Wikipedia Trail: from " Lagina" to "Arsenic Contamination of Groundwaer"

Arsenic Element

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For this weeks Wikipedia trail I decided to look up random subjects and chose a word I was unfamiliar with. I came across the word Lagina and thought it would be an interesting place to start. Lagina is an ancient cult site for archeologists and tourists. It dates back to the Carian period and exstended under the Seleucide Kings. It has been inhabited since the Bronze Age.

From Lagina my Wikipedia trail got me interested in the Bronze Age. An ancient civilization is defined to be in the Bronze Age either by smelting its own copper and alloying with tin, arsenic, or other metals, or by trading for bronze from production areas elsewhere.

From the Bronze Age I decided to look into Arsenic. Arsenic is a chemical element. It is considered a metalloid. Metallic arsenic is used to make car batteries. Arsenic is also used in pesticides.

Arsenic contamination of groundwater is a form of groundwater pollution that is actually caused by natural high levels of concentrated arsenic in groundwater. This phenomenon can be deadly to both humans and animals.