Editing Zinc (section)

===Poisoning===
In 1982, the [[United States Mint|US Mint]] began minting [[Cent (United States coin)|pennies]] coated in copper but containing primarily zinc. Zinc pennies pose a risk of zinc toxicosis, which can be fatal. One reported case of chronic ingestion of 425 pennies (over 1&nbsp;kg of zinc) resulted in death due to gastrointestinal bacterial and fungal [[sepsis]]. Another patient who ingested 12&nbsp;grams of zinc showed only [[lethargy]] and [[ataxia]] (gross lack of coordination of muscle movements).<ref>{{cite journal
|title=Zinc|first=Donald G.|last=Barceloux|journal=Clinical Toxicology|author2=Barceloux, Donald |volume=37
|issue=2|pages=279–292|date=1999|doi =10.1081/CLT-100102426|pmid=10382562}}</ref> Several other cases have been reported of humans suffering zinc intoxication by the ingestion of zinc coins.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Zinc Toxicity Following Massive Coin Ingestion|journal=American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology|volume=18|issue=2|pages=148–153|date=1997|last=Bennett|first=Daniel R. M. D.|author2=Baird, Curtis J. M.D. |author3=Chan, Kwok-Ming |author4=Crookes, Peter F. |author5=Bremner, Cedric G. |author6=Gottlieb, Michael M. |author7= Naritoku, Wesley Y. M.D. |doi=10.1097/00000433-199706000-00008|pmid=9185931}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|journal=Radiology|volume=158|page=512|date=1986|title=Coin ingestion: unusual appearance of the penny in a child|first=S. K.|last=Fernbach|author2=Tucker G. F. |pmid=3941880|issue=2|doi=10.1148/radiology.158.2.3941880}}</ref>

Pennies and other small coins are sometimes ingested by dogs, requiring veterinary removal of the foreign objects. The zinc content of some coins can cause zinc toxicity, commonly fatal in dogs through severe [[hemolytic anemia]] and liver or kidney damage; vomiting and diarrhea are possible symptoms.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Zinc phosphide poisoning in dogs|journal=Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association|volume=173|page=270|date=1978|pmid=689968|issue=3|last1=Stowe|first1=C. M.|last2=Nelson|first2=R.|last3=Werdin|first3=R.|last4=Fangmann|first4=G.|last5=Fredrick|first5=P.|last6=Weaver|first6=G.|last7=Arendt|first7=T. D.}}</ref> Zinc is highly toxic in [[parrots]] and poisoning can often be fatal.<ref>{{cite journal|journal =Australian Veterinary Journal|volume=63|issue =6|page=199|title=Zinc toxicity (new wire disease) in aviary birds|first=R. L.|last=Reece|author2=Dickson, D. B. |author3=Burrowes, P. J. |doi=10.1111/j.1751-0813.1986.tb02979.x|pmid=3767804|date =1986}}</ref> The consumption of fruit juices stored in galvanized cans has resulted in mass parrot poisonings with zinc.<ref name="Emsley2001p501" />