“…Chronic exposure to inorganic arsenic via drinking water is associated with increased risk for various human cancers, as well as diseases of myriad body systems that include cardiovascular, neurologic, endocrine, integumentary and respiratory (García-Esquinas et al, 2013;Hong, Song, & Chung, 2014;Martinez, Vucic, Becker-Santos, Gil, & Lam, 2011;Putila & Guo, 2011;Smith et al, 1992;Smith et al, 2006;Tyler & Allan, 2014). Focusing on the respiratory system, studies in arsenic-exposed populations in northern Chile documented increased risk for early death from lung cancer and obstructive pulmonary disease (Smith et al, 2018;Smith, Goycolea, Haque, & Biggs, 1998). Furthermore, arsenic exposure from drinking water in Bangladesh has been linked to dyspnea and pneumonia (George et al, 2015;Pesola et al, 2012).…”