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Humans plunder the periodic table while turning blind eye to the risks of doing so, say researchers

phys.org Humans plunder the periodic table while turning blind eye to the risks of doing so, say researchers

For millions of years, nature has basically been getting by with just a few elements from the periodic table. Carbon, calcium, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, phosphorus, silicon, sulfur, magnesium and potassium are the building blocks of almost all life on our planet (tree trunks, leaves, hairs, teeth,...

Humans plunder the periodic table while turning blind eye to the risks of doing so, say researchers
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