The blue-baby syndrome and nitrogen fertilisers: A high risk in the tropics?

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English
Published: January 1988
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Gatekeeper
ISBN: 9781843693161
Product code:6026IIED

Nitrates taken in with water of food can result in methaemoglobinaemia, commonly known in infants as the blue-baby syndrome. The body becomes progressively starved with oxygen, turning affected individuals blue, firstly around the lips, fingers and toes and then spreading to the face and body.

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Pretty, J. and Conway, G. (1988). The blue-baby syndrome and nitrogen fertilisers: A high risk in the tropics?. IIED, London.
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