Do vitamin C users who eat shrimp risk death from arsenic poisoning?

Posted on by TheFishVet - Richmond's School of Fish

Recently I received a forwarded email with graphic images of a person with blood exuding from their eyes, nose and mouth, claiming that this fatality was caused by a combination of eating large amounts of vitamin C and prawns.

Is it true?

I quick search of clinical signs associated with acute arsenic toxicosis did not feature bleeding (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/20950314/).

Read more at: http://www.snopes.com/medical/toxins/shrimp.asp#XLGmXkzShQwZbJ5W.99

In this day and age, I just really wonder why people are still out there, disseminating misinformation. It makes my blood boil!

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