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> Weird, your source says the opposite.

No, it doesn't. Your quote truncates a sentence that supports GP's point.




The remainder of that sentence does not suggest anything about density. But, I will ask your expert opinion: What makes metals toxic and what makes heavy metals more or less toxic than other metals?


"Toxicity is a function of solubility."

First sentence of third paragraph in linked wiki page.


I mentioned that specifically in my original comment.


No, you said that uranium (which you say is toxic because of its density) "has some dissolution capability."


It pleases me you can read. For a second I was about to lose faith in humanity.




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