Arsenic
About this Digest on Arsenic
1. Sources for this Digest
The material content of most of the texts on Level
3 is directly sourced from the
Environmental Health
Criteria for Arsenic and Arsenic Compounds (EHC
224)
Level 3 texts of Questions 1-7 are directly sourced
from the Summary
The exception is:
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The last paragraph of Question 9, which is directly
sourced from the WHO's “Guidelines
for drinking-water quality - 3rd edition.” (2003)
The texts in Levels 1 & 2 are summaries of the Level 3 documents which have been produced by Dr. Sue Barlow in collaboration with the GreenFacts Editorial Team.
2. Current Status
Approved for publication by the GreenFacts Scientific Board.
3. Digest Publication History
The GreenFacts publication process is designed to ensure as high a degree of objectivity as possible.
First draft
The first draft of this Digest was produced by Dr. Sue Barlow in November 2003 on the basis of a canvas prepared by the GreenFacts Team.
Second draft
The second draft of this Digest was produced in April 2004 by Dr. Sue Barlow after review by the GreenFacts Team. It was put on-line as draft in May 2004.
Preliminary and Peer review
The final draft of this Digest was produced in
December 2004 by Dr. Sue Barlow after pre-review by
experts from environmental and industrial
organizations (see our 
Publication
Final publication was authorized by the President of the GreenFacts Scientific Board on 16 December 2004.
Press Release
None at present
Updates or subsequent post-publication revisions
No update or revision at present.
