The five-member panel recommended to the Kenya Bureau of Standards to lower the levels of
cadmium required for all phosphate phosphate fertilisers from 30 parts per million to 15ppm, in what favours Saudi Arabia suppliers.
Cadmium is known to concentrate heavily in the presence of uric acid.
To draw attention to the toxicity of ubiquitous plastic tarpaulins, the EcoWaste Coalition sent five tarpaulin samples of fictitious poll candidates named after popular "teleserye" lead characters to SGS, a global testing company, for
cadmium analysis.
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Cadmium, on the other hand, is "carcinogenic to humans" and is also recognized as a reproductive and developmental toxin, according to the International Agency for Research on Cancer.
Absorption and function of
cadmium in the human body largely depends upon the divalent and trivalent species of metal and mineral deficiencies such as iron and calcium in the body during pregnancy (Waalkes, 2000).
Cadmium is a heavy metal found in industrial and agricultural resources.
The Itai-itai disease represented the most severe stage of chronic intoxication by
cadmium from environmental exposure [22].
Keywords:
Cadmium, Liver, Gizzard, Kidney, Larus argentatus, histopathology.
Cadmium (Cd) is considered as pollutant of concern because of its adverse effect on endocrine system [1-2].
In this research, samples of
cadmium oxide nanostructured thin films and
cadmium oxide doped with fluorine were produced on glass substrates, and physical properties of the layers were investigated.