Tag cadmium toxicity on human body

Cadmium toxicity causes bone cells to self-destruct, reduces bone density and leads to disease

Two journal-published studies, one from China in 2004 and the other from the USA in 2007, reported that cadmium exposure effected measured reductions in bone density, osteoporosis, increased fractures in areas where cadmium pollution is high, and renal (kidney) dysfunction. The Chinese study was epidemiological, testing subjects in a heavily cadmium-polluted area and comparing them to others in an area relatively free of cadmium pollution. [2] The USA study accepted bone damage findings and...

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