Refletindo sobre o caso celobar®
AUTOR(ES)
Tubino, Matthieu, Simoni, José de Alencar
FONTE
Química Nova
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2007-04
RESUMO
By mid 2003, the Brazilian people accompanied astonished, in the press, the news about the death of more than 20 persons due to ingestion of a pharmaceutical product containing a suspension of barium sulfate (Celobar®) commonly used as a radiological contrast. Analysis of the product indicated the presence of barium carbonate (about 13% weight/weight) which reacts easily with the hydrochloric acid in the stomach liberating barium ions, a severe poison. In this article, we briefly discuss the possible economic, personal and technical causes that led to this disaster.
