Cadmium acetate is a colourless crystal with a characteristic odour. It is not combustible,
but it decomposes on heating, producing toxic fumes of cadmium oxide. It is incompatible
with oxidising agents, metals, hydrogen azide, zinc, selenium, and tellurium. Occupational
exposure to cadmium and cadmium compounds occurs in workplaces mainly in the form
of airborne dust and fume. Occupations and workplaces include cadmium production and
refining, nickel–cadmium battery manufacture, cadmium pigment manufacture and formulation,
cadmium alloy production, mechanical plating, zinc smelting, soldering, and polyvinylchloride
compounding. Cadmium and compounds enter the body mainly by inhalation
and by ingestion.
