heavy metal
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- noun
- /ˈhɛvi ˈmɛtəl/
- Specialized
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metal pesado
- But they do contain heavy metals such as mercury, lead and cadmium.
- toxic heavy metals
- heavy metal concentrations
- removal of heavy metals
The cell's packed with heavy metals or toxins.
- The cell's packed with heavy metals or toxins.
- So think alcohol, marijuana, mold, heavy metals in your body, infections.
- What it does, it starts to attract positive elements, so heavy metals and and certain toxins.
- How can I reduce or avoid heavy metals?
- They have growth delays or learning delays from heavy metals.
- A mile below our feet is an ancient ocean floor suffused with heavy metals, radioactivity and methane.
- Because like what was happening is so humans have a lot of heavy metals, then their waste product goes to fertilize food.
- It was a source of mercury from the environment because we were not designed to, for exposures to all these heavy metals.
- One of the key uncertainties and emissions is the key is that when you emit mercury, it doesn't stay because it's a volatile heavy metal, weirdly enough.
- They Now let's talk about the mercury and heavy metal buildup that's in many species of fish like swordfish and even in some tuna.
- But do you pay much attention to how chlorinated and like the heavy metals that are in water and, and, and stuff like that?
Examples
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Others, however, such as sooty carbon and heavy metals, have not been specifically addressed by the LRTAP regime.
Academic text (1992) -
A higher amount of heavy metals is also present in textile effluent.
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For biowaste products, Norway has three different quality classes, based upon the heavy metal content.
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The accumulation of dust containing heavy metals can cause severe health problems.
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The approval is based upon a series of tests on nutrients, heavy metals, and pathogens.
Academic text (1998) -
It contains mercury, arsenic, and over a dozen heavy metals.
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The concentrations of six heavy metals in sediments were elevated, especially in the central muddy areas.
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Stabilization is used to treat a wide range of contaminants, ranging from heavy metals to pesticides.
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The main pollutants causing soil contamination include heavy metals, pesticides, and toxic chemical substances (Tseng 1989).
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The contaminated site was filled with heavy metals such as lead and mercury that pose significant health risks.
Surface Forms
Morphology
There is a partial link between the constituents and the genre: 'heavy' can metaphorically signal intensity or loudness, and 'metal' is used as a label for a music style in many languages. However, the music sense of 'metal' and the compound meaning 'a loud, aggressive rock genre' cannot be fully predicted from the literal definitions of 'heavy' (weight) and 'metal' (element) without prior exposure, so the transparency is limited.
Etymology
Heavy metal comes from the simple idea of a heavy (very weighty) metal — think lead or mercury that feel heavy in your hand. Because many of these metals are harmful, the name now means 'a dense, often toxic metal'.