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Children and adults all over the world love chocolate, either enjoying it by eating chocolate bars or sipping warm cocoa drinks. But behind its delicious taste, cacao contains cadmium, a chemical ...

Young children who mouth or swallow jewelry containing cadmium may be exposed to as much as 100 times the recommended maximum exposure limit for the toxic metal, according to new research. The study ...

Cadmium, a toxic heavy metal found in polluted air, cigarette smoke, and food, was found to have a higher impact on cognitive ability in white people, a new studysuggests. In a study of more than ...

Let’s talk about something that might be messing with your brain right now without you even knowing it. Scientists have just dropped some major tea about cadmium, and trust me, it’s not the kind of ...

Pasta, bread, potatoes, pastries, breakfast cereals, chocolate... These everyday foods can contain cadmium, a highly toxic and carcinogenic contaminant. People in France are particularly exposed, with ...

An apple a day may keep the doctor away, but health professionals are worried about root vegetables and grains. That’s the case in France at least, where doctors have raised over dangerous levels of ...