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Are anticoagulants such as rat poison an alkali or an acid?
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Somewhat acidic: Modern rat poisons use anticoagulants (warfarin, etc.) which cause internal bleeding. Some industrial grade rodenticides use inorganic compounds like zinc phosphide that react with the hydrochloric acid in the rat's stomach forming noxious phosphine gas. Antimony potassium tartrate, an emetic, is added to cause vomiting if accidentally ingested by humans. Rats & mice have no vomiting reflex.
Answered 12/13/2014
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