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Effects Of Cadmium Exposure. Effects of Cadmium Exposure on DNA Methylation at Imprinting Control Regions and Genome-Wide in Mothers and Newborn Children. There is limited evidence that cadmium may also cause cancers of the kidney and prostate. Cowley M12 Skaar DA1 Jima DD13 Maguire RL1 Hudson KM1 Park SS1 Sorrow P1 Hoyo C1. Both human and animal studies indicate that skeletal damage osteoporosis may be a critical effect of cadmium exposure.
Cadmium accumulates in plants and animals with a long half-life of about 25-30 years. Acute inhalation exposure high levels over a short period of time to cadmium can result in flu-like symptoms chills fever and muscle pain and can damage the lungs. Who is exposed to cadmium. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol 73401409. The maximum allowable urinary Cd concentration which was calculated from our previous study performed in a Cd-polluted area was almost the same as the mean urinary Cd concentration of people living in nonpolluted areas. Eom SY Seo MN Lee YS Park KS Hong YS Sohn SJ Kim YD Choi BS Lim JA Kwon HJ Kim H Park JD 2017 Low-level environmental cadmium exposure induces kidney tubule damage in the general population of Korean adults.
We conclude however that the present evidence is not sufficient to permit such a conclusion for humans.
Eom SY Seo MN Lee YS Park KS Hong YS Sohn SJ Kim YD Choi BS Lim JA Kwon HJ Kim H Park JD 2017 Low-level environmental cadmium exposure induces kidney tubule damage in the general population of Korean adults. For acute exposure by ingestion the principal effects are gastrointestinal disturbances such as nausea vomiting abdominal cramps and diarrhoea. Long-term exposure to cadmium Cd causes renal damage in the general population. Cadmium accumulates in plants and animals with a long half-life of about 25-30 years. Acute inhalation of cadmium may cause symptoms similar to those of metal fume fever. Edwards and Ackerman 2016.