ABSTRACT
EPA HEALTH ASSESSMENT 600/8-87 /022F JUL 87 ZINC TOXIC TO AQUATIC ORGANISMS, WILDLIFE AT HIGH EXPOSURE LEVELS. WORKER EXPOSURE TO ZINC OXIDE, CAN CAUSE ACUTZ "METAL FUME FEVER", CHRONIC RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS, DERMATITIS, CONJUNCTIVITIS, GASTRITIS, BRONCHITIS, DIFFUSE PNEUMOSCLEROSIS, HYPOCALCEMIA, AND EPIGASTRIC PAIN. EXPOSURE TO ZINC CHLORIDE SMOKE BOMBS RESULTED IN PULMONARY DISEASE/DEATH. ADMINISTRATION OF 150 MG ELEMENTAL ZINC SHOWED ADVERSE EFFECTS ON IMMUNOLOGIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS. SOME DATA INDICATES ZINC INVOLVED IN TUMOR GROWTH PROMOTION OR INHffiiTION. CARCINOGENIC RESPONSE FOLLOWED INJECTION OF ZINC SALTS INTO TESTES OF FOWL AND RATS.
