Abstract
Single head hairs from several subjects have been soaked in arsenic radiotracer solution and the arsenic absorbed on 2-mm hair segments has been determined by radioactivity assay. The absorption patterns were characterized for some subjects by regions of high uptake where (in other hairs from the same subject) regions of low uptake of copper and zinc were found, and vice versa. These data have been interpreted in terms of varying densities of binding sites in the hair structure, with specific chemical character. Arsenic absorption patterns for other subjects were highly structured, showing zones of very high and very low absorption. The dangers of interpreting similar patterns for the indigenous arsenic content of hair in terms of the dates on which elevated arsenic ingestion took place have been discussed.
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