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Study: Excessive Cadmium Linked to Higher Risk of Endometrial Cancer Women who have excessive  cadmium in their bodies may be at increased risk for developing endometrial cancer, researchers from the University of Missouri reported in a recent study. Accounting for 92% of cancers of the uterus, endometrial cancer, or uterine cancer, is the most common type of reproductive cancer in women in the United States. The disease is caused by cells in the endometrium growing out of control. Cadmium is a “highly persistent” toxic metal which  mimics estrogen in the body. According to lead autho...

August 23, 2017 Women who have excessive cadmium in their bodies may be at increased risk for developing endometrial cancer, researchers from the University of Missouri reported in a recent study. Accounting for 92% of cancers of the uterus, endometrial cancer, or uterine cancer, is the most common type of reproductive cancer in women in the United States. The disease is caused by cells in the endometrium growing out of control. Cadmium is a “highly persistent” toxic metal which  mimics estrogen in the body. According to lead author Jane McElroy, an associate professor in the University...