How to Use cadmium in a Sentence

cadmium

noun
  • Five of the bars were above those levels for both cadmium and lead.
    Kate Gibson, CBS News, 30 Dec. 2022
  • Both lead and cadmium cause long-term damage to the body.
    Kaitlin Sullivan, Health, 16 Sep. 2023
  • Five of the bars tested above those levels for both cadmium and lead.
    Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 6 Jan. 2023
  • But hazardous amounts of lead, mercury, cyanide, and cadmium remained in the ground.
    David Gelles Erin Schaff, New York Times, 19 July 2023
  • Although lead and cadmium were found in all of the dark chocolates tested, five had safe levels of the heavy metals.
    Arianna Johnson, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The study found 95% of the food tested contained lead, arsenic, mercury or cadmium.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2019
  • Up to that time, the best rechargeable battery had been nickel cadmium, which put out a maximum of 1.3 volts.
    IEEE Spectrum, 30 July 2023
  • The car's battery is not like a nickel cadmium battery where topping off is bad.
    Morgan Korn, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2023
  • The only problem when growing vegetables is that over time small amounts of zinc and cadmium can leach out from them.
    oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2020
  • Montezuma’s and Ghirardelli were also on the list as chocolate bars with the least cadmium, along with ChocZero and Lily’s 70%.
    Joe and Teresa Graedon, oregonlive, 4 Apr. 2023
  • ConnPIRG found levels of boron, lead and cadmium far beyond the legal limits in a number of toys.
    Amanda Blanco, courant.com, 25 Nov. 2019
  • The analysis looked at emissions of the toxic heavy metals chromium, nickel and cadmium for the year 2017.
    Lylla Younes, ProPublica, 2 Nov. 2021
  • The greater the average amount of the heavy metals antimony and cadmium in the hatchlings’ liver, the greater the bias towards females within the nest, the researchers said.
    Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 12 Nov. 2023
  • Out of the 28 popular brands of dark chocolate the researchers examined, 23 contained more cadmium and/or lead than what an adult should eat in one day.
    Sophie Mellor, Fortune, 16 Dec. 2022
  • The heavy toxic metals found in the baby food include lead, arsenic, mercury and cadmium.
    Ayano Nagaishi, azcentral, 17 Oct. 2019
  • Like most of the best rechargeable batteries, these are made without mercury, cadmium, or lead.
    Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Its solar cells rely on a coating of cadmium and telluride.
    Bob Davis, WSJ, 21 June 2021
  • Teething biscuits can contain arsenic, lead and cadmium, the report said.
    Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 17 Oct. 2019
  • The filter is disguised in the cone at the top and filters out chlorine and four heavy metals including cadmium, copper, mercury and zinc.
    Jamie Kim, Good Housekeeping, 3 May 2022
  • In addition to arsenic and lead, cadmium and mercury were also found.
    Ashley Boucher, PEOPLE.com, 17 Oct. 2019
  • Go easy on the chocolate Cocoa powder may contain cadmium and/or lead.
    Sonja Haller, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2019
  • His documents told the full story: Huang spent years eating crops and drinking water laced with cadmium.
    Anchorage Daily News, 30 Dec. 2019
  • Studies have shown the heavy metals in solar panels — namely lead and cadmium — can leach out of the cells and get into groundwater, as well as affect plants.
    Conor Prendergast, Discover Magazine, 14 Dec. 2020
  • Researchers measured the amount of lead, cadmium, mercury, and arsenic in three samples of each product and averaged the results.
    Cathy Cassata, Health, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Different metals such as lead and cadmium can be harmful to the health and the environment and need to be properly disposed.
    Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Another study found heavy metals like zinc, cadmium, and lead in popular coil brands.
    Monika Mondal, WIRED, 15 Oct. 2022
  • The aesthetic for spring-summer harked back the high-waisted, almost-Empire Line styles of yesteryear in bright pinks, cadmium reds, and emerald greens.
    Thomas Adamson, Star Tribune, 1 Oct. 2020
  • This Caraway nonstick skillet is a great option because food slides right out and the non-toxic coating is free of chemicals like lead and cadmium.
    Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 11 July 2023
  • Grapeseed eradicates cadmium, which is often found in many of the foods that consumers consider healthy.
    Brian Patrick, Discover Magazine, 21 July 2021
  • Men wearing long white robes and cadmium-yellow kofias wandered the warren of the old medina, and teenagers chatted by the waterfront, the gray sand of the beach obscured by an ankle-deep layer of trash.
    Tommy Trenchard, Harper's magazine, 6 Jan. 2020

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