Lamb's liver with cadmium garnish...

摘要

Abnormally high levels of the toxic metal cadmium accumulate in the kidneys and livers of sheep grazing on pasture fertilised for years with sewage sludge, according to disturbing new research. If the practice of spreading sewage sludge on pasture intensifies, as is likely in Europe after 1998 when dumping at sea is banned, people who eat lambs' livers or kidneys regularly might be at risk of chronic cadmium poisoning. Preliminary findings will be presented next week in Scarborough at the annual meeting of the British Society of Animal Science.