ANTIMONY LEACHING FROM COT MATTRESSES AND SUDDEN-INFANT-DEATH-SYNDROME (SIDS)

Citation
Ro. Jenkins et al., ANTIMONY LEACHING FROM COT MATTRESSES AND SUDDEN-INFANT-DEATH-SYNDROME (SIDS), Human & experimental toxicology, 17(3), 1998, pp. 138-139
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Toxicology
ISSN journal
09603271
Volume
17
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
138 - 139
Database
ISI
SICI code
0960-3271(1998)17:3<138:ALFCMA>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
1 Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) cot mattress covers from SIDS cases were in vestigated as potential sources of soluble (potentially ingestable) an timony in the cot environment. 2 Body fluids (urine, saliva) and propr ietary domestic detergents/sterilizing fluids markedly enhanced leachi ng of antimony from PVC. Release of antimony was also enhanced at both low and high pH and by elevated temperature. The extent of antimony l eaching did not correlate well with PVC content of this element. 3 The se data do not support the assumption that postmortem analysis of anti mony content proves exposure to gaseous antimony trihydride from mattr ess PVC. 4 Ingestion of antimony released from PVC could account for t he high variability associated with reported detectable levels of anti mony in liver from both SIDS and other infants. It could also explain suspected additional postnatal exposure to this element, which gives r ise to elevated levels of Sb in the hair of some healthy infants.