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Q: Why do heavy metals like hg2 and pb2 cause poisoning?
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Can a penny necklace poison you?

If you have sensitive skin or you are allergic to metals you can get a rash or irritated skin. But it will not give you heavy metal poisoning like lead or iron.


What elements cause bio-interference?

Heavy metals like mercury (Hg) and Lead (Pb)


Do Cherokee Indians cause cancer?

No, under normal circumstances Cherokee's cause "Lead Poisoning" that normally results in death before any effect of a 'heavy metal' (like lead) can cause cancer.


What heavy metals that can be taken up by plants?

The metals having density more than 5 are usually known as heavy metals. Density of some heavy metals is as below: Zinc (Zn) 7.13 Iron (Fe) 7.87 Copper (Cu) 8.96 Silver (Ag) 10.49 Lead (Pb) 11.36 Mercury (Hg) 13.55 We use fertilizers which contain elements having density more 5 or more than 5 like zinc sulphate or copper sulphate ets. so we can say that plants take these heavy metals in shape of fertilizers.


Is nickel a heavy metal?

No. Heavy metals include things like Lead (Pb)


What effects do heavy metals have on human bodies?

The heavy metals like lead and mercury are toxic to our human bodies as the body system has no means of getting rid of them.


What can cause animal poisoning?

A number of things can cause animal poisoning. Things like lead paint, insecticides, chocolate, rat and mouse poisons, gasoline, and much more can cause posioning.


Which resources are significantly polluted by heavy metals like mercury?

soil and water


Do heavy metals like copper sulphate influence seed growth?

Yes.


Why is silver heavy?

Certain groups of people try to classify silver as a heavy metal such as cadmium and mercury, in order to promote fear mongering regarding the use of silver in medicine. The term "heavy metals" is both meaningless and misleading. Just about anything can be toxic if used abusively. In truth, silver, gold, copper and platinum are noble metals, not "heavy metals" like mercury, plutonium or lead. If you look it up in the Wikipedia encyclopedia, it is not found in the list of heavy metals.


Why are breasts heavy?

cause thats how guys like them


Why heavy metals like lead pb are volatile?

Lead is actually not very volatile, nor is any other heavy metal. But a characteristic of metals beyond the atomic number of 84 are unstable and decays into lighter elements.