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selenium

In the chemical families: Metals, Selenium compounds

Metal from mining or petrolum refining pollution; erosion of natural deposits

EWG Research on selenium


Health Effects related to selenium: Birth or developmental effects, Brain and nervous system, Organ system toxicity (non-reproductive), Reproduction and fertility

Routes of Exposure related to selenium:

  • Consumer products
  • Environment: agriculture, industrial water pollution
  • Water

More chemicals in Metals: Uranium, chromium oxide, chromium hydroxide, thimerosal, bismuth, zirconium oxide, chromium oxide greens, chromium hydroxide green, titanium dioxide, iron, view all...

More chemicals in Selenium compounds: selenium sulfide, view all...