In a message dated 3/21/2006 11:46:17 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

Then, we  were told that arsenic is  in
styrofoam, which is released when it is  burned, so we burn in a well vented
area (outside).


Another urban legend!  There is no arsenic in Styrofoam, and no  way the 
carbon compounds in it could "turn into" arsenic.  That  doesn't mean there 
aren't 
other noxious things being released,  though. 
 
I believe it is true about arsenic's building up in the system.  I  remember 
reading mysteries where the victims were poisoned slowly, over a long  period 
of time with small amounts, and it built up in the hair.
 
Ann Wass
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