Cadmium
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- Created on: 22-04-18 18:16
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- Cadmium
- Heavy metal, environmental contaminant through both natural occurrence and industrial and agricultural sources
- Foodstuffs are main source for non-smoking population
- Absorption is relatively low but it is efficiently retained in kidney and liver - kidney damage
- Cumulative poison - proximal tubular failure, decreased glomerular filtration rate, renal failure
- Bone demineralistion
- Carcinogen - lung, endometrium, bladder and breast
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