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PHENYL MERCAPTAN (Partially Validated Method #2075) |
 | | Phenyl mercaptan is regenerated from the mercuric phenyl mercaptide, formed during sampling, by treatment with hydrochloric acid. |
 | | Phenyl mercaptan is used as a chemical intermediate, solvent, and as an insect larvicide. |
 | | Exposure to phenyl mercaptan causes restlessness, then increased respiration, incoordination, muscular weakness, skeletal muscle paralysis of the hind limbs, cyanosis, lethargy and/or sedation, respiratory depression, followed by coma and death. |
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