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CHEC Chemical Summary: cadmium Long-term

exposure can also cause anemia, loss of sense of smell, fatigue, and/or

yellow staining of teeth. Cadmium

appears to depress some immune functions ...

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- Common

Names: cadmium

oxide, cadmium carbonate, cadmium chloride, cadmium nitrate, cadmium sulfide,

cadmium sulfate, cadmium selenium sulfide, cadmium telluride

Cadmium is a heavy metal that occurs naturally

in some soils and rocks. It is known to cause cancer in humans. Cadmium levels

build up in the body over time and remain in the body.

Cadmium is used in various types of compounds. Cadmium sulfide is the most

widely used cadmium compound and is used mainly in pigments. Cadmium is also

used in batteries, photovoltaic cells, and infrared windows, metal coatings and

electroplating, electrical components, paints, plastics (primarily polyvinyl

chloride, or vinyl), ceramic glazes, and textile dyes. It is also an additive

used in Teflon®. Fertilizers used to grow food may contain

cadmium. Shellfish, liver, and kidney can accumulate high levels of cadmium.

Cadmium is released into the environment by the burning of coal, diesel fuel,

gasoline and other fossil fuels, incineration of municipal waste, and from

polluting metal alloy and electroplating facilities. Cadmium is present in

vehicle tires and consequently in the particles resulting from tire wear.

Cadmium is also emitted in tobacco smoke.

In the past, cadmium was used as a fungicide for golf courses and home lawns,

but by 1997 all uses as pesticides were voluntarily cancelled.

Children are most likely to be exposed to cadmium through food and tobacco

smoke. Younger individuals absorb and may even proportionally accumulate more

cadmium than adults.

The chemical cadmium is ranked as Red for Danger!

We recommend that you prevent exposure. Health

Effects

Remember, the health effects noted in these profiles

assume exposure to the pure form of the substance. The risk you face is

affected by how much of the substance you are exposed to, its concentration,

its form, the timing of the exposure (when and how long exposure occurs),

other substances your child is exposed to, and his or her own individual

sensitivity, which in turn can be influenced by age, sex, health status, and

genetic make-up.

Immediate Health

Effects

If SWALLOWED, cadmium is Very Highly Toxic.

If ABSORBED THROUGH SKIN, cadmium - Data

Not Available.

If INHALED (SNIFFED OR BREATHED IN),

cadmium is Very Highly Toxic.

Longterm or Delayed

Health Effects

This

chemical is known to cause cancer. It is considered a Known Carcinogen by the World Health

Organization, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, or another agency.

Reproductive

Toxicant = Can harm

reproductive system

Development

Toxicant = Can interfere

with normal development of a fetus or child

Suspected

Endocrine Disruptor = May interfere

with, mimic or block hormones

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Inhaling high levels

of cadmium (e.g., by industrial workers) can cause severe lung damage and

irritation, with shortness of breath, chest pain, cough, and a buildup of

fluid in the lungs. In severe cases, this may result in death or permanent

lung damage and emphysema. Most cadmium levels found in the environment are

not high enough to cause lung damage.

If ingested at high

levels in foods or water, can cause stomach irritation, nausea, vomiting,

salivation, cramps, diarrhea, convulsions, shock, kidney failure, and

sometimes death. Short-term health effects include flu-like symptoms, such

as chills, headache, aching and/or fever.

Repeated low-level

exposures to cadmium can cause kidney damage, leading to stones and

tubular-cell death in the kidneys; liver damage; and weakening of bones,

causing bone and joint pain and osteoporosis. Long-term exposure can also

cause anemia, loss of sense of smell, fatigue, and/or yellow staining of

teeth. Cadmium appears to depress some immune functions, mainly by reducing

resistance to bacteria and viruses.

Cadmium causes lung

cancer and may also be linked to prostate, kidney and bladder cancers in

humans.

Cadmium may affect

the human endocrine (hormone) system. In test tube studies it behaves like

the female sex hormone estrogen. One study found a link between elevated

cadmium levels in blood and a decrease in sperm motility and an increase in

abnormal sperm morphology and serum testosterone. It may possibly damage

the testes (male reproductive glands) and affect the female reproductive

cycle.

The offspring of

test animals exposed to cadmium during pregnancy had decreased weight gain,

effects on the skeleton, and deficits in behavior and learning ability.

Cadmium causes brain damage to newborn animals, whereas adults are

resistant to these effects. There may be a potential increase in risk of

decreased birth weight or developmental problems for humans, but these

effects have not been observed.