Mercury Thermometers Eating of fish Inorganic Hg (tends to be Barometers contaminated with reversible) Chloro-alkali Hg Liver damage industry to Combustion of Tremors produce chlorine coal in power Anxiety Dental amalgams plants and Sleep disturbance Batteries industries Organic Hg Paint pigments Recycling of (nonreversible) mercury Nervous system containing waste damage Kidney damage Cadmium Nickel-Cadmium Industrial workers Highly rechargeable in manufacturing Carcinogenic batteries of cadmium Cadmium disrupts zinc Alloys containing metabolism due to its Electroplating products similar properties coatings Landfill workers dysfunction Solar Cells and recycling Plastic stabilizers electronic parts Pigments Inhalation of Neutron cigarette smoke absorbers in Food grown in Cd nuclear reactors contaminated soil Lead Lead storage Inhalation from Neurological effects batteries lead dust and Anemia Lead alloys used fumes at a work Kidney disease in ammunition, sites such as Disrupts calcium pipes, solder, and mines, smelters, metabolism fishing weights or glass Displaces magnesium production and iron from certain Ingestion of lead enzymes that paint construct the building Drinking of blocks of DNA. contaminated Disrupts the activity of water from lead zinc in the synthesis of pipes heme in red blood cells Treatment of Toxic (Heavy) Metal Poisoning Mercury, cadmium, lead and arsenic serve no function in the human body. As stated in the Scientific World Journal, Cadmium, lead, and mercury have no essential biochemical roles, but exert diverse, severe toxicities in multiple organ systems as they bind in tissues, create oxidative stress, affect endocrine function, block aquaporins, and interfere with functions of essential cations such as magnesium and zinc. Toxic metals pose particular risks to the very young, as exposures early in life compromise development, with lifelong
Mercury Thermometers Barometers Chloro-alkali industry to produce chlorine Dental amalgams Batteries Paint pigments Eating of fish contaminated with Hg Combustion of coal in power plants and industries Recycling of mercury containing waste Inorganic Hg (tends to be reversible) Liver damage Tremors Anxiety Sleep disturbance Organic Hg (nonreversible) Nervous system damage Kidney damage Cadmium Nickel-Cadmium rechargeable batteries Alloys Electroplating coatings Solar Cells Plastic stabilizers Pigments Neutron absorbers in nuclear reactors Industrial workers in manufacturing of cadmium containing products Landfill workers and recycling electronic parts Inhalation of cigarette smoke Food grown in Cd contaminated soil Highly Carcinogenic Cadmium disrupts zinc metabolism due to its similar properties dysfunction Lead Lead storage batteries Lead alloys used in ammunition, pipes, solder, and fishing weights Inhalation from lead dust and fumes at a work sites such as mines, smelters, or glass production Ingestion of lead paint Drinking of contaminated water from lead pipes Neurological effects Anemia Kidney disease Disrupts calcium metabolism Displaces magnesium and iron from certain enzymes that construct the building blocks of DNA. Disrupts the activity of zinc in the synthesis of heme in red blood cells Treatment of Toxic (Heavy) Metal Poisoning Mercury, cadmium, lead and arsenic serve no function in the human body. As stated in the Scientific World Journal, Cadmium, lead, and mercury have no essential biochemical roles, but exert diverse, severe toxicities in multiple organ systems as they bind in tissues, create oxidative stress, affect endocrine function, block aquaporins, and interfere with functions of essential cations such as magnesium and zinc. Toxic metals pose particular risks to the very young, as exposures early in life compromise development, with lifelong