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Mystery Disease Outbreak in Egyptian Village Alarms Health Authorities: Investigation Underway - BNN Breaking (bnn.network)

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Health Ministry Takes Action: Investigating the Strange Disease Outbreak In a concerning turn of events, over 200 people in the Egyptian village of Al-aleikat, located in the Qena governorate, have been infected with a mysterious disease, causing alarm among the residents.

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[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not sure in what quantities but a few rare earths do appear in bauxite deposits.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Looking at a table of Goldshmidt classifications, chromium and vanadium should too. None of those are usually called heavy metals, though.