A fatal case-report of barium chloride toxicity - Copeland CS, Rock KL, Pinhal A, Chapman RC, Chilcott RP.

Barium is an alkaline earth metal whose toxicity is dictated by its compounded salt form: barium sulphate is insoluble and safe to ingest, but other barium salts (chloride, carbonate, sulphide, oxide, acetate) are bioavailable and therefore toxic when inge...
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