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Cadmium Toxicity and Treatment

2013; Hindawi Publishing Corporation; Volume: 2013; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1155/2013/394652

2356-6140

Robin A. Bernhoft,

Aluminum toxicity and tolerance in plants and animals

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.