Dietary exposure to Cadmium and the associated burden – results from a duplicate diet study in Portugal (2012)

Abstract

Cadmium is a toxic metal classified as human carcinogen (Group 1) and considered an endocrine disruptor. Human exposure in the non-smoking general population occurs mainly via food ingestion. In order to evaluate the levels of Cd exposure trough food intake in Portugal and the associated burden, a duplicate diet study was conducted in the city of Aveiro, Portugal, in 2012.