Publication: Toxic arsenolipids bioaccumulate in the developing brain of pilot whales

Johannes, Lhiam and Nan have analysed the water-soluble and lipid-soluble arsenic compounds in pilot whales stranded in Scotland. No arsenobetaine in the brain, liver and kidneys but arsenolipids (arsenic containing hydrocarbons and phospholipids). This is worrying, since the hydrocarbons are neurotoxic. What does that mean for us humans?