Dietary Arsenic Exposure: Xue et al. Respond

Arsenic on Children’s Hands: Le et al. Respond

after Playing in Playgrounds We commend Kwon et al. (2004) for their very interesting study of arsenic on the hands of children in contact with chromated copper arsenate (CCA)-treated wood structures and soil after playing in playgrounds. We would like to comment on some of their cited references and discuss the implications of the reported arsenic concentrations found in their sand/soil sample...

Arsenic Levels in Chicken: Nachman et al. Respond

The correspondence section is a public forum and, as such, is not peer-reviewed. EHP is not responsible for the accuracy, currency, or reliability of personal opinion expressed herein; it is the sole responsibility of the authors. EHP neither endorses nor disputes their published commentary. I commend Nachman et al. (2013) on their careful study of arsenic content in market samples of chicken a...

Arsenic and Diabetes: Navas-Acien et al. Respond

Environmental Health Perspectives • volume 121 | number 3 | March 2013 A 71 With regard to the point that studies should assess arsenic concentrations 150– 500 μg/L in drinking water, there is good evidence that arsenic in water may increase the incidence of diabetes. However, every study that has produced strong evidence has included water arsenic concentrations > 500 μg/L at, or before, the t...

Clayton et al. respond.

Lusk et al. respond.

We thank Schimek for his thoughtful letter. We agree that the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) encourages bike paths; however, AASHTO’s definition of a bike path is a shared use path for pedestrians, skaters, wheelchair users, joggers, and other nonmotorized users. AASHTO discourages bicycle-only cycle tracks because, as noted by Schimek, AASHTO discou...