• Ax: • Na formaldehyde sulfoxylate – best antidote; RA: Hg2+ → Hg2 2+ (less soluble) • DMSA (Succimer) – water soluble analog of BAL for all types of Hg poisoning • Penicillamine (Cuprimine®) – Elemental Hg • BAL – Inorg salts only • Ca EDTA
Tox: Silicosis – TB-like (Pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanokoniosis) Resulting to Hemoptysis – blood in sputum & lung irritation due to chronic inhalation
• Ax: Alumina – adsorbents; forms coat w/ Silica part.
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Zirconium – Zr
Tox: Granuloma in skin & lungs – Banned!
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Phosphorus – P (white/ yellow) – General protoplasmic poison
Acute: Garlic breath odor, luminous vomitus, severe GI irritation (bloody diarrhea, liver damage)
• Chronic: Bony necrosis, esp. in mandible (Phossy jaw)
• Ax: Cupric sulfate, Ceric sulfate
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Arsenic – As (lewisite metal)
Acute: Aldrich-mee’s lines (white lines in fingernails), Garlic breath odor, luminous vomitus, severe GI irritation (bloody diarrhea)