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Science 21 December 1973:
Vol. 182. no. 4118, pp. 1247 - 1249
DOI: 10.1126/science.182.4118.1247
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Methylated Forms of Arsenic in the Environment

Robert S. Braman 1 and Craig C. Foreback 1

1 Department of Chemistry, University of South Florida, Tampa 33610

Environmental samples were analyzed for arsenate and arsenite ions and the methylarsenic acids in nanogram amounts. Dimethylarsinic acid and methylarsonic acid were found in natural waters, bird eggshells, seashells, and human urine.


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