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__**Sulfur-s**__ Number of Protons and Electrons: 16 Number of Neutrons: 16 Sulfur is part of four amino acids. Sulfur is available in protein foods like meats, fish, poultry, eggs, milk, and. Egg yolks are one of the better font of sulfur. Other foods that contain sulfur are somewhat smelly foods such as onions, garlic, cabbage, brussels sprouts, and turnips. Sulfur is especially important for humans because it is part of the amino acid methionine, which is an absolute dietary requirement for us. The average person takes in around 900 mg of sulfur per day, mainly in the form of protein. Globally sulphuric substances can have health affect such as neurological effects and behavioral changes. Disturbance of blood circulation, heart damage, effects on eyes and eyesight, reproductive failure, damage to immune systems, stomach and gastrointestinal disorder. Sulphuric substances can also cause damage to liver and kidney functions, hearing defects, and disturbance of the hormonal metabolism, dermatological effects and suffocation and lung embolism.

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