Arsine Chemical Profile 2004 Scorecard Health Hazard Reference(s) Recognized: Carcinogen P65-MC Developmental Toxicant P65-MC Suspected: Cardiovascular or Blood Toxicant BENO HAZMAP LADO MALA OEHHA-AREL OEHHA-CREL RTECS STAC Endocrine Toxicant RTECS Gastrointestinal or Liver Toxicant EPA-HEN RTECS STAC Kidney Toxicant HAZMAP MERCK RTECS Neurotoxicant DAN EPA-HEN STAC Reproductive Toxicant FRAZIER [Hazard Rankings M ...

CBRNE - Arsenicals, Arsine March 3, 2005 Jeffrey R Suchard, MD eMedicine.com Background: Arsine, the most toxic form of arsenic, has some properties that may make it useful as a chemical warfare (CW) agent; it is a colorless, odorless, nonirritating gas that is 2.5 times denser than air. At concentrations above 0.5 ppm, a garliclike odor may be noted, but arsine is toxic at much lower concentrations. Although it has been investigated as a CW agent, arsine has no recorded battlefield use. D ...

Facts About Arsine CDC What arsine is Arsine is a colorless, nonirritating toxic gas with a mild garlic odor. The odor can be detected only at levels greater than those necessary to cause poisoning. Arsine is formed when arsenic comes in contact with an acid. Arsine is similar to a gas called stibine, which is formed when the metal antimony comes in contact with an acid. Stibine has health effects similar to those of arsine, but it is not as widely available, and it has a much more notice ...