Possible causes:
- Smoking
- Batteries, akkus
- Color pigments
- Fungicides
- Galvanized tools (screws, nails)
- Rectifier
- Colored ceramic
- Sludge
- Cosmetic (mascara)
- Carbon burning
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- PVC
- Alloys
- Seafood, fish, mussels
- Garbage plants
- Phosphate fertilizers
- Photo-cells
- Mushrooms (from the woods)
- Anti-rust product
- Steel production
- Zinc and Lead melting
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Possible consequences:
- Symptoms of lack of zinc
- Kidney damage and disorders
- High blood pressure
- Fertility disorders
- Heart and circulation disorders
- Hyperactivity, behaviour disorders
- Infection attacks, Immune weakness, respiratory disorders
- Liver damage
- Cancer
- Osteoporosis, osteomalacia
- Increased amount of proteins in blood
- Symptoms of lack of iron
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Measures:
- Remove causes
- Vitamin C, sulphur-containing amino acids (methionine, cysteine) , zinc supplements
- Antioxidants
Literature:
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Daunderer, M.: Handbuch der Umweltgifte, Ecomed-Verlad, Landsberg (1990), Cadmium III-3.
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Gerhard, I., Runnebaum B.: Gebrutsh, u. Frauenheilk.: Schadstoffe und Fertilitätsstörungen, Georg Thieme Verlag Stuttgart, New York, 52 (1992) 383-396.
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Nakagawa, H., Nishijo, M.: Environmental cadmium exposure, hypertension and cardiovascular risk. J. Cardiovasc. Risk. 3 (1996) 11.
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Robards, K., Worsfold, P.: Cadmium: toxicology and analysis: A review. Analyst 116 (1991) 549.
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Schurgast, H.: Cadmium, Schweiz. Zschr. Ganzheitsmedizin, 2/1991, 68-74
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Werbach, M. R.: Nutritional Influences on Illness, Third Line Press, Tarzana, CA (1988) 488.
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