Editing Arsenic (section)

=== Other uses ===
* Copper acetoarsenite was used as a green [[pigment]] known under many names, including [[Paris Green]] and Emerald Green. It caused numerous [[arsenic poisoning]]s. [[Scheele's Green]], a copper arsenate, was used in the 19th century as a [[food dye|coloring agent]] in [[sweets]].<ref>{{cite book|title = The Poison Paradox: Chemicals as Friends and Foes|chapter = Butter Yellow and Scheele's Green|first = John|last = Timbrell|publisher = Oxford University Press|date = 2005|isbn = 978-0-19-280495-2|chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=qYYOtQU37jcC|url-access = registration|url = https://archive.org/details/poisonparadoxche0000timb}}</ref>
* Arsenic is used in [[bronzing]].<ref>{{cite journal|doi = 10.1007/BF02519786|title = Industrial exposure to arsenic|date = 1979|last1 = Cross|first1 = J. D.|last2 = Dale|first2 = I. M.|last3 = Leslie|first3 = A. C. D.|last4 = Smith|first4 = H.|journal = Journal of Radioanalytical Chemistry|volume = 48|issue = 1–2|pages = 197–208| bibcode=1979JRNC...48..197C |s2cid = 93714157}}</ref>
* As much as 2% of produced arsenic is used in lead alloys for [[lead shot]] and bullets.<ref>{{cite book|title = Engineering Properties and Applications of Lead Alloys|chapter = XIV. Ammunition|first = Sivaraman|last = Guruswamy|publisher = CRC Press|date = 1999|isbn = 978-0-8247-8247-4|chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=TtGmjOv9CUAC|pages = 569–570}}</ref>
* Arsenic is added in small quantities to alpha-brass to make it [[Selective leaching|dezincification-resistant]]. This grade of brass is used in plumbing fittings and other wet environments.<ref>{{cite book|chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=sxkPJzmkhnUC&pg=PA390|chapter = Dealloying|page =390|isbn = 978-0-87170-726-0|title = Copper and copper alloys|last1 = Davis |first1=Joseph R. |author2 = Handbook Committee, ASM International|year= 2001| publisher=ASM International }}</ref>
* Arsenic is also used for [[Taxonomy|taxonomic]] sample preservation.<!--https://books.google.com/books?id=aRI9MrpXLqYC&pg=PA93 --> It was also used in embalming fluids historically.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Quigley |first=Christine |url={{Google books|ZMSSCgAAQBAJ|page=6|plainurl=yes}}|page=6 |title=Modern Mummies: The Preservation of the Human Body in the Twentieth Century |date=2006 |orig-date=First published 1998 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-1373-4 |language=en}}</ref>
* Arsenic was used in the [[taxidermy]] process up until the 1980s.<ref>{{cite journal| last1=Marte | first1=Fernando | last2=Pequignot | first2=Amandine| title=Arsenic in Taxidermy Collections: History, Detection, and Management |journal=Collection Forum|year=2006| url=https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/8134|hdl=10088/8134|volume=21|issue=1–2|pages=143–150}}</ref>
* Arsenic was used as an opacifier in ceramics, creating white glazes.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Parmelee |first1=Cullen W. |title=Ceramic Glazes |date=1947 |publisher=Cahners Books |location=Boston|page=61 |edition=3rd}}</ref>
* Until recently, arsenic was used in optical glass. Modern glass manufacturers have ceased using both arsenic and lead.<ref>{{cite book|chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=Qt7sNqoP_CkC&pg=PA68|page =68|title = Pollution technology review 214: Mercury and arsenic wastes: removal, recovery, treatment, and disposal|publisher = William Andrew|date = 1993|isbn = 978-0-8155-1326-1|chapter = Arsenic Supply Demand and the Environment|author=United States Environmental Protection Agency}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Kumar |first1=Mahendra |last2=Seth |first2=Aparna |last3=Singh |first3=Alak Kumar |last4=Rajput |first4=Manish Singh |last5=Sikandar |first5=Mohd |date=2021-12-01 |title=Remediation strategies for heavy metals contaminated ecosystem: A review |journal=Environmental and Sustainability Indicators |volume=12 |pages=100155 |doi=10.1016/j.indic.2021.100155 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2021EnvSI..1200155K }}</ref><ref>{{Citation |last=Humans |first=IARC Working Group on the Evaluation of Carcinogenic Risks to |title=Exposures in the Glass Manufacturing Industry |date=1993 |url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK499748/ |work=Beryllium, Cadmium, Mercury, and Exposures in the Glass Manufacturing Industry |volume=58 |pages=347–375 |access-date=2024-01-12 |publisher=International Agency for Research on Cancer |language=en |pmid=8022057|pmc=7681308 }}</ref>