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Researchers studying the effects of toxic wastes knew that animals were poisoned by the heavy metal cadmium, but they wanted to know where cadmium accumulated in the body. they could find out by _____.

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Answer: Tracing the movement of cadmium isotopes in test animals

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Heavy metals accumulate in the body of the organism and causes harm to their body. This is because they accumulate in the body which is not good.

Heavy metals produce the ROS and damage the DNA of the cell. Exposure to arsenic can cause cancer in the body of animals. It is detected by tracing the heavy metals in the body using the isotopes.

The researchers are carrying away tests in which they use cadmium isotopes are traced in the body of animals.

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The accumulation of cadmium can be found out by tracing the movement of cadmium isotopes in the test animals.

Nuclear medicine refers to the branch of a medical specialty, which utilizes radioactive tracers, that is, radiopharmaceuticals to evaluate the functions of the body and to treat and diagnose a condition. The specially developed cameras permit doctors to find the passage of these radioactive tracers.


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