{"id":85683,"date":"2026-02-03T15:06:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T09:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=85683"},"modified":"2026-02-03T15:12:42","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T09:42:42","slug":"aluminium-phosphide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/aluminium-phosphide\/","title":{"rendered":"Aluminium Phosphide"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Aluminium Phosphide Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, doctors at the PGIMER achieved a global breakthrough in treating aluminium phosphide (Celphos) poisoning with intravenous lipid emulsion therapy.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Aluminium Phosphide\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Aluminium phosphide<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is commonly known as Celphos.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Characteristics of Aluminium Phosphide\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a yellow or <\/span><b>dark grey crystalline solid<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that has a <\/span><b>garlic-like odour.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a cheap, effective and <\/span><b>commonly used pesticide.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>liberates lethal phosphine gas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> when it comes in contact either with atmospheric moisture or with hydrochloric acid in the stomach.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Phosphine gas, <\/span><b>which is highly flammable<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and very toxic in nature<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The mechanism of toxicity includes cellular hypoxia due to the effect on mitochondria, inhibition of cytochrome C oxidase and formation of highly reactive hydroxyl radicals.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Impact on Human Health:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Aluminium phosphide poisoning continues to be a <\/span><b>serious public-health challenge<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, particularly in agricultural states such as Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Uses of Aluminium Phosphide\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aluminum Phosphide (ALP) is a <\/span><b>highly toxic fumigant<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which is used commonly as an indoor pesticide in agriculture based industry for storage of grains.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>often dispersed in pellets;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the pellets react with moisture which produces toxic phosphine gas.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aluminium phosphide is also used to make <\/span><b>semi-conductor materials<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> such as light-emitting diodes.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/cities\/chandigarh\/pgi-doctors-achieve-breakthrough-in-aluminium-phosphide-poisoning-10508422\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aluminium Phosphide  is a yellow or dark grey crystalline solid that has a garlic-like odour. 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