How to Use cadmium in a Sentence

cadmium

noun
  • Five of the bars were above those levels for both cadmium and lead.
    — Kate Gibson, CBS News, 30 Dec. 2022
  • Five of the bars tested above those levels for both cadmium and lead.
    — Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Lead was found in at least one sample of each mug, arsenic in all of them, and in a few, cadmium.
    — The Good Housekeeping Institute, Good Housekeeping, 28 Sep. 2011
  • Hartley’s favorite color is cadmium red, which is a vivid, opaque red.
    — David Moin, WWD, 28 Jan. 2025
  • But hazardous amounts of lead, mercury, cyanide, and cadmium remained in the ground.
    — David Gelles Erin Schaff, New York Times, 19 July 2023
  • The car's battery is not like a nickel cadmium battery where topping off is bad.
    — Morgan Korn, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2023
  • The products were tested to see whether the heavy metals lead, cadmium or arsenic were in them.
    — Akshay Syal, M.d., NBC News, 31 July 2024
  • Police found quicksilver, lead and cadmium in the man's home.
    — Darko Janjevic, USA TODAY, 29 June 2018
  • Most notably, the powders also showed high levels of lead and cadmium.
    — Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
  • The only problem when growing vegetables is that over time small amounts of zinc and cadmium can leach out from them.
    — oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2020
  • Although lead and cadmium were found in all of the dark chocolates tested, five had safe levels of the heavy metals.
    — Arianna Johnson, Forbes, 14 Feb. 2023
  • Teething biscuits can contain arsenic, lead and cadmium, the report said.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 17 Oct. 2019
  • First cadmium, then mercury, and next krypton atoms defined the meter.
    — Big Think, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Humans can get exposed to cadmium by ingesting crops that have taken up the metal from the soil.
    — Natasha Gilbert, Science | AAAS, 10 Apr. 2018
  • In one of the donors nodes, cadmium and mercury, both highly toxic, were detected.
    — Jason Daley, Smithsonian, 13 Sep. 2017
  • Like most of the best rechargeable batteries, these are made without mercury, cadmium, or lead.
    — Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The emissions, said Miller, consist of lead, cadmium, and mercury.
    — National Geographic, 21 Feb. 2018
  • Of the four toxic heavy metals found, arsenic was found at the highest levels and cadmium was second.
    — Jordan Freiman, CBS News, 15 May 2025
  • In addition to arsenic and lead, cadmium and mercury were also found.
    — Ashley Boucher, PEOPLE.com, 17 Oct. 2019
  • Lead and cadmium are metals that occur naturally in the earth’s crust.
    — Kristina Behr, Parents, 12 Apr. 2024
  • The bacteria self-replicate, so all that's required is a giant tank of water and cadmium to be placed in the sun.
    — Avery Thompson, Popular Mechanics, 22 Aug. 2017
  • As natural elements, heavy metals such as lead and cadmium are in the soil in which crops are grown and thus can’t be avoided.
    — Parija Kavilanz and Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 9 Apr. 2024
  • The study found 95% of the food tested contained lead, arsenic, mercury or cadmium.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2019
  • Go easy on the chocolate Cocoa powder may contain cadmium and/or lead.
    — Sonja Haller, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2019
  • The heavy toxic metals found in the baby food include lead, arsenic, mercury and cadmium.
    — Ayano Nagaishi, azcentral, 17 Oct. 2019
  • They are all painted in a spectrum of colors that seem to have a special glow, perhaps because the base is cadmium yellow.
    — Tom Teicholz, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
  • In fact, the study found that organic cocoa products were even more likely to have higher levels of lead and cadmium.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 31 July 2024
  • The sun was completely hidden at first, and the sky was thick and toxic, like a mix of powdered cadmium and cirrhosis.
    — Erik Lacitis, The Seattle Times, 8 Sep. 2017
  • Lead impairs cognition and cadmium harms the kidneys.
    — Anton L. Delgado, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Among them are microscopic pollutants such as lead and cadmium, known for their toxic effects on human health and wildlife.
    — Aubrey Hillman, The Conversation, 8 Aug. 2025

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