Cadmium Toxicological overview
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Cadmium is more efficiently absorbed from the lungs than the gastrointestinal tract Cadmium is widely distributed in the body bound mainly to red blood cells. It accumulates in the kidney and liver, where it induces the production of metallothionein that binds approximately 80 90 % of cadmium in the body There is little or no metabolism of cadmium although it binds to various macromolecules and proteins Cadmium is excreted via the urine and faeces
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