What is the chemical formula for lead poisoning?
Blood lead levels (BLL) are reported in "micrograms per deciliter" of blood. (ug/dl). A 165 lb. person will have about 60 deciliters of blood in their system. OSHA's "Lead In Construction" standard (29 CFR 1926.62) sets worker BBL at 50ug/dl. At that point the worker is "medically removed" from the work place. As a referance.... A typical construction worker that remodels old homes would have a normal BLL of about 4 to 7 ug/dl. The CDC sets children BLL's to : 10 ug/dl = "Level of Concern" 15 ug/dl = "Elavated Blood Level" 20 ug/dl = "Poisoned" For more info please read http://www.mindspring.com/~wrltc/Awareness.pdf Its a book I wrote for parents doing re-modeling or having it done. And lead issues in general. It was paid for by a fed/state grant. Which means its your book as much as mine. Education about this subject is my job. For more direct questions please contact me at wrltc@mindspring.com And feel free to pass this along to others.
Is it possible to get metal poisoning from a paper clip?
Metal poisoning from a few swirls of a clean paper clip (as in, not soaked in mud and fungus) in some hot tea? No, you can't. Even if you could poison yourself from a clip, it *definitely* wouldn't be able to break off enough of anything to hurt you. Just coincidence!
Possible Lead Poisoning From Christmas Lights?
So, today i discovered through a series of articles that Christmas Lights and a number of chords in general contain the toxic chemical lead, some purportedly even possess dangerously high levels of it. Admittedly I have terrible OCD and a crippling fear of chemicals and toxic substances, due to this condition I wash my hands anywhere from 75-150 times a day (seriously, I need help) Now, my girlfriend uses Christmas Lights on a daily basis in her bedroom, she has been doing so for about the last 8 months. She didn't get a lamp until recently. Lead can enter the body through contact with the skin, ingestion, and inhalation, so my question is this - Is daily (well, technically nightly) handling of these lights enough to cause health issues in myself or my girlfriend? I don't live with my GF but I'm usually at her house. I've probably touched these lights only a dozen times or so myself and due to my OCD I likely washed my hands afterward anyway out of pure habit. Nonetheless, any reassurance that the amounts of lead present in these lights is not a major concern would greatly soothe my worries. This may seem a bit paranoid, but I'm legitimately concerned. Half an hour ago I urged my GF to do away with those damn toxic lights and get a bulb for the lamp that she hasn't been using. Do I have anything to worry about? Does my GF? Or is my OCD/Hypochondria just messing with me?
Which of the following chemical poisoning may result from eating improperly washed raw fruits or vegtables: fl?
Where are the following? Can't answer if you don't finish the question. And it is doubtful that you would be poisoned from any chemical residues that could be washed off. The amounts are too small. Now bacterial is a different story.
Is it even possible to poison bullets considering the heat intrinsic to firing a weapon?
Have you considered that LEAD is a poison? Current theory is that placing enough of that poison into an animal (quad or bipedal) will accomplish exactly the same purpose for a lot less money and time, considering that chemical poisons take time to take effect. The tried and true method of applying “lead in sufficient amounts” will poison the target without tainting the meat, thus assuring a good hunt of whatever someone may be hunting.
What are the symptoms of bleach poisoning (even for very small amounts)?
Also, if i clean a mirror with bleach, and then don't wipe it or anything, could it harm me if some of that bleach comes in contact with something and then i swallow this something (what ever it is)?? or is the bleach already dried up (after a few days) ?
Cyanide poisoning chem question?
assuming that 1 CN- attaches to 1 Fe2+ and that "sequesters" the iron... moles Fe attached to CN-..... 11.0 mL NaCN x (1 L / 1000 mL) x (13.0 mmole / L) x (1 mole / 1000 mMole) x (1 mole CN- / 1 mole NaCN) x (1 mole Fe2+ / 1 mole CN-) = 1.43x10^-4 moles Fe2+ total moles Fe2+ in your blood... 5.60 L x (2.40x10^-5 moles / L) = 1.34x10^-4 moles Fe2+ % Fe attached to CN- = 100%.. there is more CN- than Fe2+ ************* Now that I've read Joshua's answer, I guess it depends on how you intrepret this problem... if you mean this... Fe2+ + 2 CN- ------> Fe(CN)2, then by all means... moles Fe attached to CN- goes by this... 11.0 mL NaCN x (1 L / 1000 mL) x (13.0 mmole / L) x (1 mole / 1000 mMole) x (1 mole CN- / 1 mole NaCN) x (1 mole Fe2+ / 2 mole CN-) = 0.72x10^-4 moles Fe2+ and you end up with 0.72 / 1.34 x 100% = 54% bound Fe.. ********* however.... Fe2+ in blood is predominantly found in hemoglobin. The chemistry of hemoglobin binding with O2 and CN- is not a chemical reaction but rather a coordination complexation. Each heme group contains 1 Fe2+ which can reversibly bind with 1 O2. It does NOT react with O2. Same goes for carbon monoxide and CN-. 1 CN- ion "binding" to that Fe2+, which it will because the Fe2+ / CN- complexation is preferred over Fe2+ / O2, will prevent the complexation of the heme Fe2+ with O2 thus "sequestering" the Fe2+ *********** so my advice to you is this..... submit either answer or both and explain your rationale then ask your instructor whether 1 CN- sequesters 1 Fe2+ or whether 2 CN- sequesters 1 Fe2+... ************ what class is this for anyway? We covered hemoglobin complexation in inorganic chemistry in college. That was a senior level course fyi.
In Silent Spring, how does Carson represent the users of chemical poisons in the book?...?
with one exception: the biologist Rachel Carson. For most of 1961, she had locked herself in her cottage in Colesville, Maryland, to complete her book, Silent Spring. It would provide an unequivocal identification of the bird killers. Powerful synthetic insecticides such as DDT were poisoning food chains, from insects upwards. "Sprays, dusts and aerosols are now applied almost universally to farms, gardens, forests and homes – non-selective chemicals that have the power to kill every insect, the 'good' and the 'bad', to still the song of the birds and the leaping of fish in the streams, to coat the leaves with a deadly film and to linger on in the soil – all this though the intended target may be only a few weeds or insects," she wrote. One or two authors had previously suggested modern pesticides posed dangers. None wrote with the eloquence of Carson.