Use
Exposures to cadmium acetate cause cough, skin redness, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, salivation, choking, dizziness, and diarrhea. On catching fi re, cadmium acetate gives
off irritating or toxic metal oxide fumes. Inhalation of dust produces perforation of the
nasal septum, loss of smell, irritation, headache, metallic taste, and cough. Prolonged
exposures to cadmium acetate may produce shortness of breath, chest pain, and fl u-like
symptoms, chills, weakness, fever, muscular pain, pulmonary edema, liver and kidney
damage and death. Cadmium acetate may have effects on the kidneys and bones, leading
to kidney impairment and osteoporosis (bone weakness), and liver damage. Accidental
ingestion or inhalation of cadmium acetate may be fatal to workers