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Arsenic as a growth promoter
SGaz Started conversation Jul 8, 2000
Arsenic can also be used in small quantinies to promote the growth of cattle and other livestock. I Know I work in a lab that tests animal feeds.
Arsenic as a growth promoter
Penguin Girl - returned at last Posted Aug 28, 2000
That's weird...it's deadly at higher concentrations. How does that work?
Arsenic as a growth promoter
Sea Change Posted Dec 26, 2000
Before antibiotics, it was known that arsenic was slightly more poisonous to the syphillis spirochete than humans, and so people would go to sanatoriums to attempt a cure.
I am guessing that there must be some amphoterism going on, because a low dose of arsenic over time takes a good while to kill its intended victim, who meanwhile looks increasingly, consumptively pretty. (has read many many murder mysteries).
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