CADMIUM, Cd
ITAI-ITAI!
Oh cadmium builds toxic’lly in kidneys, by and by,
By tainting rice it caused such pain in bones—Itai-Itai!
In fissile cores it curbs so well,
Its sulfide help’d weave Monet’s spell.
Why don’t you dump your NiCads with more care . . . oh why, oh why?!
kad-mee-uhm
Oh cadmium builds toxic’lly in kidneys, by and by,
GROUP 12 TRANSITION METAL
Cadmium suffers from a rather poor public image but with good reason. Its similarity to zinc means it’s readily absorbed by the human body. Upon absorption, most of it quickly binds to the metallothionein enzyme and is transported to the kidneys to be excreted in urine. Unfortunately, ...
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