Potential Health Effects
Eye:
Causes eye irritation.
Skin:
Causes skin irritation.
Ingestion:
May cause irritation of the digestive tract. Poison by ingestion.
Vanadium compounds can cause polycythemia, followed by red blood cell
destruction, anemia, loss of appetite, pallor and
Inhalation:
Causes respiratory tract irritation. The toxicological properties of
this substance have not been fully investigated.
Chronic:
Not available.
Chronic exposure may cause a greenish tongue, metallic taste in the
mouth, cough, chronic bronchitis, and emphysema. This material is a
potent enzyme inhibitor.
Get into the practice of scraping, THEN putting the pills away, before opening the reagent bottles. When first using the E1 and E2 kits, make sure you do the tops up tightly, especially when fitting the dripulator.