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Limited information is available about vanadium toxicity.
Excessive vanadium in the diet or inhaled might harm the nervous system, liver, kidneys, spleen, and bone marrow.
possible symptoms of vanadium toxicity include cramps, diarrhea, and a worsening of manic dperessive illness.
There is no Daily Value, Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA), or estimated range of safe and adequate intake for vanadium.
Vandium is not considered and essential mineral, although 10mcg. per day is suspected to meet the body's need for this mineral.
The average daily diet provides approximately 15mcg. to 30mcg. of vanadium.
There are no known symptoms of a vanadium deficiency in humans, but in animals a lack of this mienral results in bone deformities, growth retardation, and infertility.