Copper: Environmental Health Criteria Series No. 200

by International Labour Office and UNEP

This book evaluates the risks to human health and the environment posed by exposure to copper, a malleable metal found naturally in a wide variety of mineral salts and organic compounds, and in the metallic form. Copper is an essential element for all biota. It is widely used in cooking utensils and water distribution systems, in fertilizers, bactericides, fungicides, algicides, and antifouling paints, and in animal feed additives and growth promoters...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9241572000
• ISBN13: 9789241572002
• Release Date: March 1999
• Publisher: World Health Organization
• Length: 382 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"