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19 August 2015 Last updated at 08:21

FluorineMan using deodorant spray

How 1970s deodorant is still doing harm

Hands x-rayedTechnetium

The elusive element that can make bones glow

Chrysler BuildingChromium

The element that made the 20th Century shine

More elements

  • Wine decanterLead

    The fatal attraction of this sweet poison

  • Vial of caesiumCaesium

    The element that redefined time

  • Aluminium bromine reactionBromine

    Should we fear this toxic red liquid?

  • Pellet of plutoniumPlutonium

    A voyage into the unknown

  • SandSilicon

    After the chip, another technology revolution?

  • Sulphur blocks near Highway 63 in AlbertaSulphur

    A glut of this diabolical mineral

  • TungstenTungsten

    Heavier, hotter, harder

  • KnifeVanadium

    Legendary swords and giant batteries

  • Bean and bombNitrogen

    The bringer of life and death

  • A bakelite telephoneCarbon Plastics

    Cheap and ubiquitous

  • Woman in swimming pool Chlorine

    The poison gas in salt

  • Bar of soap Sodium

    Soap, paper and murder

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