Antimony poisoning

Antimony poisoning is mostly due to the misuse of large amounts of antimony agents such as potassium antimony tartrate (tartarite), sodium antimony (antimony-273), sodium antimonate gluconate, antimony antimony (antimony 71) and ingestion Antimony dyes, safety match heads (containing antimony trisulfide), etc .; there are also poisoning caused by ingestion of acidic foods or beverages containing antimony-containing vessels and foods contaminated with antimony agents. The toxicity of trivalent antimony is more than five Valent antimony.

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