| Element | Acute exposure | Chronic exposure | Condition |
| Cadmium | Pneumonitis (lung inflammation) | Lung cancer Osteomalacia (softening of bones) Proteinuria (excess protein in urine; possible kidney damage) | Cadmium poisoning |
| Mercury | Diarrhea Fever Vomiting | Stomatitis (inflammation of gums and mouth) Nausea Nephrotic syndrome (nonspecific kidney disorder) Neurasthenia (neurotic disorder) Parageusia (metallic taste) Pink Disease (pain and pink discoloration of hands and feet) tremor | Mercury poisoning |
| Lead | Encephalopathy (brain dysfunction) Nausea Vomiting | Anemia Encephalopathy Foot drop/wrist drop (palsy) Nephropathy (kidney disease) | Lead poisoning |
| Chromium | Gastrointestinal hemorrhage (bleeding) Hemolysis (red blood cell destruction) Acute renal failure | Pulmonary fibrosis (lung scarring) Lung cancer | Chromium toxicity |
| Arsenic | Nausea Vomiting Diarrhea Encephalopathy Multi-organ effects Arrhythmia Painful neuropathy | Diabetes Hypopigmentation/Hyperkeratosis Cancer | Arsenic poisoning |
| Zinc |
| Acute gastrointestinal and respiratory damages and acute heart, brain and kidney damages | Zinc toxicity |
| Nickel | Respiratory, skin and heart aches | Total defects in infants, cardiovascular defects and defects of the musculoskeletal system | Nickel toxicity |
| Copper | Flu-like condition known as metal fever, vomiting, diarrhea, stomach cramps, and nausea | Wilson’s disease, characterized by a hepatic cirrhosis, brain damage, demyelization, renal disease, and copper deposition in the cornea, and even death | Copper poisoning |
| Selenium | Decreased synthesis of thyroid hormones and metabolism of growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor-1 | Neurotoxicity, nail and hair loss and dermatitis | Selenium poisoning |
| Colbalt | Vomiting and nausea, vision problems | Lung effects, such as asthma and pneumonia, heart problems, thyroid damage | Cobalt Poisoning |
| Uranium | Mild aches | Kidney disease, cancer with enriched uranium, inhibit the processes carbohydrates metabolism by the inhibition of enzyme systems, childhood and breast cancer in high prone zones | Uranium Poisoning |