Possibile causes:
- Meat, innerts
- Water
- Wine (sprayed grapes)
- Industrial emissions, auto exhaust fumes
- Spraying of vegetables and fruit
- Melting ovens, burning of carbon
- Seafood
- Processing of metal
- Production of glass
- Old carpets
Possible consequences(chronic intoxication):
- Anaemia
- Kidney and liver damage
- Skin disorders (eczema, lumps, pustolosis)
- Hyper keratosis
- Loss of hair
- Heart disease
- Skin cancer
- Circulation disorders, necrosis (extremities)
- High blood pressure
- Nerve damage
- Conjunctivitis
- Stomach-intestinal disorders
Measures:
- Remove causes
- Vitamin C, selenium, iodine and sulphur-containing amino acids
Literature:
- Copius Peereboom J.W.: Einfluss von Schwermetallen auf die Gesundheit. Ortho-Molekular 2 (1989) 71-79
- Daunderer, M.: Handbuch der Umweltgifte, Ecomed-Verlag, Landsberg (1990), Arsen III-3.
- Goyer, R.A. et al.: Metal Toxicology, Academic Press, San Diego (CA, USA) 1995.
- Neuburger N. et al.: Kompendium Umweltmedizin. Medi Verlagsges., Hamburg (1996) 194-196.
- Ziegler, E.E., Filer, L.J.: Present Knowledge in Nutrition: ILSI Press, Washington DC (1996) 353-355.
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