Toxicity and pollution potential of thallium.
Toxicity and pollution potential of thallium are reviewed. Thallium is slightly more acutely toxic to mammals than mercury, and as acutely toxic as copper to fish. Its present industrial uses are too limited to generate pollution, but thallium, discharged in wastes from mines, ore-processing, and coal-burning plants, is contaminating the environment.
D000818:Animals; D000931:Antidotes; D001419:Bacteria / Q000187:drug effects; D004781:Environmental Exposure; D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D005399:Fishes; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000139:chemically induced; D008322:Mammals; D008906:Mining; D010944:Plants / Q000187:drug effects; D012378:Rodenticides; D013793:Thallium / Q000378:metabolism / Q000506:poisoning / Q000633:toxicity*
D000931:Antidotes; D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D012378:Rodenticides; D013793:Thallium