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Acute Cyanide Poisoning from Jewelry Cleaning Solutions

Author(s) -

Ines Bel Waer,

Wafa Masri,

Nedia Chaouali

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

arab journal of forensic sciences and forensic medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1658-6794

pISSN - 1658-6786

DOI - 10.12816/0011258

Subject(s) - cyanide poisoning , cyanide , pulp and paper industry , chemistry , business , waste management , environmental science , engineering , organic chemistry

Cyanide is one of the most lethal and devastating poisons. It causes acute toxicity through smoke inhalation simultaneously with carbon monoxide, or by ingestion of cyanide salts that are commonly used in metallurgy and in jewelry or textile industries. Cyanide intoxication is an extremely rare event; in the present study, we report a case of cyanide poisoning involving a 25-year-old jeweler, who ingested a jewelry cleaning solution containing potassium cyanide in a suicide attempt.

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