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May 11, 1984, Vol 251, No. 18 >
ARTICLE | May 11, 1984

Seasonal Arsenic Exposure From Burning Chromium-Copper-Arsenate-Treated Wood FREE

Henry A. Peters, MD; William A. Croft, DVM, PhD; Edwin A. Woolson, PhD; Barbara A. Darcey; Margaret A. Olson
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JAMA. 1984;251(18):2393-2396. doi:10.1001/jama.1984.03340420059027
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All eight members of a rural Wisconsin family experienced recurring neurological and medical illness over three years, especially during the winter months. Arsenic, in concentrations of 12 to 87 ppm, was noted in the hair of the mother and father, and analysis of hair and fingernails of all family members demonstrated pathological levels of arsenic. For four years the five-room home had been heated with a small wood stove in which outdoor or marine plywood and wood remnants had been preferentially burned. Stove ashes that contained more than 1,000 ppm of arsenic contaminated the living area, and the ratio of copper, chromium, and arsenic pentoxide in this ash matched the ratio used in the chromium-copper-arsenate-treated wood.

(JAMA 1984;251:2393-2396)

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Moeschlin S: Poisoning—Diagnosis and Treatment . New York, Grune & Stratton Inc, 1965;, pp 162-169.
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Creason JP, Hinners TA, Bumgarner SE, et al:  Trace elements in hair as related to exposure in metropolitan New York . Clin Chem 1975;; 21:603-612.
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Harrison WW, Yurachek JP, Benson CA:  The determination of trace elements in human hair by atomic absorption spectroscopy . Clin Chim Acta 1969;;23:83-91.
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Harrison WW, Clemena GG:  Survey analysis of trace elements in human fingernails by spark source mass spectrometry . Clin Chim Acta 1971;;36:485-492.
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Harrison WW, Tyree AB:  The determination of trace elements in human fingernails by atomic absorption spectroscopy . Clin Chim Acta 1971;;31:63-73.
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Casarett LJ, Doull J: The Basic Science of Poisons Toxicology . New York, Macmillan Publishing Co Inc, 1975;, pp 464-465.
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Ginsburg JM:  Renal mechanism for excretion and transformation of arsenic in the dog . Am J Physiol 1965;;208:832-840.
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Feldman RG, Niles CA, Kelly-Hayes M, et al:  Peripheral neuropathy in arsenic smelter workers . Neurology 1979;;29:939-944.
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International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC): Arsenic and Arsenic Compounds , IARC monographs on the evaluation of the carcinogenic risk of chemicals to humans. Lyon, France, World Health Organization, IRAC, vol 23, pp 39-141.
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Woolson EA:  Fate of arsenicals in different environmental substrates . Environ Health Perspect 1977;;19:73-81.
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Fowler BA:  International conference on environmental arsenic: An overview . Environ Health Perspect 1977;;19:239-242.

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1 +
Oettingen WF: Poisoning—A Guide to Clinical Diagnosis and Treatment , ed 2. Philadelphia, WB Saunders Co, 1958;, pp 239-242.
2 +
Woolson E, Ahronson N:  Separation and detection of arsenicals pesticides residues and some of their metabolites by high pressure liquid chromatography-graphite furnace atomic absorption spectro . J Assoc Off Anal Chem 1980;;63:523-528.
3 +
Boylen GW, Hardy NL:  Distribution of arsenic in nonexposed persons (hair, liver, and urine) . Am Ind Hyg Assoc J 1967;;28:148-150.
4 +
Mees RA:  The nails with arsenical polyneuritis . JAMA 1919;;72:1337.
5 +
 Biologic and economic assessment of pentachlorophenol inorganic arsenicals, and creosote , in Wood Preservatives , Technical Bulletin No. 1658-1, US Dept of Agriculture, 1980;, vol 1, pp 31-192.
6 +
Tseng WP:  Effects and dose-response relationships of skin cancer and blackfoot disease with arsenic . Environ Health Perspect 1977;; 19:109-119.
7 +
Stewart CP, Stolman A: Toxicology—Mechanisms and Analytical Methods . New York, Academic Press Inc, 1960;, vol 1, pp 202-206.
8 +
Moeschlin S: Poisoning—Diagnosis and Treatment . New York, Grune & Stratton Inc, 1965;, pp 162-169.
9 +
Creason JP, Hinners TA, Bumgarner SE, et al:  Trace elements in hair as related to exposure in metropolitan New York . Clin Chem 1975;; 21:603-612.
10 +
Harrison WW, Yurachek JP, Benson CA:  The determination of trace elements in human hair by atomic absorption spectroscopy . Clin Chim Acta 1969;;23:83-91.
11 +
Harrison WW, Clemena GG:  Survey analysis of trace elements in human fingernails by spark source mass spectrometry . Clin Chim Acta 1971;;36:485-492.
12 +
Harrison WW, Tyree AB:  The determination of trace elements in human fingernails by atomic absorption spectroscopy . Clin Chim Acta 1971;;31:63-73.
13 +
Casarett LJ, Doull J: The Basic Science of Poisons Toxicology . New York, Macmillan Publishing Co Inc, 1975;, pp 464-465.
14 +
Ginsburg JM:  Renal mechanism for excretion and transformation of arsenic in the dog . Am J Physiol 1965;;208:832-840.
15 +
Feldman RG, Niles CA, Kelly-Hayes M, et al:  Peripheral neuropathy in arsenic smelter workers . Neurology 1979;;29:939-944.
16 +
International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC): Arsenic and Arsenic Compounds , IARC monographs on the evaluation of the carcinogenic risk of chemicals to humans. Lyon, France, World Health Organization, IRAC, vol 23, pp 39-141.
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Woolson EA:  Fate of arsenicals in different environmental substrates . Environ Health Perspect 1977;;19:73-81.
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Fowler BA:  International conference on environmental arsenic: An overview . Environ Health Perspect 1977;;19:239-242.

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