The letter A stands for atomic properties of Arsenic. Arsenic’s atomic number is 33, and Its atomic mass is 74.9216amu. Arsenic is a metalloid, which means it has properties of both nonmetals and metals. This element is also a semiconductor. Arsenic has 8 Isotopes and Its density is 5.72 g/cm3. Arsenic has a melting point of 817.0 °C, and Its boiling point is 613.0 °C. Arsenic has a rhombohedral crystal structure, and it is usually found in a solid form while on earth. This element is found in group 15, p-block, on the periodic table, and Its period is period 4. Its electron configuration is [Ar] 4s2 3d10 4p3. B stands for beauty because, in The 1800’s arsenic was a huge beauty statement in Europe. It was originally found in Styria ( …show more content…
The beauty products that contained arsenic usually contained other deadly substances too. They contained toxic elements like lead, and mercury. The women and men who put these products on their skin would have the product slowly eat away at their skin, causing blemishes, scars, and imperfections to the face. The marks left on these women and mens’ faces usually caused them to use even more makeup. They had no idea that the makeup was the cause of their pain and blemishes. The usage of this “beauty product” also caused many women to get sick and die. C stands for chromosomal effects on lab rats! Arsenic is made in both organic and inorganic forms. Arsenic can either cause a quick, agonizing death, or it could make a living organism very sick. It is even linked to cancer. It’s not conclusive to whether or not arsenic actually causes cancer, but there is a minute amount of evidence that connects arsenic to cancer within lab animals. There are however studies that show that arsenic damages whole chromosomes. Arsenic does not damage the DNA in inherited genetic material. In mature chromosomes the DNA affected by arsenic affects the repair of damaged DNA, causes cells to multiply ( these cell’s aren't necessarily supposed to
Toxicology Article Cases Cousins Herman and Paul Petrillo were career criminals from Philadelphia who decided to form a matrimonial agency during the 1930s. The purpose of their agency would be to help widowed women remarry and get life insurance policies for their new husbands. However, since the agency functioned as a conduit for collecting money from these policies, the Petrillo cousins and their gang had a vested interest in making sure their clients’ husbands came to tragic ends, often with the wives as willing accomplices. Paul considered himself to be a practitioner of witchcraft and intended to use black magic to cause the husbands’ deaths. When that didn’t work, they decided to use arsenic instead.
Radium destroys any cells it encounters and patients who took it for trivial problems began dying. Radium caused mutations that can turn into cancer, and at high doses it can burn the skin off a person's body. It also kills cancer
Other human carcinogens include asbestos, hexavalent chromium, aflatoxins and vinyl chloride. Carcinogens can increase the risk of cancer by changing cellular metabolism or damaging DNA directly in cells, which interferes with biological processes, and induces the uncontrolled, malignant division,eventually leading to the formation of tumors. Usually, severe DNA damage leads to apoptosis, but if the programmed cell death pathway is damaged, then the cell cannot prevent itself from becoming a cancer
It is also in all atomic nuclei except those of ordinary hydrogen.
Calcium is a chemical element on the periodic table with the symbol Ca with atomic number 20. Calcium is a soft- gray alkaline earth metal, fifth- most- abundant element by mass in the Earth’s crust. This element comes in the metal section on the periodic table. Sir Humphry Davy discovered this element in 1808.
Frank Capra’s wild, hilarious, and dark comedy film Arsenic and Old Lace is one of his best works yet. It was made in 1944.This movie is very hilarious, especially the interactions of the characters in the film. The characters were well casted especially the Brewster sisters who were hysterical. Cary Grant who played Mortimer is very funny. His facial expressions were very funny especially when the old man tried to drink the wine.
“Toxicity and the Consuming Subject” Summary In Nan Enstad’s essay “Toxicity and the Consuming Subject”, Enstad focuses primarily on the idea of toxicity in today’s consumerist society and how capitalism is the main contributor to the distribution, flexibility, and accessibility of it. The essay begins by telling of reporter David Ewing Duncan that, in an attempt to see how many chemicals are acquired through our water, air, and commodities, tested himself for 320 toxic chemicals and a little over half were found present in his body, many over estimated levels. National Geographic provides evidence of how toxic material is deposited in a consumer’s body through commodities they consume or have been exposed to. In an attempt to illustrate the
It is believed to have been directly related to the early Aryans in India, and they preserved it by oral
There are a lot of structures and designs that go into atoms. The element copper has many features. Copper has the atomic symbol Cu, the atomic mass 63.55, and the atomic number 29. Copper has 29 electrons and protons, and has 34 neutrons. The main components that make up the atom are the protons, electrons, and neutrons.
Studies on animals show an increase in risk of tumors in the liver, testicles, mammary glands, and pancreas. Studies on humans show an increase in risk of bladder, kidney, and testicular cancer which shows that PFOA is a carcinogen meaning it is a substance that helps cause cancer or helps cancer grow. In the United States, it has been found that PFOA is in most peoples’ blood at low levels but are higher in communities where water has been contaminated by PFOA as well as in people exposed to PFOA at workplaces. Exposure to PFOA include exposure to ski wax, and stain resistant fabrics and carpeting. There is not a significant source of PFOA in non-stick cookware as most of PFOA is burned off in the process.
There are many deadly minerals that litter the Earth’s crust, and without proper research and warning innocent victims might fall to lethal toxins from these minerals. One of these minerals, Arsenopyrite, is a vastly spread and highly dangerous arsenic ore, touching Arsenopyrite without protective equipment can cause arsenic poisoning. By carelessly handling the deadly mineral heavier health concerns will appear and slowly manifest itself to something worse. Yet, not all is bad about the natural creation of this mineral, Arsenopyrite can be used to extract arsenic gas which in very acute doses is beneficial to humans. The unsettling nature of this element still exists with its lethal properties and unless given the proper materials to test
Aluminum Phosphide is the only toxic intentionally put in the environment to kill living things like weeds, bugs, rodents, and fungi. Studies at Harvard found children who are exposed to pesticides on fruits or vegetables are twice as likely to develop ADHD ( Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder). It can also link to long term conditions such as
The body needs certain amounts of some trace minerals. Although there are many trace minerals, fluoride is one of the important ones in the body. The fluoride level that is suppose to be in the body is 4 mg for adult males 2 mg for adult females. Fluoride is involved the formation of bones and teeth. Fluoride is predominantly well known for what is does for teeth rather than bones.
Deadly minerals lurk everywhere among the crust of the Earth, one of them is Arsenopyrite, a striking metal that fools the unknown into believing that its simple, harmless pyrite. However, pyrite cannot cause bloody diarrhea, vomiting, violent stomach pains, convulsions, and even death, yet arsenic can. This lethal element is a main compound in Arsenopyrite, and just by holding this lustrous mineral a simple hiker can succumb to arsenic poisoning. Arsenopyrite is the most abundant and widespread arsenic minerals and contains the most arsenic, deeming itself an arsenic ore. Arsenopyrite is formed in pegmatites, a coarsely crystalline granite or other igneous rock, high-temperature gold-quartz, tin veins, and metamorphic rock.
Pesticides have been linked to cancers, developmental and learning disabilities in children, birth defects, endocrine disruption, neurological conditions and respiratory problems. Pesticides cause cancer by altering DNA synthesis and this results in genetic mutations. Pesticides have been linked to numerous types of cancers. Childrens are the most susceptible to pesticides due to the rapidly dividing DNA in their immature immune system. They can cause developmental delays and affect cognitive behavioral and motor functioning in children.