A Quick Guide To Toxic Metals"Avoiding Toxic Metal Exposure is Impossible"
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| Aluminium | Alum, aluminium cooking foil, animal feed, antacids, aspirin, auto exhaust, baking powder, beer, bleached flour, cans & tins, ceramics, cheese, cigarette filters, colour additives, construction materials, cookware, cosmetics, dental amalgams, deodorants, drinking water, drying agents, dust, insulated wiring, medicinal compounds, milk products, nasal spray, pesticides, pollution, salt, tap water, tobacco smoke, toothpaste, treated water, vanilla powder. | | Alzheimer's, anaemia, appetite loss, behavioural problems, dental cavities, colds, colitis, confusion, constipation, dementia, dry mouth, dry skin, energy loss, excessive perspiration, flatulence, headaches, heartburn, hyperactivity, inhibition of enzyme systems, kidney dysfunction, memory loss, neuromuscular disorders, numbness, osteoporosis, paralysis, Parkinson's disease, peptic ulcer, psychosis, reduced intestinal activity, senility, skin problems, spleen pain, stomach pain, weak and aching muscles. | | Arsenic | Burning of arsenate treated building materials, coal combustion, insect sprays, pesticides, soils (arsenic rich), seafood from coastal waters - especially muscles, oysters and shrimp. | | Abdominal pain, anorexia, brittle nails, diarrhoea, nausea, vomiting, chronic anaemia, burning in mouth/oesophagus/stomach/bowel, confusion, convulsions, dermatitis, drowsiness, enzyme inhibition, garlicky odour to breathe and stool, hair loss, headaches, hyper-pigmentation of nails and skin, increased risk of lover/lung/skin cancers, low grade fever, mucous in nose and throat, muscle aches/spasms/weakness, nervousness, respiratory tract infection, swallowing difficulty, sweet metallic taste, throat constriction. | | Beryllium | Coal burning, manufacturing, household products, industrial dust. | | Disturbance of calcium and vitamin D metabolism, magnesium depletion, lung cancer, lung infection, rickets, vital organ dysfunction. | | Cadmium | Airborne industrial contaminants, batteries, confectionery, ceramics, cigarette smoke, cola drinks, congenital intoxication, copper refineries, copper allows, dental alloys, drinking water, electroplating, fertilisers, food from contaminated soil, fungicides, incineration of tyres/rubber/plastic, instant coffee, corrugated iron roofs, animal kidney/liver/offal, marijuana, processed meat, evaporated milk, motor oil, oysters, paint, pesticides, galvanised pipes, processed foods, refined grains/flours/cereals, rubber, rubber carpet backing, seafoods (cod, haddock, oyster, tuna), sewage, silver polish, smelters, soft water, solders (including food cans), tobacco, vending machine soft drinks, tools, vapour lamps, water (city, softened, well), welding metal. | | Alcoholism, alopoecia, anaemia, arthritis (osteo & rheumatoid), bone disease, bone pain in middle of bones, cancer, cardiovascular disease, dental cavities, cerebral haemorrhage, cirrhosis, diabetes, digestive disturbances, emphysema, enlarged heart, flu-like symptoms, growth impairment, headaches, high cholesterol, hyperkinetic behaviour, hypertension, hypoglycaemia, impotence, inflammation, infertility, kidney disease, learning disorders, liver damage, lung disease, migraines, nerve cell damage, osteoporosis, prostate dysfunction, reproductive disorders, schizophrenia, stroke. | | Lead | Ash, auto exhaust, battery manufacture, bone meal, canned fruit & juice, car batteries, cigarette smoke, coal combustion, coloured inks, congenital intoxication, cosmetics, eating utensils, electroplating, household dust, glass production, hair dyes, industrial emissions, lead pipes, lead-glazed earthenware pottery, liver & other organ meats, mascara, metal polish, milk, newsprint, paint, pencils, pesticides, putty, rain water, PVC containers, refineries, smelters, snow, tin cans with lead solder seals (such as for juices & vegetables), tobacco, toothpaste, toys, water (city & well), wine. | | Abdominal pain, adrenal insufficiency, allergies, anaemia, anorexia, anxiety, arthritis (rheumatoid & osteo), attention deficit disorder (ADS), autism, back pain, behavioural disorders, blindness, cardiovascular disease, cartilage destruction, co-ordination loss, concentration loss, constipation, convulsions, deafness, depression, dyslexia, emotional instability, encephalitis, epilepsy, fatigue, gout, hallucinations, headaches, hostility, hyperactivity, hypertension, hypothyroid, impotence, immune suppression, decreased IQ, indigestion, infertility, insomnia, irritability, joint pain, juvenile delinquency, kidney disorders, learning disability, liver dysfunction, loss of will, memory loss (long term), menstrual problems, mood swings, muscle aches, muscle weakness, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, myelopathy (spinal cord pathology), nausea, nephritis, nightmares, numbness, Parkinson's disease, peripheral neuropathies, psychosis, psychomotor dysfunction, restlessness, retardation, schizophrenia, seizures, sterility, stillbirths, sudden infant death syndrome, tingling, tooth decay, vertigo, unintentional weight loss. | | Mercury | Adhesives, air conditioner filters, algaecides, antiseptics, battery manufacture, body powders, broken thermometers, burning newspapers & building materials, calomel lotions, cereals, congenital intoxication, cosmetics, dental amalgams, diuretics, fabric softeners, felt, floor waxes, fungicides, germicides, grains, industrial waste, insecticides, laxatives, lumber, manufacture of paper & chlorine, medications, mercurochrome, paints, paper products, pesticides, photoengraving, polluted water, psoriasis ointment, seafoods (especially tuna &swordfish), sewage disposal, skin lightening creams, soft contact lens solution, suppositories, tanning leather, tattooing, water (contaminated), wood preservatives. | | Adrenal dysfunction, allergy, alopoecia, anorexia, anxiety, birth defects, blushing, brain damage, cataracts, cerebral palsy, poor co-ordination/jerky movements, deafness, depression, dermatitis, discouragement, dizziness, drowsiness, eczema, emotional disturbances, excess saliva, fatigue, gum bleeding and soreness, headaches (band type), hearing loss, hyperactivity, hypothyroidism, forgetfulness, immune dysfunction, insomnia, irritability, joint pain, kidney damage, loss of self-control, memory loss, mental retardation, metallic taste, migraines, nervousness, nerve fibre degeneration, numbness, pain in limbs, rashes, retinitis, schizophrenia, shyness, speech disorders, suicidal tendencies, tingling, tremors (eyelids, lips, tongue, fingers, extremities), vision loss, weakness. | | Nickel | Butter, fertilisers, food processing, fuel oil combustion, hydrogenated fats & oils, imitation whipped cream, industrial waste, kelp, margarine, nuclear device testing, oysters, stainless steel cookware, tea, tobacco smoke, unrefined grains & cereals, vegetable shortening. | | Anorexia, kidney dysfunction, apathy, disruption of hormone & lipid metabolism, fever, haemorrhages, headaches, heart attack, intestinal cancer, low blood pressure, muscle tremors, nausea, oral cancer, skin problems, vomiting. |
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