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Cadmium fume

Airborne cadmium fume generated during occupational heating or processing.

Airborne form

fume

The form describes what is suspended in air at the point of exposure. A material can produce more than one form, such as dust during handling and fume during heating.

Health effects

pulmonary edemabreathing difficultycoughchest tightnesschest painheadachenauseavomitingdiarrheaemphysemaproteinurialoss of smellanemiapotential occupational carcinogen

Evidence

NIOSH lists inhalation as the exposure route for cadmium fume and reports pulmonary edema, breathing difficulty, cough, chest tightness, substernal pain, gastrointestinal symptoms, emphysema, proteinuria, loss of smell, mild anemia, and a potential occupational carcinogen designation; target organs include the respiratory system, kidneys, and blood.

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Exposure Routes: inhalation. Symptoms: pulmonary edema, dyspnea (breathing difficulty), cough, chest tightness, substernal pain; headache; chills, muscle aches; nausea, vomiting, diarrhea; emphysema, proteinuria, anosmia (loss of the sense of smell), mild anemia; [potential occupational carcinogen]. Target Organs: respiratory system, kidneys, blood.

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mono-100C-TABLES/100C-03-TableRefs.pdf

Cadmium and Cadmium Compounds References to Supplementary Web Tables, Section 2 Elinder CG, Kjellström T, Hogstedt C et al. (1985). Cancer mortality of cadmium workers. Br J Ind Med, 42:651–655. PMID:4041382 Holden H (1980) Further mortality studies on workers exposed to cadmium fume. In: Proceedings of the Seminar on Occupational Exposure to Cadmium, London, 20 March 1980. London: Cadmium Association, 23–24. Järup L, Bellander T, Hogstedt C, Spång G (1998). Mortality and cancer incidence in Swe

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