Heavy metals
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Metallic elements, including those required for plant and animal nutrition, in trace concentration but which become toxic at higher concentrations. Examples are mercury, chromium, cadmium, and lead.
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a dense (= heavy in relation to its size) and usually poisonous metal, such as lead
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