Cadmium: Mitigation strategies to reduce dietary exposure

• Published in: Journal of food science Vol. 85; no. 2; pp. 260 - 267
• Main Authors: Schaefer, Heather R., Dennis, Sherri, Fitzpatrick, Suzanne
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.02.2020; John Wiley and Sons Inc
• Subjects: Agricultural practices; Agronomic crops; Agronomy; Animals; Bioavailability; Cadmium; Cadmium - analysis; Cadmium - toxicity; Concise Reviews & Hypotheses in Food Science; Concise Reviews and Hypotheses in Food Science; Contaminants; crops; Crops, Agricultural - chemistry; diet; dietary exposure; Dietary Exposure - analysis; Dietary Exposure - prevention & control; Experimentation; Exposure; Farms; Food; Food and Drug Administration; food availability; Food chains; Food contamination; Food Contamination - analysis; Food Contamination - prevention & control; Food plants; food safety through prevention; Food supply; food supply chain; foods; Forage crops; Genetics; Geographical distribution; Geographical locations; health effects assessments; human health; Humans; mitigation; Organic chemistry; plant cultural practices; plant genetics; Regulatory agencies; Risk reduction; soil; Soil chemistry; Soil contamination; Soil Pollutants - analysis; Soil Pollutants - toxicity; Soils; Supply chains; toxicity; risk reduction; cadmium; mitigation; food safety through prevention

Cadmium has long been recognized as an environmental contaminant that poses risks to human health. Cadmium is of concern since nearly everyone in the general population is exposed to the metal through the food supply and the ability of the element to accumulate in the body over a lifetime. In suppor...