Arsenic is a harmful metal that can mess up how your cells work, damage your DNA, and stop important proteins from doing their jobs by sticking to them and creating stress in the cells.

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Impact Of Chronic Arsenic Toxicity on Human Health- A Review

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The study looks at people who drink water contaminated with arsenic and finds it causes serious health problems, including damage to DNA, which supports the idea that arsenic is harmful to cells.

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Arsenic-protein interactions as a mechanism of arsenic toxicity.

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2021 Nov 15

The study looks at how arsenic sticks to important proteins in cells and messes up their jobs, which helps explain why arsenic is harmful. This matches what the claim says about how arsenic causes damage.

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