What is Metal toxicity?
'''Metal toxicity''' or '''metal poisoning''' is the bad effect of certain [[Metal|metals]] doses on [[life]]. Most [[heavy metals]] are toxic. But, some heavy metals like [[iron]] are essential for life.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dartmouth Toxic Metals {{!}} Superfund Research Program|url=https://sites.dartmouth.edu/toxmetal/|access-date=2021-05-11|website=sites.dartmouth.edu}}</ref> [[Chemical element|Elements]] that we need in our body may also be toxic when in high doses. == Testing and treatment for poisoning == People are always being exposed to metals in the [[environment]]. Medical tests can find metals in our body but does not show that a person is poisoned. Metal screening tests should not be used unless there is reason to believe that a person has had been exposed to excess metals.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-02-24|title=American College of Medical Toxicology and The American Academy of Clinical Toxicology {{!}} Choosing Wisely|url=https://www.choosingwisely.org/societies/american-college-of-medical-toxicology-and-the-american-academy-of-clinical-toxicology/|access-date=2021-05-11|website=www.choosingwisely.org|language=en-US}}</ref> A treatment for metal poisoning may be chelation [[therapy]]. Chelation is a type of bonding of ions and metals.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110589771-009/html|title=Metals, Microbes, and Minerals - the biogeochemical side of life |date=2021-01-18|publisher=De Gruyter|isbn=978-3-11-058890-3|editor-last=M. H. Kroneck|editor-first=Peter|pages=59–80|doi=10.1515/9783110589771-009|s2cid=242106471 |editor-last2=E. Sosa Torres|editor-first2=Martha}}</ref> == References == {{reflist}} [[Category:Metals]] [[Category:Toxicology]]