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Article: Arsenic on the hands of children: Wang et al. respond.(Perspectives / Correspondence)
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- Environmental Health Perspectives
- Article date:
- June 1, 2005
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In our study of arsenic on children's hands (Kwon et al. 2004), we measured arsenic in water samples in which participating children washed both hands after playing on selected playgrounds. The hand-washing water was filtered, and the soluble arsenic concentration in the filtrate was determined by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. In response to Kissers comment that we did not measure insoluble arsenic, we analyzed the arsenic levels in the insoluble residue collected on the filter and summarized the unpublished data here. Results from the analysis of 64 samples from the CCA playgrounds and another 63 samples from the non-CCA playgrounds are available upon ...