Cadmium Toxicity and Treatment

Cadmium is a heavy metal of considerable toxicity with destructive impact on most organ systems. It is widely distributed in humans, the chief sources of contamination being cigarette smoke, welding, and contaminated food and beverages. Toxic impacts are discussed and appear to be proportional to bo...

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Published inTheScientificWorld Vol. 2013; no. 2013; pp. 1 - 7
Main Author Bernhoft, Robin A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cairo, Egypt Hindawi Publishing Corporation 01.01.2013
Hindawi Limited
Wiley
Subjects
Animals
Apoptosis
Arthritis
Beverages
Body burden
Cadmium
Cadmium Poisoning - etiology
Cadmium Poisoning - therapy
Chelating agents
Chelating Agents - therapeutic use
Chelation therapy
Chelation Therapy - methods
Cigarette smoke
Detoxification
Edetic Acid - therapeutic use
Environmental health
Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acids
Food contamination
Food contamination & poisoning
Heavy metals
Humans
Kidneys
Medical research
Metabolism
Metals
Osteoporosis
Oxidative stress
Particle size
Review
Smoke
Toxicity
Toxicology
Urine
Water pipes
Zinc
Japan
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Summary:Cadmium is a heavy metal of considerable toxicity with destructive impact on most organ systems. It is widely distributed in humans, the chief sources of contamination being cigarette smoke, welding, and contaminated food and beverages. Toxic impacts are discussed and appear to be proportional to body burden of cadmium. Detoxification of cadmium with EDTA and other chelators is possible and has been shown to be therapeutically beneficial in humans and animals when done using established protocols.
Bibliography:Academic Editors: H. Grant and D. K. Hansen
ISSN:2356-6140
1537-744X
DOI:10.1155/2013/394652