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Heavy Metal ToxicityDescription Heavy metals include: mercury, lead, aluminum, arsenic, cadmium and nickle. Common Symptoms of Heavy Metal Toxicity: Mercury Neuro - anxiety, depression, dizziness, drowsiness, psychosis emotional instability, hallucinations, headache, hearing loss insomnia, loss of muscle coordination, memory loss, tremors nerve damage, peripheral numbness and tingling, vision impairment GI - blue line on gums, colitis, difficulty chewing and swallowing inflamed gums, metallic taste in mouth, salivation, stomatitis vomiting, weight loss persistent infections including chronic yeast overgrowth anemia, weakness, chronic fatigue Lead GI - abdominal pain, anorexia, constipation, indigestion loss of appetite, vomiting Neural - anxiety, confusion, irritability, convulsions, tremors, dizziness inability to concentrate, headaches, memory difficulties loss of muscle coordination, weakness anemia, fatigue Aluminum GI - colic, esophagitis, gastroenteritis, loss of appetite Brain - dementia, loss of balance Kidneys - kidney damage Lungs - SOB (shortness of breath) weakness Arsenic GI - abdominal pain, burning in the mouth and throat, diarrhea, nausea Skin - skin lesions, skin cancer Neuro - neuritis Vascular - peripheral vascular problems, vascular collapse Cadmium Skin - dry and scaly skin, emphysemia, hair loss Cardiac - heart disease, hypertension Kidneys - kidney stones GI - loss of appetite, loss of sense of smell, yellow teeth anemia, fatigue, depressed immune response, joint pain lung cancer, pain in the back and legs Nickle apathy, cancer, fever GI - blue colored lips, diarrhea, gingivitis, nausea, stomatitis, vomiting Neuro - headache, dizziness, insomnia Skin - contact dermatitis, skin rashes (redness, itching, blisters) Causes Sources of heavy metals Aluminum cookware, foil, antacids, anti-perspirants, baking powder buffered aspirin, canned acidic foods, food additives, processed cheese ÒsoftenedÓ water, tap water Arsenic air pollution, antibiotics given to commercial livestock coal-fired power plants, defoliants, drinking water drying agents for cotton, herbicides, insecticides, pesticides metal ore smelting, seafood (fish, mussels, oysters) specialty glass, wood preservatives Cadmium air pollution, art supplies, bone meal, cigarette smoke, highway dust fresh-water fish, fungicides, mining, NiCad batteries oxide dust, paint, phosphate fertilizers, welding fumes power plants, smelting plants, incinerators, sewage sludge seafood (crab, flounder, mussels, oysters, scallops) Lead air pollution, ammunition, bathtubs, batteries, canned food, ceramics chemical fertilizers, cosmetics, dolomite, dust, gasoline, leaded glass foods grown aroun industrial areas, hair dyes and rinses newsprint and colored ads, paints, pesticides, pewter, pottery rubber toys, soft coal, soil, solder, tap water, tobacco smoke vinyl mini-blinds Mercury air pollution, batteries, cosmetics, dental amalgams, diuretics electrical devices, explosives, grains, fungicides, flourescent lights freshwater fish (large bass, pike, trout), insecticides, mining, paints petroleum products, saltwater fish (halibut, shrimp, snapper, swordfish) shellfish, tap water Nickel appliances, buttons, ceramics, cocoa, cold-wave hair permanent cooking utensils, cosmetics, coins, dental materials, hair spray food (chocolate, hydrogenated oils, nuts), hair spray, industrial waste jewelry, medical implants, metal refineries, metal tools, NiCad batteries orthodontic appiances, shampoo, solid-waste incinerators, tap water stainless steel kitchen utensils, tobacco, water faucets and pipes zippers
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