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== Toxicity == | == Toxicity == | ||
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'''Uses foe Cadmium'''<br /> | |||
Cadmium was used as a leather tanning agent and a pigment in dye until the 1990's. It is still used in rechargeable Ni-Cd batteries, solar cells, solder alloys, some paint and plastic production, engraving, cadmium vapor lamps, some parasite treatment forfarm animals, old television tubes and to electroplate other metals.<ref name=toxipedia>[http://toxipedia.org/display/toxipedia/Cadmium+(Cd) Toxicity] Unknown author, Toxipedia, Accessed November 11-19th, 2010.</ref> | |||
'''Effects & Symptoms'''<br /> | '''Effects & Symptoms'''<br /> | ||
When the human body absorbs cadmium in quantities greater than ten milligrams, the effects are never good, and if exposed over a long period of time, cadmium exposure can be fatal. When absorbed, cadmium causes damage to the kidneys, cardiac tissue, bones and is thought to possibly be a cause of cancer. Symptoms of cadmium poisoning can include choking, loss of the sense of smell, vomiting, salivation, joint pain, an increased loss of small proteins in the urine, a metallic taste and some other symptoms.<ref name=toxipedia | When the human body absorbs cadmium in quantities greater than ten milligrams, the effects are never good, and if exposed over a long period of time, cadmium exposure can be fatal. When absorbed, cadmium causes damage to the kidneys, cardiac tissue, bones and is thought to possibly be a cause of cancer. Symptoms of cadmium poisoning can include choking, loss of the sense of smell, vomiting, salivation, joint pain, an increased loss of small proteins in the urine, a metallic taste and some other symptoms.<ref name=toxipedia/> | ||
'''Treatment'''<br /> | '''Treatment'''<br /> | ||
