Metals
that can we can test for:
CM 1
Aluminium
Non-Food Sources: aluminium cooking pans; aluminium foil; table salt & baking powder; aluminium cans; antacids; bleached flour; mains water treatment (aluminium sulphate); some food additives; deodorants; acid rain leaches aluminium out of the soil and into the ground water.
CM 2
Beryllium
ceramics
CM 3
Boron
enamel and glass; light weight components.
CM 4
Cadmium
Sources: cigarette fumes; galvanised iron; pesticides; plastics; fertilisers; tyres; plating; component in alloys and solders; PVC stabiliser, pigments, paints, pottery.
CM 5
Calcium
Non-Food Sources: preparation of other metals; calcium oxide important in chemical industry.
CM 6
Chromium
metal plating & anodising aluminium ; stainless steel; leather tanning; paints; dyes; explosives; cement.
CM 7
Cobalt
dental work; alloys; cobalt compounds used in paints and varnishes.
CM 8
Copper
copper water pipes (particularly in soft water areas); some medicines; pesticides; fungicides; blood copper levels raised by the contraceptive pill; brake linings; wiring; some contraceptive devices; dental amalgam; coins.
CM 9
Gold
dental alloy; jewellery; gold salts for treating rheumatoid arthritis.
CM 10
Iron
metal for building; steel, toner for photocopiers and printers
CM 11
Lead
leaded petrol fumes; old water pipes; leaded paint; lead plumbing; solder; improperly glazed pottery; cigarette ash; pewter; lead crystal ware.
CM 13
Manganese
textile bleaching, glass manufacture, fertilisers, compounds used in unleaded petrol and pesticides, pottery glazes.
CM 14
Mercury
dental amalgam; pesticides; fungicides; emissions from coal-burning power stations, contaminated fish, vaccines.
CM 15
Nickel
dental alloys; stainless steel; water boiled in a kettle with an element; clasps; jewellery; spectacles; buckles; keys; coins; diesel fumes; can be in flour as a result of milling; a catalyst for hydrogenating vegetable oils.
CM 16
Palladium
road dust from catalytic converters; dental work; electrical components.
CM 17
Platinum
oad dust from catalytic converters; high quality glassware; dental alloys.
CM 18
Selenium
anti-dandruff shampoos; steel and glass additive.
CM 19
Silver
dental amalgam; jewellery; E174; electrical components; silver compounds used in photography.
CM 20
Sodium
CM 21
Thallium
byproduct of zinc & lead production; optical lenses; jewellery; dyes; pigments; catalyst in organic synthesis; recreational drug contaminant.
CM 22
Tin
dental amalgam; canning; solder in iron & copper pipes; compounds used in fungicides and glass coatings.
CM 12
Magnesium
alloys; batteries; glass; ceramics; fillers; flocculating agents; magnesium sulphate used in sugar refining.
CM 23
Titanium
dental work; surgical metal in hips etc.; jewellery; E171, mascara.
CM 24
Zinc
galvanised iron; brass; solder; die-casting; tyres; zinc oxide is used in paints, rubber, textiles and plastics.
