Poisoning

Poison is any substance (liquid, solid, gas), that is harmful to the body, when ingested, inhaled, injected or absorbed through the skin. It is estimated that about 7 in 100,000 people in Tanzania die due to unintentional poisoning.
Pesticides were important cause of poisoning in the east Africa region followed by snake bites. Otherwise, poisoning is under-reported and data are very scarce in Tanzania.

Lead is a heavy metal, ubiquitous in our environment that has no physiologic role in biological systems.

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Dermal and ocular toxic exposures occur when chemicals, biological toxins, industrial agents, or household products directly contact the skin or eyes.

It is a physiological state that include psychological alteration of consciousness induced by ingestion of ethanol (alcohol), methanol.