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Where Might We Use Copper sulfate in our everyday lives?
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Is it harmful to us?
Major Uses
Yes. Copper Sulfate is Toxic and can make you very ill if it enters your stomach
Manufacture of other copper fungicides such as copper-lime dust and more
Control of fungus diseases
Correction of copper deficiency in soils
Correction of copper deficiency in animals
Growth stimulant for fattening pigs and broiler chickens
Molluscicide for the destruction of slugs and snails, particularly the snail host of the liver fluke
CONCLUSION
Where might we use it?
We Use Copper Sulfate a lot and I could have said even more uses.
Seed dressing
oil steriliser, e.g Cheshunt compound (a mixture of copper sulphate and ammonium carbonate) to prevent 'damping-off' disease of tomato etc.
Control and prevention of foot rot in sheep and cattle.
Bacteriastat for addition to sheep dips
Disinfectant in prevention of the spread of swine erysepelas and white scours in calves
Control of scum in farm ponds
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Public health and medicine uses
Destruction of algal blooms in reservoirs and swimming pools
Prevention of the spread of athletes foot in warm climates, by incorporation in the flooring mixture of swimming baths
Control of bilharzia in tropical countries, as a molluscicide
Prevention of malaria, in the preparation of Paris green for use against mosquito larvae
Antiseptic and germicide against fungus infections
Catalyst or raw material for the preparation of copper catalysts used in the manufacture of pharmaceutical products