What health effects can antimony cause?
Overexposure to antimony trioxide can cause irritation to the skin, eyes, nose, and respiratory tract. When ingested, it may also result in nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. Toxicity from acute or chronic exposure to antimony trioxide in industry is rare. According to the International Agency for Research on Cancer, the evidence that antimony trioxide can cause cancer in humans is inadequate, but there is some evidence that it can cause cancer in laboratory animals.
