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Life tends to avoid heavy metals in higher concentrations

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English: Essential element and U concentration in tissue of higher plants and animals vs. to the power of 4 of the atomic number of the element.

The higher the Z of an essential element the lower the concentration in tissue, supposedly because of the photoelectric effect.

(after Busby, C. and Schnug, E. (2008). "Advanced biochemical and biophysical aspects of uranium contamination". In: (Eds) De Kok, L.J. and Schnug, E. Loads and Fate of Fertilizer Derived Uranium. Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, The Netherlands, ISBN 978-90-5782-193-6, extended 2023 for animal tissue).
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