TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2011//
TI  - Inadvertent poisoning of seven teenagers with monosodium methanearsonate
JO  - Clinical toxicology (Philadelphia, Pa.)
A1  - Orledge, Jeffrey
A1  - Cox, Robert D.
SP  - 167
EP  - 170
VL  - 49
IS  - 3
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1556-3650
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/15563650.2011.559473
ID  - ref1
ER  -