Kristin wants to read this:



Arsenic can be used to treat Selenium poisoning.
Selenium can be used to treat Arsenic poisonimng.
So, obviously, great care is needed.
Can still save lives.

1.    Excellent list of references on the subject

                        http://phys4.harvard.edu/~wilson/arsenic/as-sn.html


2.    Selenium Treatment of Arsenic Toxicity & Cancers in Bangladesh 
[SETAC]
Includes links to clinical trial protocol.
In conjunction with Institute of child and mother health (Bangladesh), 
Texas Tech university, University of Chicago, American Cancer Society, 
Apollo Hospitals (Dhaka).
+ Photos and other documents.


            http://www.bangladesh-selenium.org/

The "Dermlite" epiluminescence" system is fascinating - text 
description of this is not evident on site , but from the photos it 
appears that skin luminescence when excited by suitable wavelength 
LEDs (UV?) can be used to show that poisoning is present !!! (May be 
being used to show the presence of the bound As-Se compound (based on 
unexplained diagram)).



            Russell

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>From 1st ref above

Arsenic / Selenium Interactions

In 1938, Moxon discovered that arsenic protected against selenium
toxicity. Since that time it has been shown that this protective
effect of arsenic against selenium poisoning can be demonstrated in
many different animal species under a wide variety of conditions.
Antagonistic effects between arsenic and selenium have also been noted
in teratologic experiments.
- Orville A. Levander, 1971

Arsenic has been used to prevent or cure selenium poisoning in those
exposed to selenium. It has been suggested that the reverse might be
useful - using selenium to prevent or cure arsenic poisoning.

But caution is in order. To carefully redress a selenium deficiency in
the deed is one thing; to give unrestricted access to selenium may
well replace one hazard by another.



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