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Hi doctors, was just wondering what is chronic arsenic poisoning?
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Dr. Evans Priestonanswered
Pharmacology 45 years experience
Arsenic Poisoning: Chronic arsenic poisoning is exposure to small amounts of arseninc over an extended period of time. Usually the exposure is environmental or possibly in the food chain where the amount is not great enough to cause an acute toxicity.
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Last updated Jul 28, 2014
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