Health Hazards
Health and safety data are shown on the material safety data sheets which are available from suppliers and can be found on the internet.
Ammonium nitrate is not an extremely hazardous chemical and is usually used in fertilizer products. Thus, the chances of direct personal exposure to the chemical are very low, because the fertilization of the soil by use of ammonium nitrate is done at early stages of plant growth and usually does not remain detectable on the harvested plants or when the plants reach the consumer.
Ammonium nitrate has an LD50 of 2217 mg/kg, which for comparison is about two-thirds that of table salt.
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