Pentetate Trisodium Calcium is used as a local treatment to remove 90Y from a puncture wound and minimize 90Y-distribution to bone.
Chelating agent (plutonium).
Moderately toxic by
intravenous and intraperitoneal routes.
Experimental teratogenic and reproductive
effects. Mutation data reported. When
heated to decomposition it emits toxic
fumes of NazO and NO,. See also
CALCIUM COMPOUNDS.
