Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
The principal features of poisoning by ingested copper compounds have
been 1) gastrointestinal irritation (vomiting and burning pain in the mouth,
esophagus and stomach, abdominal pain and diarrhea, sometimes with blood),
2) headache, sweating, weakness, and sometimes shock, 3) liver enlargement
and jaundice, 4) hemolysis and methemoglobinemia, and 5) albuminuria, he-
moglobinuria, and sometimes acute renal failure.
Inorganic copper compounds include cuprous oxide; cupric oxide; copper
hydroxide; copper carbonate; basic; copper ammonium carbonate; copper ace-
tate; copper sulfate; copper sulfate, tribasic (Bordeau Mixture); copper oxy-
chloride; copper silicate; copper lime dust; and copper potassium sulfide.
Figure 5.10
shows a package of Kocide 101, copper containing products.
Figure 5.10
Fungicides. Benlate contains the carbamate fungicide benomyl.
Kocide 101 contains copper hydroxide, which is an inorganic copper contain-
ing fungicide.
Organic copper compounds include copper linoleate, naphthenate, oleate,
phenyl salicylate, and resinate.
Insoluble compounds are formulated as wettable powders and dusts.
Soluble salts are prepared as aqueous solutions. Some organometallic com-
pounds are soluble in mineral oils.
