Cadmium may speed bone loss in women.

Science News | December 3, 1988| | Copyright

Cadmium may speed bone loss in women

Cadmium exposure may speed bone loss in postmenopausal women and may be one factor leading to osteoporosis, a porous bone disease that afflicts about 20 million Americans. The new research may help explain the increased risk of osteoporosis faced by older, female smokers exposed to cigarette smoke, which contains cadmium.

Many factors contribute to osteoporosis, which frequently strikes women who experience a drop in estrogen due to menopause. Estrogen is the female sex hormone that, among other things, protects against ...

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