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heavy metals as pollutants  

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  • Heavy metal is a poorly defined term that refers to a metallic or metalloid element with a high density and high atomic weight. There is considerable disagreement about whether both or only one of the parameters must be high and about where to set the cutoff values for the parameter(s). [Source: Encyclopedia of Geography; Heavy Metals as Pollutants]

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-L81QMQXS-N

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