Antimony health hazards

Antimony and its compounds health hazards and safety precautions... 

Sterling silver, silver, and copper, or gold, can be used to cast a jewelry piece with a minimal amount of health hazard. Alloys with large amounts of cadmium, chromium, nickel, antimony, and arsenic should not be used. 

Anon, Antimony and its Compounds Health Hazards and Precautionary Measures, Gnidance Note EH 19 (Revised), HSE Solntions Ltd., Glasgow, 1997. 

It is known that, when certain metal compounds are present in air at concentrations above the levels of homeostatic regulation, they can act as a health hazard. The most common metals and metal compounds that can be found in the indoors atmosphere, are mainly those of antimony, lead, (methyl) mercury, and cadmium, which can exist in plastics as additives (mostly found and used as stabilisers). These are believed to disrupt the endocrine system by causing problems in steroid production. The fate of these metal and metal ions has been more extensively studied for the lead and lead-based compounds, however, other metals have been studied much less than others. 

According to a recent assumption, powdered SbgOa forms a health hazard. For this reason, manufacturers are attempting to market this agent in other forms, such as a dispersion, masterbatch, or granules, or by substituting it with alternative antimony compounds. 

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Grid contains antimony and arsenic, which are health hazards. 

Stibene and arsine evolution in designs with antimony and arsenic in grid rdloys can be a health hazard... 

A number of metals and their compounds have been found to pose health risks to humans, other animals, and plants. When they occur in air, these metals are sometimes regarded as pollutants. Title III of the 1990 Amendments to the Clean Air Act, for example, lists the following elements and their compounds as "hazardous air pollutants antimony, arsenic, beryllium, cadmium, chromium, cobalt, lead, manganese, mercury, nickel, and selenium. 

In the United States, antimony is listed as a Clean Air Act hazardous air pollutant generally known or suspected to cause serious health problems. Antimony and its compounds are listed as Clean Water Act... 

Approximately 400 substances were considered for inclusion on the National Priority Index (NPI) reporting list. A ranking and total hazard score was given based on health and environmental hazards and human and environmental exposure to the substance. Antimony and its compounds were ranked as 84 out of 400. The total hazard score, taking into account both human health and environmental criteria, is 2.3. (A score of 3 is very high, and 1 is low.)... 

Schroeder HA, Mitchener M, Nason AP (1970) Zirconium, niobium, antimony, vanadium and lead in rats life term studies. J Nutr 100(l) 59-68 Schulz C, Angerer J, Ewers U et al (2009) Revised and new reference values for environmental pollutants in urine or blood of children in Germany derived from the German environmental survey on children 2003-2006 (GerES IV). Int J Hyg Environ Health 212(6) 637-647 Shirai S, Suzuki Y, Yoshinaga J et al (2010) Maternal exposure to low-level heavy metals during pregnancy and birth size. J Environ Sci Health A Tox Hazard Subst Environ Eng 45(11) 1468-1474... 

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