As a selective culture medium in microbiology,[1] thallium acetate is toxic,[2] but it can also be used as a hair loss agent.

Koremlu, a depilatory that contained the rat poison Thallium acetate was widely marketed during th 1930s.

Women who suffered the side effects of the popular product sued the company forcing it to bankruptcy in 1932.

[4] Anhydrous thallium(III) acetate crystallises in the monoclinic system with space group C2/c.

Unit cell volume is V = 1067.0 Å3 Z = 4, density is 2.49.