Cadmium (Cd)

 

Sources:

  • Air pollution
  • Cigarettes
  • Cadmium yellow paint
  • Commercial fertilizer sludge
  • Shellfish

Effects of Toxicity:

  • High blood pressure, peripheral vascular disease
  • COPD, emphysema
  • Kidney damage
  • Lung, prostate, kidney, pancreas, breast, and urinary bladder cancers