Water Testing for Arsenic - What Is Arsenic Poisoning

welcome to Olympian water testing giving you the best in water testing and Analysis today we're looking at Medical news today and we're assessing what is arsenic poisoning so arsenic poisoning or orange syncosis happens when a person takes in dangerous levels of Arsenic and arsenic is a natural semi-metallic chemical that's found all over the world in groundwater and the intake can result from swallowing absorbing or inhaling the chemical an arsenic posing can cause major health risk complications and death if it is not treated so precautions exist to protect those who are at risk arsenic is often implicated in deliberate poisoning attempts but an individual can be exposed to arsenic through contaminated groundwater infected soil and rock and arsenic preserve would however arsenic in the environment is not immediately dangerous and it is rare to find toxic amounts of arsenic in nature so it's naturally occurring but it's not necessarily always going to hurt you but some facts are interesting about this as we can see it right here so Nick is a natural metalloid chemical that may be present in groundwater ingestion only poses health problems if a dangerous amount of arsenic enters the body then it can lead to cancer liver disease coma and death treatment involves bowel irrigation medication and cheliation therapy and it is rare to find dangerous amounts of Arsenic and natural environment areas with dangerous arsenic levels are usually well known and Provisions exist to prevent and handle the risk of poisoning anyone who suspects there may be high levels arsenic in their local environment should contact their local authorities for more information also arsenic is natural occurring metalloid component of the earth is crust minuscule quantities of arsenic occur in all rock air water and soil and metalloid is a substance that is not metal but shares many qualities with Metals the concentration of arsenic may be higher in geographical regions and this could be a result of human activity such as metal mining or the use of pesticides natural conditions can also lead to a higher concentration and can be found within other elements in different chemical compounds organic forms of arsenic also contain Carver but inorganic forms do not arsenic cannot be dissolved in water and that's taking a look at that what are some of the symptoms if you swallow too much arsenic symptoms within 30 minutes they may include drowsiness headaches confusion and severe diarrhea and signs and symptoms associated with more severe cases of arsenic poisoning are intact taste in the mouth and garlic breath access saliva problem swallowing blood and urine cramping muscles hair loss stomach cramps convulsions vomiting and diarrhea and can cause some severe complications like cancer liver disease diabetes nervous system complications such as a loss of sensation in the limbs and digestive difficulties and the main cause of arsenic poisoning is the consumption of a toxic amount of arsenic as we can see right here can be groundwater groundwater possesses Trace Amounts of arsenic occasional levels May see the amount a human can safely ingest and the main cause worldwide is drinking of groundwater that contains high levels of this Toxin and the water becomes contaminated underground by rocks that release arsenic so what is the best way to make sure you don't ingest high levels of Arsenic have your water periodically tested to make sure that there aren't high levels