Arsenicosis

Arsenicosis is a chronic illness resulting from drinking water with high levels of arsenic over a long period of time. It is also known as arsenic poisoning. Effects include changes in skin color, formation of hard patches on the skin, skin cancer, lung cancer, cancer of the kidney and bladder, and can lead to gangrene. The World Health Organization recommends a limit of 0.01 mg/L of arsenic in drinking water; consumption of higher levels over long periods of time can lead to arsenicosis.

References

• WHO Water-related diseases

• PubMed