“We already know about the health hazards of heavy metals like lead and mercury, but we don’t know much about what cadmium does to the body,” says study leader Omar Hyder, a postdoctoral fellow in surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. The findings don’t prove that cadmium from such sources as industrial emissions or tobacco smoke directly causes liver disease, but suggest an association that needs more investigation.Ĭadmium accumulates in the body over time because of the metal’s long chemical half-life, according to researchers, who report their findings online in the Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery. JOHNS HOPKINS (US) - People with more chronic environmental exposure to cadmium appear to be nearly 3.5 times more likely to die of liver disease than those with less of the heavy metal in their bodies.
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