What are the adverse effects of heavy metals and their compounds?
Lead poisoning has adverse effects especially on children and pregnant women. These effects include learning disabilities, bodily disorders and mental behavioral problems. As the human body is unable to discharge the lead by natural means, it would continue to accumulate. The main effects of the toxicity of lead and its other compounds are: inhibiting the growth of red blood cells causing anemia; damaging the brain and vertebral; and kidney failure.If the level of lead in the blood is above normal, children may suffer from decreased intelligence, and their IQ level may drop. Arsenic; its toxicity may be instantly fatal. It may bring about nephropathy and high blood pressure. It can destroy internal organs such as kidney, intestines and stomach and blood corpuscle, skeleton, nervous system, immunity system and genital system. Long term contact with arsenic and cadmium may separately cause dermatitis, liver cancer and carcinoma of prostate. Mercury can cause skin diseases, stomatitis, te
