Copper toxicity

<p>Copper toxicity (or Copperiedus) is a type of <a href="/facts/Metal_poisoning/23rAhhVy">metal poisoning</a> caused by an excess of <a href="/facts/Copper/I8PEE8oX">copper</a> in the body. Copperiedus could occur from consuming excess copper salts, but most commonly it is the result of the genetic condition <a href="/facts/Wilson%2527s_disease/Ktq8N2Uk">Wilson's disease</a> and <a href="/facts/Menke%2527s_disease/9boaelPE">Menke's disease</a>, which are associated with mismanaged transport and storage of copper ions. Copper is essential to human health as it is a component of many proteins, but hypercupremia (high copper level in the blood) can lead to copper toxicity if it persists and rises high enough.
</p><p>Chronic toxicity by copper is rare.  The suggested safe level of copper in <a href="/facts/Drinking_water/FmSJcKGG">drinking water</a> for humans varies depending on the source, but tends to be pegged at 1.3 mg/L.  So low is the toxicity of copper that copper(II) sulfate is a routine reagent in undergraduate chemistry laboratories.
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Copper toxicity