Aluminium, magnesium and zinc phosphide are highly toxic inorganic phosphides commonly used in rodenticides, insecticides and fumigants by agricultural communities. Because of their low unit cost, they are widely used pesticides. This has contributed to a significant increase in its use for deliberate poisonings.
While aluminium phosphide poisoning is uncommon in our country in contrast to asian countries, Zinc phosphide poisoning is frequently encountered in Kenya possibly due to "unlimited and uncontrolled accessibility”.
Aluminum phosphide is marketed in Kenya under various trade names including Gastoxin, Detia Gas . . .
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