The NIOSH Pocket Guide describes sodium fluoroacetate as a fluffy powder and identifies inhalation, skin absorption, ingestion, skin, and eye contact routes; reported effects include vomiting, neurologic symptoms, cardiac arrhythmias, pulmonary edema, convulsions, and liver and kidney damage.
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Exposure Limits; Physical Description; Exposure Routes; Symptoms; Target Organs · 1
Exposure Limits; Physical Description; Exposure Routes; Symptoms; Target Organs · 1
Physical Description Fluffy, colorless to white (sometimes dyed black), odorless powder. Exposure Routes inhalation, skin absorption, ingestion, skin and/or eye contact. Symptoms vomiting; anxiety, auditory hallucinations; facial paresthesia; twitching face muscle; pulsus altenans, ectopic heartbeat, tachycardia, cardiac arrhythmias; pulmonary edema; nystagmus; convulsions; liver, kidney damage. Target Organs respiratory system, cardiovascular system, liver, kidneys, central nervous system.