@article{ref1,
title="Inadvertent poisoning of seven teenagers with monosodium methanearsonate",
journal="Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.)",
year="2011",
author="Orledge, Jeffrey and Cox, Robert D.",
volume="49",
number="3",
pages="167-170",
abstract="Introduction. Monosodium methanearsonate (MSMA) is an organo-arsenic containing herbicide. There is scant information available concerning the toxicity of this chemical in humans. Case Report. Seven male teenagers, 15-18 years of age, inadvertently used a MSMA herbicide as cooking oil to fry fish. All had early gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms. Whole blood arsenic concentrations ranged from 348 to 613 μg/L and initial urine levels ranged from 81 400 to 226 300 μg-arsenic/g-creatinine. They were all treated with dimercaprol for 1 day and succimer for 19 days. They were followed for 15-months and had no evidence of any serious toxicity. Conclusion. MSMA produces early GI symptoms and very high levels of arsenic in blood and urine, but no evidence of long-term toxicity.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1556-3650",
doi="10.3109/15563650.2011.559473",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/15563650.2011.559473"
}