Editing Nicotine (section)

===Toxicity===
Today nicotine is less commonly used in agricultural [[insecticide]]s, which was a main source of poisoning. More recent cases of poisoning typically appear to be in the form of [[Green Tobacco Sickness]] (GTS),<ref name="TOXNET Nicotine entry" /> accidental ingestion of [[tobacco]] or [[tobacco products]], or ingestion of nicotine-containing plants.<ref name="Schep"/><ref name="Smolinske">{{cite journal | vauthors = Smolinske SC, Spoerke DG, Spiller SK, Wruk KM, Kulig K, Rumack BH | title = Cigarette and nicotine chewing gum toxicity in children | journal = Human Toxicology | volume = 7 | issue = 1 | pages = 27–31 | date = January 1988 | pmid = 3346035 | doi = 10.1177/096032718800700105 | s2cid = 27707333 }}</ref><ref name="Furer">{{cite journal | vauthors = Furer V, Hersch M, Silvetzki N, Breuer GS, Zevin S | title = Nicotiana glauca (tree tobacco) intoxication--two cases in one family | journal = Journal of Medical Toxicology | volume = 7 | issue = 1 | pages = 47–51 | date = March 2011 | pmid = 20652661 | pmc = 3614112 | doi = 10.1007/s13181-010-0102-x }}</ref> People who harvest or cultivate tobacco may experience GTS, a type of nicotine poisoning caused by dermal exposure to wet tobacco leaves. This occurs most commonly in young, inexperienced tobacco harvesters who do not consume tobacco.<ref name=Schep>{{cite journal | vauthors = Schep LJ, Slaughter RJ, Beasley DM | title = Nicotinic plant poisoning | journal = Clinical Toxicology | volume = 47 | issue = 8 | pages = 771–81 | date = September 2009 | pmid = 19778187 | doi = 10.1080/15563650903252186 | s2cid = 28312730 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | vauthors = Gehlbach SH, Williams WA, Perry LD, Woodall JS | title = Green-tobacco sickness. An illness of tobacco harvesters | journal = JAMA | volume = 229 | issue = 14 | pages = 1880–3 | date = September 1974 | pmid = 4479133 | doi = 10.1001/jama.1974.03230520022024 }}</ref> People can be exposed to nicotine in the workplace by breathing it in, skin absorption, swallowing it, or eye contact. The [[Occupational Safety and Health Administration]] (OSHA) has set the legal limit ([[permissible exposure limit]]) for nicotine exposure in the workplace as 0.5&nbsp;mg/m<sup>3</sup> skin exposure over an 8-hour workday. The US [[National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health]] (NIOSH) has set a [[recommended exposure limit]] (REL) of 0.5&nbsp;mg/m<sup>3</sup> skin exposure over an 8-hour workday. At environmental levels of 5&nbsp;mg/m<sup>3</sup>, nicotine is [[IDLH|immediately dangerous to life and health]].<ref>{{cite web|title=CDC – NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards – Nicotine|url =https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/npg/npgd0446.html|website=www.cdc.gov|access-date=20 November 2015}}</ref>
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