- The semiconductor manufacturing industry is a chemical-intensive in which workers are potentially exposed to toxic metals including gallium (Ga), indium (In), and arsenic (As).
- These metals or metalloids can cause carcinogenesis in animals and humans.
-Symptoms of acute poisoning include gastrointestinal discomfort, vomiting, coma, or death occuring within 30 min of ingestion GaAs and InAs.
- Chronic poisoning such as anemia, leucopenia, skin cancer, and other internal cancers.