Health Risk Assessment of Dietary Cadmium Intake: Do Current Guidelines Indicate How Much is Safe?

Conclusion: Modeling shows that dietary intake levels for Cd exceed the levels associated with kidney damage and many other adverse outcomes. Thus, the threshold level of urinary Cd should be re-evaluated. A more restrictive dietary intake guideline would afford enhanced health protection from this pervasive toxic metal.

Citation: Satarug S, Vesey DA, Gobe GC. 2017. Health risk assessment of dietary cadmium intake: do current guidelines indicate how much is safe? Environ Health Perspect 125:284–288; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/EHP108
Address correspondence to S. Satarug, Centre for Kidney Disease Research, Translational Research Institute, University of Queensland School of Medicine, Kent St., Woolloongabba, Brisbane, Australia 4102. Telephone: [phone]. E-mail: [e-mail]
S.S. (L-14568) received Research Professorship from the Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS).
The authors declare they have no actual or potential competing financial interests.
Received: 14 March 2016
Revised: 23 August 2016
Accepted: 12 September 2016
Published: 1 March 2017
Note to readers with disabilities: EHP strives to ensure that all journal content is accessible to all readers. However, some figures and Supplemental Material published in EHP articles may not conform to 508 standards due to the complexity of the information being presented. If you need assistance accessing journal content, please contact [e-mail]. Our staff will work with you to...

Source: EHP Research - March 1, 2017 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Web Admin Tags: Commentaries March 2017 Source Type: research