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Arsenic

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Inorganic Contaminants of Surface Water

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Abstract

Arsenic, a rare but ubiquitous element, cycles rapidly through water, land, air, and living systems. It occurs in the Earth’s crust at an average concentration of 2–5 mg/kg, principally as sulfide and oxide complexes. Arsenic forms a variety of inorganic and organic compounds of different toxicity, reflecting the physicochemical properties of arsenicals of different valency.

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Moore, J.W. (1991). Arsenic. In: Inorganic Contaminants of Surface Water. Springer Series on Environmental Management. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-3004-5_3

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