title: Cadmium toxicity and treatment.
abstract: Cadmium is a heavy metal of considerable toxicity with destructive impact on most organ systems. It is widely distributed in humans, the chief sources of contamination being cigarette smoke, welding, and contaminated food and beverages. Toxic impacts are discussed and appear to be proportional to body burden of cadmium. Detoxification of cadmium with EDTA and other chelators is possible and has been shown to be therapeutically beneficial in humans and animals when done using established protocols.
authors.affiliation: Bernhoft Centers for Advanced Medicine, 11677 San Vicente Blvd, Suite 208/211, Los Angeles, CA 93023, USA. drb@drbernhoft.com
authors.forename: Robin A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Bernhoft
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002105:Cadmium Poisoning / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy*; D002614:Chelating Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D015913:Chelation Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D004492:Edetic Acid / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D002614:Chelating Agents; D004492:Edetic Acid