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2007-02-24 18:59:54 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Lead Arsenate was used as an insecticide on fruit crops. Its use was stopped in the late 60s and was officially banned in the US in 1988.
When heated rapidly in air it smells like garlic.
The name comes from 'arsenikon', the Greek name for the yellow pigment orpiment.
2007-02-24 19:47:43 · answer #1 · answered by Joe Wanderer 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do some research on "Napoleon's wallpaper". One theory is that it gave off a continuous dose of an arsenic compound which killed him.
2007-02-24 19:47:27 · answer #2 · answered by Gervald F 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My great grandmother used to put it on toast thinking it was some sort of anti-aging thing.
At the time of her death she had built up a tremendous immunity.
2007-02-24 19:04:58 · answer #3 · answered by tharnpfeffa 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's poisonous.
It was used in long low dosage to cure veneral disease, if it didn't kill the patient.
Ever see the movie "Out of Africa"?
2007-02-24 19:09:58 · answer #4 · answered by BP 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It smells like hazel nut. It is less poisonous than nicotine.
2007-02-24 19:05:36 · answer #5 · answered by Joe 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in the bronze age it was added to the bronze to my it harder...In Victorian times..women used mix it into a drink that was supposed to make their complexion lighter.......and I read somewhere a long time ago it is in someway used to make coffee caffeine free..(decafe)..
2007-02-24 19:34:24 · answer #6 · answered by LeftField360 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋