Environmental Sciences, asked by ramdevbhati, 1 year ago

A poisonous metal that may lead to numbness of limbs in human beings

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Answered by rajesh205
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Heavy metals (including lead, cadmium, mercury, and the metalloid arsenic) are persistent in the environment and have documented potential for serious health consequences. Heavy metal toxicity may damage:

central nervous systemcardiovascular systemgastrointestinal systemlungskidneysliverendocrine glandsbones

Fortunately, integrative interventions likeselenium and garlic have been shown to decrease the buildup and increase the excretion of toxic heavy metals.

Risk Factors for Toxic Metal Exposure

Lead:

Lead-containing plumbingLead-based paints (in buildings built before 1978 and is the predominant source for children)  Foods grown in lead-rich soil

Mercury:

Eating fish or shellfish contaminated with methylmercury (includes shark, swordfish, king mackerel, tile fish, bass, walleye, pickerel)Breathing contaminated workplace air or skin contact during use in the workplaceRelease of mercury vapor from dental amalgam fillings

Cadmium

Tobacco smokeEating foods containing cadmium (levels are highest in grains, legumes, and leafy vegetables, fish and shellfish)Contact with cadmium from household products (electric batteries and solar panels)
Answered by thewordlycreature
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Heavy metals such as Mercury, lead amd cadmium may lead to numbness of limbs in human beings. From this heavy metals human can have heavy metal poisoning which may lead to death of the human.

Heavy metal poisoning is the accumulation of heavy metal in the soft tissues of the body. Symptoms of the heavy metal poisoning fairy with the metal which have deposited in the body. Meaning of the metals are used in the body for various purposes but if their present in the body in large amount they can lead to death.

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