Barium and Barium Compounds

This book is an update of the WHO environmental Health criteria monograph on barium (IPCS 1990) which evaluates the risks to human health and the environment posed by exposures to barium. Barite the mineral from which barium sulfate is produced is used as a constituent in drillling muds in the oil industry. It is also used as a filler in a range of industrial coatings as a dense filler in some plastics and rubber products in brake linings and in some sealants and adhesives. Oral intake from drin