Organic arsenicals are used by forestry personnel as

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Organic arsenicals are used by forestry personnel as silvicides. The amount of arsenic that the body takes in when exposed to these silvicides is a major health problem. It is important that the amount of exposure be determined quickly so that a field worker with a high level of arsenic can be removed from the job. In an experiment reported in the paper A Rapid Method for the Determination of Arsenic Concentrations in Urine at Field Locations, published in the American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal (Vol. 37, 1976), urine specimens from 4 forest service personnel were divided equally into 3 samples each so that each individuals urine could be analyzed for arsenic by a university laboratory, by a chemist using a portable system, and by a forest-service employee after a brief orientation. The arsenic levels, in parts per million, were recorded for this problem. Perform an analysis of variance and test the hypothesis, at the 0.05 level of significance, that there is no difference in the arsenic levels for the 3 methods of analysis. Analyst Individual Employee Chemist Laboratory 1 0.05 0.05 0.04 2 0.05 0.05 0.04 3 0.04 0.04 0.03 4 0.15 0.17 0.10