This section includes general information on arsenic, sources of exposure and its health effects. A WHO fact sheet provides basic information on arsenic and prevention and control measures.
Relevant tools
Below is a list of tools relevant for implementing this topic :
- WHO - Exposure to arsenic: A major public health concern [2019]
- WHO - Fact sheet on Arsenic [2018]
- ILO/WHO/UNEP - Environmental Health Criteria 224: Arsenic and arsenic compounds [2001]
- ILO/WHO/UNEP - Arsenic: Poisons Information Monograph 42 [1996]
- IARC - Arsenic and arsenic compounds: Monograph [2012]
- IARC - Arsenic in drinking-water: Summaries & evaluations [2004]