Arsenic has long been used as a poison, most famously by the pair of elderly aunts in the play Arsenic and Old Lace. The murderous spinsters added a
teaspoonful to a gallon of wine, but it takes a lot less than that to prove fatal. Scientists have discovered that arsenic may be hazardous even in the minute
This article was originally published with the title A Touch of Poison.
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