Chromium toxicity

Chromium toxicity
Chromium toxicity
	Chromium
Specialty	Toxicology

Chromium toxicity refers to any poisonous toxic effect in an organism or cell that results from exposure to specific forms of chromium—especially hexavalent chromium.^[1] Hexavalent chromium and its compounds are toxic when inhaled or ingested. Trivalent chromium is a trace mineral that is essential to human nutrition. There is a hypothetical risk of genotoxicity in humans if large amounts of trivalent chromium were somehow able to enter living cells, but normal metabolism and cell function prevent this.^[2]

^ "Chromium (Cr) Toxicity: What Are the Physiologic Effects of Chromium Exposure? | Environmental Medicine | ATSDR". www.atsdr.cdc.gov. 2021-02-09. Retrieved 2022-06-05.
^ Hartwig A, Arand M, Epe B, Guth S, Jahnke G, Lampen A, et al. (June 2020). "Mode of action-based risk assessment of genotoxic carcinogens". Archives of Toxicology. 94 (6): 1787–1877. doi:10.1007/s00204-020-02733-2. PMC 7303094. PMID 32542409.

[1] "Chromium (Cr) Toxicity: What Are the Physiologic Effects of Chromium Exposure? | Environmental Medicine | ATSDR". www.atsdr.cdc.gov. 2021-02-09. Retrieved 2022-06-05.

[2] Hartwig A, Arand M, Epe B, Guth S, Jahnke G, Lampen A, et al. (June 2020). "Mode of action-based risk assessment of genotoxic carcinogens". Archives of Toxicology. 94 (6): 1787–1877. doi:10.1007/s00204-020-02733-2. PMC 7303094. PMID 32542409.

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