Environmental context. Antimony first attracted public attention in the mid-1990s amid claims
that it was involved in Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. A substantial number of papers have
now been published on the element and its behaviour in the natural environment. However,
many key aspects of the environmental chemistry of antimony remain poorly understood.
These include critical areas such as its ecotoxicology, its global cycling through different
environmental compartments, and what chemical form it takes in different environments …