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harry wrote:

Arsenic is a cumulative poison so the answer is yes. You die by
degrees.
There will probably be arsenic closer to you than you think.
It was in widespread until recently use and is a common industrial
pollutant.

Well, even closer than that - your body will contain some. There is
increasing evidence that it is an important micronutrient - see:

http://www.nature.com/embor/journal/...l/7401148.html

The truth is rarely pure and never simple :-)


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.