Heavy Metals
the load you've been carrying without knowing it.
Lead, cadmium, mercury, arsenic and the trace-metal balance (zinc, copper, selenium, chromium) that determines whether your body can clear them. A single venous draw plus the micronutrient counterweights — read against ranges that account for women's biology.
- No insurance required
- HSA & FSA eligible
- CLIA-accredited labs
Pregnancy and perimenopause both mobilize lead stored in bone — so heavy metals are a women's-health issue, not just an environmental one.
Cadmium half-lives in the kidney for decades. Lead deposits in bone for years and is released during the rapid bone turnover of pregnancy, breastfeeding and the menopause transition — exposing the fetus, infant, and a woman's own brain and kidneys all over again. Mercury concentrates in fish and crosses the placenta. Pairing the metals panel with zinc, copper, and selenium tells you both what's elevated and whether your antioxidant defenses can keep up.
The 67 biomarkers in this panel - and why each one.
Tap a marker to read the clinical note and the women-specific context.
hs-CRP
Hematocrit
Hemoglobin
Red Blood Cell Count
Calcium
Chloride
Sodium
Urea Nitrogen (BUN)
Albumin
Alkaline Phosphatase
Bilirubin, Total
Gamma Glutamyl Transferase (GGT)
Glucose
Arsenic, Blood
Cadmium, Blood
Lead (Venous)
Mercury, Blood
Chromium, Blood
Copper
Selenium
Zinc
Absolute Band Neutrophils
Absolute Basophils
Absolute Blasts
Absolute Eosinophils
Absolute Lymphocytes
Absolute Metamyelocytes
Absolute Monocytes
Absolute Myelocytes
Absolute Neutrophils
Absolute Nucleated RBC
Absolute Plasma Cells
Absolute Prolymphocytes
Absolute Promyelocytes
Absolute Reactive Lymphocytes
Albumin/Globulin Ratio
ALT
AST
Band Neutrophils
Basophils
Blasts
BUN/Creatinine Ratio
Carbon Dioxide
Creatinine
eGFR
Eosinophils
Globulin
Lymphocytes
MCH
MCHC
MCV
Metamyelocytes
Monocytes
MPV
Myelocytes
Neutrophils
Nucleated RBC
Plasma Cells
Platelet Count
Platelet Estimation
Potassium
Prolymphocytes
Promyelocytes
Protein, Total
RDW
Reactive Lymphocytes
White Blood Cell Count
Order this panel if any of these fit.
- 1You eat seafood several times a week (mercury) or live near industrial agriculture (arsenic, cadmium)
- 2You're trying to conceive — heavy metals cross the placenta
- 3You have unexplained fatigue, brain fog or peripheral tingling
- 4You're in perimenopause and want a baseline as bone turnover releases stored lead
Three steps, no waiting room.
Choose your panel and complete a 2-minute intake. We schedule your lab visit or at-home phlebotomy appointment right after checkout.
Choose a Quest Diagnostics lab visit or have a certified phlebotomist come to you (available in select ZIP codes at checkout). Draws take about 8 minutes.
Results in 7–10 days - a plain-language report with research-backed ranges for women and flags on anything that warrants follow-up. Share with your own clinician for interpretation.
Things people ask before ordering.
No. Hair gives a long-term exposure proxy and is useful for chronic loads, but blood is the gold standard for current circulating burden — what's actually reaching tissues right now.
Claims on this page are grounded in peer-reviewed research and society guidelines.
- [1]CDC: National Report on Human Exposure to Environmental Chemicals — blood lead in women of reproductive age.CDC NHANES
- [2]ATSDR Toxicological Profile for Cadmium.ATSDR, 2012
- [3]Mahaffey KR et al. Adult women's blood mercury concentrations vary regionally in the United States.Environ Health Perspect, 2009
- [4]Silbergeld EK et al. Lead and osteoporosis: mobilization of lead from bone in postmenopausal women.Environ Res, 1988
EllaDx panels are not a substitute for medical diagnosis. All results are reviewed by a licensed physician. Always consult a qualified clinician about changes to your care.