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Nickel is both naturally abundant – it is the fifth most common element on earth – and widely used in industry and commercial goods. [2] Workplace nickel exposure is common in many industries, and the performance of normal work tasks can result in nickel skin levels sufficient to elicit dermatitis. [2]
Generally, increased exposure to heavy metals in the environment increases risk of developing cancer. [ 37 ] Without a diagnosis of metal toxicity and outside of evidence-based medicine , but perhaps because of worry about metal toxicity, some people seek chelation therapy to treat autism , cardiovascular disease , Alzheimer's disease , or any ...
The river water was contaminated with toxic metals including arsenic, copper, barium, cadmium, chromium, lead, mercury, nickel, and thallium. [2] Cleanup costs may exceed $1.2 billion. [3] A toxic heavy metal is a common but misleading term for a metal-like element noted for its potential toxicity. [4]
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nickel exposure can cause rashes, respiratory problems, and “effects on the stomach, blood, liver, kidneys, immune system ...
Nickel is the most common contact allergen worldwide (of people with contact dermatitis, 11.4% in Europe, 8.8–25.7% in China, and 17.5% in North America are allergic to nickel). [1] Nickel allergy, and contact allergies more generally, can develop when people are any age, but they are most likely to develop in early adulthood.
The major source of nickel exposure is oral consumption, as nickel is essential to plants. [126] Typical background concentrations of nickel do not exceed 20 ng/m 3 in air, 100 mg/kg in soil, 10 mg/kg in vegetation, 10 μg/L in freshwater and 1 μg/L in seawater. [127] Environmental concentrations may be increased by human pollution.
Karen Nickel has been dealing with lupus and other illnesses for years, illnesses she blames on childhood exposure to a suburban St. Louis creek where Cold War-era nuclear waste was dumped decades ...
Metal fume fever, also known as brass founders' ague, brass shakes, [1] zinc shakes, galvie flu, galvo poisoning, metal dust fever, welding shivers, or Monday morning fever, [2] is an illness primarily caused by exposure to chemicals such as zinc oxide (ZnO), aluminium oxide (Al 2 O 3), or magnesium oxide (MgO) which are produced as byproducts in the fumes that result when certain metals are ...