Editing Phosphorus (section)

===Ingestion===
Because of its common use as a [[rodenticide]], there are documented medical reports of white phosphorus ingestion and its effects, especially on children.{{r|Simon1976}} These cases can present very characteristic symptoms, such as garlic-smelling, smoking and luminescent vomit and stool, the latter sometimes called "Smoking Stool Syndrome". It is absorbed by both the gastrointestinal tract and the respiratory mucosa, to whose it causes serious damage. The acute lethal dose has been estimated at around 1&nbsp;mg/kg, this very small amount leading to many cases proving fatal, either because of rapid cardiovascular arrest or through the following systemic toxicity.{{r|Simon1976}}