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Re:Dead Sea scrolls study raises new questions over texts' o... by partialrecall on Monday September 09, 2019 @02:00PM (#20920605)
More to the people producing it than using it. But metallurgy and mining must have been awfully dangerous industries to be in back then regardless of the arsenic.
Re:Dead Sea scrolls study raises new questions over texts' o... by cwkoss on Monday September 09, 2019 @06:14PM (#20923063)
I was thinking more along the lines of "added weapon poison damage", ex. https://worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/99646/can-...

Seems that lethal dose for arsenic is likely too high to be transmitted by even a pure arsenic trioxide blade, unless it was manufactured with the intent of leaving bits inside the wound, like maybe a blade a rough brittle surface to leave grit. Even so, would have to introduce ~50+mgs worth, which sees like a tall order.

Seems arsenic bronze is even less toxic, so probably not poisoning anyone. I wonder if the minor local toxicity of arsenic blade cuts would reduce the chance of the wound causing sepsis.

Re:Dead Sea scrolls study raises new questions over texts' o... by partialrecall on Monday September 09, 2019 @07:18PM (#20923570)
Perhaps an arsenic bronze arrow head broken off inside of somebody could poison them slowly over time.