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Q. The waste water from Industries may contain toxic heavy metals having density of more than

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Unlike domestic sewage, waste water from industries like petroleum, paper manufacturing, metal extraction and processing, chemical manufacturing, etc. often contain toxic substances, notably heavy metals (defined as elements with density $> 5g/cm^3)$; such as mercury, cadmium, copper, lead etc.) and a variety of organic compounds.