RE: Environmental Destruction12 May 2025 09:57
Cornwall is an historical tale of waste disposal gone wrong with no immediate sense of any wrong doing.
As(111) a r se n ite is the produce of gold production, gold sticks to it very readily.
One waste disposal method is to change it to As(V) a r s e nate then encapsulate it before disposal in landfill.
Burning fossil fuels releases As(111) into the atmosphere in the particulates, when breathed in these particulates collection in the lungs. They are absorbed very quickly by the body and when entering the kidney are discharged. When As(V) enters the body it doesn’t absorb as quickly but they both pass through the body at the same rate.
There is a r senic 111 and V in trace amounts in water, air, earth and food , the body can easily deal with it.
The historical waste is a government issue of having to spend huge sums in cleaning it up.