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Refletindo sobre o caso celobar®
Reflecting on the celobar® case
Registro en:
Química Nova. Sociedade Brasileira de Química, v. 30, n. 2, p. 505-506, 2007.
0100-4042
S0100-40422007000200048
10.1590/S0100-40422007000200048
Autor
Tubino, Matthieu
Simoni, José de Alencar
Institución
Resumen
By mid 2003, the Brazilian people accompanied astonished, in the press, the news about the death of more than 20 persons due to ingestion of a pharmaceutical product containing a suspension of barium sulfate (Celobar®) commonly used as a radiological contrast. Analysis of the product indicated the presence of barium carbonate (about 13% weight/weight) which reacts easily with the hydrochloric acid in the stomach liberating barium ions, a severe poison. In this article, we briefly discuss the possible economic, personal and technical causes that led to this disaster. 505 506