How are heavy metals getting dissolved into food products
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Lead, cadmium and mercury are discharged into the atmosphere by the burning of fossil fuels and other industrial emissions2. Cigarettes provide another airborne source of heavy metals. Once in the air, water and soil, heavy metals are taken up by plants and animals, and into the food chain for humans
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reality about our food supply is that metals, such as arsenic, lead, cadmium, mercury and others - are present in certain foods. These elements occur naturally and as environmental pollutants in air, water and soil and they enter the food supply when plants take them up as they grow.
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