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[laurapalmer813]

I was reading an article about cadmium and came across this:

"There's nothing positive that you can say about this metal. It's a poison," said Bruce A. Fowler, a cadmium specialist and toxicologist with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. On the CDC's priority list of 275 most hazardous substances in the environment, cadmium ranks

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[loli_cat]

Don't forget cadmium white too!! Not to mention it makes GREAT butlers! No, wait, that's cadbury, whoops!! ^o^

[laurapalmer813]

Cadbury? Now you've got me thinking about creme eggs!

[loli_cat]

Silly me, I forgot the most IMPORTANT use of cadmium (for MOST people, anyway)...without it, there would be no NICAD batteries!! :-P

[laurapalmer813]

The article I read said that nickel-cadmium batteries are the ONLY legitimate current use.

[i]

several years ago, right here on livejournal, someone posted a link to reproductions of famous paintings done without cadmium. i wish i could find it.

[laurapalmer813]

How were they?

[i]

they were an excellent argument against the banning of cadmium.

[fleur]

CALL HIS ASS OUT, SISTER!

[millysdaughter]

I think "yellow" automatically when I hear the word "cadmium."

[laurapalmer813]

I think of red!