Vanadium
Health Effects
Ingesting vanadium can cause nausea and vomiting. In animals, ingesting vanadium can cause decreased red blood cells and increased blood pressure. Studies in animals exposed during pregnancy have shown that vanadium can cause decreases in growth and increases in the occurrence of birth defects. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has classified vanadium pentoxide as possibly carcinogenic to humans based on evidence of lung cancer in exposed mice; DHHS and EPA have not classified vanadium as to its human carcinogenicity.
Source: ATSDR — ToxFAQs / Toxicological Profile (retrieved 2026-07-27)
Common Sources
- Vanadium and vanadium compounds occur naturally in the earth's crust, in rocks, some iron ores, and crude petroleum deposits
- Everyone is exposed to low levels of vanadium in air, water and food; most people are exposed mainly from food
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