Cadmium Uptake From Food and Air

Food is the most important path for uptake of cadmium in people and animals. Some examples of cadmium contents in foodstuffs are given in Table 34.2. It is recommended that giving up the consumption of kidneys from wild animals should reduce the intake of cadmium. 

wheatflour, white bread, potatoes, shrimps 40 

Meat (from chicken, pig, cattle, sheep), fillet of sea fish 5 

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