copper is a very common element in water resources. for this reason, concerns about the risks and consequences of this element in water contamination are arising. the purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of water-born cuo (copper (ii) oxide) on the rainbow trout, oncorhynchus mykiss gill tissue to establish a suitable biomarker for copper in water resources. samples with 18±3g b...

OWEN, CHARLES A., JR., and JANE B. HAZELRIG. Copper deJi&nc~ and copper toxicify in the rat. Am. J, Physiol. 215(Z) : 334-338. I968.-Changes in metabolism of an intravexmusly injected tracer dose of 64Cu were measured in Sprague-Dawley rats subjected to copper loading, by addition of cupric acetate to the drinking water, or made copper deficient, by use of a milk-powder diet and copper-free wat...

One possible dietary factor that may increase susceptibility to colon cancer is inadequate copper intake. The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of low and adequate copper intakes on copper nutriture and putative risk factors for colon cancer susceptibility in healthy men. Seventeen healthy free-living nonsmoking men aged 21-52 y completed a 13-wk controlled feeding study in...

A simple and fast method to prepare robust superhydrophobic octadecylphosphonic acid (ODPA) coating on oxidized copper mesh for self-cleaning and oil/water separation is reported here. The substrate of the copper mesh was first oxidized by simple immersion in an aqueous solution of 1.0 M NaOH and 0.05 M K2S2O8 at room temperature for 30 min, which was then covered with micro- and nanoscale Cu(O...

Copper concentration was estimated in tap water samples obtained from 70 households in Zagreb, serviced by a public water supply system. First-draw and flushed samples of tap water were collected in the morning and total copper concentration was determined by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry with Zeeman-effect background correction. We also estimated the contribution of plumbing ...

Dissolved copper is an important nonpoint source pollutant in aquatic ecosystems worldwide. Copper is neurotoxic to fish and is specifically known to interfere with the normal function of the peripheral olfactory nervous system. However,the influence of water chemistry on the bioavailability and toxicity of copper to olfactory sensory neurons is not well understood. Here we used electrophysiolo...

The aim of this study was to determine whether total copper or soluble copper concentration is associated with gastrointestinal signs and symptoms. Forty-five healthy adult women (18-55 years of age), living in Santiago, Chile, ingested tap water with 5 mg/L of copper containing different ratios of soluble copper (copper sulfate) and insoluble copper (copper oxide) over a 9-week period. Three r...

A simple, rapid and sensitive spectrophotometric method has been developed for the determination of trace amounts of copper in tap water, polluted water, human hair and alloys. The proposed method is based on the reaction of copper with potassium iodide in acidic medium to liberate iodine, which bleaches violet color of azure B and the absorbance is measured at 644nm. This decrease in absorbanc...

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The latest approach to control of midge larvae in drinking-water supplies is suppression of the planktonic 1st-stage larvae, by using 2 disinfectants, chloramine and copper sulfate. The median lethal concentration for 24-h exposure of the 1st-stage larvae of Chironomus luridus to chloramine and copper sulfate individually was 0.51 and 0.38 mg/liter, respectively. The increase of copper sulfate ...