Copper Fact Sheet

Copper sulfate is absorbed into the body if eaten or inhaled.

Copper fact sheet.

We encourage you to talk to your healthcare providers doctor registered dietitian pharmacist etc about your interest in questions about or use of dietary supplements and what may be best for your overall health. This collection of fact sheets and other resources from the nih office of dietary supplements and other federal government sources presents information about dietary supplements and their ingredients. It is not known whether one form of copper is better than another. However toxicity generally decreases as water hardness increases.

For a reader friendly overview of copper see our consumer fact sheet on copper. Lcr proposal summary and key improvements pdf 3 pp 2 mb october 2019. All copper formulations can be toxic to some species of fish at recommended application rates especially if the water has less than 50 ppm parts per million of carbonate hardness soft water. The comment period is now closed.

See the fact sheet on pets and pesticide use. Copper in dietary supplements is often in the forms of cupric oxide cupric sulfate copper amino acid chelates and copper gluconate. See epa s about pdf page to learn more. This fact sheet by the office of dietary supplements ods provides information that should not take the place of medical advice.

Short term regulatory changes to the lead and copper rule pdf 191 pp 556 k about pdf epa 815 r 07 022 september 2007. What happens to copper sulfate when it enters the body. Epa s proposed lead and copper rule revisions general fact sheet. Epa s lead and copper proposed rule reflects input received from the agency s state local and tribal partners the science advisory board the national drinking water advisory council and best available peer reviewed science.

Revisions to regulations controlling lead in drinking water pdf 4 pp 175 k about pdf epa 815 f 07 003 economic and supporting analyses. The human body adjusts its internal environment to maintain copper equilibrium. This fact sheet provides information about copper and its extraction. Wisconsin department of natural resources copper compounds chemical fact sheet.

Lcr proposal summary and key improvements. It was formed as a result of volcanic activity which resulted in large masses of molten rock and hot water cooling and then solidifying into copper compounds. These include vitamins minerals herbs and botanicals probiotics and more. Copper is a metal which is mined from the earth and used for a number of different purposes.

This is a fact sheet intended for health professionals. You may need a pdf reader to view some of the files on this page. That contain only copper and in other dietary supplements.