Pediatric Exposures to Lead, Arsenic, Cadmium, and Methyl Mercury
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Lead, arsenic, cadmium, and methyl mercury are nonessential and potentially highly toxic metals. They may be found in minute and variable but measurable amounts in food, drinking water, and/or ambient air. Because each of the metals has been identified as a serious environmental contaminant in various parts of the world, much research effort has been devoted to them, especially during the past two decades. This review focuses on the pediatric aspects of overexposure to lead, arsenic, cadmium, and methyl mercury in food, drinking water, ambient air, soil, and dust.
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