Relationship between arsenic, heart disease and diabetes

[Northerner]

Researchers have analyzed children of a rural region in the state of Hidalgo, Mexico,who since gestation were exposed to arsenic through maternal consumption.

Associated with various types of cancer such as skin and liver, the intake of arsenic it is also linked to cardiovascular disease and diabetes. According to a long-term study conducted by experts from the Center for Research and Advanced Studies (CINVESTAV) it was determined that this metalloid inhibits enzymes associated with antioxidant protection.

The study focused on analyzing children that had ingested arsenic through maternal consumption of contaminated water, and it was determined that oxidizing properties favor generation of fatty plaque in the arteries.

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2014-10-relationship-arsenic-heart-disease-diabetes.html

 

[bill hopkinson]

Arsenic has bad name, maybe more due to Agatha Christie than to pure science.

Remember that before penicillin, arsenic compounds were one of the few ways to cure persistent bacterial infections.
Also, it is the member of the nitrogen section of the periodic table that is metalloid and easily switches from one state to another, so there is an alternative life/photosynthesis system based on arsenic rather than oxygen (bacteria).