Lithium Has Effects of Endocrine Disruptors in Addition to Being Toxic to Reproduction, Warns

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Thanks to new studies on the use of this metal in medicinal products, the Health Security Agency is alerting on Thursday, 16 April, about its possible effects on the thyroid. This substance is also dangerous for aquatic environments.

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Kidneys, thyroid, male fertility problems, birth defects... The dangers of lithium, used in the manufacture of batteries and certain medications, are confirmed. On April 16, ANSES (the French Agency for Food, Environmental and Occupational Health & Safety) published an opinion on the harmful effects of this mineral and three of its salts—lithium carbonate, chloride, and hydroxide—on health. It recommends classifying them as a "substance of very …

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Used especially in electric car or telephone batteries, lithium, a toxic substance for reproduction, is also an endocrine disruptor on which knowledge needs to be developed...

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The Health Security Agency (Anses) issued two opinions on the health and environmental risks of lithium on Thursday, 16 April, at the time when the use of this metal used as a medicine, as well as in the composition of lithium ...