How Cadmium Ends Up in Your Home

First the Miley Cyrus jewelry. Now, the Shrek glasses. What’s the fuss about cadmium?

University of Nottingham professor Martyn Poliakoff explains the basics of the sometimes all-too-toxic metal. He likens No. 48 in the periodic table to another substance on the metallic hit list — mercury.

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