<P> In the Victorian era, "arsenic" ("white arsenic" or arsenic trioxide) was mixed with vinegar and chalk and eaten by women to improve the complexion of their faces, making their skin paler to show they did not work in the fields . Arsenic was also rubbed into the faces and arms of women to "improve their complexion". The accidental use of arsenic in the adulteration of foodstuffs led to the Bradford sweet poisoning in 1858, which resulted in around 20 deaths . </P> <P> Two arsenic pigments have been widely used since their discovery--Paris Green and Scheele's Green . After the toxicity of arsenic became widely known, these chemicals were used less often as pigments and more often as insecticides . In the 1860s, an arsenic byproduct of dye production, London Purple was widely used . This was a solid mixture of arsenic trioxide, aniline, lime, and ferrous oxide, insoluble in water and very toxic by inhalation or ingestion But it was later replaced with Paris Green, another arsenic - based dye . With better understanding of the toxicology mechanism, two other compounds were used starting in the 1890s . Arsenite of lime and arsenate of lead were used widely as insecticides until the discovery of DDT in 1942 . </P> <P> The toxicity of arsenic to insects, bacteria, and fungi led to its use as a wood preservative . In the 1930s, a process of treating wood with chromated copper arsenate (also known as CCA or Tanalith) was invented, and for decades, this treatment was the most extensive industrial use of arsenic . An increased appreciation of the toxicity of arsenic led to a ban of CCA in consumer products in 2004, initiated by the European Union and United States . However, CCA remains in heavy use in other countries (such as on Malaysian rubber plantations). </P> <P> Arsenic was also used in various agricultural insecticides and poisons . For example, lead hydrogen arsenate was a common insecticide on fruit trees, but contact with the compound sometimes resulted in brain damage among those working the sprayers . In the second half of the 20th century, monosodium methyl arsenate (MSMA) and disodium methyl arsenate (DSMA)--less toxic organic forms of arsenic--replaced lead arsenate in agriculture . These organic arsenicals were in turn phased out by 2013 in all agricultural activities except cotton farming . </P>

Where is arsenic located on the periodic table