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  2. World problems
  3. Tin as a pollutant

Tin as a pollutant

  • Stannosis
  • Overexposure to tin

Nature

Tin may be encountered as a contaminant in tinned food products; the presence of nitrate in such products may contribute to increased amounts of tin being dissolved from the container. A number of acute poisoning incidents have resulted from ingestion of fruit juices containing tin.

Broader

Environmental hazards from metals
Excellent
Toxic metal pollutants
Presentable

Aggravates

Tin ore and concentrates shortage
Unpresentable

Value

Pollution
Yet to rate

Reference

Joint Group of Exports on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Pollution: Cadmium, Lead and Tin in the Marine Environment
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations: Arsenic and Tin in Food: reviews and commonly used methods of analysis

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #7: Affordable and Clean Energy

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(E) Emanations of other problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Fundamental sciences » Metallic elements and alloys
  • Societal problems » Poison
  • Societal problems » Pollution
    • Content quality
    Unpresentable
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    E1438
    DOCID
    11514380
    D7NID
    163068
    Last update
    Oct 4, 2020