Exposure

• Treatment of Livestock Feed: due to to its antibacterial properties
• Textile Industry
• Leather Tanning
• Rubber Manufacturing
• Limescale Remover
• Toilet Bowl Cleaner

Physiology

• Formic Acid Aerosol or Vapor Inhalation

Clinical Presentations

• Reactive Airway Dysfunction Syndrome (see Reactive Airway Dysfunction Syndrome, [[Reactive Airway Dysfunction Syndrome]])
• Acute Lung Injury-ARDS (see Acute Lung Injury-ARDS, [[Acute Lung Injury-ARDS]])

Treatment

• Steroids: may be beneficial in acute lung injury, but unproven

References

• Formic acid inhalation injury: a case report. J Burn Care Rehabil. 1996 May-Jun;17(3):241-2