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- Title
Poisoning by an illegally imported Chinese rodenticide containing tetramethylenedisulfotetramine--New York City, 2002.
- Authors
US Department of Health and Human Services. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Abstract
Illegally imported foreign products can result in domestic exposures to unusual toxic chemicals, and health-care providers might not be able to provide appropriate therapy because the chemical ingredients might not be listed or recognized even after translation of the product label. This report describes the first known case in the United States of exposure to a Chinese rodenticide containing the toxin tetramethylenedisulfotetramine (TETS), a convulsant poison. The report of this investigation highlights the need to prevent such poisonings through increased public education, awareness, and enforcement of laws banning the importation of illegal toxic chemicals.
- Publication
MMWR: Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, 2003, Vol 52, Issue 10, p199
- ISSN
0149-2195
- Publication type
journal article