JANUARY 22, 2024 SOURCES OF METALS

Heavy metals cause illnesses What are sources of these metals? The most significant metal isLead mercury. The most significant type of pollution comes from dental amalgams. Fillings undergo both mechanical abrasion and electrochemical corrosion Mercury is released in the form of vapor and enters the body through breathing. When measuring fumes coming out of the mouth with many amalgams fillings, the value exceeds 480 times the accepted standard by security industry. The consumption of mercury contained fish is only 2 micrograms per day. High mercury alerts have been emitted for fish as in : sharks, swordfish, and tuna.

The other metals are aluminum, bismuth, cadmium, nickel and lead.

Lead is used for car batteries, plastic cups, fishing sinkers and old water pipes. ceramics. It is used in some hair dyes.

The major source of cadmium is cigarette smoke. Present in small products in some food products like dark chocolate. Cadmium that is present in the soil and easily absorbed by vegetables.

The sources of aluminum include tap water, kitchen utensils such as pots, food packaging, canned food, aluminum foil, hair dye and makeup Some cosmetic products include deodorants, toothpaste, vaccines and anti-acids Due to the high level of aluminum in everyday life we tend to see high aluminum in many patients. There are some studies of high aluminum in patients with Alzheimer’s and Parkinsons’s Disease

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