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Cadmium
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welding, paints, pigments
metallic taste, N/V/D, increased salivation, kidney & liver damage |
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Cobalt
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Vit B12 intox, drilling/milling metals, labs
acute ingestion-stomach is lavaged, pink gastric lavage is collected dilated cardiomyopathy is long term outcome |
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Lead
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Paints-esp bright ones prior to 1978 & old plumbing
microcytic anemia, irritability, insomnia, lowered IQ, behavior and attention problems, renal tubular acidosis, lead spots on KUB Burtons lines-black lines on gums |
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Mercury
what caused the "mad hatter" something to do with pink |
glass thermometers, labs, fish
low level-parasthesia, tremors, ataxia, blindness high level-metallic taste, vomit, dyspea, cough, bleeding gums, diarrhea, burning in the throat |
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Arsenic
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groundwater, intentional poisioning
garlic smell on breath, rash, anxiety, extreme salivation, death within a short period of time |
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Asbestos
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mines, exposure to insulation prior to 1980, railroads, shipyards, auto plants
mesothelioma--> see pleural apical thickening on CXR and see dumbell shaped rods |
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Aromatic amines
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red & yellow food dyes, hair dyes, tobacco smoke
bladder caner |
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Benzene
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research and chemical lab
sever bone marrow damage with chronic exposure |
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Chromium
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inceinerators, work in the metallurgy/welding, paint, road dust, tattooing & ingestion of dietary supplement "chromium picolinate"
acute-anuria & inevitable death chronic-lung cancer |
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Vinyl Chrloride
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PVC packaged foods, refrigerants
recurrent exposure-portal vein fibrosis chronic exposure-malig neoplasm arising from endothelium of blood vessels in liver:angiosarcoma |
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Alpha amanitin
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toadstools & MUSHROOMS
diarrhea & cramping in 2-48 hrs then no symptoms until 4-5 days where you get complete renal and hepatic failure. 7th day-most die :( |
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CO
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home heaters, car exhaust
cherry red lips, exteme anxiety followed by stupor and often death |
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Cyanide
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cherry pits, apricot pits, apple seeds, peach pits, smoke inhalation from burning rubber or plastic
BITTER ALMONDS appreciated on autopsy RAPID weakness, confusion, excessive sleepiness then coma, seizure, death |
