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What is known for heavy metal poisoning?
Cadmium is one thing that is poisonous.
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What heavy metals cause heavy metal poisoning?
The heavy metals most often implicated in human poisoning are lead, mercury, arsenic, and cadmium.
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What is heavy metal poisoning?
Heavy metal poisoning is the toxic accumulation of heavy metals in the soft tissues of the body.
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How is heavy metal poisoning treated by doctors?
The treatment for most heavy metal poisoning is chelation therapy. A chelating agent specific to the metal involved is given orally, intramuscularly, or intravenously.
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How many sources of heavy metal poisoning are there?
old paint, leaded gasoline, old pipes mercury: contaminated fish, industrial and agricultural wastes cadmium: industrial waste, insecticides, old galvanized pipes arsenic: insecticides and industrial...