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Gold... toxic?

• wnevets 9y ago
  there was even an episode of house where the cause was gold poisoning.
  • ars 9y ago
    I'm pretty sure it was silver, not gold. It gives a person a "gray/purple" skin color that makes them look dead. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argyria https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argyria
  • JLK_121416 9y ago
    That doesn't necessarily mean that the element is poisonous per se. Many good/healthy substances are poisonous at high levels,e.g.: Vitamin A poisoning [0] Water poisoning [1] [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypervitaminosis_A https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypervitaminosis_A [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_intoxication https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_intoxication