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Heavy Metal Impurities in Copper Products

Heavy Metal Impurities in Copper Products. Melanie Turner Melpat International Pty Ltd. Heavy Metals of Concern. Arsenic Lead Mercury Cadmium Aluminium Iron. Current Copper Price. Source: http://www.lme.co.uk/dataprices_pricegraphs.asp. Results of Testing – Copper Products.

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Heavy Metal Impurities in Copper Products

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  1. Heavy Metal Impurities in Copper Products Melanie Turner Melpat International Pty Ltd

  2. Heavy Metals of Concern • Arsenic • Lead • Mercury • Cadmium • Aluminium • Iron

  3. Current Copper Price Source: http://www.lme.co.uk/dataprices_pricegraphs.asp

  4. Results of Testing – Copper Products

  5. Imported Chinese Tea Contaminated with Lead, Insecticides Date: 30/09/2005 SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Yonhap) -- A sizeable portion of Chinese tea for sale in South Korea is contaminated with lead and insecticides, a report by the Korea Consumer Protection Board said Thursday. The state-run consumer protection agency said that about one in 10 products on the market contains lead residue in excess of government permitted levels… Lead residue levels for Chinese Yongjung tea reached 117.22 parts per million (ppm), 23.4 times more than the permitted 5.0 ppm. Cholgwaneum, another Chinese import, was found to contain insecticide residue that can cause convulsion and vomiting if consumed in large quantities. Five other types of Chinese tea contained 0.05-0.47 ppm of the heavymetal Cadmium, a dangerous element that can cause kidney and bone problems if enough accumulates in the body. The consumer board also said one local green tea product has been found to have lead residue level reaching 5.4ppm or 1.1 times what is permitted. ""Because lead consumed through food and beverages lasts a long time in the body, drinking tea contaminated with it can lead to people suffering prolonged side effects,"" an expert said. The latest findings showed that of the 30 imported tea products, 18 or 60 percent had inaccurate labeling or no labels at all.

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