US EditionFrance Overpexposed to Heavy Metal Cadmium Due to Food
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Cereals, potatoes, vegetables: the basic food products are impregnated with cadmium, a heavy metal. The French population is greatly affected, especially children. For the Anses, the cadmium concentration of phosphate fertilizers must be drastically reduced.
L'Anses alerted Wednesday about a "strong and growing impregnation" of the French population of cadmium, a heavy metal present in the soil that contaminates the organism mainly through food.
France overpexposed to heavy metal cadmium due to food
The French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety has released alarming call to the government to lower the levels of cadmium found in food. Compared to other EU nations, cadmium levels in France are two to three times higher. Not only that, but level shave nearly doubled in the past decade, with over 47% of people having dangerous quantities of cadmium in their bodies.
Of all the causes of French exposure to cadmium, food remains by far the main, stressed Wednesday 25 March l'Anses in a vast expertise. The agency presses to act on the agricultural soils and the content of fertilizers, especially phosphate mineral fertilizers.
An Anses report points to the extent of French exposure to this carcinogenic metal. On an individual scale, a few gestures can help to limit it.
Of all the causes of French exposure to cadmium, diet is clearly the main one, points out in an extensive study. What can be eaten to protect it?
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