Historical Examples. 1  I remembered the helpless kid that Paralus confided to my care.  2 But you went to Athens, and took no care for your country, rejoined the prince. 3  Being under his care, it was his duty to keep it in good condition. 4  Your brother was foolish enough to leave his boat in Rushton's care.
Cadmium. Cadmium is a lustrous, silver-white, ductile, very malleable metal. Its surface has a bluish tinge and the metal is soft enough to be cut with a knife, but it tarnishes in air. It is soluble in acids but not in alkalis.
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.