• Question: can you name some different types of metals that are in the periodic table and are the dangerous

    Asked by anon-186551 to Verity, Trystan, Danny, Andy on 13 Nov 2018.
    • Photo: Danny Ward

      Danny Ward answered on 13 Nov 2018:

      All metals have the potential to be dangerous, too much of anything is bad! Some particularly nasty ones include mercury (which can make people go crazy if they get too much), arsenic (can cause cancer) or cadmium (can lead to organ damage). We rarely encounter these elements though and if we ever do, usually its in such low amounts it won’t hurt us so nothing to worry about!

    • Photo: Trystan Leng

      Trystan Leng answered on 13 Nov 2018:

      Some metals, such as plutonium, polonium, and uranium, are extremely radioactive and therefore very dangerous to be exposed to!

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