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In phossy jaw patients, the forensic evidence suggested the conversion of yellow phosphorus to potent amino bisphosphonates by natural chemical reactions in the human body. Yellow phosphorus has a simple chemistry; when combined with H 2 O and CO 2 molecules from respiration and some amino acids such as lysine, bisphosphonates result. [4]
[citation needed] He used about 1,500 US gallons (5,700 L) of urine [4] to produce just 120 grams of phosphorus. If he had ground up the entire residue he could have obtained many times more than this (1 litre of adult human urine contains about 1.4g of phosphorus salts, which amounts to around 0.11 grams of pure white phosphorus).
Organophosphate poisoning is poisoning due to organophosphates (OPs). [4] Organophosphates are used as insecticides, medications, and nerve agents. [4] Symptoms include increased saliva and tear production, diarrhea, vomiting, small pupils, sweating, muscle tremors, and confusion. [2]
Phosphorus: 1669 H. Brand: 1669 H. Brand Prepared and isolated from urine, it was the first element whose discovery date and discoverer are recorded. [53] Its name first appears in print in the work of Georg Kaspar Kirchmayer in 1676. Recognised as an element by Lavoisier. [3] 1 Hydrogen: 1671 R. Boyle: 1671 R. Boyle
The symptoms of exposure are similar to those created by all nerve agents. Tabun is toxic even in minute doses. Tabun is toxic even in minute doses. The number and severity of symptoms which appear vary according to the amount of the agent absorbed and rate of entry of it into the body.
In 2010 Powles stated: "glyphosate is a one in a 100-year discovery that is as important for reliable global food production as penicillin is for battling disease." [ 32 ] As of April 2017, the Canadian government stated that glyphosate was "the most widely used herbicide in Canada", [ 33 ] at which date the product labels were revised to ...
Each year in the United States, more than 100,000 people visit the emergency department due to accidental carbon monoxide, or CO, poisoning, and at least 400 people die from unintentional CO ...
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