What plumbers can do to help smaller communities cope with more stringent arsenic levels.
Short-term ingestion to high levels of arsenic can result in gastrointestinal irritation, low blood pressure and cardiovascular attacks. Long-term ingestion of lower levels of arsenic can lead to skin, bladder, lung and prostate cancer. Noncancer effects of ingesting arsenic at low levels include cardiovascular disease, diabetes and anemia, as well as reproductive and developmental, immunological, and neurological effects.