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Arsenic is element ubiquitously distributed in nature. Human exposure to this element is mediated by drinking water (e.g. in Bangladesh,Taiwan, Argentine, Chile, United States, Hungary), via local food grown in highly contaminated regions e.g. due to burning arsenic rich coal or in the vicinity of smelters, especially around copper and lead smelters and after a mass use of pesticides e.g. defoliant-dimethylarsinic acid- in a mass scale used by US troops in Vietnam as the Agent Blue or by see food items. In copper, lead and stibium smelters there are frequent chances for inhalation exposure which was described as well in connection with application of pesticides containing this metaloid. There were described as well iatrogenic and accidental intoxications with sever clinical consequences even with fatalities. The environmental and occupational toxicology of arsenic has been extensively reviewed (e.g. EPA, 1984; Clarkson, 2001; Bencko and Slamova, 2007; ATSDR, 2007). The limited extent and a specific orientation of this chapter citation of original papers is limited and served for documentation of highlights in the text or for illustration of unique human exposure situations
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Bencko, V. (2011). Hearing Changes in Children Exposed to Arsenic in Neurotoxicity Context. In: Simeonov, L., Kochubovski, M., Simeonova, B. (eds) Environmental Heavy Metal Pollution and Effects on Child Mental Development. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0253-0_5
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