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Rodenticides are a group of compounds that are toxic to both rodents and humans. They are some of the most common toxic chemicals found around the home. Different poisons are used to kill rodents, including strychnine, arsenic, thallium, and red squill. They can be found in old barns, and storage units. Older homes are also a common place to find rodenticides. Rodenticides are not as dangerous these days, but older ones pose a serious threat to the health of you and your family. If you feel you or a loved one has been injured by rodenticides, fill out a simple form and find out if you have a case.

• strychnine - Used particularly for killing small vertebrates such as rodents. Strychnine causes muscular convulsions and eventually asphyxia or sheer exhaustion. The most common source is from the seeds of the Strychnos nux-vomica tree. Strychnine is one of the most bitter substances in the world. Its taste is detectable in concentrations as low as 1 ppm. Strychnine can be fatal to humans, by inhalation, ingestion or even skin contact. It produces some of the most dramatic, terrifying, best known, and painful symptoms imaginable. For this reason, strychnine poisoning is often used in literature and film. The approximate lethal dose is extremely small, less than 0.2 mg/kg.

• Arsenic - This is a notorious poisonous metalloid that has three allotropic forms; yellow, black and grey. Arsenic and its compounds are used as pesticides, herbicides, insecticides and various alloys.

• Warfarin-type Anticoagulants - Most rodenticides encountered today are the warfarin-type anticoagulants. In 2002, the most frequently involved rodenticides in cases reported to the Toxic Exposure Surveillance System (TESS) of the American Association of Poison Control Centers (AAPCC) were the superwarfarin rodenticides, which accounted for more than 16,000 cases.

• Red Squill - The preparation of red squill containing a cardiac glycoside as an active ingredient, was used as a rodenticide for many years. A rodent ingests this product, and because they are incapable of vomiting, develop glycoside intoxication and pulmonary edema. Since humans are capable of vomiting, red squill is considered mostly harmless, even to children. This product is not used much today because of its limited effectiveness as a rodenticide.

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