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The authors claim this may be a factor in the CFR (cumulative fatality rate) between the US and Mexico.

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1 posted on 05/20/2009 4:53:08 PM PDT by grey_whiskers
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2 posted on 05/20/2009 4:56:25 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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Then there’s the Vice Principal at that school in NYC. What was he drinking and when did he drink it?


3 posted on 05/20/2009 4:56:37 PM PDT by muawiyah
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Amusing - the Bush-bashers are reaching back to the miniscule difference between President Clinton’s take effect after he left office arsenic standard and the more reasonable older standard restored by President Bush.


4 posted on 05/20/2009 5:00:16 PM PDT by Ingtar (Americans have truly let America down. A sad day.)
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This has any number of implications. Drinking water is just one source of Arsenic, but usually not of great concern to most people.

http://water.usgs.gov/nawqa/trace/pubs/geo_v46n11/fig2.html

However, arsenic compounds are found all over the place.

“Lead hydrogen arsenate was used well into the 20th century as an insecticide on fruit trees. Its use sometimes resulted in brain damage to those working the sprayers. In the last half century, monosodium methyl arsenate (MSMA) and disodium methyl arsenate (DSMA), a less toxic organic form of arsenic, has replaced lead arsenate’s role in agriculture.”

“Used in animal feed, particularly in the US as a method of disease prevention and growth stimulation. One example is roxarsone which was used by 69.8 and 73.9% of the broiler starter and growers between 1995 to 2000.”

“Chromated copper arsenate has long been used as a wood preservative against termites, fungus and bacteria. It gives a distinctive green color when the liquid is painted on wood. However, it is no longer legal for use in consumer wood products.”

A simple system is now in use in third world countries with high levels of arsenic and other heavy metals in their drinking water. First the water has two tablets added to it, whose ingredients bind with the metals, then the water is put through a sand filter that traps the metals. It uses no electricity and only costs $2/yr.


8 posted on 05/20/2009 8:25:26 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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Smoke gets in your eyes from reading this. Do a web search on flu & vitamin D.

Get your vitamin D stocked up for the fall!!!


9 posted on 05/20/2009 8:28:40 PM PDT by Domestic Church (AMDG...)
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Arsenic I was told was in the Flu Vaccine!?


14 posted on 05/20/2009 10:37:22 PM PDT by BellStar (Pedophiles protected by Hate Crime legislation 100% of Democrats Voted it law of the land!)
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This could have tremendous import in South Asia, where there is a serious problem with arsenic in wells.


17 posted on 05/21/2009 1:16:54 PM PDT by happygrl (Hope and Change or Rope and Chains?)
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