Metals

updated Nov 30, 2010 by Maria Mergel

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Pages on Specific Metals

Relevant Content on Toxipedia

Toxic Chemicals in Household Products
Electronic Waste (E-Waste)
Use of metal compounds as pesticides: Pesticides - History
Pesticide profiles for metal compounds: Zinc Phosphide
US Toxic Sites & Resources
[Persistent Environmental Pollutants]
Tacoma Smelter
Gold Mining

External Resources

Dartmouth Toxic Metals Research Program (accessed: 10 April 2009).
The site has general information on toxic metals.

U.S. Agency for Toxic Substance Disease Registry (ATSDR). (accessed: 10 April 2009).
See fact sheets and case studies on many metals and other agents.

England - Department of Health - Maternal and infant nutrition. (accessed: 9 April 2009).
The Department of Health provides information on nutritional requirements for children and mothers.

World Health Organization. (accessed: 10 April 2009).
Who information on nutrition, also search the health topics section for a specific metal.

Health Canada - Food and Nutrition. (accessed: 9 April 2009).
Health Canada provides information on nutritional issues.

Breaking News

News on metals from *Environmental Health News*

Breaking stories

Scientists win historic battle over oilsands monitoring.

Volunteers gathering mussels to gauge health of shoreline waters.

State health department rules out infectious, environmental health concerns in Le Roy illnesses.

D-Day looms for illegal dump.

More toxic pollution detected in brook at DuPont's Pompton Lakes site.

Microbes transform wastewater to energy.

Reports say China fires 7 officials, punishes 2 after toxic cadmium spill in southern river.

Tests show heavy metals in thermal container lids.

Mercury found in 20 facial creams sold in NCR.

Knocking on doors of change.

Scientific studies

Eating mercury-tainted fish affects essential stress hormones in children.

Early-life exposures to solvent linked to drug abuse.

Chemists build a better biodiesel process.

Shake it up: A greener method for upset tummy medicine.

Making plastic: Use plants, not petroleum.

Iron unlocks path to hydrogen fuel.

Manganese heightens lead's effect on children.

Power plant exhaust recycled in the lab.

Metals alone – not together – lower child IQ in Bangladesh.

Mercury in fish harms immune system.

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h1. Pages on Specific Metals


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* [Arsenic|toxipedia:A Small Dose of Arsenic] _Expanded\!_
* [Cadmium (Cd)|Cadmium (cd)]
* [Lead (Pb)|lead] _Expanded\!_
* [Magnesium (Mg)|Magnesium]
* [Mercury (Hg)|mercury]
* [Plutonium]
* [Thallium]
* [Uranium]

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h1. Relevant Content on Toxipedia


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* [Toxic Chemicals in Household Products]
* [Electronic Waste (E-waste)]
* Use of metal compounds as pesticides: [Pesticides - History]
* Pesticide profiles for metal compounds: [Zinc phosphide]
* [US Toxic Sites & Resources]
* [Persistent Environmental Pollutants]
* [Tacoma Smelter]
* [Gold Mining]

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h1. External Resources


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- [Dartmouth Toxic Metals Research Program|http://www.dartmouth.edu/~toxmetal/HM.shtml] (accessed: 10 April 2009).
The site has general information on toxic metals.

- [U.S. Agency for Toxic Substance Disease Registry (ATSDR).|http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/] (accessed: 10 April 2009).
See fact sheets and case studies on many metals and other agents.

- England - [Department of Health - Maternal and infant nutrition.|http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Healthcare/Maternity/Maternalandinfantnutrition/index.htm] (accessed: 9 April 2009).
The Department of Health provides information on nutritional requirements for children and mothers.

- [World Health Organization.|http://www.who.int/topics/nutrition/en/] (accessed: 10 April 2009).
Who information on nutrition, also search the health topics section for a specific metal.

- [Health Canada - Food and Nutrition.|http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/index-eng.php] (accessed: 9 April 2009).
Health Canada provides information on nutritional issues.

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h1. Breaking News


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