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"The bottom line is that arsenic is a heavy metal, like lead, and all heavy metals are dangerous and carcinogenic." Gold, iron, tin are are all "heavy metals"
by redprince 2y ago
"The bottom line is that arsenic is a heavy metal, like lead, and all
heavy metals are dangerous and carcinogenic."
Gold, iron, tin are are all "heavy metals" and are certainly not carcinogenic or dangerous.
- hobs 2y agoThose are not considered heavy metals in toxicology.
- 1970-01-01 2y agoThat's their point. Heavy as in "has some gravity to it" is an unambiguous term in all other sciences except toxicology.
- amluto 2y agoGo ask an astronomer what a “metal” is :)
- cozzyd 2y agoI guess Iron Maiden should rebrand as Cadmium Maiden
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- gus_massa 2y agoI remember from a video of Cody's Lab that metallic gold is safe, but oxidized gold is toxic. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold#Toxicity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold#Toxicity But it's very difficult to oxidize gold, and even gold the salts try to go back to the metallic form, so most of the times it's not a problem.