Features of barium carbonate poisoning

Barium carbonate is a whitish powder
It is used as a rodenticide
Symptoms develop within half an hour of poison ingestion
Fatal dose is 0.8g

Symptoms of barium carbonate poisoning:

Gastrointestinal
- Diarrhoea
- Vomiting
- Abdominal pain
Cardiac
- Arrhythmia
- Hypertension
- Heart failure
Areflexia, tetraplegia, flaccid paralysis

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