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copper sulfate

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copper sulfate, common name for the blue crystalline heptahydrate of cupric sulfate cupric sulfate (k`prĭk sŭl`fāt, ky
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, in which copper has valence +2. It may also refer to cuprous sulfate (Cu2SO4), in which copper has valence +1.

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The likely culprit is the copper sulfate they put in their footbaths.
Reports of copper poisoning are uncommon, and are linked to eating fruit sprayed with copper fungicides, cooking food in copper vessels, or ingesting grams of copper sulfate in suicide attempts.
By early afternoon, eight tons of copper sulfate had been spread on the upper lake, a reservoir serving not only the nearby Santa Clarita Valley, but water districts from Ventura County to Orange County.
 
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