tumors in animals that arsenic has not been accepted


                            23 2a
universally as a carcinogen.
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EVALUATION



     Skin Cancer.  There is evidence from clinical observations and occupa-



tional and population studies that inorganic arsenic is a skin carcinogen in



man.  There is a characteristic sequence of skin effects of chronic exposure



to arsenic that involves hyperpigmentation initially, then hyperkeratosis


                                    790
(keratosis), and finally skin cancer.   This sequence has been observed under



a variety of circumstances involving chronic exposure:   potassium


                                                 530
arsenite (Fowler's solution) was used medicinally, vineyard workers used



sprays and/or dusting powders containing arsenic compounds and drank
                          86U609
                         ;, cneml
arsenic-contaminated wine, cnemlcal workers manufactured sodium arsenite for


                 572
use as a sheepdip, and residents of a southwest area of Taiwan had as their



only source of drinking water for over 45 years artesian wells contaminated by


                              714
arsenic from geologic deposits.  The similarity of responses under these



diverse circumstances is important, because studies in human populations al-



ways involve variables that cannot be controlled as in laboratory experiments;



hence, the credibility of information derived from human studies depends on the



demonstration of comparable effects under different conditions,  This require-



ment has been amply met with arsenic as a cause of skin cancer.



     The earliest skin effect of chronic arsenic exposure, hyperpigmentation



(melanosis), occurs in a dappled pattern predominantly in unexposed areas.



After the onset of melanosis, the skin begins to atrophy patchily in hyperpig-



mented areas, with the formation of keratoses which are the pathognomonic


                                   790
lesions of chronic arsenic exposure.  Only a small proportion of the keratocjs



evolve into skin cancer, and this takes place only after very many years.  The



sequence is illustrated by the Taiwan data -- the prevalence of melanosis,



keratosis, and skin cancer reaches 10% in the male, population roughly at ages


                                      714
of 18, 30, and 60 years, respectively.  Chronic exposure to inorganic arsenic





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thus causes a slowly progressive form of patchy skin damage involving the



epidermis and adnexal structures, as well as the underlying dermis, with the



precancerous keratosea and cancers forming in the areas of chronic atrophy.



The chronic damage and tumorigenesis resulting from arsenic are similar to the



effects of ionizing and ultraviolet radiation on the skin.



     Arsenical skin cancer is readily distinguished from skin cancer induced



by sunlight, in that it occurs predominantly on surfaces that are shielded



from sunlight and multiple lesions are much more common; for example, in 428



of the 429 cases of skin cancer studied in Taiwan, there was more than one


       790
cancer.



     Substantial doses of inorganic arsenic are required to produce an appreci-



able incidence of skin cancer.  The average intake of persons treated with



Fowler's solution who developed skin cancer was around 20-30 g.  The prevalence



of skin cancer in Taiwanese men exposed to drinking water containing arsenic



at 0.3-0.6 ppm was about 15% at age 60 and over.  The normal incidence is 2-37».



On the basis of a 2-liter/day water intake for the period over which the



artesian wells were used (45 years), the total arsenic intake must have been



about 15 g, which is roughly in the same domain as that in clinical cases of



the use of Fowler's solution.  Thus, the Taiwanese data that demonstrate the



requirement for large doses of arsenic to obtain even a modest yield of skin



cancer are consistent with the relatively low frequency of skin cancer in



patients treated with Fowler's solution.  The low potency of inorganic arsenic



may explain why no skin effects have been reported in people treated for



syphilis with organic arsenicals, inasmuch as the total doses amounted to only



a few grams.  However, it is also possible that the metabolism of the organic



arsenicals is sufficiently different to preclude the occurrence of skin cancer



and other forms of arsenical damage even at higher doses.
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     The relative frequency of melanosis, keratosis, and skin cancer was


roughly similar in the Taiwanese population and the chemical workers who


manufactured sheepdip.  On direct examination, the latter showed a 907«


prevalence of melanosis and a 30% prevalence of keratosis for a ratio of


melanosis to keratosis of 3:1.  At comparable ages, the Taiwanese showed


a ratio of about 4:1.  Two of the nine keratosis patients in the sheepdip


factory had already been treated for skin cancer, and the proportionality


between keratosis and skin cancer was about the same in Taiwan.  As in the


Taiwan experience, the sheepdi.p chemical workers had been exposed to large


doses of inorganic arsenic (up to 1 g/year), but much of this was by inhalation.


     It is possible that the trivalent and pentavalent forms of inorganic


arsenic produce the same effects on skin.  This is of interest, particularly


in view of the different metabolic patterns of trivalent and pentavalent


inorganic arsenic, the former by interaction with sulfhydryl groups and the


latter by substituting for phosphate.  The clinical use of Fowler's solution


and the manufacture of sodium arsenite as a sheepdip both involved exposure to


trivalent inorganic arsenic.  The two categories of people developed similar  skin





responses.  The Rhodesian gold miners, in whom the incidence of typical


arsenical keratoses was very high, were exposed to arsenopyrite, in which the


arsenic becomes trivalent on weathering; the reactions of arsenopyrite in the

                 *-
body are unknown.    The chemical form of arsenic in the Taiwanese artesian-well


water is also unknown; however, the reported occurrence of methane gas in the

                                                                      *•
water could preclude the existence of arsenic in the pentavalent form.


     Lung Cancer.  Of the published reports on mortality from respiratory

                                                                            AI 9
cancers in copper smelters, the most impressive is that of Lee and Fraumeni.


The study Involved a population of 8,047 white male smelter workers who were
*
 K. J. Irgolic, personal coiwnunication.
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followed for 26 years; for each employee, information was available on time,

place, and duration of employment, maximal arsenic and sulfur dioxide exposures
                                                                         was  used
(descriptive, rather than numerical), and cause of death.  The life-table method/

to evaluate age-specific mortality rates for the various causes of death, and


the rates were compared with those of the states in which the smelters were.


The number of deaths available for analysis was very substantial, 1,877.   The


study demonstrated a systematic gradient for respiratory cancer according to  the


magnitude and duration of exposure to both arsenic and sulfur dioxide.  These

agents, however, were inseparably linked, because of the nature of the smelter


operations.  The amount of excess cancer was impressive, with an eightfold


increase in the workers who had the heaviest arsenic exposure for the longest


duration, i.e., more than 15 years.  The latent period — the interval between

first employment and death from respiratory cancer -- was extraordinarily long


and was inversely related to the magnitude of exposure:  34, 39, and 41 years


for the categories of heavy, medium, and light arsenic exposure.  There are


deficiencies in the study, some of which were unavoidable.  For example,  no


indication was given of whether the study population was representative of the

total worker population; the exposure rankings were based on the maximal arsenic

concentrations, rather than weighted averages derived from work histories.  No

quantitative data were available on exposure.  No attempt was made to validate

the stated causes of death.  No smoking histories were obtained.  However, none

of these deficiencies could be seriously regarded as invalidating the conclusions


of the study.

     The Kuratsune report dealt  with a smaller study that compared lung-cancer


mortality rates calculated from the 22 deaths that occurred in a 30-year period


in a smelter town with the lung-cancer experience in the same period in a

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neighboring city and in Japan as a whole.  The standardized mortality rate for
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males in the smelter towns was four times higher than that for the rest of



the country, but equal to that for women.  This fourfold excess is comparable



with the 3.3-fold excess observed in the Lee-Fraumeni study.  Although many of



the men in the town worked in the refinery, a much higher proportion of the

                                         heavily exposed to arsenic as

lung-cancer cases, compared with controls, occurred in men who were/smelter



operators.  As in the case of the Lee-Fraumeni study, the latent period from



first exposure to the diagnosis of lung cancer was very long, ranging from



26 to 48 years.  The duration of employment was also very long, with a median



of about 30 years, although two cases occurred in people who worked for only



2-3 years.



     Two lung-cancer studies of the American Smelting and Refining Company



smelter have produced conflicting results.  The 1963 Pinto and Bennett report



examined the proportional mortality from lung cancer in a total of 229 deaths

                        coo

in the period 1946-1960.     This study dealt only with pensioners and workers



who died during their employment and did not include people who had left the



plant.  The reported data showed that the 18 lung-cancer deaths in the plant



population as a whole indicated a rate that was higher than the rate in the state



of Washington.  However, the excess lung cancer for the plant as a whole was due



to the high occurrence in controls, i.e., in workers who were considered not to

                           and Strong,

have arsenic exposure.  Milham /by contrast, found, In the years 1950-1971, that



there were records of 39 deaths due to respiratory cancer in Pierce County (the


                                                                        491
smelter locale) in people who were stated to have worked at the smelter.



Application of U.S. mortality rates to the published figures for the smelter



population at risk yielded an expected number of 18 respiratory-cancer deaths,



compared with the 39 deaths observed.


                *                                                                582
    Pinto et al.  recently resolved the discrepancy between the Pinto and Bennett


                     491
and Milham and Strong    papers in a study of the same smelter that reevaluated


                                                           582
the exposure categories used in the Pinto and Bennett paper    (which were



apparently in error) and also included a longer observation period and therefore more
 Pinto, S. S. ,  V. Henderson, and P. Enterline.   Mortality experience of arsenic:

 exposed workers.  Unpublished data.

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deaths.  The data, shown in Table 6-2, include a total of 32-respiratory-cancer
cases and show a progressive increase in standardized mortality ratio with
increasing arsenic exposure.  The arsenic-exposure index was calculated as a
weighted average based on urinary arsenic concentration and duration of
employment.  It is of interest that the eightfold excess in respiratory cancer
for workers with the highest exposures and the threefold excess for all the
smelter workers reported by Pinto ejt al.   were very close to the figures re-
                          412               398
ported by Lee and Fraumeni    and Kuratsune.
     The studies described here  indicate that excess respiratory cancer occurs
in copper-smelter workers as a function of the magnitude and duration of
exposure to arsenic.          with latent periods of three to four decades from
the  time of initial exposure.  However, the studies do not permit a resolution
of the issue of whether concomitant exposure to sulfur dioxide and other smelter
dusts  is necessary for the carcinogenic response.  Evidence from studies
involving  entirely different circumstances of exposure -- including workers in
three pesticide manufacturing plants,317'550'Baetjer — *!•** vintners who
applied pesticides,   '    and Rhodesian gold miners   a -- suggests that sulfur
dioxide and other unspecified smelter dusts are not essential cofactors for
the  respiratory carcinogenicity  of arsenic.  All the nonsmelter studies have
obvious limitations,  but the lung-cancer excess in each study was relatively
large and, taken as a group, they provide significant evidence that arsenic is
a lung carcinogen.
     The Hill-Faning  study of 75 deaths in a sheepdip factory used the indirect
method of  proportional mortality to evaluate the small group of 22 deaths from
cancer; seven of them were cancers of the respiratory tract, compared with an
expected 2.4 deaths.     The Dow arsenic workers    were evaluated in two ways:
first by an analysis  comparing death records in terms of the 16.2% proportional
mortality  from lung cancer (28 deaths) in 173 chemical-worker deaths, compared
with 5.77,  for 1,809 control-case deaths; and then as a retrospective cohort
 Pinto, S. S., V. Henderson, and P. Enterline.  Mortality experience of arsenic
 exposed workers.  Unpublished data.  (See Table  6-5)
  Baetjer, A., M. Levin, and A. Lilienfeld.  Analysis of mortality experience
  of Allied Chemical plant.  Unpublished data.
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study the mortality from respiratory cancer (obtained from the records used

in the first approach) among 603 persons Identified as having worked in the

arsenic plant from 1940 to 1973 was compared with the mortality for the

corresponding U.S. white male population.  The two approaches gave essentially

the same results, namely a threefold to fourfold excess.  However, the

puzzling aspect of the data is that almost 60% of the respiratory-cancer deaths

were in people who had worked with arsenic for less than a year, three decades

earlier.  Most of the arsenic workers were unskilled short-term employees, of

whom a large proportion left the company after a brief period of employment.

The follow-up study, however, dealt only with the people who remained in the

company.  A confirmation of the excess lung cancer in a follow-up of short-term

arsenic workers who left the company would be very useful.  Nevertheless, there

were about a dozen cases in people who worked longer than a year and who were

in the highest dose categories, where the excess risk was maximal, fourfold to

sixfold.  It is possible that the apparent twofold excess in lung cancer in the

lower exposure categories, including those who worked with arsenic for less

than a year, would not be ascribable to arsenic, because there was no change in

cancer risk over a very wide range of total doses (42-1556 mg).  Furthermore,

these low dose categories consisted predominantly of short-term unskilled

workers who as a group might have had higher exposures to other hazardous

chemicals than the controls.

     The Allied Chemical Company pesticide manufacturing operations produced

a range of products, including some arsenical compounds.   A preliminary study

of the proportional mortality among retired employees showed a sevenfold excess

of lung cancer that accounted for about 40% of all deaths (A. M. Baetjer, personal
communication).
Both the Dow and Allied studies also showed a few excess deaths from lymphoma

and Hodgkin's disease.  The results of a more detailed study of the Allied

Chemical Company that is now in progress will be very useful.


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     Arsenic sprays and dusts were widely used in Germany between 1925 and




1942, at which time they were banned.  '      Vineyard workers also drank wine




containing arsenic.  Hundreds of workers  developed acute and chronic arsenic




poisoning.  In the 1950's, vineyard workers with lung cancer began to appear




in hospitals serving the vineyard regions.  An association between arsenic and




lung cancer is further suggested by the high proportion of vineyard workers




with lung cancer who had the characteristic hyperpigmentation and keratoses




associated with chronic arsenic exposure.




     The same high degree of association of skin arsenism and lung cancer




occurred in Rhodesian gold miners who were heavily exposed to arsenopyrite




dust.      In the period 1957-1963, the occurrence of 37 cases of lung cancer




in gold miners represented an incidence of 206/100,000, compared with 34/100,000




for adult males in the Gwanda region of Rhodesia.  This represents a sixfold




difference in lung cancer in miners.




     The probability of death from lung cancer in persons with keratosis shown




in Table 6-6 ranges from 32 to 56%, which is roughly 5-10 times higher than




might be expected.
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                                Table 6-6


      The Frequency of Lung Cancer In Persons with Keratoses Who Had


                    Heavy Exposure to Arsenical Dusts
(a)
Cases of
Keratosis
40
16
30
12
(b)
Cases of
Lung Cancer
13
9
10
5
b/a
7.
32
56
33
42
Refer'
ences
54 8a
86
609
572
     Rhodesian gold miners


     Vintners (Braun)


     Vintners (Roth)


     Sheepdip workers
               Total             98             37             38


      Assumes that 41 chemical workers who died in 1910-1943 had the
      same skin changes as chemical workers examined in 1946.
     The data suggest that there is a very high risk of lung cancer when


 the exposure to  inorganic arsenic dust  is high enough to cause keratoses.
     Liver Cancer.  The only evidence that arsenic is a. liver carcinogen comes


from German vintners.  Thirteen of the 27 persons whose autopsies were reported

      609
by Roth had cirrhosis, and three had angiosarcoma, a rare form of liver cancer


associated with exposure to a vinyl chemical and Thorotrast.  Only two cases of
angiosarcoma have been reported in people treated with Fowler's solution.


There is no evidence of either cirrhosis or        liver damage in any of the


other studies on arsenic.  It is possible that the combined effect of a high


alcohol intake and arsenic is responsible for the unusual forms of cirrhosis and


liver cancer observed in vintners.  It should also be pointed out that the


chemical form of arsenic in wine is unknown.


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     Experimentally Induced Cancer.  The fact that there is no established
method for producing cancer by treatment with any form of arsenic in an animal
model system remains an enigma.  One must conclude either that arsenic is not
a carcinogen or that particular circumstances not yet achieved are essential
to demonstrate a role for arsenic in experimental carcinogenesis.  A conclusion
that carcinogenesis by arsenic is restricted to humans (or cows, horses, and
    1 ft 1 a
deer    ) is highly suspect.  Therefore, much effort should be spent In attempt-
ing to find conditions in which the presence or absence of arsenic determines
the appearance or nonappearance of cancer in an animal model.  Some questions
need to be explored (their answers may account for the variable incidence of
human cancer associated with arsenic exposure):
•    Potassium arsenite, arsenic trioxlde, and possibly other compounds of
arsenic appear to have an unusual propensity to alter epithelial morphology
(at least in humans), often acting as irritants and causing hyperplasia, as
well as hyperkeratosis.  Thus, appropriate forms of arsenic should be tested
with known lung carcinogens for synergistic action.  Possibilities include the
ferric oxide-benzopyrene model in the hamster developed by Saffiotti et al.
and the sulfur dioxide-benzopyrene inhalation model of Kuschner and Laskin.
Controls designed to test exposure to arsenicals alone should be included;
proper and long-term inhalation studies have not been done.
                                41             77a
     Although both Barone et ajU   and Boutwell    based their tests in mouse
skin on a possible cocarcinogenic role for arsenic and found none, additional
experiments of this nature are reasonable.
     Moreover, because morphologic changes in epithelial tissue are ascribed to
arsenic, and because vitamin A and some retinoids control normal epithelial
           674a
morphology,     it is appropriate to design experiments in which vitamin A
deficiency is induced in animals as a test system for arsenical carcinogenicity
(and cocarcinogenicity).  In experimental animals, vitamin A deficiency
increases susceptibility to chemical carcinogenesis, and high
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dietary concentrations of retinoids have remarkable ability to prevent chemical




carcinogenesis in epithelial tissues,     including skin, breast, and lung.




     Again, because arsenicals alter epithelial morphology, the possibility that




the function of mucus-secreting cells or of the ciliated cells of the lung is


                                                       S76
interfered with by respirable particles bearing arsenic    should be investigated.



Interference with mucus secretion or ciliary action would facilitate the action




of a carcinogen entering the lungs, such as tobacco smoke.




•    Because compounds of arsenic and the heavy metals that may be associated with



them are enzyme poisons, it is possible that chronic exposure to abnormal amounts




of these substances partially  poisons enzymes that inactivate carcinogens.



Model systems might be devised to test this possibility.




•    The interaction of arsenic with some essential nutrients, such as sodium




selenite and potassium iodide, is known.  This should be considered in designing




animal models.

              ,                      arsenite and sodium arsenate are

     Peoples   a has shown that potassium /         detoxified via methylation




pathways.  Biologic changes attributable to arsenic might be accentuated in



animals fed diets that are low in labile methyl groups.




•    The administration of some carcinogens to pregnant females may result in




an unusually high Incidence or early development of cancer in the offspring.


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Because one such test, by Osswald and Goerttler,    resulted in an unusual



incidence of leukemia in mice, it is especially urgent to design appropriate




transplacental tests.  Repetition of such a test is essential.  The credibility



of the Osswald and Goerttler study is limited by their failure to give the



vehicle solution to the controls.




•    Because of the failure of repeated tests in lower animals to show carcino-




genicity due to arsenicals, consideration should be given to the use of nonhuman



primates as test animals.




     These are only a few examples of approaches to the problem of ascertaining




whether an animal model may be devised to account for the association of human



cancer with exposure to arsenic.


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                                 CHAPTER 7




                          SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
CHEMISTRY
     The compound of arsenic produced in largest quantity is arsenic trioxide,




As 0~.  It is a byproduct of the copper smelting industry.  Arsenic exhibits




oxidation states of III and V and forms a great variety of inorganic and




organic compounds.  In addition to arsenic trioxide, some widely encountered




inorganic compounds are arsenic pentoxide, As^O-; arsenous acid, H^AsOoj




arsenic acid, H~AsO, ; tetraarsenic tetrasulfide (realgar), As,S, ; arsenic tri-




sulfide (orpiment), As.S,; and arsenic pentasulfide, As^S,-.  Some of the more




common organic compounds are methylarsonic acid, CILAs(O)(OH)„; dimethylarsinic




acid, (CH3)2As(0)(OH); methyldihydroxyarsine, CH As(OH>2; dimethylhydroxyarsine,




(CH3)2AsOH; trimethylarsine, (CHO-jAs; and trimethylarsine oxide, (CH3)3AsO.




Some aromatic arsenic derivatives with veterinary and medicinal uses are




4-aminophenylarsonic acid, 3-nit:ro-4-hydroxylphenylarsonic acid, 4-nitro-




phenylarsonic acid, and 3~nitro-4-ureidophenylarsonic acid.




     Cationic species of As(III) are probably not present in aqueous solution.




Arsenous acid likely exists as As(OH)3>  The fact that the hydroxides of iron(II),




iron(III), chromium(III), and aluminum strongly adsorb or form insoluble pre-




cipitates with arsenites and araenates is important in the control of arsenic




pollution.  The ability of various molds and bacteria to convert arsenic com-




pounds to various methylated arsines is well known.  Because the methylated




arsines are sparingly soluble in water, volatile, and sensitive to air, they are




returned to the environment as methylarsonates, dimethylarsinates, and tri-




methylarsine oxide.  Arsenic-sulfur bonds are less subject to hydrolysis than




arsenic-oxygen bonds, and the formation of arsenic-sulfur bonds with sulfur-




containing biologic molecules is considered to be of great importance.





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DISTRIBUTION




     Arsenic is ubiquitous in the environment and is found in all living




organisms.  Natural sources include a variety of sulfur-containing minerals




of which arsenopyrite is the most common.  The amounts of arsenic in soil and




water depend largely on the geologic inputs from mineral weathering processes,




whereas the amounts in indigenous plants and animals reflect species differ-




ences.  Some species of marine plants, such as algae and seaweed, and marine




organisms, such as crustaceans and some fish, often contain naturally high con-




centrations of arsenic.




     Manmade sources of arsenic are generally byproducts of the smelting of




nonferrous metal ores, primarily copper and to a lesser degree lead, zinc, and




gold.  In the United States, the sole producer and refiner of arsenic trioxide




is the copper smelter of the American Smelting and Refining Company in Tacoma,




Washington.  Major imports of arsenic come from Sweden, the world's leading




producer.
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     The largest use of arsenic is in the production of agricultural pesticides,




under the categories of herbicides, insecticides,  desiccants,  wood preserva-




tives, and feed additives.   Arsenic trioxide was the raw material for the older




inorganic pesticides, including lead arsenate,  calcium arsenate>  and sodium




arsenite.  The newer major  organic arsenical pesticides include two herbicides,




monosodium and disodium methanearsonate and cacodylic acid,  and four feed




additives in current use are




substituted phenylarsonic acids.  Arsenic has several minor  uses, primarily as




an additive in metallurgic  applications, in glass  production,  as a catalyst in




several manufacturing processes, and in medicine.   Arsenical drugs are still




used in treating tropical diseases, such as African sleeping sickness and




amoebic dysentery, and are  used in veterinary medicine to treat parasitic dis-




eases, such as heartworm (filariasis) in dogs and  blackhead  in turkeys and




chickens.




     The major arsenic residues resulting from use of agricultural pesticides




and fertilizers are found in soils and to a lesser degree in plants and animals




living on contaminated soils.  The highest pesticide residues occur primarily




in orchard soils that received large applications  of lead arsenate.  Large




accumulations of arsenic also occur in soils around smelters.   Two important




closely related effects measurable in plants are arsenic residues and phyto-




toxicity.  Some soils that  received massive applications of  arsenate are cur-




rently incapable of supporting plant growth.




     Arsenic in air has three major sources:  smelting of metals, burning of




coal, and use of arsenical  pesticides.  Two known acute incidents of arsenic




pollution from smelters have occurred in the United States.   The most serious
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 air pollution problem, however, is associated with manufacturing processes and




 occupational hazards to workers.  Some arsenic in water results from




 industrial discharges.  Several endemic poisonings of water supplies have been




 reported.




      Safe disposal of arsenic wastes still constitutes a major administrative




 and technologic problem.  The major sources of arsenical wastes are residues




 in empty pesticide containers; surplus pesticides stored by government agencies,




 manufacturers, state and municipal facilities, and users; and soil contaminated




 by extensive use of arsenical pesticides.  Recommended procedures for manage-




 ment of arsenical wastes are recycling and reuse (preferred), long-term storage,




recovery of other metals and long-term storage of arsenic trioxide, and disposal




 in landfill sites.




      Several arsenic cycles have been proposed to interrelate the source, emis-




 sion, movement, distribution, and sinks of various forms in the environment.




 Arsenic is continuously cycling in the environment, owing to oxidation, reduc-




 tion, and methylation reactions.  Man's activities can alter the distribution




 of arsenic in finite geographic areas or in selected components of the environ-




 ment, but man has little control over the natural processes.




 METABOLISM




      Arsenic compounds must be in a mobile form in the soil solution in order




 to be absorbed by plants.   Except for locations around smelters or where the




 natural arsenic content is high, the arsenic taken up is distributed  throughout




 the plant body in less than toxic amounts.




      In nature, arsenic absorption by plants from the air is negligible.  Al-




 though smelter fumes and dusts may deposit on plant leaves, there is no evidence




 that arsenic from this source is taken into plants.
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     Translocation of arsenicals in plants is demonstrated by the fact that



arsenical solutions applied to foliage of some weeds results in the killing




of root tissue.  Metabolic experiments with radiolabeled organic arsenic compounds




indicate that these compounds or metabolites thereof form complexes with some




plant constituents.




     Bacteria and fungi can metabolize inorganic arsenic salts to form




methylated derivatives.  Algae can biosynthesize complex organic arsenicals




that are associated with the lipid fraction of these microorganisms.  Mollusks




and crustaceans can contain rather high concentrations of arsenic, but there




appears to be no relationship between their arsenic content and the collection




date or geographic location; this suggests that industrial pollution is not a




factor.  Fish also can contain arsenic, which apparently is derived from their




diet.  The arstnic that occurs naturally in seafood is metabolized quite




differently from inorganic arsenic.  The form of arsenic in shrimp, for example,




is not retained by the human body and is rapidly excreted.




     The rat has a unique arsenic metabolism that renders it unsuitable for




metabolic studies with arsenic compounds.  This rodent stores arsenic in the




hemoglobin of its red cells, which release the arsenic only when they break




down.  The resulting very slow excretion led to the belief that arsenic is a




cumulative poison.  Trivalent sodium arsenite seems to be almost entirely




oxidized to pentavalent sodium arsenate in vivo.  Evidence of the opposite




process - i.e., the in vivo reduction of arsenate to arsenite - is much less clear.




     Arsenic in normal urine of man, dog, and cow is principally in




the methylated form.  When the dog and cow are fed large doses of trivalent or




pentavalent inorganic arsenic, about half the arsenic appears in the urine as




methylated derivatives.  This methylation process is true detoxicification,
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   inasmuch as methylarsonates and dimethylarsinates are only one two-




   hundredth as toxic as sodium arsenite.




   EFFECTS ON ANIMALS AND PLANTS




        A number of different factors can influence the toxicity of arsenicals,




   including chemical form, physical form, the mode of administration, species,




   and criterion of toxicity.  There are several reports in the literature that




suggest that arsenic can exert biologic effects at concentrations below those




   generally considered "safe," but the physiologic significance of such findings




   is not known.




        The trivalent forms of arsenic apparently exert their toxic effect chiefly




   by reacting with the sulfhydryl groups of vital cellular enzymes.  Pyruvate




   dehydrogenase seems to be a particularly vulnerable site in metabolism, because




   it contains the dithiol lipoic acid that is especially reactive with trivalent




   arsenicals.  The biochemical basis for the toxic action of pentavalent arsenic




   compounds is known with less certainty, but such arsenicals may well compete




   with phosphate in phosphorylation reactions to form unstable arsenyl esters that




   spontaneously hydrolyze and thereby short-circuit energy-yielding bioenergetic




   processes.




        The use of phenylarsonic animal feed additives as recommended is beneficial




   and does not constitute a human or animal health hazard.  Animal losses and




   excessive arsenical residues in poultry and pork tissues occur only when the




   arsenicals are fed at excessive dosages for long periods.  The mechanism of




   action of phenylarsonic animal feed additives remains obscure, and these com-




   pounds are for the most part absorbed and excreted without metabolic change.
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     Toxicoses caused by the phenylarsonates are manifested by an entirely



different syndrome from those caused by the inorganic and aliphatic organic




arsenicals.  The latter produce the typical signs and lesions usually asso-




ciated with arsenic poisoning, whereas the former are less toxic and produce




     demyelination and gliosis of peripheral and cranial nerves.




     Poisoning of forage-eating livestock by inorganic and aliphatic organic




arsenical compounds, especially those used as herbicides and defoliants, has




been reported.  Most cases result from accidental or careless contamination




of forage that becomes accessible to livestock.




     The large-scale use of arsenicals in the United States has caused some




scientists to suspect that the use of these compounds may have a deleterious




effect on wildlife.  However, there is little evidence to confirm such suspi-




cions in the scientific literature.  Wildlife kills that have been attributed




to arsenic compounds were all associated with misuse of the compounds in




question.  But several laboratory studies have shown that wild species are




generally more sensitive to arsenic poisoning than many domestic species;




therefore, some ecologic vigilance is appropriate.




     Most data on the effects of arsenicals on aquatic organisms, particularly




on fresh-water organisms, were collected in short-term, direct-lethality




studies.  Practically nothing is known about the sublethal long-term effects




of arsenic, singly or in combination with other pollutants, on aquatic




organisms.




     Although early workers were not able to demonstrate any adaptation in




animals to toxic concentrations of inorganic arsenic, some recent work suggests




that there may be a rather limited adaptive response to inorganic arsenicals




under some conditions.
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     Abnormal physiologic responses have been noted in animals exposed to




arsenic trioxide aerosols at concentrations considerably below currently




accepted air quality standards.  Unfortunately, these experiments were carried




out with the rat, which has a unique ability to accumulate arsenic and is




therefore a poor animal model for studying arsenic metabolism.  It is difficult




to draw valid conclusions about the public health or environmental implications




of these investigations.




     High concentrations of arsenicals have been shown to decrease the ability




of mice to resist viral infection, presumably by inhibiting interferon forma-




tion or action.  However, low concentrations of arsenicals appear to enhance




the antiviral activity of interferon.




     Arsenic is known to protect partially against the effects of selenium




poisoning over a wide variety of conditions.  Arsenic decreases the toxicity




of selenium by enhancing its biliary excretion, thus clearing it from the liver,




the primary target organ in selenosis.




     Preliminary results have suggested a role for arsenic as a nutritionally




essential trace element.  Improved methodology in trace-element research - such




as the use of ultrapure water, highly refined diets, and plastic animal hous-




ing - apparently have enabled nutritionists to uncover a function for arsenic




in normal metabolism.




     The biologic effects of arsenic compounds on microorganisms appear to be




mediated very much by the same mechanisms as in mammals.  However, some micro-




organisms have a substantial ability to adapt to toxic concentrations of




arsenicals.  This adaptation seems in most cases to be due to decreased perme-




ability of the microorganism to arsenic.
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     Arsenicals clearly can be toxic to plants, but the biochemical basis




for such toxicity is less understood than that of the toxicity of arsenicals




to animals.  As in animals, arsenates are generally less toxic to plants than




arsenites.  One of the first symptoms of plant injury by sodium arsenite ia




wilting caused by loss of turgor, whereas the symptoms due to arsenate do not




involve rapid loss of turgor, at least through the early expression of




toxicity.




     The phytotoxicity of organic arsenical herbicides is characterized by a




relatively slow kill; the first symptoms are usually chlorosis, cessation of




growth, and gradual browning followed by dehydration and death.  Several




variables can influence the response, including stage of growth, senescence,




moisture availability, temperature, light intensity, and insect or mechanical




wounding of foliage before treatment.




     Arsenic can interact with several plant nutrients in either soils or




nutrient solutions.  Phosphate can increase or decrease the toxicity of arsen-




icals, depending on the experimental conditions.  The toxicity in some species




grown on arsenic-contaminated soils could be reduced by foliar or soil applica-




tion of zinc or iron.




EFFECTS ON MAN




     The past medicinal use of: inorganic arsenic preparations has provided the




basis for reasonably clear definition of the consequences of chronic systemic




arsenic exposure - specifically, characteristic hyperkeratosis and, less fre-




quently, irregularities in pigmentation, especially on the trunk.  Association




of these features with other, less common disorders, such as arterial insuffi-




ciency and cancer, in exposed populations must be regarded as supportive




evidence of a causal function of arsenic.  It should also be noted that many
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studies of populations "at risk" have failed to evaluate cutaneous changes


adequately.  Proper examination of the skin of people subjected to chronic


low-dose arsenic exposure has the potential for providing valuable information


related to the dose and duration of exposure necessary to cause changes in


given populations.  In a word, these benign skin lesions may be regarded as


sensitive indexes of exposure to an agent that has potentially serious con-


sequences.


     The present generation of physicians has not used arsenic and has little


direct knowledge of its toxic manifestations.  Thus, the "index of suspicion"


of the average practitioner may be relatively ineffective in diagnosing


isolated cases of arsenic toxicity.


     There is also considerable reason to believe that, judiciously used,


arsenic may have therapeutic value.  The time may be ripe to rediscover an old


remedy with modern analytic techniques.


     Several occupational and nonoccupational episodes of arsenic toxicity


have occurred.  Two of the best characterized and yet least known nonoccupa-


tional episodes occurred in Japan in 1955.  One involved tainted powdered milk;


the other, contaminated soy sauce.  In the former, 12,131 cases of infant


poisoning were recorded, with 130 deaths.  Evidence of severe damage to health,


including retarded growth and brain dysfunction, was found in a follow-up study


15 years later.


     Experimental teratogenic effects of arsenic compounds have been reported,


but none of the studies has  been sufficiently exhaustive to allow accurate


assessment of the human hazard.  For example, the doses that were administered


to achieve effects far exceeded likely environmental exposure, and accurate

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     There is some evidence that arsenicals can be mutagenic in humans:  an



increased incidence of chromosomal aberrations was observed in phyto-




hemagglutinin-stimulated lymphocyte cultures prepared from psoriasis patients




who had been previously treated with arsenic.




     There is strong 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 & pesticide.  The Taiwan data demonstrated a gradient




of incidence with degree of exposure and age.  All these populations had a




pathognomonic sequence of skin changes leading to cancer.




     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.  Two of the three smelter studies




showed a gradient in the incidence of lung cancer with the degree of arsenic




exposure; one of these studies also suggested that sulfur dioxide may be a




carcinogenic cofactor for the lung.




     Although hemangioendothelioma has been reported occasionally in people




who have been exposed to arsenic, the case for arsenic as a liver carcinogen




is not clear.
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The absence of a useful animal model is a serious handicap to the study of




arsenic as a skin carcinogen and is probably due to metabolic differences be-




tween humans and the animals tested so far.  The failure to induce skin cancer




in test animals is perhaps not surprising, inasmuch as neither melanosis nor




keratosis has been duplicated in animals and these effects appear to be




inseparably linked to the tumorigenic action of arsenic in the skin of man.




The carcinogenicity of arsenic for the lung in animals has not yet been




evaluated by inhalation studies.




MEASUREMENT




     The  preparation of material  for the  determination of arsenic requires the




usual  care to  ensure that the portion  of  the sample submitted for analysis




truly  represents  the whole.   Special hazards related  to arsenic  compounds are




the  possible loss  of arsenous oxide by volatilization and the rapid adsorption




of some arsenic compounds from  solution onto the walls of storage vessels.




     If total  arsenic  is to  be  measured in plant or animal tissue or  in  coal,




the  sample is  first wet-ashed with  some combination of nitric, perchloric, and




sulfuric  acids.   Arsenic originally present in the sample at very low concentra-




tions  must often  be preconeentrated before it can be  measured.   If  the sample




is a solution, the arsenic can  be coprecipitated on metallic hydroxides  or




precipitated with  organic reagents.  It can also be isolated from its original




matrix by liquid-liquid extraction  or  by  volatilization as a trihalide or as




arsine.
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      Until  recently,  total  arsenic was usually determined colorimetrically,

 by either  the molybdenum blue  method  or  the  silver diethyldithiocarbamate

 method.  Arsenic  is now  usually determined by atomic absorption, with  the

 sample  solution introduced  into a flame  as an aerosol or deposited as  a

 droplet  inside a  tube or on a  metallic strip, which is then  strongly heated.

 Greater  sensitivity has  been achieved with atomic absorption, however, by

 converting  the arsenic to arsine and  introducing this gas into  a heated  tube.

 Equal sensitivity can  be  achieved by  introducing the arsine  into an arc  in

 helium and measuring the  resulting spectral emission.   Low detection limits

 for arsenic can also be  reached by neutron-activation analysis  (often without

 chemical treatment).   Electrochemical methods, such as differential pulse

 polarography,  can achieve comparable  sensitivity in the presence of natural

 pollutants  (e.g., sludge).

 CONCLUSIONS

     Environmental contamination with and human exposure to arsenic compounds

have resulted  from incidents of air pollution from smelters,  the improper use

 of arsenical pesticides,  and episodes of tainted food  and drink.  The degree of

 arsenic air pollution due to amelter operations and  pesticide use should decrease
                            and environmental
 if currently proposed occupational/standards  are promulgated.  The technical and

 economic feasibility of the changes in engineering controls or work practices

needed to achieve compliance with such standards,  however,  has yet to be

determined.

     Although the total amount:  of arsenic injected into  the atmosphere in the

United States as a result of coal-burning is  very large,  the  sources  of such air

pollution are widely dispersed, and  arsenic  exposure due  to  fossil-fuel com-

bustion does not seem to  constitute  a health  hazard.  This  contrasts  with the

situation in some  other countries (e.g.,  Czechoslovakia), where the arsenic
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content of coal is high and high ambient air concentrations of arsenic result

Although petroleum generally contains only small quantities of arsenic, oil

from shale can contain significant amounts; therefore, if use of this fo.<;nii

fuel becomes common, removal of arsenic from the oil and/or more careful

environmental monitoring of arsenic is indicated.

     The food supply normally contains small amounts of arsenic, but these are

not considered harmful.  Some seafood naturally has appreciable concentrations

of arsenic, but in such a form that it is rapidly and completely excreted by

humans after ingestion.  Arsenic residues in foodstuffs due to arsenical pesti-

cide or feed additive use do not seem to warrant concern.  There have been

isolated epidemics of food poisoning due to arsenic as a result of manufactur-

ing accidents, but they are rare.

     Water supplies generally contain negligible quantities of arsenic, although

some cases of endemically poisoned waters have been reported.  Industrial

effluents have been shown to contain arsenic, but the self-purifying tendency

of rivers and streams and improved quality of waste-water discharges should
help to minimize this problem.
     The use of arsenical pesticides in food crops declined greatly after intro-

duction of the chlorinated hydrocarbon and organophosphorus chemicals.  However,

as more and more restrictions are placed on the use of the latter two families

of compounds, the use of arsenical pesticides may once again assume importance.

If this occurs, more careful monitoring of arsenic in the environment and food

supply would be imperative.

     Our greatest area of ignorance about arsenicals in the environment has to

do with the ecologic cycling of arsenic compounds.  Little or no quantitative

information is available regarding the fate of arsenicals in the ecosphere, so
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 it is not possible to state with certainty whether arsenic is building up in




 any sector of the ecosystem.  For example, organic arsenicals are widely used




 as herbicides and desiccants, but we do not know whether such use will eventu-




 ally render the soil phytotoxic, as has happened in some orchards in which lead




 arsenate was heavily applied.  More research is needed to investigate such




 problems.




      Suitable methods for arsenic determination are available for environmental




 analysis.  However, sample-handling may present difficulties because of losses




 of arsenic compounds via sublimation, especially during air monitoring, and




 analytic personnel should be alerted to this possible procedural pitfall.




      Individual arsenic compounds can be determined only after isolation by




 an appropriate method, such aa volatilization, paper chromatography, gas




 chromatography, or electrophoresis.




                                                                       When




 the nature of the compound is known, the quantity present can be measured by




 measuring the amount of arsenic present.




      The continued concern about the association between inorganic arsenic




 and cancer has raised questions regarding the implications of widespread




dispersion of inorganic arsenicals in the environment.  Clearly, the ecologic




 uncertainties about arsenic compounds deserve more effort and attention.
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                                CHAPTER 8
                             RECOMMENDATIONS
     Review of the scientific literature by the Subcommittee on Arsenic
identified several subjects on which additional information is needed.   If
the following recommendations for research are successfully carried out, the
new knowledge thereby generated should allow a more accurate assessment of
the environmental impact of arsenic compounds.
1.   Further epidemiologic and laboratory experimental research should be con-
     ducted on the question of the possible carcinogenicity of arsenic.
     The possible carcinogenicity of arsenic remains controversial, and it is
     urged that more studies be done to settle this issue.  A group of experts
     should be convened to address this question specifically and to recommend
     and oversee studies in man and experimental animals designed to resolve
     the enigma.  Experts in the following subjects should be on the working
     group:  pathology of cancer; epidemiology; statistics; chemistry,  bio-
     chemistry, and metabolism of arsenic; and experimental design (especially
     as the last relates to the many possible confounding factors that may
     modify carcinogenesis).  Numerous opportunitities exist for additional
     epidemiologic work, and follow-up studies should be performed on popula-
     tions that have been inadvertently exposed to arsenic.  The problem of
     experimental arsenic cancer in laboratory animals also requires more effort,
     and a series of studies designed as rationally as possible should be carried
     out, to determine whether arsenic can be demonstrated to be a carcinogen
     under experimentally controlled conditions.  In such studies, careful
     attention should be given to various experimental characteristics, such
     as the species of animal, the dosage of arsenical administered, the nature
     of arsenical tested, the duration of arsenical exposure, and the route of
     exposure to the arsenical.   Possible cocarclnogenic effects of arsenic
     compounds with other chemicals should also be considered.
 The term "arsenic" is used here as a general term for arsenic compounds.
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2.    More research is required to clarify the effects of long-term low-dose




     exposures to arsenic on man, domestic animals,  wildlife,  and aquatic.




     organisms.




     Recent studies using sensitive indicators of biochemical toxicity, such




     as alterations in enzyme activity, or physiologic criteria of poisoning,




     such as impaired reproductive performance, have suggested subtle changes




     at exposures of arsenic that were previously thought to be innocuous.




     How pertinent such results are to environmental problems is not certain,




     but at least the preliminary experiments should be confirmed or refuted




     and an attempt made to put such experiments into perspective.







3-   Additional studies on the possible teratogenic and mutagenic effects of




     arsenicals need to be carried out.




     All experimental teratology studies that have been carried out with




     arsenic compounds have used doses far in excess of those likely ever to be




     encountered as a result of environmental contamination.  Research with




     more realistic doses should be encouraged, to evaluate whether arsenic in




     the environment actually constitutes a teratogenic risk.   Experiments carried




     out with humans previously treated medically with arsenicals revealed




     chromosomal abnormalities, which suggest a mutagenic potential for some




     arsenic compounds.  Again, however, the doses of arsenic given to patients




     in the past were higher than any reasonable degree of environmental arstaic




     exposure that one would expect.   But the positive results argue strongly




     for further work along these lines.
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 4-   Much more effort is required regarding the inhalation toxicology of
      arsenic.
      The physiologic significance of some of the experiments in this field
      is open to debate, but the observation that biologic changes occur under
      certain conditions apparently is not.  Alterations in metabolic or
      biochemical characteristics are observed at exposures that seem very low.
      This work needs to be repeated, and any possible physiologic relevance
      of these data needs to be pointed  out.


5.    Possible metabolic  interrelationships of arsenic with other pollutants
      should  be  explored.
      Metabolic  antagonisms  between arsenic and  some minerals suggest that
      arsenic may have antagonistic or synergistic effects with  other pollutants.
      This  illustrates the  fact  that  environmental standards for pollutants  can-
      not  be  set  in isolation,  but should take into account possible  interactions
      among pollutants.
 6.    The  use of the rat  as  an  experimental animal in  studies of arsenic meta-
      bolism  should be  strongly discouraged.
      The  rat has a unique  arsenic metabolism that is  totally unlike  that  of
      man  or  other  mammals.   Therefore,  research conducted with  rats  is difficult
      to apply to man; such  research  has led  to  many misinterpretations.   One
      such misconception is  the idea  that arsenic is retained in the  body  to the
      same extent as heavy  metals, such  as lead, mercury, and cadmium.
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7.    More information about the chemical nature of arsenic in soil, water,
     foodstuffs, and plant and animal tissues is desirable.

     The behavior of arsenic in the food chain cannot be fully understood with-
     out increased knowledge of the various chemical forms of arsenic.
     The data are very incomplete, although it is clear that the naturally™
     occurring arsenic in foods is metabolized quite differently from inorganic
     arsenicals.  The recent attempts to characterize the arsenolipids in marine
     oils show what can be accooiplished in this direction, but more effort is

     indicated,   The forms of  arsenic in foods have  unknown toxicities  and

     environmental  behavior.   Further examination of their identity,  toxielty,
     and  fate in the environment  is needed,  so that  their  significance  to
     both man and his  environment  can be assessed.

8.   Better analytic techniques and  sample-handling  procedures for...arsenic
     compounds need to be developed.
     Most current analytic techniques for arsenic give values only for the total
     amount of arsenic in the  sample and do not characterize the various chemical
     forms  of arsenic present.  Because the toxicity and ecologic behavior of:
     arsenic depend strictly on its  chemical forms,  means to identify these izorms
     are needed.  Recent evidence also suggests that the equilibrium vapor
     pressure of some arsenic  compounds (e.g., arsenic trioxide) is great enough
     for appreciable losses to occur as a result of sublimation when dust
     particles are collected on high-volume air samplers.  Sublimation losses
     may also occur during sample storage or drying.  Surveillance personnel
     need to be alerted to these possible problems of analysis, and alternative
     procedures may have to be worked out.  Once acceptable methods for the
     determination of arsenic  compounds are established, routine monitoring of
     arsenic in environmental  samples should be undertaken.
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 9.    An economic assessment  should  be  made of  the  possible  effects  that  not




      using  arsenical  pesticides  would  have on  food and  fiber  production.




      The organic arsenical pesticides  play an  important role  in protecting crops




      and livestock from damaging pests.   Current usage  is estimated at 15,000-




      20,000 tons a year.  Loss of these  pesticides or major price adjustments




      due to low  availability of  starting materials (arsenic trioxide)  could have




      a  major economic impact on  American agriculture.   It is  urgent to assess




      the domestic and foreign consequences of  the  loss  of these compounds.




10.    Guidelines  on the disposal  of  arsenical wastes should  be developed.




      Arsenic is  an unavoidable byproduct of smelting operations.  It must be




      used,  stored, or disposed of safely.  For pesticides,  the safe disposal




      of containers is important.  Slag  from smelting operations,  as well as




      the arsenic trioxide that is collected, must  be used or  disposed of in  an




      acceptable  manner.  Perpetual  storage should  most  likely be avoided.
11.   Additional work is needed to elucidate^ the biochemical mechanisms res-




      ponsible for arsenic poisoning.




      Although the toxic effects of trivalent arsenicals are accounted for




      reasonably well on the basis of their reactivity with sulfhydryl groups,




      the mechanism of action of pentavalent arsenicals, both organic and




      inorganic, is much less understood.  Careful metabolic studies should be




      carried out to determine whether pentavalent arsenicals are reduced to




      trivalent arsenicals in vivo and, if so, to what extent.
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12.   Experiments should be carried out to establish whether animals can adapt




     to the toxic effects of arsenic.




     It seems to be well documented that microbial systems can adapt Lo toxic




     concentrations of arsenic,  although the precise molecular mechanism of




     this effect is unknown.  Recent results that indicate that mammals also




     can adapt to arsenic to a limited extent should be followed up, and addi-




     tional work along these lines should be encouraged.






13.   The possible effect of arsenicals in decreasing the ability to resist




     infection needs to be investigated further.




     The mechanism of this effect of arsenic, inhibition of interferon forma-




     tion or action, is of both theoretical and practical interest.  If this




     work can be verified and is found to hold true in other species, the




     implications for public health could be considerable.






14.   Arsenic should be studied as a possible nutritionally essential trace




     element.




     The occasional favorable effects of arsenic in animal metabolism suggest




     that it may play a physiologic role at very low concentrations.  Such a




     role has recently been shown in experiments using modern techniques in




     trace element research, but these studies need to be verified and expanded.
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15.  The mechanism of action of arsnical "growth-promoting" agents should be




     studied.




     Although many theories have been advanced in an attempt to explain the




     growth-promoting effect of organic pentavalent arsenicals, none of these




     hypotheses seems totally satisfactory.   If these compounds are to be con-




     tinued in use, a better understanding of their mode of action might allow




     the design of equally active yet less toxic compounds.






16.  Studies on environmental characteristics that can affect the redistri-




     bution of arsenic within the ecosystem should be undertaken.




     Environmental conditions can seriously affect the toxicity of arsenical




     residues in soils.  Dissipation of applied arsenicals is subject to




     changes in rate and is a function of the environment and the arsenical.




     Information is needed on how these dissipation rates can be changed to




     prevent the buildup of toxic residues.






17.  An estimate of annual arsenic usage in agriculture is needed.




     The exact annual production, distribution, imports, exports, and inven-




     tories of arsenical pesticides is unknown.  Furthermore, it is impossible




     with current estimates to predict market trends as influenced by shortages




     in petroleum-based feedstocks, development of new pesticides, or any other




     economic change.  Consequently, the short- or long-term environmental




     impact of continued arsenic usage on agricultural production cannot be




     determined.
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                 APPENDIX A




ARSENIC CONTENT OF PLANTS AND PLANT PRODUCTS




            Arsenic Concentration, ppm
     Treat-
(dry wt)
Plant or Product
CEREALS
Wheat



Wheat flour
Corn, grain



Corn, stalk and leaves




Corn, seedling
Corn, pop
Barley


Barley, straw
Rye
ment3-
S

SP
6S
7S


1
6S
7S

3
6S
7S
IS
3S


S
SP
SP

Treated
14.6

trace-0.0-
0.09-0.30
0.06-0.50


0.04-0.07
«0.05-0.8
<0. 05-0. 19

0.09-17.1
1.82-3.75
0.2504.36
2.76
1.8-252


4
0.0-0.9^
14. 3^

Nontreated

0.007-0.3

0.09-0.16
0.09-0.16
0.01-0.09
<0.01-0.4
<0. 01-0. 05
0.05-0.07
<0. 05-0. 10
0.04^
0.6-2.5
1.83-1.90
0.10-1.94
0.71
3.0
0.1
<0.1-0.55



<0.1
Reference
216
39,81,110,362,653,691,
740,771
322
19a
19a
34,38,371,691
81,110,353,364,740,771
125
19a
19a
353
780
19a
19a
364
783
110
110,353,362,653,771
71
322
322
653
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                 APPENDIX A




ARSENIC CONTENT OF PLANTS AND PLANT PRODUCTS




            Arsenic Concentration, ppm
     Treat-
(dry wt)
Plant or Product
Oat


Straw
Millet t
Rice, grain
Rice
Rice, whole plant
Bread
Whole wheat
Ginger
VEGETABLES
Soybean


Soybean, fodder

Soybean, oil
Soy sauce
Beans, green




mentlL Treated

IS 0.74-1.03
SP 0.1-
1S 2.07


S 0.5-5.0
2 0.9-9.4





6S 0.05 1.31
7S 0.06-2.03
6S 0.09-2.44
7S 0.48-3.08

100^-

IS trace-0.22
SP traced
3S 1.2-28.5
4S trace-26.6
N entreated
<0.1-2.28
0.09-0.13

0.28
<0.1
<0. 07-3. 53
0.4
0.8-5.0
0.016-0.03
0.008-0.02
0.05-0.07

0.08
0.05-1.22
0.05-1.22
0.07-2.12
0.07.2.12
0.09

0.1^-0.4
0.01-0.08

trace
trace
Reference
274,353,362,653
124
322
124
653
38,81,353,371,653,689
596
208
461
461
461

371
19a
19a
19a
19a
81
498
38,110,353
124,125,351,479
322
132
132,351
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APPENDIX A
ARSENIC CONTENT OF PLANTS AND PLANT PRODUCTS
Arsenic Concentration, ppm
Treat- (dry wt)
Plant or Product ment£.
Beans, pod
Beans , leaves
Beans
Bean
Bean, vines
Bean, roots
Bean, kidney
Bean, lima
Bean, yellow eye, leaf
Bean, black wax, leaf
Bean, black wax
Pea

Peas , pod
Peas, vine
Peas, root
Peas, sweet

Peanut
Carrot


Carrot, tops
Carrot, roots
IS
IS

N
IS
IS


IS
IS
is

IS
IS
IS
IS
SP



IS
SP
IS
IS
Treated
0.79
1.92

4.50
1.82
5.78


0.25-3.00
4.58
0.25

0.04-0.48
0.88
2.04-5.70
1.20
trace-0.1—



trace-0.27
0.0-2.91
0.57
0.18
Nontreated
0.27
0.21
0.05-0.40
0.07
0.18
0.29
0.33
0,4
0.08-1.14
1.57
0.08
<0. 01-0. 49
0.01-0.40
0.05
0.12-2.82
22.70

0.3
0.01-0.30
0.03-0.80
<0. 01-0. 08

0.00-0.57
0.32
Reference
351
351
479,771
451
364
364
368
110
124
124
124
353,364,479,653,740
364,455
364,455
364,455
364
322
110
81,740,771
81, 110, 123, 353, 479, 65j, 771
124,125,479
322
81,364
364
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                 APPENDIX A




ARSENIC CONTENT OF PLANTS AND PLANT PRODUCTS




            Arsenic Concentration, ppm
     Treat-
(dry wt)
Plant or Product
Potato




Potato, peelings
Potato, sweet
Onion


Onion, tops
Turnip

Turnip , greens
Rutabaga
Parsnips
Beets, tops
Beets, roots

Beets
Radish


mentf.

IS
SP
5S
4S
AS


IS
SP
IS

IS



IS
SP
IS
IS

SP
iS
Treated

0.06-0.11
0.0-0.1-^
Sl.O
trace-0.6
0.2-83.0


0.16-0.36
trace-3.2^
8.85

0.10



0.08-1.46
0.0-0.4^.
0.08-1.28
20.2

trace
0.02-0.22
N entreated
0.0076-1.25
0.01-0.05

0.2
trace-0.1
0.4-2.4
0.00
0.015-1.54
0.08-0.36

3.19
0=036-0.83
<0.01
0.03
0,80
0.20
0.07-3.48
0.1-1.3
0.34
1.27
0.01-2.02


Reference
81,110,353,369,651,740,
771
124,125
322
657
351,516,678
678
81
110,353,368,479,740,771
124,364
322
364
125,353,771
125
81
771
110,771
124,364,479
110,364,368,479,651,771
364,377,479
364
81,110,322,353,368,479,
771
322

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                 APPENDIX A




ARSENIC CONTENT OF PLANTS AND PLANT PRODUCTS




            Arsenic Concentration, ppm
     Treat-
(dry wt)
Plant or Product
Tomato




Tomato, stem and

Tomato, root

Eggplant

Eggplant, roots
Cucumber

Pickle, sweet
Lettuce


Lettuce, roots
Parsley
Watercress
Spinach
Kale

mentfL

IS
4S
3N
4N
leaves 4S
IS
4S
IS

IS
IS

IS


SP
IS
IS




IS
Treated

f:ra"ce-0.09
0.68-39.5
3.75-145,28
trace-18.1
-334
LI. 4
-1,707
1.93-12.83

trace-19.68
9,84

0.2


0.0-2.1-
0.08-0.32
10.98




0.98
N entreated
0.01-2.95
0.08-0.09
<0.2
trace
trace
<0.2
6.75
<0.2
0.26-0.49
0.18-0.77
0-6.14
0.98
0.02-2.4

0.14
0.01-3.78

0.12
0.47
0.1-8.0
1.84-2.10
0.04-2.25
0.11-0.22
0.01-0.99
Reference
81,110,368,651,771
124,364,479
132,250
132
132
250
364
250
364
368,651
479
364
81,368,479.651,751
751
110
38,81,353,364,479,740
322
364,479
364
110,227,248,771
353,368
81,353,368
409
81,364
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                 APPENDIX A




ARSENIC CONTENT OF PLANTS AND PLANT PRODUCTS




            Arsenic Concentration, ppm
     Treat-
Cdry wt)
Plant or Product
Kale, roots
Swiss chard
Kohlrabi
Cabbage
Chicory

Lentil

Celery
Celery, whole plant
Celery, stalks
Celery, root
Salsify
Asparagus
Mushroom, canned
Broccoli
Cauliflower
Endive
Pepper

Pepper, roots
Squash
uent*. Treated Nontreated
IS 17.49 0.39
IS 0.04-0.27 <0. 91-0. 08
SP trace-O.lk-
0.0-2.01
0.62
0.1*
0.70
0.3*
0.2-0.75
2.32
0.60
IcOO
0.11^
0.1
0.45-0.79
IS trace
0.86
0.21
IS trace-0.47 0.39
0.00
IS 6.89 1.57
0.023-0.034
Reference
364
124,125
322
81,110,322,353,368,651,
771
38
353
38
353
110,123,353
353
771
123
353
353
353,461
479
353
740
364,479
81
364
479
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                 APPENDIX A




ARSENIC CONTENT OF PLANTS AND PLANT PRODUCTS




            Arsenic Concentration, ppm
     Treat-
(dry wt)
Plant or Product
FRUITS
Apple


Apple, skin
Apple, butter
Apple, juice-cider

Orange
Orange, juice
Pear

Pear, skin
Peach
Peach, leaves
Apricot
Lemon
Lemon, leaves
Lemon, roots
Pineapple
Banana
Pumpkin
mentJL Treated Nontreated

0.04-1.72
SP trace-0.1-
1 0.33-14.2 0.03-1.91
0.07.1.35
0.43-2.41
0.065-0.165
1 0.18-0.47
0.11-^-0.35
0.008-0.12
0,17^-0.39
1 4.0
0.40-0.60
0.07-1.5
S 1.38-2.39
0.15-1.5
0.50
3N 11.0 0.35
3N 1,200
0.08^.
OoOob
0.09^
Reference

110,304,651,675,709,740,
771
322
68,353,602
675,700
110
675

38,353,492
492
304,353
70
700
81,134,740
44
134
38
419
419
353
353
353
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                 APPENDIX A




ARSENIC CONTENT OF PLANTS AND PLANT PRODUCTS




            Arsenic Concentration, ppm
     Treat-
(dry wt)
Plant or Product
Blueberry
Blueberry, leaves
Blueberry, stems
Blueberry, roots
Grapes


Grape, leaves
Grape, juice
Grapefruit , leaves
Mandarin
BEVERAGES
Wine




Wine, white
Wine, red
Wine, fruit
Wine, port
Lemonade
Whiskey
Beer
ment*- Treated Nontreated
2S <1.4-4.3
2S 6.74-14.97 0.78
2S 7.6-13.3 0.27
2S 93.7-164.2 2.40
0.75-1.20
6S 0.24-0.28 0.05
IS 0.6-3.8
2.3
None Detected
2.0-3.0
0.85

0.005-0.15
IS 0.0-4.0
2S 0.4-1.0 0.01-0.02
2 2.76 <0.1
1 0.02-0.18
0.06-0.56
0.03-1.38
0.06-0.11
0.02-0.07
0.000-0.005
0.02-0.07
0.01-2.0
Reference
43
13
13
13
700
169
311
314
314
612
353

80,461
251
212
575
738
133
133
165
262
461
80
80,461,470,743
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                 APPENDIX A




ARSENIC CONTENT OF PLANTS AND PLANT PRODUCTS




            Arsenic Concentration, ppm
     Treat-
(dry wt)
Plant or Product mentS. Treated
Ale
Malt
Hops, sundried
Hops, sulfured 0.15-19.5

Coffee, bean 1 0.5-1.5
Liquid fruit products
TREES
Pine, short leaf
Fir, Douglas, needles
Fir, Douglas, twigs (ash)
Fir, Douglas, twigs AM
Cypress, Italian
Fir, (Abies alba)
Pine (Pinus laricius)
Chestnut (Castanea vesca)
Pine, Scotch
Beech, European
Spruce, white
Spruce, black SP
Oak, chestnut
Oak, chestnut, acorns
Oak, chestnut, roots
Hickory
Poplar, tulip
N on treated
<0.02
0.26-0.35
0.08-0.15

0.03-0.82

0.09-0.21

0.1-0.2
4-8000
<100
>1,000
1.4
0.11
0.13
0.05-0.11
<0.,05
<0.05
1.0-2.4
<1.0-96
0.05-0.40
0.1
11.0
0, 10-0. 40
0.08-0.40
Reference
470
470
134
134,423,681
422,423,681
569
165

17
172
749
749
495
495
495
353,495
495
495
605
401 b
17
17
17
17
17
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                 APPENDIX A




ARSENIC CONTENT OF PLANTS AND PLANT PRODUCTS




            Arsenic Concentration, ppm
     Treat-
(dry wt)
Plant or Product
Walnuts
Walnut, black
Hazelnuts
Date
Filbert
Cherry, leaves
Almond
Hemlock, foliage
FORAGE CROPS
Grass





Clover

Clover , red

Clover
Clover, white
Hay
Alfalfa




mentS.









IS
S
SP
4
1,5

IS

AS
S
IS
IS

SP
S
IS

Treated





8.60
2.0-4.8


0.5-2.0
0.5-75.5
2.5-12.0^
938-1,462
15,000-60,000

1.32
12.0
0.09-0.84
12.0
6.24
1.26

004-5.7^
14 .,0-860
3.37
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N on treated
0.07
0.13^
0.78
0.12^-
0.11

0.3
0.2-0.4

0.1-0.7
0.50-0.94
0.5



<0. 10-0. 17
0.46
0.37
0.11-0.39

3.64
0»52
0.05-3.38


1*97

Reference
38
353
38
353
353
424
353
659 a

31
110,124
216,771
322
527
95
509
124
110,353,771
655
771
364
124
353,509
322
110,728
364


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                 APPENDIX A




ARSENIC CONTENT OF PLANTS AND PLANT PRODUCTS




            Arsenic Concentration, ppm
     Treat-
(dry wt)
Plant or Product ment£ Treated
Alfalfa, roots IS 0.78
Sudangrass
3N 9.6-384.8
4N 3.1-68.4
4S 0.38-33.4
Vetch IS 1.92
Vetch, roots IS 15.82
Sunflower
Sunflower leaf SP 3.3^
MARINE ALGAE, SEAWEED
Macrocystis pyrifera
Chondrus crlspus
Laminaria digitata lamina
Laminaria digitata
Laminaria digitata, oil
Laminaria digitata, fatty acid
Laminaria saccharina
Laminaria saccharina, oil
Laminaria saccharina, fatty acid
Halidrys siliquosa
Fucus nodosus
Entarompha compressa
Ahnfeltia plicata
Fucus vesiculosus
Fucus vesiculosus, oil
Fucus vesiculosus, fatty acid
N entreated
3,15
0.70
trace
trace

1.22
7.15
<1. 0-2.0


4.0-60.0
3.8-18.0
107-109
47.0-93.8
221.0
36.0.
45. OF- - 52.5
155
7.5-52o5
26.0-30.0
45.0
11.2
39.0
24-65
35.0
5ol
Reference
364
451
132
132
132
364
364
110
322

264,771,
121,361,
443
361,409
438
438
361,409
438
361,409,
361,409
361
361
409
361,443
438
438










773
409
438


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                 APPENDIX A




ARSENIC CONTENT OF PLANTS AND PLANT PRODUCTS




            Arsenic Concentration, ppm
Treat- (di
Plant ot i'roduct ment5 Treated
Fucus serratus
Fucus serratus, oil
Fucus serratus, fatty acid
Piocamium coccineum
Ulva latissima
Gigartina mammillosa
Laminar ia hyperborea, oil
Laminaria hyperborea, fatty acid
Ascophyllum nodosum, oil
Ascophyllum nodosum, fatty acid
Fucus spiralis
Fucus spiralis, oil
Fucus spiralis, fatty acid
Pelvetia canaliculata
Pelvetia canaliculata, oil
Pelvetia canalicilata, fatty acid
ALGAE
Algae
Alj^ae , Odegodeum 7 4.5-71.4
Sceletonema costatum, oil
Chlorella ovaliSj on
Chlorella pyrenoidosaj Oil
Phaedactylum tricornutum 0-n
Oscillatoria rubescens On
Pterygophera californica
Agarum fimbuetum
Rhodemia pertusa
Casteria castata
•y wt)
N entreated
28-67.5
27.0
6.1
7.5
6.0
4.5-17.2
197
16
7.8-49.0
5.2-21.0
15-34
5.7
5.0
15-22
10.8
7.3
0.5-12.0
1.3
0.7
0.5
3.6-4.8
Oo4-0.5
12oO
4.0
1.0

Reference
361,443
438
438
361
361
362,443
438
438
438
438
443
438
438
443
438
438
110,465,771
347
441
441
441
441
441
771
771
771
771
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                 APPENDIX A




ARSENIC CONTENT OF PLANTS AND PLANT PRODUCTS




            Arsenic Concentration, ppm
     Treat-
(dry wt)
Plant or Product menti Treated
MISCELLANEOUS
Baking powder
Cottonseed 6 0,05-0.08
Cottonseed products 5 On68

Cotton leaves 6 0.13-41.4
Sugar
Glucose
Honey
1 0.9
Pectin
Organic food color
Gelatin
Polyphosphates
Chocolate
Jam
Jam and marmalades
Tobacco
Johnson grass
Sugar cane
AQUATIC PLANTS, NEW ZEALAND
Ceratophyllum demur sum GTA 20-1060
Lagarosiphon major GTA 29-1450
Nontreated

1.0
0.05

0.58
0.055
0.15
0.2
0.14

1.0-3.55
3.0
1.0
<0. 3-3,0
0.07-1.53
0.00-0.1
0. 04-0 o 08
trace-42.8
Oo65
2,,0

1.4

Reference

34
36
81
400
769
38
461
110
197
87,110
87
87
87,579
38,461
461
165
110,282,428,519,662,792
400
563

401,594,595
401.594,595
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                 APPENDIX A

ARSENIC CONTENT OF PLANTS AND PLANT PRODUCTS

            Arsenic Concentration, ppm
     Treat- 	(dry wt)
Plant or Product mentS. Treated
Elodea canadensis GTA 307-700
Potamogeton sp. GTA 45-436
Lemna sp. GTA 30
Nitella hooker i GTA 182
A. Braun
Enteromorpha nana GTA 14-40
Compsopogon hookeri GTA 550
Typha orientalis Presl GTA 8
Egeria densa GTA 266-310
Atriplex confertifolia
Myriophyllum propinquum GTA 456
MISCELLANEOUS
Mustard, paste
Rhubarb
Astragalus bisulcatus
Russian thistle
Turpentine weed
Wild aster
Ironweed
Ragweed
Tulipa sp.
Scarlet mallow
Oreocarya sp.
Stanleya pinnata
Cocklebur
Spurge
Nontreated Reference
3.0 401,595
<6.0 401,595
2.5 401,595
13.0 401,595
401,594,595
594,595
401,595
3.2 304
— 401

0.28 771
<0.1 771
2.0 771
<1.0 771
<1. 0-2.0 771
2.0 771
1.0 771
1.0 771
2.0 771
loO 771

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                                    APPENDIX A


                   ARSENIC CONTENT OF PLANTS AND PLANT  PRODUCTS


                               Arsenic Concentration, ppm
                        Treat-
(dry wt)
Plant or Product
Aplopappus fremontii
Astragalus pectinatus
Lambsquarters, common
Mustard , common
Clintonia borealis
Sorrel
Dandelion
Wild leek
Buckhorn plantain
Sourgrass
Daisy
Milkweed , tops
Sour dock, tops
Burdock, leaves
False indigo
MOSS
Hylocomium splendens
Pleurozium schreberi

ment£.



S
SP
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S
SP
SP
Treated



<1.0
<2-52
7.0
8.0
16.0
18.0
12.0
1.0
1.0

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                                  APPENDIX B

                          ARSENIC CONTENT OF ANIMALS
                                     Arsenic concentrat-
                                     lon, ppm  (fresh wt)
Hair

  Distal

  Proximal
Brain
Teeth

Esophagus

Thyroid
Lung
  Female

Heart
KpO-
urea



1
2

3
4

4


2
3
4


4


Exposed Normal
0.3-1.75
0.79
0.03^-1.92
0.4-816 <3.0
3.58 0.997
0.001—0.14
1.0-1.4
1.9
0.003-0.635
168
0.06-0.13
0.001-0.314^.
0.003-0.332^
0.002-0.093
0.08-0.17
2.3-2.6
20.0
0.006-0.514^
0.006-0.038
64.0
0.002-0.078^.
0.001-0.016
References
80,123
253
80,253,370,472,
666,730
103,189,491,585
47
253,370,666
272
480
666,733
480
61,253
666
666
393a
253,370
272
480
666
501
480
666
253,370,761
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        APPENDIX B

ARSENIC CONTENT OF ANIMALS
           Arsenic concentrat-
           ion, ppm (fresh wt)
Animal
Liver



Kidney

Left
Right

Pancreas


Bladder
Gall Bladder
Stomach

Walls
Contents

Intestine
Small
Large
Expo-
sure8 Exposed Normal References
0.09-0.30 80,253,370
3 4.4-6.9 272
4 12.8-143 480
0.005-0.246^ 666
0.07-0.14 253,370
3 0.4-1.3 272
4 15.8-92 480
4 81 480
0.002-0.363^ 666
0.07 253
4 94 480
0.005-0.410^- 666
0.06 253
4 41 480
0.04 253
3 0.1-0.3 272
4 5-246 480
4 5-8,836 480
0.003-0.104^ 666
0.07 253
4 132 480
4 259 480
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                                  APPENDIX B

                          ARSENIC CONTENT  OF ANIMALS
                                     Arsenic  concentrat-
                                     Ion,  ppm (fresh wt)
Bone

  Calvarium

  Rib

Nail
Blood
  Women, venous

  Menstrual

  Serum

  Skin

  Spinal cord

  Urine
xpo-
ure* Exposed

3 0.5-2.2
4 12.8





5 7.1-17.8

4 20-130
6 0.82-3.0

4 5.0

7 0.03-0.27




4 20.6
1 0.04-0.9
Normal
0.08-0.13


0.001-0.132^-
0.16-0.50
59-61 (in ash)
20-27 (in ash)
1.70
0.04-0.11
0.02-2.90^-


0.01-0.59

0.001-0.920^
0.01-0.13
0.06-1.44
0.18
0.000-0.0028
0. 009-0. 59^

0. 01-0 o 22
References
61,253,370
272
480
666
253,370
538
538
253
344
666
731
183
253,281,472
480
666
744
281,742
742
168,472
666
480
103, 356,491,558
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                                    APPENDIX B

                            ARSENIC CONTENT OF ANIMALS
                                       Arsenic  concentrat-
                                       ion, ppm (fresh wt)
Animal
                               Expo-
    Uterus

      Membrane

    Aorta

    Adrenal

    Breast

    Muscle, pectoral

    Ovary

    Prostate

Domesticated Animals

Beef

  Calf muscle

  Calf liver

  Liver

  Milk



  Milk, dried

  Milk, sterilized

  Milk, condensed

  Butter

  Veal
Exposed Normal
0.000-0.11
27.2
0.010-0.188^
45.6
0.003-0.570^
0.002-0.293^-
0.030-0.221^-
0 o 012-0. 431-
0.013-0.260^-
0.010-0.090^-
0.008
0.52
0.15
0.063
0.0005-0.07
«0. 05-0. 27
<0o5
0.03-0.04
0.01-0.014
0.07
0.005-0.010
References
253,472
480
666
281
666
666
666
666
666
666
39
580

547
39,372,461
216,467
702
461
461
38
39
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                                   APPENDIX B

                           ARSENIC CONTENT OF ANIMALS
                                      Arsenic concentrat-
                                      ion, ppm (fresh wt)
Animal
Pork
Muscle
Muscle
Salami
Chicken
Meat
Kidney

Liver

Liver
Bone, marrow
Eggs
Yolk
Rabbit, muscle
Liver
Kidney
Heart
Lungs
Meat , canned

Fat
Wild Animals
Expo-
sure8 Exposed Normal

0.22-0.32
7 0.29-0.92 <0.02
0.14-0.20
7 0.2-1.2
7 0.01-0.4 0.02
7 0.08-1.2 0.05
0.02
12.2
0.02
7 0.19-2.43 0.08
0.0-0.4
7 0.40
0.005
7 1.0-2..0
7 3.0
7 3.0
7 trace
7 trace
Oo 01-0. 18
0.20-4.13^-
0.13-0.54-

References

38,580
411
38,110
140
40,140
40,140
252
140
252
40
140
210
39
652
652
652
652
652
580
653
653

Squirrel
0.8
17
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        APPENDIX B

ARSENIC CONTENT OF ANIMALS
           Arsenic concentrat-
           ion, ppm (fresh wt)
Expo-
Animal sure3 Exposed
Sparrow
Mice
Hawk
Owl
Fox
Crow
Oppossum
Starling
Bee, dead 4 3.22-12.0
2 20.8-31.2
Pollen 2 Lrl20
4 7.75-30
Larvae, dead 4 4.95-13
Pupae 4 10
Honey 4 16-22
2 1-2
Aquatic Organisms
Shrimp
English potted
Edible portion
Canned
Pandalus borealis, oil
Pandalus borealis, fatty acid

Normal
0.2k
1.0*
0.4k
0.05k
o.sk
0.1*
o.2k
0.01-0.21








1.27-41.6
8«2-18.8
0.95-31.2
0.08
10.1
4»8
13. 0-42. G£
References
17
17
17
17
17
17
17
470
197,450
430
697
197,199
197,199
199
199
430

110,121,142
121
143
174
438
438
444,450
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                                     APPENDIX B

                             ARSENIC CONTENT OF ANIMALS
                                        Arsenic concentrat-
                                        ion, ppm (fresh
Animal

  Palamon serratus, cooked

  Parapeneus longirostris

  Crab

    Dressed

    Canned

    Muscle



  Carcinus maenas, cooked

  Cancer pagurus, cooked

Clam, minced



  Canned

  Pecten maximus

  N-liquor

  Oil

  Fatty acid

Prawns

  Dublin Bay

  American tinned

  Japanese tinned

Oysters

  English

  Portuguese
                                Expo-
Exposed Normal
1.0-2.7
1.7-38.2
27.0-52.5
18.8-62.6
0.71
6.1
S7.95
2.5-7.0
2.1-33.4
0.85
1.42-2.56
0.36
11.6
18.0
4.8
1.9
34.1
27.0-130.5
10.5-30.0
15.0-63.8
0.3-3.7
2.2-7.5
24.8-5205
References
141
141
121
121
174
334
708
141
141
110
110, 764
174
439
439
438
438
110
121
121
121
110, 147, 321, 454b, 764
121
121
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                                    APPENDIX B

                            ARSENIC CONTENT OF ANIMALS
                                        Arsenic concentrat-
                                        ion,  ppm (fresh wt)
                                Expo-
  Ostrea edulis
    N-liquor

  Gryphea angulata

Lobster (Homarus vulgarus)

  Canned

  Fillet

  Fillet, N-liquor

  Cooked

  Muscle

  Whole

  Norwegian, cooked
  (Nephrops norvegicus)
Scallop

Mussel

  Mytilus edulis


  Mytilus edulis

  Whole

  N-liquor

  Oil

  Fatty acid
Exposed Normal
0.4-0.8
0.22
1.00
2.6-8.2^
9.8
1,2-3.6
2o27-54.5
0.94
5.3
14.0
10.8-17.2
0.022
00453
7.2-19.4
27oO-63«8
2.58-89.2
Oo08-8.0
9o 5-15.0^-
.ob
9.7
18.0
22.0
References
121
174
174
409,439
439
141
110,121,141,173
174
439
439
141
39
39
141
110,121
110,121,173,444
141,173,264,439,
450
409
444
439
438
438
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                                     APPENDIX B

                             ARSENIC CONTENT OF ANIMALS
Animal

  Mytilus edulis, whole
        Arsenic concentrat-
        ion, ppm (fresh wt)

Expo-
sure*   Exposed      Normal
        0.04-0.09    o.Ol
References
628
  Mvtilus magellonicus

Cockle

  Cardium edule



  Cardium edule
                     10.5-26.1-
  Tapes decussatus

Whelk

  French edible snail

  Buccinum undatum

Periwinkle
  Littorina littorea
  Littorina littorea

  Littorina littorea, oil

  Littorina littorea, fatty acid

  Cooked

Crawfish

  Palinurus vulgaris, cooked

  Palinurus vulgaris

  Astacus pallipes

Squid

  Omnastrephes sagittatus
5.1-8.4
12.8-30.0
1.3-2.4
3.7-6.6
9.0-30.0
0.4
11.0H
12*
14. 0-19 oO^-
84,0
32.0
3.6-6.3
12.0-54.6
15 o 0-33. 8
Oo8-1.5
409
110,121
141
141
121
121
409
409
409
438
438
141
141
121
121
                     6.5
439
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        APPENDIX B

ARSENIC CONTENT OF ANIMALS
           Arsenic concentrat-
           ion, ppm (fresh wt)
Expo-
Animal sure3 Exposed
N-liquor
Loligo vulgaris. raw
Loligo vulgaris, cooked
Fatty acid
Starfish (Asterlas rubens)
Starfish, oil
Starfish, fatty acid
Cuttlefish
Sepia officinalis, 'gills
Sepia officinalis, mantle
Sepia officinalis, raw
Sepia officinalis, cooked
Anchovy
Octopus, blood
Octopus bimoculatus, tentacles
Octopus vulgaris, raw
Octopus vulgaris, cooked
Cod (Gadus morrhua)
Fillet
Fillet, N-liquor
Muscle
Liver
Liver, oil
Black Marl in
Muscle
Liver
Normal
17.0
0.8-7.5
0.4-3.3
?67-
9.1
7.5

198^
73*
6.2-11.5
0,8-6.8
7.1-10.7
0.01
0.12
2.6-40.3
3.0-31.0
3.69-24.3^
2.2
13.0
0.4-0.8
0.7-3.2
1.4-10.0
0.1-1.65
0.1-2.75
References
439
141
141
438
409
438
438

409
409
141
141
446
488a
264
141
141
110,444
439
439
621
621
110,329,43*
621
454 ~
454 -
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        APPENDIX B

ARSENIC CONTENT OF ANIMALS
           Arsenic concentrat-
           ion, ppm (fresh wt)
Expo-
Animal surea Exposed
Tuna
Tunny (Thunnus thynnus)
Haddock (Melanogrammus aegleflnus)
Mullet, red
Dogfish
Plaice
Fillet, oil (Pleuronectes plates sa)
Fillet, fatty acid
Sole (Solea solea)
Dab
Caviar, Russian
Pike (Esox lucius)
Pike 7 0.0
Perch (Perca fluviatllis)
Perch, yellow
Tench
Bream
Roach
7 $0.09
Trout, viscera 2 5.3
muscle 2 2«4

Normal
0.71-4.6
9.(£
5.54-10.8^-
Io54
0»53
4.5-7.5
6.1
5.2
5.2
2.2-3.0
3.8
0.8
0.0-0.11
0.6
0.06
0.4
0.4
0.4



0.069-0»149
References
110,547
444
110,444
38
38
121
438
438
121
121
121
121
599a,708
121
599 a
121
121
121
708
203
205
587
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        APPENDIX B

ARSENIC CONTENT OF ANIMALS
           Arsenic concentrat-
           ion, pptn (fresh wt)
Expo-
Animal sure3 Exposed
Whitefish, viscera 2 3*6
Whitefish, muscle 2 2.7
Sucker, spotted, whole
Sucker, white
Shiner, golden
Bass, black, liver, oil
Bass, black, large mouthed
Large-mouth (Micropterus
Salmoides lacepede) 0.44-0.93
Salmoides lacepede, white
Carp
7 50.19
Catfish
Herring, fillet (Clupea harengus)
N- liquor
Meal
Oil
Muscle
Mackerel (Scomber scomber)
Meal
Fillet, N-liquor
Fillet
Fillet, oil
Fillet, fatty acid
Normal


0.062-0.253
0.11
0.55-1.95
7.37-77.31
0.01-1.86
0.08-1.20
0.28-0.48
0.055-0.51

0.07-0.298
3.8
6.4-24.0
2,7-6.9^
3»1-20.2
2.0
Oo027-9.2-
2.7-3.8
3<,2-17oO
2.2^-3.5
8.2
4ol
References
203
203
205,587
579a
205
205
205,587
205
205,579a
205,579a,587
708
579a, 587
439
439,447
437,444
438,442,446,621
621
444
437
439,447
409,439
438
438
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        APPENDIX B

ARSENIC CONTENT OF ANIMALS
           Arsenic concentrat-
           ion, ppm (fresh wt)
Expo-
Animal surea Exposed
Liver, oil
Liver, fatty acid
Oil
Capelin, meal
Capelin, N-liquor
Oil (Mallotus villosus)
Fatty acid
Pout, Norway, meal
Pout, Norway, oil
Whale (Balaenoptera physalus)
N-liquor
Coalfish (Pollachius virens)
North Atlantic Finfish
Catfish Bagre Marinus
Eel Anguilla rostrata
Flounder Paralichthys lethostigma
Decapterus pujictatus
Normal
13.0
6,2
4.3-15.0
2.6-19.1
10.3
5.2-23.2
6.3
3.9
11.8
0U4
0.9
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        APPENDIX B

ARSENIC CONTENT OF ANIMALS
           Arsenic concentrat-
           lon, ppm (fresh wt)
Animal

Eel (Conger sp.)

Anchovy (Anchova mltchelll)

Mullet(Mugil cephalus)

Hygophum hygomi

Ceratoscopelu warmingil

Notoscopelus caudispinous

Lobianchia dofleini

Lepidophanes indicus

Diaphus mollis

Lampanyctus pusillus

Ophichthus ocellatus

Ophichthus gomesi

Mo rone saxatilis

Sea trout (Cynoscion nebulosus)

Euthynnus alletteratus

Scomberomorus maculatus

Centropristes striatus

Coastal Organisms, England

Halichondria panicea

Tealia felina

Nereis diversicolor

Palaemon elegans
   Expo-
   sure8   Exposed
Normal
References
:1.0*
:1.0*
:1.0*
1.0*
:1.0—
1.0*
:1.0*
1.0—
1.0*
1.0*
1.0*
2.5*
1.8*
6.4^
2.8*
72.0*
16.0*
775
775
775
775
775
775
775
775
775
775
775
775
775
775
775
775
775
409
409
409
409
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        APPENDIX B

ARSENIC CONTENT OF ANIMALS
           Arsenic concentrat-
           ion, ppm (fresh wt)
Expo-
Animal sure8
Patella vulgata
Crepidula fornicata
Nucella lapillus
Styela clava
Botryllus schlosseri
Anguilla anguilla, muscle
Marone labrax, muscle
Platichthys flesus, muscle
Shellfish, Portugal
Rock shell (Murex trunculus), cooked
Donax trunculus
Solen Marginatus
Cooked
Aristeus antennatus
Aolliceps cornucopia, cooked
MISCELLANEOUS
bluegills (.Lepomis macr ochirus )
7
Gar, long-nosed
Shad (gizzard)
Small-mouthed buffalo
Brook silversides
Drum, freshwater
Salmon, coho
Exposed Normal
11-24 ^
b
16. 0-38.0"
6.6^
ft 7b
o. / —
14.6-26.4
1.8-3.7
1.9-4.2
1.4-2.7
4.4-19.6
1.2-8.6
0.52
0.09-11.60
0.35-0.40
0.13-1.47
0.05-2.75
00 30-1. 26
0.09
0.09
References
409
409
409
409
409
409
409
409
141
141
141
141
141
141
205
256
205
205, 5793
205
205
579a
579a
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                                     APPENDIX B

                             ARSENIC CONTENT OF ANIMALS
                                        Arsenic concentrat-
                                        ion, ppm (fresh wt)
 Animal

 Minnows

 Pickerel

 Black  bullhead

 Horned dace

 Gambusia

 Insects

 Cryptozoa

 Earthworms
 Snail
 Snail, garden

 Crustacea, planktonic

 Sea star (Pisoster ochraceus)

 Fish,  muscle

 Daphnia magna
Expo-
sure3
Exposed



0.07-11.20







3.9-254
Normal
0.14-1.95
0.13-0.73
0.22
0.42-0.65

1<£
10(£
b
0.3
3.2-5.5
102<£
3.06-6.8

References
205
205
205
205
347
17
17
17
347
121
205
264
334
347
—1 = industrial; 2 = pollution; 3 = AsH ; 4 = poisoned; 5 = As polyneuritis;

 6 = aerosol treatment; 7 = ted arsenic

—dry weight
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                                APPENDIX C



            DETERMINING TRACES OF ARSENIC IN NATURAL MATERIALS







     This discussion is intended primarily for the consumer of analytic



information, i.e., for the physician, biologist, or ecologist who collects



and selects samples and wishes to obtain the most useful information from



them.  The principal paths by which arsenic can be accidentally added to or



lost from the system are mentioned, and the advantages and disadvantages of



the more commonly used analytic techniques are pointed out, so that the



investigator can choose among the available services and critically evaluate



the results.  The general approach is that followed in the recent review by


                  699
Talmi and Feldman,    although new material has been added and some of the



less accessible techniques omitted.



COLLECTION, SUBDIVISION AND STORAGE OF SAMPLES



     The sample collected should be large enough to represent the material



studied.  Because a single mean value is desired for the concentration of each



arsenical species of interest, the sample must be homogenized and a subsample



of suitable size for analysis must be taken.  To minimize contamination, unused



sample material should be stored in closed containers or (depending on sample



composition) at a low temperature.



     Choices must sometimes be made regarding what to include in the sample



taken for analysis.  Vegetation may be found to be contaminated with dust; a



decision must be made whether to remove the dust or include it in the sample.



Natural waters often contain suspended matter, which must either be filtered



out or allowed to remain.  If the particles filtered from an air stream contain



volatile forms of arsenic, consideration must be given to the losses that may
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occur at the temperatures and air velocities to which the particles are



exposed on the filter and to the duration of exposure (arsenic trioxide has




a vapor pressure of 0.68 ran Hg at 200 C).



     Many authors (e.g., Portman and Riley;    Whitnack and Brophy;   a Al-


                lOa
Sibbai and Fogg;    and C, Feldman, personal  communication)  have found that




acidic, neutral, or basic solutions of inorganic arsenites and arsenates can




be stored without substantial changes in concentration for several weeks.




However, some arsenic compounds present in natural waters are said to disappear




rapidly from solution after collection of the sample (R. S. Braman, personal




communication).  The investigator must always be aware of the possibility of




losing some of the species of interest through adsorption on vessel walls or



on suspended matter or through volatilization.




     Large liquid samples can be properly divided into aliquots only if homo-



genous, i.e., if the species of interest does not adhere to the vessel walls




and if suspended matter is uniformly distributed before division.  Large solid



samples of a mineral nature may, of course, be subdivided by conventional




crushing or impact treatment followed by mixing and quartering or riffling.



Large samples of biologic tissues can be homogenized in a blender (with the



addition of water, if necessary).  If the density of the resulting slurry can



be stabilized  long enough, the sample can be subdivided in this manner.



Alternatively, the slurry can be centrifuged, and proportionate amounts of



residue and supernatant liquid taken for analysis.  Another possibility is




lyophilization of the slurry; the cake obtained is easily pulverized, and the


                                215b
resulting powder is homogeneous.     If volatile species are to be detert ined,




the lyophilization technique may not be appropriate.  The amount of handling




must always be minimized in order to minimize contamination.
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PRETREATMENT AND DISSOLUTION OF SAMPLES



     If organic arsenic compounds are to be determined, the species in



question must be isolated.  '   a  If total arsenic is to be determined, the




arsenic must be brought into solution and, if necessary, converted to




inorganic form.  Regardless of the dissolution procedure used, care must be




taken to ensure that no arsenic is lost by the volatilization of trivalent




arsenic halides.  Loss can usually be prevented by boiling the sample with


                                                             699
concentrated nitric acid under reflux early in the procedure.




     The following sample preparation procedures are typical of those used in




environmental work.




     Coal is heated to fumes with concentrated sulfuric acid and treated with




successive small portions of concentrated nitric acid until degradation




essentially ceases.  Destruction of the remaining nitrogenous compounds is




completed by snail additions of fuming concentrated perchloric acid.  The




latter step is essential if the arsine generation-arc emission procedure is



                                            84
to be used for the final determination step.




     The arsenic in fly ash is usually assumed to exist as a surface coating.




All this arsenic can be dissolved with fuming sulfuric acid, as is shown by




comparison with analyses of the same material by neutron-activation analysis.



Refluxing such material in boiling water  for  1 hr recovers only 13% of the




arsenic present (C. Feldman, personal communication).  If the arsenic was




deposited from the vapor phase, it may have been thinly covered by other sub-




stances deposited  later.
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     Coal slag is a highly refractory glass and usually contains only small



amounts of arsenic.  The arsenic that it does contain cannot be leached out




with ordinary acids.  Treatment with hydrofluoric acid in the usual way would




be of dubious value -- on the one hand, this reagent may contain substantial




amounts of impurities; on the other, arsenic trifluoride and especially arsenic




pentafluoride are rather volatile, so both contamination and losses might




occur.  Attack of the slag by fusion is open to similar objections.




     Quartz can be attacked without metallic contamination by vapor-phase



                                                                    793a
treatment with hydrofluoric acid arid nitric acid in a closed system.      This




approach was therefore tried with slag, albeit with some misgivings regarding




the volatility of arsenic fluorides.  No losses or contamination seem to have




occurred, however, inasmuch as the results obtained on fly ash agreed well with


                                                                  215c
those obtained with neutron activation and sulfuric acid leaching.




     Procedures for digesting plant or animal tissues for determining total




arsenic must completely convert the arsenic to inorganic form (preferably




arsenate) and must eliminate any substances that would interfere with the




particular procedure to be used in later determination.  Only the more widely




used digestion methods will be mentioned here; others have been reviewed


          699
elsewhere.     Small samples) can be charred with concentrated sulfuric acid


                                                                          127
and then subjected to repeated small additions of concentrated nitric acid


      A 9^ K
or 30%     or 50?0 hydrogen peroxide.  In the latter case, trivalent arsenic




will be lost if chloride is present.      Ordinary and fatty tissue weighing




up to 5 g can be safely wet-ashed in a volumetric flask by refluxing under a




short air condenser with appropriate mixtures of sulfuric, nitric, and


                                                         f\ -I c 1

perchloric acid, with potassium dichromate as a catalyst.
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PRECONCENTRATION OF ARSENIC SPECIES



     To increase the sensitivity and accuracy of analysis, the arsenic-bearing



species is often isolated from its matrix and concentrated.  The principal pre-



concentration procedures used are coprecipitation, liquid-liquid extraction,



and volatilization.



     Coprecipitation with ferric hydroxide, Fe(OH)-, has long been known to



collect pentavalent arsenic quantitatively from solution at concentrations as



low as 2 ng/ml.   c>     The hydroxides of cerium and zirconium appear to be
                                             C QO „

effective as ferris hydroxide in this regard.      Thionalide can collect
                                                                             as
arsenic efficiently from comparatively large amounts of seawater,    but this



reagent apparently does not function well at low salt concentrations.



     Trivalent arsenic can readily be extracted from 6N hydrochloric acid with


                                            24 2a
mixtures of ketone and carbon tetrachloride.      At lower acidities, (pH, 2-6),



it can be precipitated with ammonium pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate and the pre-


                          515a
cipitate can be extracted.      If the arsenic is originally present in the



pentavalent state, this fact can be turned to advantage:  while the arsenic is



still pentavalent, other potentially interfering metals that are extracted



under the same conditions can be extracted and discarded.  The arsenic can then



be reduced and extracted without the metals that would otherwise have accompanied



it.



     Arsenic can also be separated from its matrix by volatilization, as arsine



(boiling point -55 C) or a substituted arsine.  The necessary reduction can be



effected by using zinc and acid in the presence of stannous chloride or


          , _,._,  219a,248a,456a        ,,  _,                          ,  ,
potassium iodide.                The reducing agent most commonly used, however,



is sodium borohydride, NaBH, .  The properties of this reagent can affect



analytic results, especially at low arsenic concentrations ( <. 1 ppm) , and will
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therefore be discussed briefly.  Sodium borohydride is supplied commercially

in the form of 0.20- 0.25-g pellets or powder; the grade usually used for

analysis is the same as that used in preparative organic chemistry.   The

quantity of this reagent commonly used per determination (0.25 g) often con-

tains 10-20 ng of arsenic;      the amount varies from portion to portion.

This degree of contamination is of little consequence if the sample  aliquot

used in the determination contains several hundred nanograms of arsenic.  But

if it does not (e.g., in natural waters and small tissue specimens), both the

contamination and the variability of the blank are sources of error.  The

kinetics of the reaction between sodium borohydride and arsenic, are  an addi-

tional complicating factor:  if a sodium borohydride pellet is dropped into an

arsenic-free acid solution, it produces a considerably higher blank  arsenic

reading than if the same pellet is converted to a 1% solution before being added

to the acid solution.  Moreover, this blank response diminishes with the age of

the solution.  The fading of the blank response due to arsenic in the sodium

borohydride appears to result from the gradual adsorption of dissolved arsenic

onto suspended impurities in the reagent solution.  The adsorbed arsenic is

apparently held so tightly that acidification fails to convert it to arsine.

The simplest way to avoid errors from this source is to use the analytic-grade

reagent, which is more expensive, but usually contains less than 0.5 ng of

arsenic per portion (C. Feldman, personal communication).  The efficiency of

sodium borohydride in generating arsine can be impaired by the presence of
                                                                              666a
other substances that react with sodium borohydride.  This effect can be serious.

METHODS OF DETERMINATION OF TOTAL ARSENIC

Molecular-Absorption Spectrophotometry

     Molecular absorption spectrophotometry in aqueous solution has  long been

one of the most reliable methods for determining small quantities of arsenic.
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Because of Its simplicity and low cost, it will probably continue to be widely

used for all but the lowest concentrations.  Arsenomolybdic acid is formed

when arsenate reacts with acidified molybdate.  This heteropoLyacid can be

partially reduced to give a blue color, which develops slowly (^/ 30 min) ,
                                          CQf.
but is stable and free from interferences.     The other color imetric method

in common use involves the bubbling of arsine through a 0.5% solution of the

silver salt of diethyldithiocarbamate in pyridine.  An intense red color is

produced ; absorption is measured at 533 nra.    '

Atomic Absorption

     Atomic absorption (nebulized sample solution plus argon-hydrogen or air-
                                                                        o £ CK
acetylene slot burner) is claimed to give sensitivities of 50-100 ng/ml.

In the flameless atomic-absorption method, a small volume of sample (1-50 pi)

is deposited in a graphite tube or on a tantalum strip.  Strong heating

vaporizes the arsenic and reduces it to As°, which is then determined by atomic

absorption.  The absolute and concentrational detection limits of this method

are good (40 pg and 10 ng/ml, respectively), but care is required in controlling


sample vaporization and in dealing with interferences.     The arsenic can also

be introduced into a gas stream as arsine, with conversion to As  by a flame
                127 ^ftftr*
or a heated tube   '     and detection by atomic absorption.  Detection limits

can be reduced to 1.0 and 0.2 ng, respectively, for these two methods by

accumulating the arsine in a cold trap and releasing it quickly.

Atomic-Emission Spectroscopy

     Arsenic can be determined by atomic -emission spectroscopy with various

types of excitation.  For example, arsine can be accumulated in a cold trap

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and then introduced into a d-c glow discharge in helium (Braman and Foreback

and C. Feldman, personal communication) , giving absolute and concentrational
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detection limits of 0.5 ng and 25 pg/ml, respectively.  Other volatile forms



of arsenic  (e.g., triphenylarsine), introduced into a microwave discharge in



argon,      can give an absolute detection limit of 0.02 ng of arsenic.  An



arsenic-bearing aerosol, introduced into an induction-coupled radiofrequency



plasma, gives a concentration1 detection limit of 40 ng of arsenic per milli-



liter.214a'388b



Neutron-Activation Analysis



     Neutron-activation analysis has the advantages of being nondestructive



(in the many cases in which postirradiation radiochemical separations are not



necessary)  and of being immune from any danger of contamination during post-



irradiation handling.  Its absolute sensitivity is 0.1 ng for a thermal-neutron


          12            2
flux of 10   neutrons/cm -s.   in tissue and mineral samples,  however,  this



sensitivity can seldom be reached.  The activity induced is the 559-keV photo-



peak of arsenic-76.  A relatively great amount of sodium-24 activity is



induced in the sodium present in such samples, and, although the decay of



sodium-24 (half-life,14.96 hr) is faster than that of arsenic-76 (half-life,



26.5 hr), the sodium-24  activity must be allowed to decay for several days



before the arsenic-76 activity can be counted.  This delay does not seriously



interfere with the determination of arsenic at concentrations above a few



parts per million, and the elimination of all chemical treatment of the sample


                                  545a
compensates for the inconvenience.      If greater sensitivity is needed or if



radiochemical interferences appear (e.g., bromine or antimony activities),



chemical-group separations can still be performed to isolate the arsenic-76


  _, ..   315a,547
activity.



Electrochemical Methods



     In the electrochemical methods that have been proposed for determining



traces of arsenic, the arsenic is usually first isolated by volatilization or
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extraction, then converted to the trivalent form and determined polarographi-


      25a
cally.     The most sensitive such technique is differential pulse polaro-



graphy, which has a detection limit of about 0.3 ng of arsenic per milliliter



and can be used in the presence of natural pollutants, such as unfiltered


 ,  ,   517a,549a
sludge.



Gas Chromatography



     Total arsenic can be determined by gas chromatography if the arsenic is



first collected and converted to triphenylarsine.  The collection-conversion



procedure is somewhat long, but the absolute limit of detection is quite low



(20 pg) when an atomic-emission detector is used.



Other Methods



     There are other valid methods of determining traces of arsenic, such as



coulombmetry, x-ray fluorescence, atomic optical fluorescence,     and


                                                699
ordinary and isotope-dilution mass spectrometry.



METHODS OF DETERMINATION OF ARSENIC COMPOUNDS



     Most of the analytic work on separating and identifying arsenic compounds



has been done with substituted arsines and substituted acids of arsenic (e.g.,



methylarsonic and dimethylarsinic).  The compounds have been isolated with paper



chromatography, electrophoresis, volatilization,   and (after silylation   a



or conversion to the corresponding arsine     or iodide   a) gas chromatography.



A specific compound is identified by its retention characteristics, sometimes



in combination with a specific detector for arsenic.  Among the detection


                                       474              84
methods used have been autoradiography,    arc emission,   and microwave



emission.      Absolute sensitivities have been in the picogram range.
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 16. ABSTRACT
           This 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 essentia
 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.
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