The document provides information about several elements that can be harmful to humans and the environment, including mercury, uranium, aluminum, selenium, fluorine, and their negative health effects and environmental impacts. Mercury exposure can harm the nervous, immune and digestive systems. Uranium exposure poses both chemical and radiological risks like kidney damage. Aluminum intake is linked to neurological and bone disorders. Selenium in large amounts can damage organs. Fluorine compounds are toxic if ingested. Many elements accumulate in wildlife and water sources, concentrating up the food chain and affecting ecosystems.
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3. The things we are using in our daily lives
are composed of different elements. Some
elements are very useful but some are
toxic and their harm to humans and the
environment outweighs their benefit to the
society. Here are some examples of
harmful elements both to you and the
environment.
4. Harmful elements
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Lead
Mercury
Uranium Radon
Aluminum Osmium
Selenium Carbon
Fluorine Beryllium
5. Mercury Click on a tab
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• Discovery: Known to the ancient Hindus and
Chinese. Mercury has been found in Egyptian
tombs dating to 1500 B.C.
• Word Origin: from the Planet Mercury; Hg is the
symbol for Hydrargyrum, which means liquid silver
• Mercury is one of the few elements that is liquid at
ordinary room temperatures.
• It is a relatively poor conductor of heat, but a fair
conductor of electricity.
• An electrical discharge will cause mercury to
combine with the noble gases argon, krypton,
neon, and xenon.
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6. Mercury Click on a tab
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• It is used in thermometers because it has a large
thermal expansion which is constant over a large
temperature range although it is being phased out
in favor of safer liquids.
• It is also used in barometers an manometers due
to its high density. From this it has also become a
way of measuring pressure in millimetres of
mercury.
• It is still sometimes used in electrical switches as a
liquid contact.
• Mercury also used to be used as a component for
dental amalgams for making fillings for teeth. This
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7. Mercury Click on a tab
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• Methylmercury [CH3Hg] is the most toxic form. It
affects the immune system, alters genetic and
enzyme systems, and damages the nervous
system, including coordination and the senses of
touch, taste, and sight.
• Methylmercury is particularly damaging to
developing embryos, which are five to ten times
more sensitive than adults.
• Exposure to methylmercury is usually by ingestion,
and it is absorbed more readily and excreted more
slowly than other forms of mercury.
• Elemental mercury, Hg(0), the form released from
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broken thermometers, causes tremors, gingivitis, main element
and excitability when vapors are inhaled over a
long period of time.
8. Mercury Click on a tab
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• reductions in loon chick production has been
found in lakes where mercury concentrations in
eggs exceed concentrations that are toxic in
laboratory studies.
• Mercury is ubiquitous in the environment.
Spewing from volcanoes, evaporating off bodies of
water, and rising as gas from the Earth's crust, the
poisonous, metallic element floats in the air as
vapor or binds to particles. Eventually it falls to the
Earth to settle in sediment, oceans, and lakes, or
reenters the atmosphere by evaporation.
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9. Mercury Click on a tab
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• Manufacture of paints, various household items,
and pesticides uses mercury; the finished product
and the waste products released into air and water
may contain mercury.
• The aquatic food chain can concentrate organic
mercury compounds in fish and seafood, which, if
eaten by humans, can affect the central nervous
system, impairing muscle, vision, and cerebral
function, leading to paralysis and sometimes death
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10. Uranium Click on a tab
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• Word Origin: Named after the planet Uranus
• Isotopes: Uranium has sixteen isotopes. All of the
isotopes are radioactive.
• Uranium is a heavy, lustrous, silvery-white metal,
capable of taking a high polish
• When exposed to air, uranium metal becomes
coated with a layer of oxide.
• Uranium is of great importance as a nuclear fuel.
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11. Uranium Click on a tab
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• Making coloured glassware
• Ballast in the tails of 747 planes.
• Ballast in the hulls of 'America's Cup' racing yachts
• Used as fuel in fission reactors for power stations.
• Uranium salts are used as mordants for dyes.
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12. Uranium Click on a tab
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• Exposure to uranium can result in both chemical
and radiological toxicity.
• kidney toxicity can be caused by breathing air
containing uranium dusts or by eating substances
containing uranium, which then enters the
bloodstream. Once in the bloodstream, the
uranium compounds are filtered by the kidneys,
where they can cause damage to the kidney cells.
Very high uranium intakes (ranging from about 50
to 150 mg depending on the individual) can cause
acute kidney failure and death.
• At lower intake levels (around 25 to 40 mg),
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protein and dead cells in the urine, but there are
no other symptoms.
13. Uranium Click on a tab
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• Uranium is a radioactive material that is very
reactive. As a result it cannot be found in the
environment in its elemental form.]
• The water-solubility of a uranium compound
determines its mobility in the environment, as well
as its toxicity.
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14. Uranium Click on a tab
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• If maintenance on the use of Uranium in power
plants is not properly handled, workers in the
power plant and residents in the power plant will
be affected.
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15. Aluminum Click on a tab
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• is a chemical element in the boron group with
symbol Al and atomic number 13.
• It is silvery white, and it is not soluble in water
under normal circumstances.
• Aluminium is the third most abundant element
(after oxygen and silicon), and the most abundant
metal, in the Earth's crust.
• It makes up about 8% by weight of the Earth's solid
surface.
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16. Aluminum Click on a tab
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• One of the most common end uses of aluminum is
packaging, including drinks cans, foil wrappings,
bottle tops and foil containers.
• Aluminum's unbeatable strength to weight ratio
gives it many uses in the transport industry.
• Since 1945 aluminum has been used in high
voltage electrical transmission, in place of copper
as it is the most cost efficient power line material.
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17. Aluminum Click on a tab
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• mental status changes,
• Learning Disabilities,
• speech disturbances,
• coarse tremors
• produces an abnormal EEG;
• Inhibits cell division during the "S Phase";
• fosters bone disorders, including fractures;
• causes a microcytic hypoproliferative anemia;
• is a toxic agent in the etiology of Alzheimer's
disease; kills liver cells.
• Causes blood to clot at 3–4 ppm, causing strokes
and heart attacks.
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18. Aluminum Click on a tab
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• The concentrations of aluminum appear to be
highest in acidified lakes. In these lakes the
number of fish and amphibians is declining due to
reactions of aluminum ions with proteins in the
gills of fish and the embryo's of frogs.
• upon birds and other animals that consume
contaminated fish and insects and upon animals
that breathe in aluminum through air. The
consequences for birds that consume
contaminated fish are eggshell thinning and chicks
with low birth-weights.
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• aluminum can damage the roots of trees when it is
located in groundwater.
19. Aluminum Click on a tab
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• We use aluminum in different kitchenware and in
our food even though living cells make no good
use of aluminum. Aluminum can make you very ill.
Some people are allergic to aluminum and will
develop a skin rash
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20. Selenium Click on a tab
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• a chemical element with symbol Se and atomic
number 34.
• It is a nonmetal with properties that are
intermediate between those of its periodic table
column-adjacent chalcogen elements sulfur and
tellurium.
• It rarely occurs in its elemental state in nature, or
as pure ore compounds.
• was discovered in 1817 by Jöns Jakob Berzelius,
who noted the similarity of the new element to
the previously-known tellurium
• Comes from the Greek word selene which means
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21. Selenium Click on a tab
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• Selenium exhibits both photovoltaic action, where
light is converted directly into electricity, and
photoconductive action, where the electrical
resistance decreases with increased illumination.
• These properties make selenium useful in the
production of photocells and exposure meters for
photographic use, as well as solar cells.
• Selenium is also able to convert a.c. electricity to
d.c., and is extensively used in rectifiers the solid is
a p-type semiconductor and is useful in electronic
and solid-state applications
• used in photocopying for reproducing and copying
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• photographic toner
• additive for stainless steel
22. Selenium Click on a tab
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• Nervousness debility
• Depression • Epistaxis
• convulsions • G.I. disturbances
• vomiting • dermatitis
• Cough • irritation of nose &
• dyspnea throat.
• abdominal pain • Hydrogen selenide can
• Diarrhea cause pneumonitis and
• somnolence damage to liver, kidney
• Fall in blood pressure and spleen. (arthritis;
• respiratory failure & eruptions and yellowish
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• red staining of fingers,
teeth and hair marked
23. Selenium Click on a tab
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• Low levels of selenium can end up in soils or water
through weathering of rocks or end up in air when
it is adsorbed on fine dust particles. Selenium is
most likely to enter the air through coal and oil
combustion, as selenium dioxide. This substance
will be converted into selenium acid in water or
sweat.
• Usually the bio magnification of selenium starts
when animals eat a lot of plants that have been
absorbing large amounts of selenium, prior to
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reproductive failure and birth defects.
24. Selenium Click on a tab
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• Selenium sulfide is classified as a human
carcinogen, or a cancer-causing substance. Oral
ingestion of selenium sulfide can increase your risk
of developing certain cancers as well as increase
your risk for developing upper respiratory
infections. If you accidentally ingest selenium
sulfide, rinse your mouth out with water and seek
medical attention immediately.
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25. Fluorine Click on a tab
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• Fluorine (F2) is a poisonous pale yellow gaseous
element found in Group VIIb (i.e. the Halogen
Group of elements) of the periodic table.
• Fluorine is the most reactive element known.
• It reacts violently with water liberating oxygen and
forming hydrofluoric acid (HF).
• Fluorine even reacts with some of the normally
inert noble gases such as Krypton and Xenon.
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26. Fluorine Click on a tab
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• Some compounds of fluorine added to toothpastes
to prevent dental cavities. These are now regularly
added to water as well.
• Most general anesthetics are derived from
compounds of fluorine.
• Anti-reflective coatings contain compounds of
fluorine.
• Fluorine can be used for plasma etching, flat panel
display and MEMS fabrication.
• Used to etch glass, usually in light bulbs.
• Compounds of fluorine are used in refrigeration
and air-conditioning systems.
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27. Fluorine Click on a tab
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• In high concentrations, soluble fluoride salts are
toxic and skin or eye contact with high
concentrations of many fluoride salts is dangerous.
• ingested fluoride initially acts locally on the
intestinal mucosa, where it forms hydrofluoric acid
in the stomach.
• Gastrointestinal symptoms
• Consumption of fluoride at levels beyond those
used in fluoridated water for a long period of time
causes skeletal fluorosis.
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28. Fluorine Click on a tab
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• Too much fluoride, wheater taken in form the soil
by roots, or asdorbed from the atmosphere by the
leaves, retards the growth of plants and reduces
crop yields. Those more affected are corns and
apricots.
• In India an estimated 60 million people have been
poisoned by well water contaminated by excessive
fluoride, which is dissolved from the granite rocks.
• Animals that eat fluorine-containing plants may
accumulate large amounts of fluorine in their
bodies. nimals that are exposed to high
concentrations of fluorine suffer from dental decay
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• it can cause low birth-weights. To animals
29. Fluorine Click on a tab
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• Fluoride is used as an insecticide and a roach killer.
Even at the level they use to fluoridate your public
water supply, usually at the rate of about 1 part
fluoride for every million parts of water (1 ppm) by
weight, it causes severe problems. As little as one-
tenth of an ounce of fluoride will cause death. It is
more poisonous than lead and just slightly less
poisonous than arsenic.
• Too much drinking of fluoridated water affects the
health.
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30. Lead Click on a tab
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• a chemical element in the carbon group with
symbol Pb (from Latin: plumbum) and atomic
number 82.
• Lead is a soft, malleable poor metal. It is also
counted as one of the heavy metals.
• Metallic lead has a bluish-white color after being
freshly cut, but it soon tarnishes to a dull grayish
color when exposed to air.
• Lead has a shiny chrome-silver luster when it is
melted into a liquid.
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31. Lead Click on a tab
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• building construction,
• ead-acid batteries
• bullets and shots
• weights
• pewters
• fusible alloys
• radiation shield.
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32. Lead Click on a tab
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• abdominal cramps
• learning disabilities
• attention deficit disorder
• constipation, anemia
• tiredness,
• nerve damage
• Vomiting
• convulsions
• Anorexia
• brain damage.
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33. Lead Click on a tab
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• uneven distribution of lead in ecosystems can
displace other metals from the binding sites on the
organic matter. It may hinder the chem-ical
breakdown of inorganic soil fragments and lead in
the soil may become more soluble, thus being
more readily available to be taken up by plants.
• The uptake of lead by the roots of the plant may
be reduced with the application of calcium and
phosphorus to the soil.
• Lead affects the central nervous system of animals
and inhibits their ability to synthesize red blood
cells. Lead blood concentrations of above 40 µg/dl
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domestic animals.
34. Lead Click on a tab
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• Lead is sometimes used on children’s toys though
it is extremely poisonous especially when
consumed by young children .
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35. Radon Click on a tab
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• Radon is a chemical element with symbol Rn and
atomic number 86.
• It is a radioactive, colorless, odorless, tasteless
noble gas, occurring naturally as an indirect decay
product of uranium or thorium
• Its most stable isotope
• Radon is one of the densest substances that
remains a gas under normal conditions.
• considered a health hazard due to its radioactivity.
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36. Radon Click on a tab
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• occasional therapeutic use
• earthquake prediction
• radiation therapy in hospitals
• Cancer treatment
• Arthritis treatment
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37. Radon Click on a tab
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• causes the highest amount of lung cancer deaths
annually, after smoking.
• emphysema
• pulmonary fibrosis
• chronic interstitial pneumonia
• silicosis
• respiratory lesions
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38. Radon Click on a tab
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• Radon occurs in the environment mainly in the
gaseous phase. Consequently, people are mainly
exposed to radon through breathing air.
• Most of the radon compounds found in the
environment derive from human activities. Radon
enters the environment through the soil, through
uranium and phosphate mines, and through coal
combustion.
• In the air, radon compounds will attach to dust and
other particles. Radon can also move downwards
in the soil and enter the groundwater. However,
most of the radon will remain in the soil and affect
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39. Radon Click on a tab
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• Several scientists agree that radon, even at base
level, has a one in 100 risk of death and, therefore,
there is no safe level of radon gas.
• We might not be aware that we are already
inhaling radon because radon is odorless and
colorless If you live in a home with radon level
higher than 4 pCi/L, you are exposed to more than
35 times more radiation than if you were living
next to a radioactive waste site.
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40. Osmium Click on a tab
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• a chemical element with the symbol Os and atomic
number 76.
• It is a hard, brittle, blue-gray or blue-black
transition metal in the platinum family and is the
densest naturally occurring element.
• Osmium has a blue-gray tint and is the densest
stable element, slightly denser than iridium
• Osmium has seven naturally occurring isotopes, six
of which are stable
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41. Osmium Click on a tab
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• fountain pen tips
• Instrument pivots
• Needles
• electrical contacts.
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42. Osmium Click on a tab
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• lung congestion
• skin damage
• severe eye damage.
• Upon inhalation it can cause Burning sensation.
Cough. Headache. Wheezing. Shortness of breath.
Visual disturbances.
• In Skin it can cause Redness, Skin burns. Pain. Skin
discoloration. Blisters.
• In the Eyes it can cause Redness. Pain. Blurred
vision. Loss of vision. Severe deep burns.
• In Ingestion it can cause Abdominal cramps.
Burning sensation. Shock or collapse.
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43. Osmium Click on a tab
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• osmium ecotoxicity to be very low because of its
strength as an oxidizer, that makes it be readily
converted to the dioxide, a form of the metal that
is reasonably innocuous.
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44. Osmium Click on a tab
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• osmium should only be used by highly practiced
chemists because it is highly toxic and others
should not attempt to use it anymore.
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45. Carbon Click on a tab
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• the chemical element with symbol C and atomic
number 6.
• it is nonmetallic and tetravalent—making four
electrons available to form covalent chemical
bonds
• Carbon exists free in nature and has been known
since prehistoric time.
• Latin carbo, German Kohlenstoff, French carbone:
coal or charcoal
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46. Carbon Click on a tab
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• Diamond is prized as a gemstone and is used for
cutting, drilling, and as bearings.
• Graphite is used as a crucible for melting metals,
• n pencils, for rust protection
• for lubrication
• a moderator for slowing neutrons for atomic
fission.
• Amorphous carbon is used for removing tastes and
odors.
• Automobiles
• Fuel fired furnaces
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47. Carbon Click on a tab
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• it displaces the oxygen molecules which means
that the body tissues do not receive any oxygen -
leading to suffocation of the cells.
• headache
• Nausea
• Vomiting
• they may become confused and unable to think
clearly they may say they have a sensation of
pressure in the head or roaring in the ears.
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48. Carbon Click on a tab
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• CO contributes to the formation of smog, ground-
level ozone, which can trigger serious respiratory
problems.
• when in excess of the normal amount due to over
use of fosil fuels such as oil coal or natural gas, will
clog up the atmosphere with greenhouse gasses
• Carbon monoxide is a temporary atmospheric
pollutant in some urban areas, chiefly from the
exhaust of internal combustion engines
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49. Carbon Click on a tab
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• Some of the materials we use everyday contains
Carbon like Fireplaces and woodstoves Gas stoves,
Gas dryers , Charcoal grills etc. we use them
everyday but we are ignorant to the fact that they
are very harmful and toxic
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50. Beryllium Click on a tab
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• chemical element with the symbol Be and atomic
number 4
• Because any beryllium synthesized in stars is short-
lived, it is a relatively rare element in both the
universe and in the crust of the Earth.
• As a free element it is a steel-gray, strong,
lightweight and brittle alkaline earth metal.
• Beryllium is corrosive to tissue, and can cause a
chronic life-threatening allergic disease called
berylliosis in some people.
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51. Beryllium Click on a tab
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• radiation windows for X-ray tubes. Beryllium is
used in the pipes of many high-energy particle
physics collision experiments .The stiffness of the
metal allows a powerful vacuum to be created.
• high-speed aircraft, missiles, space vehicles and
communication satellites.
• one component of metal springs, non-sparking
tools and electrical contacts.
• Naval personnel use beryllium tools when working
on or near naval mines.
• Beryllium mirrors can be used in telescopes.
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52. Beryllium Click on a tab
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• It's most harmful when inhaled, as it can cause
CBD, chronic beryllium disease, a lung
inflammation.
• Can cause pneumonia-like condition called Acute
Beryllium Disease.
• Weakness
• Fatigue
• Difficulty Breathing
• Weight Loss or Anorexia
• Enlargement of the Right Side of the Heart
• Heart Disease
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53. Beryllium Click on a tab
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• The main adverse effect of Beryllium on the
environment comes from its compounds through
industrial waste
• beryllium has been shown to cause ulcers in dogs
that have ingested it.
• Exposure to water-soluble beryllium compounds in
the environment, in general, will pose a greater
threat to human health than exposure to water-
insoluble forms.
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54. Beryllium Click on a tab
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• Too much use of beryllium can lead to different
kinds of diseases. People working in space crafts
should take extra precaution because inhalation of
beryllium has many negative effects
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55. We may not realize it, but we are doing
/using things which are unhealthy for us.
Now that you know some of the elements
that are harmful and some of the common
items that contain them and what they can
do we should try to be a little more careful
with our actions in order to live a long and
healthy life and even though these
elements may be beneficial to us, too much
use may cause us harm.
56. Always remember
Too much
Of something
Is bad
If we abuse these elements, we will be the
ones that will suffer.