What Is Arsenic?
A toxic heavy metal naturally found in the ground, arsenic is also used in pressure-treated lumber and in several other industrial processes. In agriculture, it is used to kill insects on cotton and other crops. Smelting copper and burning coal create arsenic as a byproduct. It can enter water through natural deposits or industrial or agricultural pollution. It has been linked to cancer, as well as lowered IQ in children.
WHERE DOES IT COME FROM?
NATURAL
MINERALS
FACTORY
WASTE
AGRICULTURAL
RESIDUE
CR’s Test Results
10
10
ARSENIC
(parts per billion)
8
samples were over
CR’s recommended
arsenic maximum of 3 ppb
6
4
over 3 ppb
2
0
120 SAMPLES TESTED
What Is Arsenic?
A toxic heavy metal naturally found in the ground, arsenic is also used in pressure-treated lumber and in several other industrial processes. In agriculture, it is used to kill insects on cotton and other crops. Smelting copper and burning coal create arsenic as a byproduct. It can enter water through natural deposits or industrial or agricultural pollution. It has been linked to cancer, as well as lowered IQ in children.
WHERE DOES IT COME FROM?
NATURAL
MINERALS
FACTORY
WASTE
AGRICULTURAL
RESIDUE
CR’s Test Results
10
10
ARSENIC
(parts per billion)
8
samples were over
CR’s recommended
arsenic maximum of 3 ppb
6
4
over 3 ppb
2
0
120 SAMPLES TESTED
What Is Arsenic?
A toxic heavy metal naturally found in the ground, arsenic is also used in pressure-treated lumber and in several other industrial processes. In agriculture, it is used to kill insects on cotton and other crops. Smelting copper and burning coal create arsenic as a byproduct. It can enter water through natural deposits or industrial or agricultural pollution. It has been linked to cancer, as well as lowered IQ in children.
WHERE DOES IT COME FROM?
NATURAL
MINERALS
FACTORY
WASTE
AGRICULTURAL
RESIDUE
CR’s Test Results
10
10
ARSENIC
(parts per billion)
8
samples were over
CR’s recommended
arsenic maximum of 3 ppb
6
4
over 3 ppb
2
0
120 SAMPLES TESTED
What Is Arsenic?
CR’s Test Results
10
A toxic heavy metal naturally found in the ground, arsenic is also used in pressure-treated lumber and in several other industrial processes. In agriculture, it is used to kill insects on cotton and other crops. Smelting copper and burning coal create arsenic as a byproduct. It can enter water through natural deposits or industrial or agricultural pollution. It has been linked to cancer, as well as lowered IQ in children.
ARSENIC
(parts per billion)
10
8
samples were over
CR’s recommended
arsenic maximum of 3 ppb
6
4
over 3 ppb
2
WHERE DOES IT COME FROM?
0
120 SAMPLES TESTED
NATURAL
MINERALS
FACTORY
WASTE
AGRICULTURAL
RESIDUE
What Is Arsenic?
CR’s Test Results
10
A toxic heavy metal naturally found in the ground, arsenic is also used in pressure-treated lumber and in several other industrial processes. In agriculture, it is used to kill insects on cotton and other crops. Smelting copper and burning coal create arsenic as a byproduct. It can enter water through natural deposits or industrial or agricultural pollution. It has been linked to cancer, as well as lowered IQ in children.
ARSENIC
(parts per billion)
10
8
samples were over
CR’s recommended
arsenic maximum of 3 ppb
6
4
WHERE DOES IT COME FROM?
over 3 ppb
2
NATURAL
MINERALS
FACTORY
WASTE
AGRICULTURAL
RESIDUE
0
120 SAMPLES TESTED