Carmel-by-the-Sea's New Food Packaging Requirements Council Discretionary Funds Grant Application Packet
Introduction. The term heavy metal refers to any metallic chemical element that has a relatively high density and is toxic or poisonous at low concentrations. Examples of heavy metals include mercury (Hg), cadmium (Cd), arsenic (As), chromium (Cr), thallium (Tl), and lead (Pb).
Itai-itai disease literally translates to âouch-ouchâ disease, named for the painful screams of its victims. Cadmium Poisoning Cadmium poisoning is a serious example of the toxicity of some metals in the body. In the body cadmium has no constructive function, meaning it serves no biological function except as a toxin. Cadmium is highly toxic even at low doses.