Overview
Thallium is listed by Ufelle & Barchowsky 2021 among minor toxic metals for which toxicity has been described. The Essentials chapter does not provide a detailed thallium subsection, so this node is source-map context only.
Status
This page is a source-map stub created during the re-ingest of Ufelle & Barchowsky 2021. Substantive thallium-specific expansion awaits a dedicated ingest.
Frequently asked questions
Is thallium a toxic metal?
Yes. Thallium is listed by Ufelle & Barchowsky 2021 among the minor toxic metals for which toxicity has been described. The page does not provide further detail on the nature or severity of that toxicity.
Does this page tell me how much thallium is in food or consumer products?
No. This is a source-map stub and does not contain any dietary occurrence data, exposure estimates, or contamination levels for thallium in food or consumer products. Substantive thallium-specific content awaits a dedicated ingest.
What is the source behind the current thallium page?
The page draws on a single source, Ufelle & Barchowsky 2021, the “Toxic Effects of Metals” chapter in Casarett & Doull’s Essentials of Toxicology, 4th ed. That chapter mentions thallium among minor toxic metals but does not include a detailed thallium subsection, so the page is source-map context only.
Sources
- Ufelle & Barchowsky 2021 — Ufelle AC, Barchowsky A, 2021. Toxic Effects of Metals, Ch 23 in Casarett & Doull’s Essentials of Toxicology, 4th ed.
References
Works cited in this page’s text, in first-appearance order. This is not the full corpus for this page; it is only what the prose above draws on. The complete set of sources is listed under Sources below. Each title links to its source record, which carries the ingest receipt, the extracted values, and the file hash of the document it was built from.
- Toxic Effects of Metals (Chapter 23), in Casarett & Doull’s Essentials of Toxicology, Fourth EditionTextbook
Update history
The five most recent substantive edits to this page, classified major (evidence or structure moved), correction (a published value or statement was wrong and has been fixed), or minor (narrative rewritten without changing the underlying evidence). Each description is derived from what the edit did to this page; the linked commit is the authoritative record, routine regeneration passes are excluded, and the full version history lives in git. When DOI minting comes online (see schema docs), each entry below will also link to a version-pinned DataCite DOI.
| Commit | Date | Change | Description |
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| a8052bb | 2026-08-09 | major | 1 source added; contamination-profile values revised; 9 sections added |