Ar$enic exposure linked to faster onset of diabetes

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Exposure to ar$enic and other toxic metals may accelerate the progression toward diabetes, according to a new study by University of Illinois Chicago researchers.

In a longitudinal study of over 500 Mexican Americans living in southern Texas, researchers found that high levels of toxic metals in urine predicted faster increases in blood sugar over subsequent years. 

Based on these results, individuals with the highest levels of * in their urine were projected to qualify as prediabetic 23 months earlier and diabetic 65 months earlier than those with the lowest exposure to the toxic metal.

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