Arsenic Exposure
Eliminating arsenic in drinking water decreased lung cancer mortality in Taiwan
Published in Blood Weekly, March 31st, 2005
"Arsenic has been well documented as the major risk factor for blackfoot disease (BFD), a unique peripheral vascular disease (PVD) that was endemic in the Southwestern coast of Taiwan, where residents had used high-arsenic artesian well water for more than 50 years.
"Long-term arsenic exposure has also been reported to be associated with lung cancer mortality in a dose-response relationship. A tap-water supply system was implemented in the early 1960s in the BFD-endemic areas," researchers from Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan report.
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Source: Blood Weekly (2005-03-31)
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