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Tin poisoning refers to the toxic effects of tin and its compounds. Cases of poisoning from tin metal, its oxides, and its salts are "almost unknown"; on the other hand, certain organotin compounds are almost as toxic as cyanide .
Tin is a metal that can form various compounds with chlorine, sulfur, oxygen, or carbon. Learn about the sources, effects, and exposure of tin and tin compounds in the environment and human body.
Tin can enter your body when you eat contaminated food or drink contaminated water, when you touch or eat soil that has tin in it, or when you breathe tin-containing fumes or dusts. Tin compounds can enter your body from nearby hazardous waste sites by exposure to contaminated air, water, and soil.
Learn about the health effects of tin and its compounds, which are used in various products and can be found in the environment. Find out how to reduce your exposure and what to do if you are exposed.
The results of toxicity studies suggest that inorganic tin compounds are not readily absorbed after oral or inhalation exposure and show only limited effects after dermal exposure. Organotin compounds are more readily absorbed than inorganic tin compounds by these three routes of exposure.
Because of the low toxicity of inorganic tin, tin-plated steel is widely used for food packaging as "tin cans". Some organotin compounds can be extremely toxic.
The ATSDR toxicological profile succinctly characterizes the toxicology and adverse health effects information for the toxic substance described therein. Each peer-reviewed profile identifies and reviews the key literature that describes a substance's toxicological properties.
