1.3 HOW CAN ANTIMONY ENTER AND LEAV

1.3 HOW CAN ANTIMONY ENTER AND LEAVE MY BODY?
Antimony can enter your body when you drink water or eat food, soil, or
other substances that contain antimony. Antimony can also enter your body if
you breathe air or dust containing antimony. We do not know if antimony can
enter your body when it is placed on your skin.
A small amount of the antimony you eat or drink enters the blood after a
few hours. The amount and the form of antimony in the food or water will
affect how much antimony enters your blood. After you eat or drink very large
doses of antimony, you may vomit. This will prevent most of the antimony from
entering through the stomach and intestines into your blood. Antimony in your
lungs will enter your blood after several days or weeks. The amount of
antimony that will enter your blood from your lungs is not known.
After antimony enters your blood, it goes to many parts of your body.
Most of the antimony goes to the liver, lungs, intestines, and spleen.
Antimony will leave your body in feces and urine over several weeks. Further
information on how antimony enters and leaves your body is presented