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heavy metals

Elements including cadmium, lead and mercury, all poisonous. Careless dumping can create local health hazards.
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Besides skin infections, diarrhoea and other waterborne diseases, our investigation found that residents of the eastern region are victims of slow, heavy metal poisoning, whose consequences take a while to be felt.But not everyone we spoke to said they had been harmed by the river.
A 2018 study, focusing on children from one neighbourhood, found that 78% of the children studied had experienced at least one symptom of heavy metal poisoning. These symptoms include 'nose bleeds, chronic gastrointestinal diseases, dermatological alterations, constipation, reduced vision, depression and other behaviour disorders.' Life expectancy is low and infant mortality rates are high in Cerro de Pasco.
The couple told the court through the application that they were battling ailments that could not be treated in Nigeria, such as heavy metal poisoning caused by pellets of gunshots in their body.
Chelation therapy has been used to treat heavy metal poisoning for more than 40 years.
ICRP also disclosed that, the symptoms of heavy metal poisoning were also observed from the tests, which revealed that there is unusually high concentrations of lead and cadmium in his blood.
Heavy metal poisoning, haemoglobinopathies, severe infections, sideroblastic anaemia, megaloblastic anaemia.
The patient was referred to the pediatric intensive care unit for additional work-up and treatment for heavy metal poisoning. Because the patient excreted feces that appeared normal in the sixth hour, the irrigation was continued.
KEYWORDS: Heavy metal poisoning, Goats, Gold mining sites, Nigeria, Zamfara State
This injection is licensed only for extreme cases of heavy metal poisoning, such as lead poisoning.
Therefore, the topic of metal and heavy metal poisoning is not to be underestimated.
Cancer-This disease has long been linked to heavy metal poisoning. Health experts are blaming, among many other heavy metals, the use of mercury in dental amalgam.