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Occupational exposure on the lead.
I rehab houses for a living, and am also a small time land-lord. Kinda goes with the territory. I have completely gutted and rebuilt 3 homes in the last 5 years (not a small task). Spent most of last summer rebuilding the old windows (scraping, sanding, etc) in a historic house. Spent most all of last fall scraping/painting the exterior of another old one. I use a mask for the worst stuff, but obviously not enough.
Also--my former residence (where i lived 8 out of last 10 years) had an old lead water service pipe from the street--which may have been a factor as well. Am planning to have that tested soon.
The cadmium's pretty easy--i'm a heavy smoker. Another big reason for quitting i guess.
Tin and mercury--that would likely be my mouthful of amalgum (spelling?) dental fillings. Perhaps not coincidently, I had some major dental work done in Nov. and early Dec. (redoing 2 failed & infected root canals) and I think that that probably exacerbated by body's stress level as well.
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