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ar·se·nate (ärs-nt, -nt)
n.
A salt of arsenic acid.

arsenate
an uncommon garden pesticide, as lead arsenate, or as antifungal spray on fruit trees or cattle tick dip as sodium arsenate. Relatively insoluble but will cause arsenic poisoning but less toxic than arsenite.


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Legislation brought into the regulatory framework such things as acid rain, MACTS, HAPS, particulates, arsenates, dioxin, formaldehyde, nonpoint source pollution, streamside buffers, primary and secondary water treatment, and introduced environmental impact statements and assessments.
org/ [Online 21 February 2007] ********** Chromated copper arsenates (CCA) are chemical preservatives used to pressure-treat wood to protect it from rotting due to moisture, insects, and microbial agents.
Problems arise when chemical reactions change the arsenates into arsenites, which don't bind tightly to other minerals and can therefore enter the underground water supply.
 
 
 
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