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Warfarin dust

Airborne crystalline warfarin powder generated during handling of the rodenticide solid.

Airborne form

dust

The form describes what is suspended in air at the point of exposure. A material can produce more than one form, such as dust during handling and fume during heating.

Health effects

blood in urineback painhematomasnosebleedmucous-membrane hemorrhageabdominal painvomitinggastrointestinal bleedingpetechial rashabnormal blood indices

Evidence

The NIOSH Pocket Guide describes warfarin as a crystalline powder used as a rodenticide and identifies inhalation, skin absorption, ingestion, skin, and eye contact routes; reported symptoms include bleeding in the urinary, nasal, mucous, gastrointestinal, and skin systems and abnormal hematologic indices.

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Exposure Limits; Physical Description; Exposure Routes; Symptoms · 1
Physical Description Colorless, odorless, crystalline powder. [Note: Rodenticide.] Exposure Routes inhalation, skin absorption, ingestion, skin and/or eye contact. Symptoms hematuria (blood in the urine), back pain; hematoma arms, legs; epistaxis (nosebleed), bleeding lips, mucous membrane hemorrhage; abdominal pain, vomiting, fecal blood; petechial rash; abnormal hematologic indices.

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