Fatal poisoning by vanadium

Protective Effects of Dietary Antioxidants against Vanadium-Induced Toxicity: A Review

“…Etna volcanic area and the increased thyroid cancer incidence was suggested by Malandrino et al [28]. A suicidal death after ingestion of an undetermined amount of ammonium vanadate has also been reported [29]. In addition, laboratory-based studies conducted in animal models or cell cultures found that vanadium exposure can induce a variety of toxic effects such as cardiovascular effects (e.g., vascular endothelial dysfunction [30] and arterial hypertension [31]), immune toxicity (e.g., damage to the spleen [32] and thymus [33]), neurotoxicity (e.g., hippocampal alterations [34] and memory loss [35]), developmental disturbances (e.g., increased embryolethality and skeletal defects [36]), and pulmonary toxicity [37].…”

Influence of Vanadium–organic Ligands Treatment on Selected Metal Levels in Kidneys of STZ Rats

“…Some organic and inorganic vanadium compounds have presented interesting influence on biochemical markers like decrease of glucose level and improvement of other biochemical parameters. Negative effects of vanadium treatment on intestinal tract, such as diarrhea, vomiting etc., have been frequently reported [21, 22]. This was associated with high doses of administered vanadium compounds.…”

Permissible Value for Vanadium in Allitic Udic Ferrisols Based on Physiological Responses of Green Chinese Cabbage and Soil Microbes

“…High concentrations of V, however, are strongly toxic to plant, man and animals [7,10,11]. Therefore, vanadium can have an important potential adverse environmental impact, especially in vanadium-rich countries, such as South Africa, China, Russia and the USA [1,12].…”