Lead nitrate

SECTION 2: Hazards identification

Eye: Causes eye irritation. Skin: Causes skin irritation. Harmful if swallowed. Ingestion of nitrate containing compounds can lead to methemoglobinemia. Ingestion of lead compounds can cause toxic effects in the blood-forming organs, kidneys and central Ingestion: nervous system. Ingestion of lead compounds can produce symptoms of lead poisoning. Symptoms of lead poisoning or plumbism include weakness, weight loss, lassitude, insomnia, and hypotension. It also includes constipation, anorexia, abdominal discomfort and colic. Harmful if inhaled. Methemoglobinemia is characterized by dizziness, drowsiness, headache, Inhalation: shortness of breath, cyanosis (bluish discoloration of skin due to deficient oxygenation of the blood), rapid heart rate and chocolate-brown blood. May cause methemoglobinemia. May cause methemoglobinemia, which is characterized by chocolate-brown colored blood, headache, weakness, dizziness, breath shortness, cyanosis (bluish skin due to deficient oxygenation of blood), rapid heart rate, unconsciousness and possible death. Chronic exposure to lead may result Chronic: in plumbism which is characterized by lead line in gum, headache, muscle weakness, mental changes. Lead salts have been reported to cross the placenta and induce embryo- and feto- mortality. Chronic expsoure to lead may cause adverse effects on human reproduction, embryonic and fetal development and postnatal (e.g., mental) development.