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Does cadmium affect children or damage the unborn child?

April 26, 2017affect Cadmium child children damage unborn

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Does cadmium affect children or damage the unborn child?

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If children breathe or ingest cadmium they will have similar effects as in adults i.e. kidney, lung and stomach damage. Cadmium is not known to damage the unborn child as it does not easily go from the mother to the child. Mothers exposed to cadmium may have babies with low birth weights.