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What is Cadmium?
Cadmium is a rare metallic
element found in small deposits on almost every continent. It has a number of uses, perhaps most famously as a pigment
in paint, and it can be expensive due to its rarity. Cadmium is also toxic, and it should
be handled with care; people who are exposed to cadmium because of their occupations should exercise routine cautions, as
cadmium will bioaccumulate, concentrating in the body without being expressed like other toxins are.
Breathing high
levels of cadmium severely damages the lungs and can cause death. Eating food or drinking water with very
high levels severely irritates the stomach, leading to vomiting and diarrhea. Long-term
exposure to lower levels of cadmium in air, food, or water leads to a buildup of cadmium in the kidneys and
possible kidney disease. Other long-term effects are lung damage and fragile bones.
Animals given cadmium in food or
water had high blood pressure, iron-poor blood, liver disease, and nerve
or brain damage.
We don't know if humans get
any of these diseases from eating or drinking cadmium. Skin contact with cadmium is not known to cause health effects in humans
or animals.