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III. Epidemiology of the Adverse Health Effects of Arsenic and Asbestos in Drinking Water
Pages 118-118

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... That agency concluded that, although there is inadequate evidence for the carcinogenicity of arsenic compounds in animals, there is "sufficient evidence that inorganic arsenic compounds are skin and lung carcinogens in humans." This statement presumably applies to all sources of arsenic, including drinking water. It is based on the conflict
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