Coptrol Environmental Safety

Humans

The three components of Coptrol are specifically exempted from

the schedules of the *NHMRC Uniform Poisons Standard.

*National Health and Medicine Research Council of Australia.

Copper is a normal component of the human body. The total copper

content of an average adult ranges from 100‑150 mg and a daily

intake of about 2 mg is required.

Toxicology

Acute ‑ Oral ingestion of relatively small doses of copper acetate or copper sulphate produces acute toxicity in humans, resulting in inflammation of the gastro‑intestinal tract, abdominal pain, vomiting and diarrhoea. Browning in 1969 reported that in adult humans 65 to 130 mg of copper sulphate orally ingested are dangerous. Levels from 650 mg to 1,000 mg are highly toxic and possibly lethal.
Chronic ‑ Browning (1969) stated, " It is debatable whether chronic copper poisoning, industrial or non-industrial, exists in human beings".
Inhalation ‑ The evidence in relation to inhalation toxicity suggests that people regularly subjected to copper "dust" may suffer a non‑specific reaction to the inhaled dust as a foreign body in the lungs.

Coptrol, diluted 1:10 as indicated on the label, will result in a spray containing 10.7 g of copper per litre. For this reason, the use of a face shield is recommended when handling.