Is Cuprons Copper technology considered a heavy metal ?
• Copper is listed in some literature as a heavy metal. • The term “heavy metal” refers to any metallic element that has a relatively high density and is poisonous at low concentrations such as the frequently mentioned elements of mercury, cadmium, arsenic, chromium, thallium and lead. • Heavy metals are dangerous because they bio-accumulate. Compounds accumulate in living things any time they are ingested (taken) and stored faster than they are broken down (metabolized by oxidative and conjugative path ways) and excreted. • Copper is one of the 11 essential metals required for human health. Please note that silver is not on this list of essential metals. • We absorb various amounts of copper each day as a natural part of our daily lives. • Copper can be found in many kinds of foods and in our drinking water. • Copper has been used in IUD’s for over 25 years. • Too much soluble copper can cause adverse health problems in the wrong situation……but these issues are related to the solu
