Women whose diet contains food with higher levels of cadmium are at greater risk of developing breast cancer. Cadmium is a toxic metal which is found in farm fertilizers. As per the study conducted by the American Association for Cancer Research, women with the highest cadmium intakes were 21 percent more likely to develop breast cancer than who did not consume food rich in cadmium.
Cadmium, which is a bluish white heavy metal, identified as a carcinogen, leaches into crops from fertilizers and when rainfall or sewage sludge deposit it onto farmland. Whole grains, potatoes, other vegetables and shellfish are key dietary sources of cadmium, which also becomes airborne as a pollutant when fossil fuels are burned, and is likely inhaled as well as ingested.
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