[TheForge] ( bronze "silverware"

[Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer]

Hah! The definitive answer.
Once again Jim comes through.
You are a singular resource Jim, and i thank you for your help, again. pf

James Binnion wrote:
> FWIW
> Copper is an essential element for human health. Excessive amounts can  
> cause problems but current thoughts on this are excessive amounts are  
> in the 10-12 mg per day range. That is a lot of copper to get from  
> cookware or utensils.  You would have to probably get a hold of copper  
> sulfate or copper nitrate solutions and drink them to get that kind of  
> dose. If you put the utensils in a strong acid for a while and drank  
> the result you could dissolve enough to be a problem but weak acids  
> like are found in food are just not going to dissolve enough to be a  
> problem without really going out of your way to set up a toxic dose.
> 
> see http://www.copperinfo.co.uk/health/
> 
> James Binnion
> jbin at well.com
> 
> 
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