Question

I am a breastfeeding mother and i want to know if it is safe to use Cadmium? Is Cadmium safe for nursing mother and child? Does Cadmium extracts into breast milk? Does Cadmium has any long term or short term side effects on infants? Can Cadmium influence milk supply or can Cadmium decrease milk supply in lactating mothers?

Cadmium lactation summary

Cadmium usage has low risk in breastfeeding
  • DrLact safety Score for Cadmium is 3 out of 8 which is considered Low Risk as per our analyses.
  • A safety Score of 3 indicates that usage of Cadmium may cause some minor side effects in breastfed baby.
  • Our study of different scientific research indicates that Cadmium may cause moderate to no side effects in lactating mother.
  • Most of scientific studies and research papers declaring usage of Cadmium low risk in breastfeeding are based on normal dosage and may not hold true for higher dosage.
  • While using Cadmium We suggest monitoring child for possible reactions. It is also important to understand that side effects vary largely based on age of breastfed child and time of medication in addition to dosage.
  • Score calculated using the DrLact safety Version 1.2 model, this score ranges from 0 to 8 and measures overall safety of drug in lactation. Scores are primarily calculated using publicly available case studies, research papers, other scientific journals and publically available data.

Answer by Dr. Ru: About Cadmium usage in lactation

Environmental pollutant. Heavy metal produced by zinc and charcoal mining industry, water plumbing, tobacco smoking, and burning of residual material. Benefits of breastfeeding are largely more important than risk related to the presence of mild level environment pollutants in human milk, in many instances, they are at lower content than those found in cow’s milk or other food. (Codex alimentarius FAO-WHO).

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White-Spirit(Unsafe)
Mercury(Low Risk)
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Aminobenzene(Unsafe)
Phenylamine(Unsafe)
Hydroquinol(Low Risk)
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Quinol(Low Risk)
Formalin(Unsafe)
Formol(Unsafe)
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