toxic elements
Dangerous chemical components
Toxic elements are substances—typically chemical elements like lead, mercury, arsenic, or cadmium—that are poisonous to living organisms even in small amounts.
The phrase appears in environmental science, toxicology, and public health discussions: The soil was tested for toxic elements.
More loosely, toxic elements can describe harmful components of any system: We need to identify the toxic elements in our workplace culture.
- heavy metalsDense metallic environmental contaminants
- thalliumSoft toxic metallic element
- uraniumElement ninety-two
- leadDense metal, symbol Pb
- lead paintPigment containing heavy metal
dioxins · mercury · plutonium · strontium-90 · nuclear fallout · ricin · rat poison · cadmium · radon · americium · antimony · cesium-137 · aflatoxins · arsenic · iodine-131 · thorium · chromium · nerve agents
- Metal Poisoninglead poisoning, mercury poisoning, arsenic poisoning, heavy metal poisoning, heavy metals
- element groupsalkali metals, halogens, noble gases, transition metals, lanthanides
toxic elementsvitamins
Essential organic nutrients
micronutrients · essential nutrients · nutrients · essential elements · trace minerals
toxic elementseco-friendly materials
Substances minimizing environmental harm
sustainable materials · natural elements · organic compounds
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