“…Cadmium has been reported to produce acute as well as chronic hypertension in experimental animals (Perry & Yunice, 1965;Perry, Erlanger, Yunice, Schoepfle & Perry, 1970;Schroeder, 1964Schroeder, ,1967Thind, Karreman, Stephan & Blakemore, 1970;Thind, 1973). Conceivably augmentation by Cd of sympathetic post-ganglionic discharges, as found in the present study, could contribute to the development of hypertension.…”