toxic metals
Dangerous metallic substances
Toxic metals are metallic elements that poison living organisms even in small amounts.
Lead, mercury, arsenic, and cadmium are common examples—they accumulate in body tissues and disrupt biological processes.
The term appears in environmental science, medicine, and public health: The water supply was contaminated with toxic metals.
Heavy metals overlaps in meaning but technically refers to density, not toxicity.
- cadmiumElement forty-eight
- arsenicToxic metalloid element
- antimonyBrittle metalloid, symbol Sb
- poisonHarmful ingested substance
- poison controlToxicology emergency service
thallium · neurotoxicity · brain damage · Minamata disease · carcinogenicity · beryllium · bioaccumulation · blood test · lead · lead paint · old pipes · water supply · industrial waste · mercury · electronic waste · battery recycling · mining activities · factory runoff
- pollutantspollutants, pollutant, contaminant, contaminants, toxin
- toxic metalsarsenic, cadmium, chromium, nickel, lead poisoning
- mining pollutiontailings, water contamination, groundwater pollution, effluent, seepage
- e-wastee-waste, computers, laptops, smartphones, phones
- mercury pollutionmercury poisoning, mercury exposure, mercury vapor, methylmercury, mercury contamination
- metal miningcopper mine, open-pit mine, underground mine, ore veins, mineral veins
toxic metalsmicronutrients
Vital substances needed minimally
essential nutrients · zinc · iron · magnesium · calcium
metal, toxic, metals, metallic, intoxicated, nontoxic, intoxicating, intoxicate, intoxication