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The Elements in the Second Rank

Table of Contents

Summary and Conclusions
         
1 Introduction
1.1 Background
1.2 Scope
1.3 Project team
1.4 Activities
         
2 Selecting Elements for this Study
2.1 The classical heavy metals
2.2 Selecting elements for this study
         
3 Elements in the Second Rank - an Overview
3.1 Uses and amounts
3.2 Dispersal to and levels in the environment
3.3 Health effects
3.4 Environmental properties
3.4.1 Environmental chemistry
3.4.2 Aquatic toxicity
3.4.3 Bioaccumulation
3.5 Existing regulation
         
4 Evaluation of Potential Impacts
4.1 Evaluation of the 11 metals
4.1.1 Antimony
4.1.2 Beryllium
4.1.3 Bismuth
4.1.4 Boron
4.1.5 Gallium
4.1.6 Indium
4.1.7 Lithium
4.1.8 Molybdenum
4.1.9 Palladium
4.1.10 Platinum
4.1.11 Vanadium
4.2 The classic heavy metals versus the second rank metals
4.3 Data quality
         
5 Conclusions
         
6 Literature
         
Appendix A: Datasheets for the 11 metals

 

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