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6. Toxicity and environment
6.1 Health risks
Antimony and its compounds are toxic substances, with toxicity differing according to chemical form. In particular, compounds in which Sb is present in the III valence are less toxic than those in which it is present in the V valence. .
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1. Antimony mining and recycling
China is by far the world's leading antimony producer (table 1 ), accounting for 90% of global production in 2014, compared with 87% in 2001 [19]. The severe flooding in 2004, which temporarily shut down the main Hunan mines and forced China to temporarily...
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