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Toxic Metal Full Toxicological Profiles Can Be Found On Line At the Following Websites:

Website: http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/
*Toxicological Profile for Index of Toxilogical Profiles ATSDR ToxFAQs Data base

Pages Direct Pdf Download site
Aluminum 393 http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp22.html Antimony 160 http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp23. html Arsenic 468 http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp2. html Beryllium 290 http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp4.html Cadmium 439 http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp5.html Lead 640 http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp13. html Mercury 676 http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp46. html Thallium 114 http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp54. html Thorium 186 http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp147.html Uranium 462 http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp150. html Nickel 374 http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp15. html Silver 157 http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp146. html Tin 382 http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp55. html Titanium 145 http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/toxprofiles/tp101. html 4886 Total Pages

* Toxic Metals tested in hair analysis by Doctors Data Inc.

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Public Health Service
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry

COMMON SOURCES & METABOLIC EFFECTS OF 16 TOXIC METALS

ALUMINUM (AL)
COMMON SOURCES OF AL: PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY, ALUMINUM COOKWARE, ANTACIDS, ALUMINUM CANS, ANTIPERSPIRANTS, BAKING POWDER, ALUMINUM FOIL, HAIR DYES
ENZYMES AND METABOLIC EFFECTS OF AL: DISRUPTS PHOSPHORUS METABOLISM, FORMS INSOLUBLE PHOSPHATES IN G.I. TRACT, DEPLETES RBC ATP

ANTIMON Y (SB)
COMMON SOURCES OF SB: FLAME RETARDANT CLOTHING, AMMUNITION, PESTICIDES, ANTI PARASITIC DRUGS, CERAMICS AND GLASSWARE
ENZYMES AND METABOLIC EFFECTS OF SB: INHIBITS PHOSPHOFRUCTOKINASE, INHIBITS MONOAMINE OXIDASE, INCREASES CHOLINESTERASE IN THE MYOCARDIUM, INHIBITS SUCCINOXIDASE AND PYRUVATE BRAIN
OXIDASE, COMBINES WITH SULFHYDRYL GROUP OF RESPIRATORY CHAIN ENZYMES
(CYTOCHROMES AND FLAVOPROTEINS)

ARSENIC (AS)
COMMON SOURCES OF AS: INSECTISIDES, WINE, WELL WATER, SEAFOOD, COAL BURNING, PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
ENZYMES AND METABOLIC EFFECTS OF AS: BINDS WITH THIOL GROUPS INCLUDING SELENIUM, METHYLATION USUALLY DETOXIFIES ARSENIC

BERYLLIUM (BE)
COMMON SOURCES OF BE: DENTAL BRIDGE WORK, PAINTS, COSMETICS, PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY, CIGARETTE SMOKE, MICROWAVE TUBES, SEMICONDUCTORS, FLORESCENT LIGHT BULBS
ENZYME AND METABOLIC EFFECTS OF BE: DAMAGES LYSOSOMES, INHIBITS MG-ACTIVATED ATPAND CAACTIVATED ATPHYALURONIDASE, ACTIVATE SUCCINIC DEHYDROGENASE

BISMUTH (BI)
COMMON SOURCES OF BI: SKIN AND G.I. MEDICATION, GLASSAND CERAMIC PRODUCTION, PEARLESCENT LIPSTICK, PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY, FACE POWDER AND NAIL ENAMEL, PEARLESCENT PAINTS, HAIR COLOR