Minerals and salts

  • Minerals and salts have varying qualities. COURTESY PHOTO
    Minerals and salts have varying qualities. COURTESY PHOTO
Cadmium This is a soft, silvery-white metal that can be found in food and in fertilizers. There are a plethora of health issues with too much cadmium such as kidney disease, the weakening of the bones, and damage to the liver and heart. Sometimes the body will absorb cadmium because there isn’t enough calcium in the diet to satisfy the body’s needs and it therefore turns to cadmium to fill the…

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